NOAA/Systems Acquisition Office (SAO), 1315 E. W. Highway, Mail Code SAOX2, Silver Spring, MD 20910

A -- AERONAUTICAL SPACE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, C-3, ACQUISITION SUPPORT, AND OPERATIONAL CONVERGENCE SOL 52-SPNA-0-00012 DUE 010300 POC IMPORTANT: Jay W. Moore, 8455 Colesville Rd, Suite 1450, Silver Spring, MD 20910, 301-427-2126, ext. 112. E-MAIL: Contracting Officer, jmoore@ipo.noaa.gov. The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS), Integrated Program Office (IPO), requires a sole source contract with the Aerospace Corporation for approximately 30 staff per year, effective April 1, 2000, for a Base period of 1 year plus four (4) 1-year options. The Aerospace Corporation is the single, experienced capable source that is qualified to support the NPOESS/IPO with the required independent engineering analyses. The Aerospace personnel, who have supported the NPOESS/IPO for the past 4 years, have first-hand knowledge of the engineering design of delivery systems and the spacecraft platforms of military and civilian polar-orbiting and geosynchronous spacecraft. Their experience includes the integration of military, civilian and foreign meteorological sensors, the impact of command, control and communications links between the ground control stations and the platforms/systems, and the analysis of satellite instrument data. The NPOESS Program is converging the acquisition, deployment, operations and control of the Air Force's Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP), with the NOAA Polar-Orbiting Observational Environmental Satellite (POES) Programs, to establish a single operational program office for the NPOESS Satellites. The Contractor's role in the NPOESS Organization is as an independent, objective, non-competitive Corporation whose mission under this contract is to support the program acquisition objectives of the NPOESS and related NOAA programs. The Aerospace Corporation will provide non-advocacy assessments of program implementation, design approach, advanced pre-development planning, developmental and operational risks, integration and test data analysis, launch readiness assessment, on-orbit performance assessment, ongoing analyses of associated technologies, and support to failure analysis inquiries. The Contractor will provide technical assistance and advice in the preparation and resulting evaluation of complex technical specifications. The Aerospace Corporation maintains the unique competency and diverse expertise through its long-term design support and engineering review of civilian and military meteorological satellite platforms. Its corporate and business practices protect Government and industry's interests and objectives by safeguarding proprietary and privileged information from misuse, and reducing the Government's costs due to duplication, delay and other general programmatic risks. Aerospace's corporate resources and facilities help advance the Government objectives to promote competition, reduce costs of acquiring and operating the converged satellite systems, and satisfy the programmatic requirements for NPOESS. The Government's reliance on the Aerospace Corporation for this unique competence and independent base of advanced skills validates the exception from full and open competition under 41 U.S.C 253(c)(1). Other parties who desire consideration for this requirement must fully identify their capabilities in writing to the Contracting Officer within 45 days of the date of synopsis publication. Validation of this exception will preclude the need for a subsequent CBD notice. Please call Jay W. Moore on (301) 427-2126, ext. 112 or send an e-mail to jmoore@ipo.noaa.gov if you have other questions on this requirement. SEE NO. NOTES 22, 25, and 26. Posted 11/15/99 (W-SN400725). (0319)

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