NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 214.2, Greenbelt, MD 20771

A -- SOLAR BACKSCATTER ULTRAVIOLET RADIOMETER/2 (SBUV/2) SOL NA DUE 120697 POC Klaus Sexton, Contract Specialist, Phone (301)286-3230, Fax (301)286-9777, Email Klaus.D.Sexton.1@gsfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/date.html#NA. E-MAIL: Klaus Sexton, Klaus.D.Sexton.1@gsfc.nasa.gov. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) to Ball Aerospace Technologies Corporation (BATC) for one Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Radiometer/2 (SBUV/2) for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) N prime Polar Operational Environmental Satellite (POES). The solicitation will be issued on a sole source basis in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) -- Only One Responsible Source. The additional "clone" SBUV/2 will be added to NASA contract NAS5-30355 which is for 3 SBUV/2 instruments. The Contractor will be responsible for the fabrication, qualification, storage, storage testing, delivery, post delivery bench testing and other necessary field support of the SBUV/2 instrument. BATC is uniquely qualified to perform this work. BATC has in place the necessary drawings, test equipment, test fixturing, integration and testing procedures. BATC has 20 years experience in building and testing the SBUV instrument. This experience makes BATC uniquely qualified to trouble shoot anomalies during testing, integration onto the spacecraft, and in-orbit performance. BATC has further developed special radiometric calibration techniques which are proprietary to BATC. All responsible sources desiring consideration are requested to fully identify their interest and capabilities within fifteen (15) days of the date of publication of this synopsis to the NASA GSFC GOES/POES procurement office, Code 214.2. See Notes 22 and 26. (0325)

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