SOLICITATION NOTICE
18 -- Educational Satellite System
- Notice Date
- 9/13/2012
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 336414
— Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Direct Reporting Units, USAF Academy - 10 CONS, 8110 Industrial Drive, Suite 200, USAF Academy, Colorado, 80840-2315, United States
- ZIP Code
- 80840-2315
- Solicitation Number
- FA7000-12-R-0036
- Archive Date
- 10/9/2012
- Point of Contact
- Elizabeth M. Lawson, Phone: 7193333929, Andrew R. Lawson, Phone: 7193334504
- E-Mail Address
-
elizabeth.lawson@usafa.af.mil, Andrew.Lawson.1@us.af.mil
(elizabeth.lawson@usafa.af.mil, Andrew.Lawson.1@us.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Presolicitation Notice for EDUCATIONAL SATELLITE SYSTEM: The purpose of this Presolicitation notice is to notify potential suppliers that a request for quote(RFQ) is anticipated to be issued on or about 14 SEP 2012 for an Educational Satellite System for the purpose of maximizing competition of vendors able to support ALL required capabilities. No award will be made from this Presoliciation notice and the Government will not pay for any effort expended in responding to this notice. Acquisition will be conducted in accordance with FAR Parts 12. The NAICS code is 336414 Space Vehicles, complete, manufacturing and SIC is 3761 Guided Missiles and Space Vehicles. The acquisition is unrestricted and is not set-aside for small business. The contracting officer anticipates offer due date to be 10 calendar days after the RFQ is issued on FEDBIZOPs. Point of Contact: Elizabeth Lawson, Contract Officer 719-333-3929 elizabeth.lawson@usafa.af.mil GENERAL DESCRIPTION. The contractor shall deliver an integrated Educational Satellite System (ESS) for an undergraduate university setting consisting of an a) an Educational Satellite Model (ESM) based on the CubeSat standard that facilitates education of spacecraft design; b) an Educational Satellite Testbed (EST), which allows for three-axis attitude determination and control demonstration and limited space environment simulation; and c) an Educational Satellite Ground Station (ESG) consisting of a personal computing device and minimal communication hardware. Background & Acquisition History. HQ USAFA/DFAS requires a critical upgrade to the existing fleet of Educational Satellite Models. With these upgrades, USAFA cadets can complete EPS, COMM, ADCS, C&DH, structures, propulsion, and AIT labs, thereby mastering cutting-edge tactics, techniques, and procedures in designing, building, testing, and operating small satellites - crucial to excel as DoD Space Cadre leaders in their Active Duty military careers. Upgrades will specifically permit 1-axis or 3-axis ADCS labs and controls experiments. This test bed will enable use of this equipment for both Astro 331 and within several Astronautics courses, including Engineering 341/342, Astro 445, Astro 443, and Astro 543 when offered. Not only will this ADCS three-axis test bed be used to demonstrate fundamental satellite rotational motion concepts, it will also permit critical basic research for DoD experiments, including collaboration with DoD graduate institutions such as AFIT, NPS, and MIT/Lincoln Laboratories. The Educational Satellite Models is essential to meet cadet learning requirements in satellite design and control systems. Educational Satellite Models is a feeder to the FalconSAT systems design course, which enables cadets to build, research, and design satellites to accomplish Department of Defense (DOD) science and technology demonstration. Requirements CLIN 0001- Deliver an integrated Educational Satellite System (ESS) for an undergraduate university setting consisting of an a) an Educational Satellite Model (ESM) based on the Cube Sat standard that facilitates education of spacecraft design; b) an Educational Satellite Test bed (EST), which allows for three-axis attitude determination and control demonstration and limited space environment simulation; and c) an Educational Satellite Ground Station (ESG) consisting of a personal computing device and minimal communication hardware. Vendor must also deliver ESM and EGS software that shall be able to handle student executed commands that exercise the full functionality of all abovementioned subsystems and pass-through capability for future expansion modules. Supporting documentation shall include instructions for operating all ESS delivered items and contain flowcharts, block diagrams, model drawings, and enough details to allow for future development of supporting educational material which includes discussion of all the ESM hardware and software. Actual source code and schematics are requested for educational purposes, to the