NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 216, Greenbelt, MD 20771

A -- CDTE/CDZNTE DETECTOR PIXELS SOL RFO5-08710-202 POC Veronica C. Stubbs, Contract Specialist, Phone (301)286-8386, Fax (301)286-1773, Email Veronica.C.Stubbs.1@gsfc.nasa.gov -- Leigh Anne C. Giraldi, Contracting Officer, Phone (301)286-3318, Fax (301)286-1773, Email Leigh.Anne.C.Giraldi.1@gsfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/date.html#RFO5-08710-202. E-MAIL: Veronica C. Stubbs, Veronica.C.Stubbs.1@gsfc.nasa.gov. NASA/GSFC plans to issue a Request for Offer (RFO) for the acquisition of up to 39,000 individual 4 mm x 4 mm x 2 mm CdZnTe/CdTe detectors or up to 625 large ( 33.4 mm x 33.4 mm x 2 mm) CdZnTe/CdTe pixel detectors with an 8 x 8 array of 4 mm square pixels on a 4.2 mm pitch. These semiconductor gamma-ray detectors will be procured for the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) detector array in support of the Swift Gamma Ray Burst Explorer satellite experiment. The Swift Gamma-ray Burst Explorer is a proposed Medium Explorer-class satellite experiment designed to detect, locate and study astronomical gamma-ray bursts. The Contractor is responsible for developing the appropriate testing fixtures and equipment at its facility so that the performance of each pixel detector can be verified. The CdZnTe/CdTe detectors will be delivered to GSFC in special boxes that both protect the detectors during shipping and keep each piece associated with its unique identification number. The design of these detector boxes will be provided by GSFC. Delivery is required to be completed by August 2001. The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. See Note 26. All qualified responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. The anticipated release date of the RFO is on or about August 11, 1999 with an anticipated offer due date of on or about September 10, 1999. -- See Internet Note "B". The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will be in Microsoft Office Suite (Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, PowerPoint 4.0) format and will reside on a World Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. The Internet site, or URL, for the NASA/GSFC Business Opportunities home page is http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/class.html Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the Internet site for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html Posted 07/28/99 (D-SN360194). (0209)

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