A -- RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICE FOR VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY (VLBI) IN SUPPORT OF THE NASA SPACE GEODESY PROGRAM

Notice Date

October 3, 2000

Contracting Office

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 210, Greenbelt, MD 20771

ZIP Code

20771

Solicitation Number

DRFP5-62802-264

Response Due

October 18, 2000

Point of Contact

CAROLYN S GONSER, CONTRACTING OFFICER, Phone (301) 614-5585, Fax (301) 614-5619, Email cgonser@pop200.gsfc.nasa.gov -- CAROLYN S GONSER, CONTRACTING OFFICER, Phone (301) 614-5585, Fax (301) 614-5619, Email cgonser@pop200.gsfc.nasa.gov

E-Mail Address

CAROLYN S GONSER (cgonser@pop200.gsfc.nasa.gov)

Description

The NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is planning to issue a Draft Request for Proposal (RFP) for VLBI services for the Laboratory for Terrestrial Physics (Code 926). The effort will be performed on-site at the Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt MD. The proposed services include providing the following: 1. Coordination of VLBI experiments including requesting and scheduling of observing and correlating resources. 2. Generation and distribution of observing schedules and procedures and retrieval of observing logs. 3. Developing, implementing, documenting, and maintaining Field System software and procedures associated with Mark III, Mark IV, VLBA, S2 and various K4 data acquisition operations at field stations. 4. Implementation and maintenance of VLBI stations including logistical support, preparation of standard and custom software, travel, verification of readiness, training, trouble-shooting, and assistance in data acquisition. 5. Preparation of experiments for correlation and processing of correlator output into databases suitable for geodetic/astrometric analysis. 6. Retrieval of VLBI data from other analysis centers and from IVS Data Centers. 7. Analysis and monitoring of station, correlator, and source performance. 8. Calibration and analysis of geodetic, astrometric, and special purpose VLBI sessions and other radio interferometric data. 9. Timely generation of VLBI results for Earth orientation, troposphere, celestial reference frame, and terrestrial reference frame. 10. Archiving, posting, and distribution of VLBI data and results. 11. Advancement of the VLBI technique in the areas of instrumentation, calibration, modeling, algorithms, analysis, optimization, comparisons, combinations, and ancillary data. 12. Design, development, testing, implementation and maintenance of software and data files for scheduling, data monitoring, data handling, calibration, modeling, analysis, report generation, visualization, archiving, data distribution, web site, and utility functions. 13. Development and maintenance of geodetic/astrometric capability of AIPS. 14. Support of IVS activities including the Coordinating Center, the Coordinating Center Director, the CORE Operations Center, the Network Coordinator and Analysis Center. 15. Documentation of Mark III/IV VLBI systems. 16. Technical liaison services to various elements that support SGP activities and operations. 17. Preparation of scientific reports, presentations, and papers. This procurement will be conducted via a competitive small business set-aside. The SIC Code and Size Standard are 8731 and 500 employees, respectively. This procurement is not for a commercial item subject to FAR Part 12. See Note 26. The DPAS rating for this procurement is DO-C9. A contract is contemplated for this effort, whose total term including options, is planned not to exceed five years. This procurement is a follow-on effort to requirements currently being performed under Contract NAS5-32331. The anticipated release date of Draft RFP 62802-264 is October 3, 2000. Interested parties will have two weeks in which to provide comments. Comments on the Draft RFP are not mandatory. The use of comments to structure the final RFP is at the discretion of the Government. Any subsequent RFP will be synopsized prior to its release. In accordance with FAR 52.215-3, Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes (OCT 1997), the Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of the Draft RFP, or to otherwise pay for the information solicited. An ombudsman has been appointed. See NASA-specific lettered Note "B". It is the offerors responsibility to monitor the aforementioned Internet site for the release of the draft RFP and amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the draft solicitation and amendments (if any). Any referenced CBD numbered notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://cbdnet.access.gpo.gov/num-note.html NASA-specific numbered or lettered notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html Questions regarding this notice, or this procurement, should be directed to the point of contact listed below. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

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Record

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