SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT UNIT AND FLIGHT MODEL LOW TEMPERATURE M3 MIRROR ANDOR M3 MOUNTED MIRROR ASSEMBLY FOR THE WFIRST WFI
- Notice Date
- 10/1/2014
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 336419
— Other Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 210.S, Greenbelt, MD 20771
- ZIP Code
- 20771
- Solicitation Number
- NASA-GSFC-WFIRST-RFI-LOW-TEMPERATURE-M3-MIRROR-EFFORT
- Response Due
- 10/24/2014
- Archive Date
- 10/1/2015
- Point of Contact
- Jeffrey W Stewart, WFIRST Engineer, Phone 301-286-3218, Fax 301-286-0341, Email Jeffrey.W.Stewart@nasa.gov - Julie A. Janus, Contracting Officer, Phone 301-286-4931, Fax 301-286-0341, Email Julie.A.Janus@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
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Jeffrey W Stewart
(Jeffrey.W.Stewart@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The WFIRST Mission The primary purposes of the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) mission are to determine the nature of the dark energy that appears to be driving the current accelerating expansion of the universe, to perform statistical census of planetary systems through a micro-lensing sky survey, to perform a general survey of the NIR sky, and to provide the astrophysics/astronomical community with a space telescope for stable wide-field observations. WFIRST will perform Hubble-quality imaging over thousands of square degrees for 5 years (10 year goal) in a geosynchronous orbit. WFIRST will settle essential questions in both exoplanet and dark energy research and will advance topics ranging from galaxy evolution to the study of objects within the Galaxy and within the Solar System. It is the top-ranked large space mission in the New Worlds, New Horizon Decadal Survey of Astronomy and Astrophysics. The WFIRST will perform wide-field imaging and slitless spectroscopic surveys of the near infrared (NIR) sky for the astrophysics community by integrating the existing, repurposed 2.4m Astrophysics Focused Telescope Asset (AFTA) with a Wide Field Imager (WFI) consisting of 18 H4RG HgCdTe detectors, a multi-filter NIR spectrometer, and a baseline exoplanet coronagraph for direct imaging of exoplanets and debris disks. Additional information regarding the WFIRST Mission can be found at http://wfirst.gsfc.nasa.gov/. A write-up on the instrument can be found in the SPIE digital library: D. A. Content, N. V. Armani, C. L. Baker, C. E. Jackson, Duncan M. Kahle, et al., Wide field instrument preliminary design for the wide field infrared survey telescope, SPIE 8860 (2013) doi: 10.1117/12.2025496. Information Sought NASA is in the process of assessing industry capability for operationally low temperature (170K), lightweight mirrors and mounted mirror assemblies for the WFIRST Wide Field Imager (WFI). The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) is to: Identify potential industry interest in providing Engineering Development Unit (EDU) and Flight Model (FM) low temperature M3 mirror and/or M3 mounted mirror assembly for the WFIRST WFI. This information will be used for internal requirement trade studies, information and procurement planning purposes, to allow industry the opportunity to verify reasonableness and feasibility of WFIRST M3 requirements, and to promote competition Assess current industry capabilities to design, develop, qualify and deliver a WFIRST low temperature lightweight M3 mirror or M3 mounted mirror assembly based on the preliminary requirements provided in Table 1 Understand implied cost and schedule drivers and candidate cost/schedule/ performance trades to be considered in procuring and M3 mirror or M3 mounted mirror assembly Ensure a complete M3 mirror/mounted mirror assembly trade space is defined for material selection, mount configuration, coating selection, mirror design/fabrication/test, and any other new/novel approaches that might add scientific and/or economic value to the WFIRST mission Obtain cost and schedule rough order magnitude (ROM) estimates from potential mirror and mirror assembly providers. These data are to be used solely for internal budgetary planning purposes and will not be used to pre-select or rank potential suppliers for any future procurement NASA is particularly concerned about the control of low temperature mirror mounting strain, gravity release error (factory to orbit), and mirror substrate CTE non-uniformity. Response Instructions To consolidate our planning, responses from industry are requested by Friday, October 24th, 2014 in the form of written and illustrated concepts, ROM estimates for development costs and schedule, assumptions used for cost and schedule ROM estimates including interface and design assumptions, and descriptions of capabilities as appropriate to the preliminary requirements outlined in Table 1. Responses can be submitted via email. The subject line of the submission should be "RFI for WFIRST M3, and attachments should be in Microsoft WORD, POWERPOINT, or PDF format. The email text must give a point-of-contact and provide his/her name, address, telephone/fax numbers, and email address. The information is requested for planning purposes only, subject to FAR Clause 52.215-3, entitled "Solicitation for Information for Planning Purposes." It is not NASA's intent to publicly disclose vendor proprietary information obtained during this solicitation. To the full extent that it is protected pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act and other laws and regulations, information identified by a respondent as "Proprietary or Confidential" will be kept confidential. It is emphasized that this RFI is for planning and information purposes only. This RFI 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 offerors responsibility to monitor these sites for the release of any solicitation or synopsis. Technical questions should be directed to: Jeff Stewart at (301) 286-3218 or Jeffrey.W.Stewart@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: Jeff Stewart at Jeffrey.W.Stewart@nasa.gov, no later than 5:00 PM EST on Friday, October 24th, 2014. 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 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 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.
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