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99 -- SILICON AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE DETECTOR SOL RFO5-62169-311 DUE 082398 POC Sharon M. Collignon, Contracting Officer, Phone (301)286-9874, Fax (301)286-0530, Email Sharon.M.Collignon.1@gsfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/date.html#RFO5-62169-311. E-MAIL: Sharon M. Collignon, Sharon.M.Collignon.1@gsfc.nasa.gov. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) plans to issue a Request for Offer (RFO)5-62169-311 on a sole-source basis to the Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC) for 100% subcontracting to EG&G Canada Ltd., for the acquisition of the design, build, test and delivery of eight engineering model and 16 space flight model silicon avalanche photodiode detector (APD) modules. These modules will be incorporated into the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) instrument to measure Earth polar ice sheet elevation from laser altimetry returns at a wavelength of 1064 nm. The successful APD must provide the following capabilities: quantum efficiency greater than 30% at 1064 nm wavelength and dark noise equivalent power at 10 MHz less than 0.100 pW/Hz1/2 with minimum responsivity (for the module) of at least 150 kVolts/Watt at T=20 C. NASA GSFC intends to enter into a fixed-price contract with the CCC for 100% subcontracting to EG&G Canada Ltd. which has a patented approach in the design of its APD modules.This is the only design known to the Government to satisfy all minimum requirements. EG&G is the only known manufacturer of the proposed APD module capable of meeting the Government's minimum technical requirements. The statutory authority is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), Only One Responsible Source. This procurement is being conducted under the NASA MidRange Pilot Test Program approved by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy. See CBD Net Numbered Note 26. Interested firms have 15 days from publication on the Commerce Business Daily 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 basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solelywithin the discretion of the Government. Firm date for receipt of offers will be stated in the RFO. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. Any referenced numbered notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html (0159)

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