NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 287, Greenbelt, MD

99 -- 99--MERCURY CADMIUM TELLURIDE INFRARED FOCAL PLANE ARRAY SOL RFP5-14963/235 POC Janet Langweil, Contract Specialist, (301)286-4212 Bradley J Poston, Contracting Officer, (301)286-3722. This is a notice of intent to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP)5-14963/235 on a sole-source basis for a firm fixed price contract to Rockwell Science Center to provide one, mercury cadmium telluride focal plane array, built upon the NICMOS (for ''Near Infrared Camera, Multi-object Spectrometer'') Multiplexer (MUX). The NICMOS format was designed by the Rockwell Science Center to be used for the Hubble Space Telescope infrared upgrade. This procurement will acquire a high-grade (''science grade'') extended wavelength replacement of an existing (''engineering grade'') NICMOS-3 device in order to begin a program of ground based science validation of a new spectral camera technology. NASA/GSFC requires an infrared focal plane array with the following characteristics: 256 pixel x 256 pixel format, high quantum efficiency, operation to 4.8 microns wavelength, operation at temperatures of 50-55 Kelvin, and the focal plane array must be operated using an existing electronics interface. Rockwell Science Center is considered to be uniquely qualified under the statutory authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c)(1), as Only One Responsible Source. Any other persons desiring consideration are requested to fully identify their abilities in writing within fifteen (15) days of the publication of this synopsis to the GSFC Contracting Officer listed above. See Numbered Note(s): 22. (0213)

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