SOLICITATION NOTICE
59 -- SPHERES GROUND AND FLIGHT HARDWARE SYSTEM
- Notice Date
- 12/1/2010
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 336419
— Other Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Ames Research Center, JA:M/S 241-1, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000
- ZIP Code
- 94035-1000
- Solicitation Number
- NNA361096Q-AHT
- Response Due
- 12/16/2010
- Archive Date
- 12/1/2011
- Point of Contact
- Huy T Ton, Buyer, Phone 650-604-0166, Fax 650-604-3020, Email Huy.T.Ton@nasa.gov - Bethany A McClave, Contract Specialist, Phone 650-604-3747, Fax 650-604-3020, Email Bethany.A.McClave@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
Huy T Ton
(Huy.T.Ton@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NASA/ ARC desires to transition technical and operational materials and knowledgefrom its developers to NASA/ ARC for sustaining engineering and operation of theSynchronized Position Hold Engage and Reorient Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) HardwareSystem. In support of this effort, NASA/ ARC has an instant requirement for Seven (7)units SPHERES Ground System Hardware and One hundred (100) Units SPHERES Flight SystemHardware with the following specifications:1. One (1) SPHERES Ground System Hardware consists with the following: One Digital Signal Processor (DSP) Module o Sundance DSP Module SMT375 (Same Model as currently used in flight SPHERES Satellite) Delivery for SPHERE Ground System Hardware instructions: o All units delivered within ten (10) weeks of award. o Hold at AFS facility and Provide Letter of Receipt and Acceptance to NASA Ames Research Center.2. One (1) SPHERES Flight System Hardware consists of the following: One (1) SPHERES Flight certified Battery Pack o Battery Pack- part number SPH-1-0800-020 o Flight Certification Documentation:-Battery Specification Sheet-Battery Vendor MSDS-Battery Pack Materials List-Battery Board Test Activity Logs-Cell-Level Vacuum Test Logs-Battery Pack Thermal Test Logs-Hardware Assembly and Inspection Log-Hardware Certificate of Compliance Delivery for SPHERES Flight certified Battery Pack instructions: o All units delivered within ten (10) weeks of award. Phased delivery acceptable. Minimum quantity per delivery 25 Units. o Delivery Battery Packs and Flight Certification Hardware to NASA Ames Research Center.NASA/ ARC intends to procure these items on a non-competitive basis from Aurora FlightSciences (AFS). In accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), AFS is determined to be the onlysource reasonably available given the proprietary and time-sensitive circumstances of theaction. AFS (jointly with MIT) is the original designer and manufacturer of the SPHERESGround and Flight Systems Hardware.The flight certified battery packs, the design and fabrication process of which areproprietary to AFS, are urgently needed to meet the proposed launch schedule. TheSundance DSP Module SMT375 is a long lead sub-component to be held at AFS forincorporation into the SPHERES Ground test satellite and electronic stack test-beds. Thismodel is specifically required because it is critical that the ground test hardware usedto perform verification and validation of the flight software is identical to the flighthardware currently used aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Sundance no longerproduces DSP Modules but dues to an existing relationship with AFS, Sundance willmanufacture the remaining required units within the required schedule.Although the Government does not anticipate competition, interested organizations maysubmit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort via email to theidentified point of contact no later than 10 a.m. local time on December 16, 2010. Suchcapabilities/ qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determiningwhether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis,The NAICS Code and Standard Size are 336419 and 1,000 employees respectively.Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice.
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