NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Earth Sciences Procurement Office

A -- DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, AND TESTING OF REMOTE SENSORS AND SENSOR SYSTEMS SOL RFP5-XXXX1-261 DUE 082396 POC Liz Aldridge, Contract Specialist, (301) 286-5044 Steve Cimino, Contracting Officer, (301) 286-6972. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) intends to contract with Science Systems & Applications, Inc. (SSAI) on a sole source basis to extend support currently provided under Contract NAS5-31741 for an additional 21 months beyond the current end date of the contract (04/30/97). This extension is required to continue work currently underway while the government's technical requirements are being consolidated and competed. Under the consolidated competition, the majority of these requirements will be set aside for small business. Under NAS5-31741 the contractor provides scientific and engineering support for the design, development, and testing of remote sensors and sensor systems. This support includes, but is not limited to, software development related to various modeling applications for Goddard projects such as EOS/MODIS, as well as data classification and analysis, research support, mechanical engineering support, design, fabrication, and assembly for electro-optical remote sensing instruments, maintenance and operation of the Systems Evaluation and Development Laboratory (SEDL) and related antenna systems. Landsat 7 instrument payload analysis, including the Enhanced Thematic Mapper (ETM), and, development and refinement of the CARANLYS program. Statutory authority for this sole source procurement is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1)--Only One Responsible Source. However, contractors who believe they can provide these services without any harmful impact to the program schedules supported by this work, should contact Liz Aldridge at the address provided in section 7 of this synopsis. Contractors must repond by 09/04/96 or 15 days after publication of this synopsis in the CBD, whichever is latest. Again, we anticipate competition of these requirements as consolidated with other GSFC requirements in a small business set-aside competition currently scheduled to begin December of 1996. See Numbered Note(s): 22. (0234)

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