NASA Solicitation: Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer Partnership Opportunity
Synopsis – Dec 19, 2011
Partnership Opportunity Document – Posted on Dec 19, 2011 New!
General Information
Solicitation Number: 101-2012
Posted Date: Dec 19, 2011
FedBizOpps Posted Date: Dec 19, 2011
Recovery and Reinvestment Act Action: No
Original Response Date: Jan 31, 2012
Current Response Date: Jan 31, 2012
Classification Code: A — Research and Development
NAICS Code: 541712
Set-Aside Code:
Contracting Office Address
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 210.S, Greenbelt, MD 20771
Description
NASA GSFC is seeking an engineering partner for the development of an instrument electromechanical pointing system. The potential GSFC NICER mission is designed to meet the science goals as currently understood.
The NICER mission is one of five selections from responses to the Explorer Missions of Opportunity (MOO). Following is the description provided in the Explorer 2011 Announcement:
Neutron star Interior Composition ExploreR (NICER) Keith Gendreau, PI, Goddard — This mission would place an X-ray timing instrument on the International Space Station (ISS) to explore the exotic states of matter within neutron stars and reveal their interior and surface compositions.
Following selection NASA released the Explorer 2011 Guidelines and Criteria for the Phase A Concept Study. Concept Study Reports (CSR) are due on September 21, 2012. Teams are responsible for the content and quality of the CSR, site visit preparations, and responses to weaknesses and questions.
This partnership opportunity is being issued to select a partner to help prepare the NICER mission concept for entry into Phase B and to provide an end-to-end mission deployment and gimbal system pointing solution should the mission continue through Phase F. Responses will be treated as proprietary information and controlled as such.
The respondents shall deliver an electronic and hardcopy version of the requested information in a presentation format. Final presentation packages must be received by 4 PM EST on January 31, 2012. Please provide 5 hardcopies and one DVD or CD of the presentation and deliver them to:
Julie Thienel NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Code 101 Building 8, Room 321 Greenbelt, MD 20771 Julie.thienel@nasa.gov 301-614-7016
GSFC plans to make selection based on the submitted materials only.
There will be no exchange of funds between the teaming partners for the portion of this partnership opportunity dealing with the preparation of the CSR. Full funding will be available for subsequent phases, beginning in Phase B, should the mission be selected for those additional phases. The selected partner is expected to use their own internal funds to support the preparation of the CSR.
This solicitation/synopsis is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for the information solicited. An ombudsman has been appointed. See Internet Note “B”. The documents for this partnership opportunity will be in Microsoft Office Suite (Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, or PowerPoint 4.0) format and will reside on a World Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. The WWW address, or URL, of the NASA/GSFC Business Opportunities home page is http://procurement.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=C&pin=51 .
It is the offerors responsibility to monitor this cite for the release of the Partnership Opportunity Document and amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the Partnership Opportunity Document and amendments, if any. Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html .
Point of Contact
Name: Dona D Vanterpool
Title: Contracting Officer
Phone: 301-286-7905
Fax: 301-286-1773
Email: Dona.D.Vanterpool@nasa.gov