maximum extent possible within the scope of Commercial Data rights. Quantity is 1 each. All items delivered under CLIN 0001 are subject to First Article Testing in accordance with FAR 9.3 and FAR clause 52.209-4. Required delivery is 120 after award. CLIN 0002- Deliver an Educational Satellite Model (ESM) based on the Cube Sat standard that facilitates education of spacecraft design; b) an Educational Satellite Ground Station (ESG) consisting of a personal computing device and minimal communication hardware. Supporting documentation shall include instructions for operating all ESS delivered items and contain flowcharts, block diagrams, model drawings, and enough details to allow for future development of supporting educational material which includes discussion of all the ESM hardware and software. Actual source code and schematics are requested for educational purposes, to the maximum extent possible within the scope of Commercial Data rights. Quantity is 8 each. Required delivery is 180 days after award. CLIN 0003- OPTIONAL CLIN and contingent on availability of funds. Deliver Educational Satellite Model (ESM) based on the Cube Sat standard that facilitates education of spacecraft design; b) an Educational Satellite Ground Station (ESG) consisting of a personal computing device and minimal communication hardware. Supporting documentation shall include instructions for operating all ESS delivered items and contain flowcharts, block diagrams, model drawings, and enough details to allow for future development of supporting educational material which includes discussion of all the ESM hardware and software. Actual source code and schematics are requested for educational purposes, to the maximum extent possible within the scope of Commercial Data rights. Quantity is 10 each. Required delivery is within one year of award. The government reserves the right to award all, some, or none of the items listed based upon availability of funds. Vendor who can meet ALL requirements, or all major requirements are encouraged to submit a quote. The government preference is to make one award to the lowest priced vendor who meets all requirements listed in the solicitation. However, in the event that no vendor can provide all requirements, the government reserves the right to make more than one award. Award will be made to the vendor with lowest price. Period of Performance is anticipated to be 25 Sep 2012 to 25 Sep 2013. 5352.201-9101 OMBUDSMAN (AUG 2005) (a) An ombudsman has been appointed to hear and facilitate the resolution of concerns from offerors, potential offerors, and others for this acquisition. When requested, the ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The existence of the ombudsman does not affect the authority of the program manager, contracting officer, or source selection official. Further, the ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals, the source selection process, or the adjudication of protests or formal contract disputes. The ombudsman may refer the party to another official who can resolve the concern. (b) Before consulting with an ombudsman, interested parties must first address their concerns, issues, disagreements, and/or recommendations to the contracting officer for resolution. Consulting an ombudsman does not alter or postpone the timelines for any other processes (e.g., agency level bid protests, GAO bid protests, requests for debriefings, employee-employer actions, contests of OMB Circular A-76 competition performance decisions). (c) If resolution cannot be made by the contracting officer, concerned parties may contact the USAF Academy Ombudsmen, Kelly Snyder 8110 Industrial Drive, Ste 103 USAFA, CO 80840 Telephone number 719-333-2074 FAX 719-333-9018 email: kelly.snyder@usafa.af.mil Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations that cannot be resolved at the MAJCOM/DRU level, may be brought by the concerned party for further consideration to the Air Force ombudsman, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary (ADAS) (Contracting), SAF/AQC, 1060 Air Force Pentagon, Washington DC 20330-1060, phone number (703) 588-7004, facsimile number (703) 588-1067. (d) The ombudsman has no authority to render a decision that binds the agency. (e) Do not contact the ombudsman to request copies of the solicitation, verify offer due date, or clarify technical requirements. Such inquiries shall be directed to the Contracting Officer. (End of clause)
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- Place of Performance
- Address: US Air Force Academy, US Air Force Academy, Colorado, 80840, United States
- Zip Code: 80840
- Zip Code: 80840
- Record
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