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A -- BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE INSTRUMENT OF OPPORTUNITY SOL 52-DGNE-0-90008 DUE 111999 POC Edward F. Tennant, Jr., Contracting Officer, telephone 301-713-0823 This CBD notice constitutes a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) within the context of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 35.016. Proposals submitted in response to this BAA must be received not later than 1600 local time on November 19, 1999 at the following address: U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA, General Contracts Branch (Code OFA512), 1305 East-West Highway, Station #7604, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910-3281. Proposals should reference BAA No. 52-DGNE-0-90008 and should be addressed to the attention of Ed Tennant. Proposals should be submitted in an original and five copies. Opportunity to respond to this BAA is open to government agencies, academic institutions, private sector organizations, and other interested parties. NOAA's next series of GOES satellites (GOES N-O) are targeted for launch in 2002 and 2004. Each carries operational instruments for observing weather, monitoring the solar-space environment, and relaying reports from remote environmental platforms on earth. Each is designed to carry an ancillary "instrument of opportunity" that may use the spacecraft's existing power, communications, and command and control subsystems. NOAA is prepared to offer the use of this "instrument of opportunity" space on its GOES N (and possibly GOES O) spacecraft for experimental payloads that are related to its overall mission. Proposed payload concepts need not be limited to remote-sensing instrument prototypes, and may include any apparatus with general applicability to NOAA's future geostationary spacecraft operations or mission objectives. In general, NOAA would require that any potential payload must (a) not add risk to the operational GOES mission in any way (e.g., electromagnetic interference, pointing accuracy degradation, thermal loading beyond limits, etc.); (b) be delivered to NASA for integration onto GOES N no later than August 31, 2000 or for GOES O no later than October 31, 2001; and (c) successfully complete a payload test plan, approved by NASA and NOAA, prior to the delivery date. Specific constraints on any potential payload are detailed in an interface control document (ICD) which defines the instrument of opportunity space on GOES N. This ICD is available to interested parties on request: (Contact Gus Comeyne, NOAA/NESDIS, 301-457-5225, extension 110; Email: gcomeyne@nesdis.noaa.gov) The following table summarizes some high-level environmental parameters of this space: Maximum mass: 50 kgs; Maximum power consumption: 150 watts; Volume: Approx. 0.15 cubic meters; Dimensional envelope: Approx. 43 (w) x 53 (l) x 50 (h)cm (irregularly shaped); Maximum supportable data rate: 100 kbs; Location on spacecraft: Earth-nadir face; Uncompensated momentum: Max. 0.06 ft-lb-sec in spacecraft roll-yaw axis. NOAA will provide no funding for the design, fabrication, or testing of the instrument of opportunity. NOAA will consider sharing costs of integrating the payload onto the GOES N or GOES O spacecraft, under an agreement to be negotiated with the payload provider. However, at this time, NOAA has no funding identified for this purpose. NOAA will provide launch, operations, and data acquisition for the experimental payload, and will deliver instrument telemetry and data to the provider via the internet or other pre-determined means. NOAA assumes unrestricted rights to collect, analyze, and redistribute the data. NOAA will not be held accountable for any loss incurred by the payload provider associated with this project. This includes, but is not limited to, any loss due to a failure at any time of the satellite or the launch vehicle. Proposals submitted in response to this BAA must include the following: (a) a general description of the purpose of the experimental payload; (b) a statement describing the applicability of the payload to NOAA's space-based mission interests; (c) a general engineering concept for the payload; (d) a statement declaring the likelihood of the payload fitting into defined mission-of-opportunity space on GOES N or GOES O; and (e) a top-level development schedule. Responses that include a description of expected costs and sources of funding (Internal R& D funds, grants, etc.) would be beneficial to NOAA reviewers. A panel of experts from NOAA will conduct Scientific Review of proposals for possible selection based on the following criteria, which shall be equally weighted in importance: (a) the applicability of the proposed payload to NOAA's space-based mission interests; and (b) the design maturity and engineering feasibility of the payload to accomplish its stated goals. No proposed payload that can not be fabricated and tested within NOAA's schedule constraints will be considered for selection. Furthermore, no proposed payload will be considered for flight if the evaluation panel determines that the payload poses a risk to NOAA's GOES mission. The selection official, based on the results of the evaluation conducted by the panel of experts, may determine that no payload is acceptable for flight or that one or more payloads are acceptable for flight. The selection official will rank proposals that are determined to be acceptable for flight. The Contracting Officer will negotiate with the highest-ranked proposer for the GOES N mission of opportunity space. If agreement on terms and conditions can be reached, NOAA will enter into an agreement with the proposer. If agreement on terms and conditions can not be reached, the Contracting Officer will eliminate the proposer from consideration, and will negotiate with the second-highest ranked proposer to attempt to reach agreement on terms and conditions. The Contracting Officer will continue in this manner until either agreement on terms and conditions are reached with a proposer or the Contracting Officer has exhausted the list of proposals that the selection official determined to be acceptable for flight on GOES N. NOAA will treat the GOES O mission of opportunity space in the same manner as just described for the GOES N mission of opportunity space; provided, however, that NOAA may elect to use a mission of opportunity instrument of its own on GOES O. General information about NOAA's geostationary satellite program can be found at http://www.oso.noaa.gov/goes. Posted 10/15/99 (W-SN392189). (0288)

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