NASA/Ames Research Center, JA:M/S 241-1, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000

D -- WIND TUNNEL DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM SOL RFO2-37025-RRG POC Ronnee R. Gonzalez, Contracting Officer, Phone (650) 604-4386, Fax (650) 604-4357, Email rgonzalez@mail.arc.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=21#RFO2- 37025-RRG. E-MAIL: Ronnee R. Gonzalez, rgonzalez@mail.arc.nasa.gov. NASA Ames Research Center plans to issue a Request for Offers (RFO) to acquire the following: design, implementation, integration, testing and verification of a new data acquisition system. This system is for use in NASA Ames Research Center's National Full-Scale Aerodynamic Complex (NFAC) Wind Tunnel. The new data acquisition system will utilize a combination of Contractor supplied Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) and Government Furnished Equipment (GFE). We anticipate the RFO to include options for three additional units. This procurement uses MidRange procedures which are described in Part 1871 of the NASA FAR Supplement at the following website: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/1871.htm This procurement is also being conducted under the NAIS/ARC Pilot for receipt of electronic offers. This pilot was developed in response to the National Performance Review's call for increased use of electronic commerce in exchanging procurement information. Vendors wishing to participate in this procurement must first install and utilize the applications (provided free of charge) identified at http://server-mpo.arc.nasa.gov/nais/naishome.taf Any problems with the software should be communicated to the Contracting Officer via email: rgonzalez@mail.arc.nasa.gov. Technical support for the electronic website is available through the help desk referenced at the website. Hard copies or faxed copies of offers will not be accepted. NASA/ARC plans to issue a DRAFT Request for Offer (RFO2-37025-RRG) via the internet, on or about May 5, 2000. The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. We anticipate holding a pre-solicitation conference on May 18, 2000. Further information will be included in the DRAFT RFO. While attendance is not mandatory, it is recommended. All slides, questions, and answers will be posted on the internet. Industry comments on the DRAFT RFO will be due on or about May 23, 2000. The anticipated release date of the final RFO is on or about May 30, 2000, with proposals due on or about June 16, 2000. The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. The data system must have the following capabilities: 1. Sensor data acquisition consists of up to 64 channels of steady state analog with data rates from 1 to 100 samples per second per channel; up to 288 channels of low speed analog from 100 to 2000 samples per second per channel; up to 192 channels of high speed data from 2000 to 60000 samples per second per channel; up to 10 channels of serial inputs at rates of 10 to 50 samples per second per channel; up to 2560 channels of Electronically Scanned Pressures using a PSI 8400 system at an aggregate rate up to 50,000 samples per second; up to 100 channels of thermocouples (types E,J,K,T); up to 16 channels of thermistors; up to 32 channels of RTD's all at rates from 1 to 100 samples per second per channel; up to 10 channels of digital resolvers at rates from 1 to 100 samples per second per channel; up to 8 channels of tachometers (Differential TTL) at rates up to 60,000 pulses per second per channel; and up to 5 TCP/IP inputs at up to 100 Megabits/input. Data from all sources are to be acquired simultaneously. Data acquisition is triggered from either an external source or internally depending on the test requirement: 2. Stand-alone real-time instrumentation safety monitoring with limit checking and alarm capabilty; 3. System health monitoring; 4. Real-time computation of Engineering Unit & derived values; 5. Data storage; 6. Real-time display and monitoring of all measured and computed values; 7. Test process support: system configuration, test equation editor; 8. Customer support: near-time display, analysis, plotting, data distribution, remote access, test matrix status; 9. Test sequencing: interface to Facility and other control and data acquisition systems to automate the coordination of tunnel, test article controls with data acquisition. This procurement is a total small business set-aside. See Note 1. The SIC Code and Size Standard are 7379 and $18M,respectively. The DPAS Rating for this procurement is DO-A7. The provisions and clauses in the RFO and model contract are those in effect through FAC 97-16. All qualified responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. An ombudsman has been appointed -- See Internet Note "B". The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will be in Microsoft Office Suite (Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, PowerPoint 4.0) format and will reside on a World Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. The Internet site, or URL, for the NASA/ARC Business Opportunities home page is http://nais.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=C&pin=21 Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the Internet site for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html Posted 04/24/00 (D-SN448124). (0115)

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