NASA/George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Procurement Office, Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812

D -- PROCESS CONTROL AND DATA ACQUISITION SOFTWARE KEYS SOL 8-1-0-E2-C9103 DUE 081400 POC Becky LaRue, Contract Specialist, Phone (256) 544-5665, Fax (256) 544-8434, Email becky.larue@msfc.nasa.gov -- David A. Iosco, Contracting Officer, Phone (256) 544-0387, Fax (256) 544-4400, Email david.iosco@msfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=62#8-1-0-E2-C9103. E-MAIL: Becky LaRue, becky.larue@msfc.nasa.gov. NASA/MSFC plans to issue a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for Process Control and Data Acquisition Software Keys. This procurement is being conducted under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP). NASA/MSFC intends to purchase the items from Intellution, Norwood, MA, pursuant to FAR 6.302-1, which implements 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c) (1) for acquisitions of supplies or services available from only one source. Competition is impractical because the Intellution Process Control and Data Acquisition Software Keys provide an essential capability in the Environmental Test Facility. This type of Process Control and Data Acquisition Software Keys are operationally compatible with existing software keys being used. This Process Control and Data Acquisition Software is essential for being able to provide facility level computerized automated control required for thermal vacuum testing and facility process control, and will be used extensively for support of all testing in the Environmental Test Facility. The large quantity of tests required for Space Station exceeds the available capacity of existing process control and data acquisition software keys to control the entire facility. In that this software is proprietary, it cannot be obtained from any other source, and no other vendor produces software that can be integrated with existing copies of this software to achieve the required performance. The software keys (software copy licenses) are the only means by which the Environmental Test Facility can continue the computerized automation of the facility to provide the required Process Control and Data Acquisition of Thermal Vacuum Testing of Space Station Hardware. This software is the only software available that is compatible with existing software in use, and it is the only known software which is one hundred percent compatible with the facility hardware currently making up the Environmental Test Facility. The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort in writing to the identified point of contact not later than 4:30 p.m. local time on August 14, 2000. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. OMBUDSMAN STATEMENT REQUIRED] An Ombudsman has been appointed. See NASA Specific Note "B". Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html Posted 07/27/00 (D-SN479541). (0209)

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