SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- RLEP/LRO MICRO-ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNITS (MEMS IMU) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
- Notice Date
- 3/23/2005
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 927110
— Space Research and Technology
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 210.S, Greenbelt, MD 20771
- ZIP Code
- 20771
- Solicitation Number
- RLEP-LRO-RFI-03-23-05
- Response Due
- 4/22/2005
- Archive Date
- 3/23/2006
- Description
- Robotic Lunar Exploration Program/Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Micro-Electromechanical System Inertial Measurement Units (MEMS IMU) Request for Information THIS IS *NOT* A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, QUOTATION, OR INVITATION TO BID NOTICE. Overview RLEP desires the use of the new MEMS gyro and accelerometers as a technology demonstrator for current and future interplanetary missions. The use of MEMS technology is to minimize the power and mass needs found in traditional gyro technology such as Ring Laser Gyros, Fiber Optic Gyros, and Hemispherical Resonator Gyros. Requested Response RLEP requests that interested parties provide inputs and suggestions as to how best to acquire three axis, rate and acceleration sensors with the following simultaneous requirements: 1. Less than 10 watts of total steady state power (including temperature control) 2. Mass of less 1 kg 3. Angular Random Walk of 0.03 deg/(hour)^1/2 4. Bias of 0.001 deg/sec (0.06 deg/hour) 5. Scale Factor of 10-20 ppm 6. Angular White Noise of 1 arcsec 7. Operating temperature -10 C to +50 C 8. survival temperature -30 C to +75 C 9. MTBF > 2 years 10. Radiation total dose 10 krads with 100 mil Al shielding 11. Radiation Single Event Latchup (SEL) and Single Event Upset (SEU) are to be mitigated through circuit design or radiation hardened parts 12. Identification of dynamic range and quantization of MEMS IMU output values 13. Delivery of 1 ETU by 6/1/2007 14. Delivery of 1 Flight Unit by 12/1/2007 Deviations of the requirements can be considered when clearly identified with proposed alternative requirements from the RFI responder. The two goals of this RFI are to determine 1. What is the cost to meet these requirements? 2. What are the capabilities of a MEMS IMU as a function of total MEMS IMU project cost? Discussions of attitude rate and acceleration sensor system-wide options are encouraged if the overall reliability is improved. A detailed discussion of how a MEMS IMU design will mitigate radiation effects (total dose, SEUs, and SELs) is encouraged. This discussion is expected to greatly impact the cost and schedule of any MEMS IMU design. Therefore, GSFC wishes to better understand the cost savings of using a MEMS IMU which can be used despite a very infrequent and short term (1 second) outage of attitude rate and acceleration data due to radiation effects. Information submitted to GSFC in response to this RFI will be treated as strictly proprietary unless otherwise indicated. No procurement is planned as a direct result of this Request for Information. Information submitted in response to this Request for Information will be used for RLEP mission concept development activities. Parties proposing concepts of interest to RLEP missions may be invited to submit more detailed information or to discuss their concepts further. It is emphasized that this RFI is for planning and information purposes only and is NOT to be construed as a commitment by the Government to enter into a contractual agreement, nor will the Government pay for information solicited. No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized in FedBizOpps and on the NASA Acquisition Internet Service. It is the potential offeror?s responsibility to monitor these sites for the release of any solicitation or synopsis. Technical questions should be directed to: Jim Simpson at (301) 286-1139 or James.E.Simpson@nasa.gov. Procurement related questions should be directed to: Julie Janus at (301) 286-4931 or Julie.A.Janus@nasa.gov. Interested offerors shall address the requirements of this RFI in written format as described in the previous paragraphs by electronic mail to: Jim Simpson at James.E.Simpson@nasa.gov, no later than 5:00 PM EST on April 22, 2005. An ombudsman has been appointed -- See NASA Specific Note "B". The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will be in Microsoft Office 97 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/GSFC Business Opportunities home page is http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eps/bizops.cgi?gr=C&pin=51 . It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the Internet cite 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 may be viewed at the following URLs linked below.
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