NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 214.4, Greenbelt, MD 20771

A -- SCIENTIFIC DATA ANALYSIS DUE 010798 POC James Debelius, Contract Specialist, Phone (301)286-0055, Fax (301)286-0341, Email James.M.Debelius.1@gsfc.nasa.gov -- Thomas Russell, Contracting Officer, Phone (301)286-2885, Fax (301)286-0341, Email Thomas.S.Russell.1@gsfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/date.html#501. E-MAIL: James Debelius, James.M.Debelius.1@gsfc.nasa.gov. This is a notice of intent to award a contract on a sole source basis to the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) for the data analysis effort supporting the Electron, Proton and Alpha Monitor (EPAM) and Ultra-Low Isotope Spectrometer (ULEIS) instruments developed by APL and flown on the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) Observatory. NASA requires analysis of the EPAM and ULEIS instrument scientific data as part of the ACE Mission. The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition for this procurement is 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c) (1), only one responsible source. APL designed, developed and fabricated the EPAM and ULEIS instruments, and developed the unique algorithms necessary for the data analysis. APL has been a part of the ACE team since January 1988, when ACE was selected by NASA Headquarters for a Phase A study, and continued to be part of the ACE team during the definition, design and development phases. Because of APL's intimate involvement in the ACE program since inception as co-investigators and developers of the instruments, APL is considered uniquely qualified and the only source with the experience and expertise capable of performing the data analysis within the current ACE cost and schedule constraints. The data analysis effort is scheduled to begin at the end of the on-orbit check-out period, currently February 1, 1998. Interested firms desiring consideration have 15 days from publication in the Commerce Business Daily (CBD) to submit their qualifications/capabilities. Such qualifications/capabilities will be used solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. Responses received after 15 days without the required information will be considered nonresponsive to the synopsis and will not be considered. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed contract, on a full and open competitive basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. See Number Note 22. Any referenced numbered notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nnotes.htm. (0357)

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