SPECIAL NOTICE
A -- PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY WITH NASA GSFC FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SCANNINGPOLARIMETER FOR MISSION OF OPPORTUNITY
- Notice Date
- 12/8/2011
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 210.Y, Greenbelt, MD 20771
- ZIP Code
- 20771
- Solicitation Number
- CAP_POD
- Archive Date
- 12/8/2012
- Point of Contact
- Maria L McNamee, Contracting Officer, Phone 301-286-4988, Fax 301-286-5373, Email Maria.L.McNamee@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
Maria L McNamee
(Maria.L.McNamee@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NASA GSFC is seeking a partner to support the development of a scanning polarimeterfor a Mission of Opportunity (MOO).This partnering opportunity document is for soliciting potential partners to participatein a proposal development activity in response to the second Earth Venture instrument(EV-i) NASA Announcement of Opportunity (AO), expected to be released in early 2012. Earth Venture is a Program element within the Earth System Science Pathfinder Program(ESSP) consisting of a series of new science-driven, competitively selected, instrumentsthat will provide an opportunity for investment in pioneering Earth science to enhanceour capability to better understand the current state of the Earth system and to enablecontinual improvement in the prediction of future changes. For additional information onEV-i and the draft solicitation visit http://essp.larc.nasa.gov/EV-I. While the AO schedule cannot be specified at this time, the following is estimated basedon earlier AOs and related opportunities: - Expected AO release Winter (early) 2012- Proposals due date -- 3 months after AO release- Selection of the Investigation (target) -- 6 months after submittal- Launch within 5 years of selection -- 2017Participation in this partnering synopsis is open to all categories of U.S. and non-U.S.organizations, including educational institutions, industry, not-for-profit institutions,the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, as well as NASA Centers and other U.S. GovernmentAgencies. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Other MinorityUniversities (OMUs), small disadvantaged businesses (SDBs), veteran-owned smallbusinesses, service disabled veteran-owned small businesses, HUBzone small businesses,and women-owned small businesses (WOSBs) are encouraged to apply. Participation bynon-U.S. organizations is welcome but may be subject to NASAs policy of no exchange offunds, in which each government supports its own national participants and associatedcosts.This partnership opportunity is being issued to select partners for preparing theproposal for development of a high performance scanning polarimeter to be hosted on aMission of Opportunity (MOO), operating for a minimum of 2 years. Options for extendedoperations until payload end-of-life are requested. NASA GSFC is seeking potential partners having demonstrated experience supporting thefollowing mission elements throughout the system life cycle (Phases A through E):- Scanning polarimeter technologies and sub-systems including:- polarimetric analysis techniques with the ability to measure the degree oflinear polarization to 0.2% accuracy - detectors from 400-2500 nm*; - low polarization (<0.1%) scanning assemblies;- inflight polarimetric calibration techniques - inflight radiometric calibration techniques - FPGA implementation of simple sensor systems - Alternatively, complete integrated scanning polarimeter instrument payloads that meet the science measurement requirements will also be considered - System Engineering support to resolve payload accommodation issues and system level integration and test (I&T)- Environmental Test Program of the fully integrated payload- Mission operations support throughout the mission lifetime- Ground data capture and distribution services options- Payload measurement validation and verification* It should be noted that NASA has MCT detector pairs appropriate for measuringorthogonal polarization states available for this proposal and these could be provided asGFE to a partner.Potential partners shall identify the mission area(s) in which they would propose topartner and provide a brief summary of how they intend to accomplish the mission elementsas identified above. In the event a teaming arrangement is proposed, an appropriatebreakout is required toensure NASA understands how all mission elements are satisfied.The scanning polarimeter payload is an Earth viewing, passive optical system, focused onobserving aerosols and clouds in the troposphere and lower stratosphere (altitudes from 0to 25 km). The science payload requirements are listed below:Mission Duration -2 years Low Earth Orbit -~400 to 850 km; ~98 deg inclination Payload Mass -<50 kg Payload Power - < 40W Volume (LxWxH)- Not to Exceed 80x60x54 cm Polarimetric accuracy - 0.2%Instantaneous Field of View -< 10 mradSpectral bands* -410, 555, 670, 865, 1378 (1880), 1600, 2260 nmAngular range - 50 from nadir at the spacecraft *This is a minimum band set. The 1378 and 1880 nm bands are both effective for screeningof thin cirrus clouds. If selected through this partnering opportunity, it is expected that the selectedpartner(s) will work with GSFC scientists and engineers to jointly develop the proposal. If the proposal is selected, GSFC anticipates issuing contracts or other agreements tothe selected partner(s) for performance of the proposed elements.There will be no exchange of funds between the teaming partners for the AO proposalcycle.If the proposed instrument is selected for development, partner(s) will be fundedaccording to the budget developed during the AO proposal phase.Partner selections will be made by NASA based on the listed criteria in the followingorder of importance:(1)Relevant Experience and Past Performance. The proposer shall include relevantrecent experience and past performance in similar development activities. (40%)(2)Technical Capability and Staffing Approach. The proposer shall describe theirtechnical capabilities required for the performance of the development activity describedherein. If proposing a specific technology or subsystem, provide details of relevantpast projects and applications of your technology. If proposing an integrated payloadsolution, provide details on your approach and past experience in developing similarinstrument payloads. In addition include your staffing approach. (20%)(3)Payload Accommodation and Mission Support. The proposer shall demonstrate anunderstanding of accommodating optical payloads and address the mission elementrequirements as specified herein. Particularly critical or challenging areas foraccommodating optical payloads should be identified along with associated solutions. TheI&T flow for the mission element(s) should be discussed and the related supportfacilities (fabrication, I&T, storage, etc.) identified. Safety and Mission assuranceprocedures and processes should be identified.The proposer shall provide a rough orderof Magnitude (ROM) cost for developing the technology, subsystem or integrated payloadsolution through pre-launch, launch and flight operation mission phases. (20%)(4)Mission Management and Participating Organizations. The proposer shall provide afact sheet that provides a brief summary of the proposed teaming arrangements, asapplicable. Also identify your key personnel. (20%)Responses to this partnering opportunity shall be limited to 10 pages in not less than12-point font.Responses must address the aforementioned evaluation criteria.Allresponses shall be submitted to GSFC electronically via email by 5:00pm EST on January12, 2012. Responses shall be submitted to lisa.w.callahan@nasa.gov.The requested information through this POD is for preliminary planning purposes only anddoes not constitute a commitment, implied or otherwise, that GSFC will solicit thesubmitter for a procurement of any related effort in the future. GSFC will not beresponsible for any costs incurred by submitters in furnishing this information.Technical and Programmatic questions regarding this draft partnering synopsis should bedirected to Brian Cairns at (Brian.Cairns-1@nasa.gov).This solicitation/synopsis is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government norwill the Government pay for the information solicited.An ombudsman has been appointed. See Internet Note b.The documents for this partnership opportunity will be inMicrosoft Office Suite (Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, or PowerPoint 4.0 or higher) format and willreside on a World Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browserapplication. The WWW address, or URL, of the NASA/GSFC Business Opportunities home pageis http://procurement.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=C&pin=51.It is offerors responsibility to monitor this site for the release of amendments (ifany). Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy ofamendments, if any. Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html.Reference:Mishchenko, M., B. Cairns, J. Hansen, L. Travis, R. Burg, Y. Kaufman, J. VanderleiMartins, and E. Shettle, 2004: Monitoring of aerosol forcing of climate from space:analysis of measurement requirements. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer 88, 149161.
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