SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY DOCUMENT FOR LUNAR DUST ANALYSIS MISSION
- Notice Date
- 9/19/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Ames Research Center, JA:M/S 241-1, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000
- ZIP Code
- 94035-1000
- Solicitation Number
- 2008-SALMONPOD-LD
- Response Due
- 10/3/2008
- Archive Date
- 9/19/2009
- Point of Contact
- Rachel Khattab, Contracting Officer, Phone 650-604-5237, Fax 650-604-0932, />
- E-Mail Address
-
rachel.khattab@nasa.gov<br
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) plans to develop an instrument for measuring thechemical reactivity of lunar dust, and plans to submit a proposal for this instrumentdevelopment in response to the recent Stand ALone Mission of Opportunity (SALMON)Announcement of Opportunity (AO). ARC will target the Lunar and Planetary SciencePartner Missions of Opportunity program element of the SALMON AO. The cost cap for thisSALMON program element is $35 million (total mission cost). NASA expects to selectmultiple SALMON proposals, depending on funds available, with the commencement of fundingto be in September 2009. The purpose of this Partnership Opportunity Document (POD) is toidentify two partners to support the entire mission, beginning with preparation of a NASAARC-led proposal in response to the SALMON AO.Specifically, ARC is looking to identifytwo partners to provide: a) Studies of lunar dust grain mechanics, to support development of lunar dust samplinghardware; and b) Design concepts for a lunar dust sample acquisition, handling and distribution system(L-SAHD). If the ARC-led proposal is funded, the teaming partners will also becomepartners in carrying out the project work.The AO schedule is:AO released September 3rd, 2008Notice of Intent due October 15th, 2008Proposals due December 3rd, 2008The SALMON AO may be found on-line, athttp://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/viewrepositorydocument/cmdocumentid=160495/SALMON_AO_Final.pdf Please see attached Partnership Opportunity Document (POD) for complete details andinstructions on how to respond. This synopsis is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will theGovernment pay for the information solicited. All responsible sources may submit a response which shall be considered by the agency.All contractual or technical questions must be submitted in writing (e-mail or fax). Telephone questions will not be accepted.It is the potential partners responsibility to monitor this cite for the release of thePartnership Opportunity Document and amendments (if any). Potential partners will beresponsible for downloading their own copy of the Partnership Opportunity Document andamendments, if any. Any documents related to this opportunity will be available over theInternet. These documents will reside on a World Wide Web (WWW) server, which may beaccessed using a WWW browser application. The Internet site, or URL, for the NASA/ARCBusiness Opportunities home page ishttp://nais.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eps/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=21 An ombudsman has been appointed. See Internet Note B.Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL:http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html.
- Web Link
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- Record
- SN01675776-W 20080921/080919220032-c842b5f6f615e8f8d71e5adcc638d861 (fbodaily.com)
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