NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 214.1, Greenbelt, MD 20771

A -- COMMON DRIVE UNIT (CDU) SOL RFO5-53355-359 DUE 123099 POC Glenn T Emig, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 286-5182, Fax (301) 286-1670, Email gemig@pop200.gsfc.nasa.gov -- Michael E. McGrath, Contracting Officer, Phone (301)286-8085, Fax (301)286-1670, Email Michael.E.McGrath.1@gsfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=D&;pin=51#RFO5-5335 5-359. E-MAIL: Glenn T Emig, gemig@pop200.gsfc.nasa.gov. NASA/GSFC plans to issue a Request for Offer (RFO) for two Common Drive Units (CDU) on a sole source basis to TECSTAR, Electro Systems Division, Durham, North Carolina. The CDUs are intended to be used on the Flight Support System (FSS) for the upcoming Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Servicing Mission SM3B, which is currently scheduled for May 2001. The FSS is a maintenance platform used to berth the HST in the shuttle cargo bay during servicing operations; the CDUs operate the critical pivoter and rotator mechanisms that pivot and rotate the HST. The CDUs must meet the stringent requirements of the CDU Statement of Work, including delivery by November 2000 in order to support the SMB3 launch schedule. The CDUs must be of dual torque design and compatable with the existing FSS pivoter and rotator gear-trains. This procurement includes an option for life testing. TECSTAR designed and developed the dual torque CDUs for the HST FSS used on previous servicing missions. The TECSTAR CDU is the only CDU that will meet the stated requirements. Authority permitting other than full and open competition is Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1, 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), Only One Responsible Source. The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. See Note 26. See Note 22. Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort in writing to the identified point of contact not later than 4:30 p.m. local time on December 30, 1999. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. An Ombudsman has been appointed. See Internet Note "B". All qualified responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html Posted 12/15/99 (D-SN408911). (0349)

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