A -- KA-BAND TRANSMITTER

Notice Date

May 31, 2001

Contracting Office

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 215, Greenbelt, MD 20771

ZIP Code

20771

Solicitation Number

RFO5-06602-238

Response Due

July 23, 2001

Point of Contact

Kim Sweep, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 286-8688, Fax (301) 286-1720, Email ksweep@pop200.gsfc.nasa.gov -- Theresa Becker, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 286-4241, Fax (301) 286-1720, Email Theresa.J.Becker.1@gsfc.nasa.gov

E-Mail Address

Kim Sweep (ksweep@pop200.gsfc.nasa.gov)

Description

NASA/GSFC plans to issue a Request for Offer (RFO) for the design, fabrication, assembly, development, and test of a Ka-band transmitter engineering brassboard. The Contractor shall provide system engineering, designs, analysis, and interface definition for the transmitter. This includes the verification of all requirements and performance parameters of the specification. The brassboard work shall be done with flight unit layout and flight-qualifiable parts. The transmitter shall include a RF modulator and an exciter. The input baseband data rate of the modulator shall range from 600 Mbps to 1 Gbps. The output shall be a modulated signal at Ka-band. The acquisition will be conducted using NASA MidRange procedures found in NASA FAR Supplement Part 1871. The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12 (see Note 26). The Government intends to award a cost-plus-fixed-fee type contract using full and open competition procedures. The NAICS Code and Size Standard are 334412 and 500, respectively. The DPAS Rating for this procurement is DO-C9. The provisions and clauses in the RFO and model contract are those in effect through FAC 97-23. All qualified responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. The anticipated release date of the RFO is on or about June 25, 2001 with an anticipated offer due date of approximately 30 days after the RFO is released. An ombudsman has been appointed -- See NASA Specific Note "B". The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will be in Microsoft Office 97 format and will reside on a World Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. The Internet site, or URL, for the NASA/GSFC Business Opportunities home page is http://nais.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=C&pin=51 Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the Internet site for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html

Web Link

Click here for the latest information about this notice (http://nais.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=51#RFO5-06602-238)

Record

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