SOURCES SOUGHT
99 -- LUNAR MAPPING AND MODELING PROJECT -LMMP- REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
- Notice Date
- 7/29/2008
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541360
— Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services
- Contracting Office
- NASA/George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Procurement Office, Marshall SpaceFlight Center, AL 35812
- ZIP Code
- 35812
- Solicitation Number
- RFI-LMMP-07-08
- Response Due
- 8/18/2008
- Archive Date
- 7/29/2009
- Point of Contact
- Wayne T. Harmon, Contracting Officer, Phone 256-544-5336, Fax 256-544-3223, - James W. Bailey, Contracting Officer, Phone 256-544-7409, Fax 256-544-9354
- E-Mail Address
-
wayne.harmon@msfc.nasa.gov, james.w.bailey@nasa.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- DescriptionThe NASA Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (ESMD) has directed the Marshall SpaceFlight Center (MSFC), through the Lunar Precursor Robotic Program (LPRP) Office, toimplement an activity to provide, integrate and/or develop of a suite of lunar mapping,modeling, visualization and analysis products that support NASAs Constellation Program(CxP) and other related lunar exploration activities, including the planning, design,development, test and operations associated with the establishment of a lunar outpost,sortie missions and crewed operations on the lunar surface. The LMMP plans to accomplishthis activity by implementing an integrated lunar surface visualization system thatprovides the lunar exploration community with access to and visualization of lunarmapping, modeling and analysis data, products and tools. It is envisioned that useraccess to this visualization system by CxP and other users will be through a single,consistent, intuitive and easy-to-use NASA internet portal. The system will provideaccess to appropriately defined portions of the highly distributed collection ofavailable lunar data, products and tools in the background and transparently to the user. The LMMP will focus predominately on providing access to data sets and productsresulting from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and Lunar CRater Observation andSensing Satellite (LCROSS) missions, but may also utilize historical lunar data (e.g.,Apollo, Lunar Orbiter, Clementine, Lunar Prospector, Earth-based observations, etc.), andinternational lunar mission data (e.g., Kaguya, Chandrayaan, etc.), as available andappropriate, to meet specific near-term product, product type and/or product resolutionand accuracy needs.Hence, the NASA/MSFC is issuing this RFI to conduct a market survey of the planetaryscience, academic, commercial, government and other interested communities to obtain anunderstanding of currently existing planetary surface visualization systems, geographicinformation systems, other relevant and/or related software elements, components, tools,data systems and architectures, etc. that could potentially be integrated into thedevelopment and delivery of such a lunar surface visualization system by the LMMP. Theterm existing implies that these resources are currently operational and available inthe commercial, private, education, government or public domains and that would requireonly minimal modification, if any, to be incorporated into the development andestablishment of above stated capabilities. It is a goal of LMMP to make as much of theunderlying source code and products available to the public as practical. However, it isrecognized that this may not be possible for some commercial software and products thatmight be considered.The following top-level goals, constraints and needs have been established for the LMMPin the development of a Lunar Surface Visualization System, and is provided here in orderto provide additional context of the scope of the LMMP:Emphasize adherence to open standards and standardized data and interface formats(eg. OGC, geotiff, JPEG2000, Planetary Data System)Provide a visualization system and related data and analysis products that are ingeneral easily extensible and adaptable to interface with other software applications(eg. NASA mission operations software & design tools, Matlab, ESRI Arc), other analysistools, simulation or computer systems and/or to provide data and/or output data/filescompatible with those systemsProvide a system that is easily accessible, usable and meets the needs of theConstellation Program, while providing utility to other users in science and educationcommunities, and the general publicAll relevant data sets and products used in the system will be geo-registered tothe same lunar control network. This will have been done previously by the dataoriginator or by the LMMP prior to use by the system.Provide access to the visualization, manipulation and/or analysis of thefollowing lunar supplied data products/sets/types:oGlobal and local visible image base mapping dataoTopographic mapping dataoSurface digital elevation models (DEM)oSurface slope & hazard mapsoLunar lighting mapping and/or model dataoLunar temperature mapping and/or model dataoGlobal lunar gravity modeloGlobal mineralogical and elemental abundance mapping dataProvide a system and/or tools that allow digital overlays and/or fusion of lunarmaps/models depicting appropriate interaction of the user specified/generated parametersof interest.This RFI is for information, acquisition and development planning purposes only and isnot to be construed as a commitment by the Government to enter into a contractualagreement, nor will the Government pay for the information requested. This is NOT arequest for proposals or notice of solicitation - no solicitation related to this RFIcurrently exists. Should a solicitation be released in the future, it will be synopsizedin FedBizOpps and on the NASA Acquisition Internet Service.Depending upon the responses received to this RFI, NASA may consider additional follow upwith respondents if needed to clarify or obtain additional information.It is not NASAs intent to publicly disclose proprietary information obtained during thisRFI. To the full extent that it is protected pursuant to the Freedom of Information Actand other laws and regulations, information identified by a respondent as Proprietary orConfidential will be treated as such.Requested InformationResponses to this RFI shall be in the form of a PDF document that is emailed to the Pointof Contact provided below. Responses should not exceed ten (10) pages in length and mustcontain the following information:1.Name of respondent and contact information (institutional affiliation, emailaddress, phone number);2.Capabilities and qualifications statement that addresses the respondents abilityto actually provide the above stated capabilities (i.e., surface visualization systems,geographic information systems, other relevant and/or related software elements,components, tools, data systems and architectures, etc.) to the Government; 3.A description of these capabilities, how they function, interface & standardssupport and how these are extended, and in general how these capabilities support thestated objectives of the LMMP;4.Screen shots and/or pictures of the system(s), capabilities, etc., as needed tosubstantiate functionality, capabilities and extensibility;5.The current status of the systems, capabilities, etc., their development historyand any proprietary or other restrictions regarding their use and/or subsequentdistribution.CDs containing demonstrations, movies and/or demonstration software of the abovecapabilities, etc. may also be submitted if they will aid in the understanding of systemfunctionality, but this is not required.No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. If asolicitation is released it will be synopsized in FedBizOpps and on the NASA AcquisitionInternet Service. It is the potential offerors responsibility to monitor these sitesfor the release of any solicitation or synopsis.Vendors having the capabilities necessary to meet or exceed the stated requirements areinvited to submit appropriate documentation, literature, brochures, and references.Technical questions should be directed to: Raymond French, 256-544-2245; email:Raymond.A.French@nasa.gov. Procurement related questions should be directed to: Wayne T.Harmon, 256-544-5336; email: Wayne.T.Harmon@nasa.gov.Please advise if the requirement is considered to be a commercial or commercial-typeproduct. A commercial item is defined in FAR 2.101.This synopsis is for information and planning purposes and is not to be construed as acommitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. Respondents deemedfully qualified will be considered in any resultant solicitation for the requirement. The Government reserves the right to consider a small business or 8(a) set-aside based onresponses hereto. All responses shall be submitted to Wayne Harmon atWayne.T.Harmon@nasa.gov no later than August 18, 2008.Please reference RFI-LMMP-07-08in any response. Any referenced notes may be viewed at the following URLs linked below.
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