Status Report

CBD: NASA: Launch Support for the GOES-N Mission

By SpaceRef Editor

December 12, 2001

Filed under Commerce Business Daily, Goddard Space Flight Center, US

[Commerce Business Daily: Posted in CBDNet on December 7, 2001]

[Printed Issue Date: December 11, 2001]

From the Commerce Business Daily Online via GPO Access

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PART: U.S. GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENTS

SUBPART: SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT AND MATERIAL

CLASSCOD: 99–Miscellaneous

OFFADD: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 216, Greenbelt,
MD 20771

SUBJECT: 99–LAUNCH SUPPORT FOR THE GOES-N MISSION
SOL RFP5-52952-202

DUE 122801

POC Veronica C. Stubbs, Contract Specialist, Phone (301)286-8386,
Fax (301)286-1773, Email Veronica.C.Stubbs.1@gsfc.NASA.gov

DESC: NASA/GSFC plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP)5-52952
for tracking services in support of the GOES-N mission from
the pre-launch phase through the initial part of the launch
and orbit phase of the mission. NASA/GSFC intends to enter
into a contract with European Space Agency/European Space Operations
Center (ESA/ESOC) for the provision of the tracking services
by means of the Perth, Australia tracking station. The Perth
station is in view of the GOES-N spacecraft trajectory, and
will cover tracking in this remote location where no other
viable resource is available. Provision of coverage to launch
vehicle or spacecraft targets is dependent on the ground track
they project onto the earth’s surface. Consequently, specific
tracing locations are required. Date of launch and trajectory
dictate the support requirements. The GOES-N mission requires
coverage from Western Australia since the spacecraft separation
occurs near this coverage area. ESA/ESOC has a tracking station
at Perth, Australia. This asset is the only one in that geographic
location with the capabilities to support the NASA requirement.
The statutory authority permitting Other Than Full and Open
competition is 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c)(1), One Responsible Source.
The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item
using FAR Part 12. See Note 26. See Note 22. 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 December 28, 2001. 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. An Ombudsman has been appointed.
See NASA Specific Note “B”. All qualified responsible sources
may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency.
Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.NASA.gov/nasanote.html