NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 214.2, Greenbelt, MD 20771

A -- SMALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS SOURCES SOUGHT TO SUPPORT THE ADVANCED BASELINE IMAGER (ABI) SOL ss-abi DUE 040500 POC Clelia Walker, Contracting Officer, Phone (301) 286-1351, Fax (301) 286-9777, Email Clelia.A.Walker.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#ss-abi. E-MAIL: Clelia Walker, Clelia.A.Walker.1@gsfc.nasa.gov. The Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is planning to issue a formal RFP in the July/August 1999 timeframe for the acquisition of Research, Development, and Design services for the preliminary design of the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI). Next year, the GSFC plans to proceed with the implementation phase contract for the ABI procurement. The ABI instrument is an advanced version of the Imager instrument which flies on the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES). The GOES are weather satellites built for the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for use by the National Weather Service (NWS). The GOES are based on a three-axis, body-stabilized design that enables the sensors to continuously view the U.S. and environs. The ABI is a multi-spectral, earth-scanning instrument capable of sweeping simultaneously visible and infrared channels to monitor surface temperature, low-level moisture and convective intensity and other temperature and moisture profiles. The purpose of this notice is to identify small disadvantaged businesses that possess the technical capability to be subcontractors to provide parts, equipment or services required to support the ABI instrument. Responses to this sources sought notice will be used as a basis for determining the SDB subcontracting goal that will be included in the ABI Formulation Phase RFP and the ABI Implementation Phase procurement. Your response should specifically indicate which phase of the ABI procurement you are capable of supporting; Formulation Phase (research, development, & preliminary design) or Implementation Phase (final design and manufacturing of the instrument). It is requested that capability statements which specifically address your capability to support the ABI instrument be submitted to the GSFC, Code 214.2, Greenbelt, MD, 20771 ATTN: Clelia Walker, Contract Specialist [Phone: (301)286-1351 Fax: (301)286-9777. E-mail: Clelia.A.Walker.1@gsfc.nasa.gov, on or before April 5, 2000. To facilitate a prompt review bythe NASA team, a one (1) page summary shall be affixed to the front of the capability statement submitted which identifies for the evaluator, by page and paragraph, your company's relevant capability. It is insufficient to provide only general brochures or generic information. Your response must specifically address your capability regarding the ABI. Copies of your capability statements may be given to ABI Prime Contractors in the future, and should therefore not contain company-sensitive information. A draft Specification for the ABI instrument has been posted on the World Wide Web. The WWW address, or URL, for ABI draft documents is http://procurement.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=51#ABI . It is essential that you read these before preparing your capability statement. Questions regarding this notice, or this procurement, should be directed to the Contracting Officer, Clelia Walker, at the phone number or e-mail address listed above. Posted 03/21/00 (D-SN436503). (0081)

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