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67 -- FOR THE PURCHASE OF A SPECTRAVIDEO 16-BIT DIGITAL CAMERA SYSTEM SOL 916-29445-0000-902 DUE 073099 POC Deborah A. Bittner, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 614-5609, Fax (301) 614-5619, Email Deborah.A.Bittner.1@gsfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/date.html#916-29445-0000-902. E-MAIL: Deborah A. Bittner, Deborah.A.Bittner.1@gsfc.nasa.gov. NASA/GSFC plans to issue a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for 1 each Spectravideo 16-bit Digital Camera System, Pixel Vision Part No. SV10CDJULM-04FQ-98. This camera will have back illuminated UVAR coated; 1024 x 1024 CCD w/3 stage TE cooled; 24 micron pixels and 4 output amplifiers; lynxpci fiber optic interface and pixelview software for Windows NT; and have a readout rate programmable from 50 kps to 500 kps. This procurement is being conducted under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP). NASA/GSFC intends to purchase the items from Pixel Vision, Beaverton, OR 97006. The CCD camera head is the smallest camera head on the market that meets all the requirements for this system. No other available camera head, sensitive to the UV, with an adequate photosensitive area, that is packaged with a Thermoelectric Cooler (TEC) is available. This camera head is also required in order to properly mount a linear variable filter array as close to the detector surface as possible. This camera system is compatiblewith existing test equipment and software. The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. Interested firms have 15 days from the publication of this synopsis to submit in writing to the identified point of contact, their qualifications/capabilities. Such qualifications/capabilities will be used solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. Responses received after the 15 days or without the required information will be considered nonresponsive to the synopsis and will not be considered. A determination by the Government to not compete this proposed effort on a full and open competitive basis, based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. An Ombudsman has been appointed. See Internet Note "B". Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html Posted 06/23/99 (D-SN346107). (0174)

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