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A -- COSMIC ORIGINS SPECTOGRAPH (COS) INSTRUMENT DUE 032798 POC Susan Sparacino, Contracting Officer, Phone (301)286-8085, Fax (301)286-1712, Email Susan.M.Sparacino.1@gsfc.nasa.gov -- Susan Sparacino, Contracting Officer, Phone (301)286-8085, Fax (301)286-1712, Email Susan.M.Sparacino.1@gsfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/date.html#PR-442-53244. E-MAIL: Susan Sparacino, Susan.M.Sparacino.1@gsfc.nasa.gov. NASA/GSFC plans to issue a sole source contract to Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation for the design, development, test, and integration of the Cosmic Origins Spectograph (COS) instrument scheduled to be aboard the 2002 Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Servicing Mission. The authority for other than full and open competition is 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c) (1) -- Only One Responsible Source. NASA Headquarters selected Ball Aerospace to build the COS instrument, with Dr. James Green, The University of Colorado, as Principal Investigator, under Announcement of Opportunity (AO) 96-OSS-03. Separate contracts will be awarded to Ball Aerospace and The University of Colorado. Ball Aerospace is uniquely qualified as the only source with the experience, facilities, and expertise capable of performing the design, development, testing, and verification of the COS Instrument. Ball has had extensive experience in building HST instruments with axial configuration such as NICMOS, STIS, COSTAR, and ACS. Ball Aerospace possesses all of the test equipment and facilities such as the Mechanical Simulator, Optical Bench, and Key Mechanism to test the proposed instrument. Any other persons desiring consideration are requested to fully identify their interest and capabilities within fifteen (15) days of the posted date to the point of contact listed previously. The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. See Note 26. An Ombudsman has been appointed, See Internet Note "B". See Note 22. Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nnotes.htm. (0071)

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