Intent to Sole Source_ Draft PWS.pdf

This notice announces a sole source contract opportunity with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center. NASA intends to award a sole source contract to Vinco Inc. to provide integrated field test communication architecture in support of the Extravehicular Activity and Human Surface Mobility Program. The services include network management middleware that is agnostic to hardware and network protocols to enable NASA field tests to integrate and evaluate different equipment and technologies. The base period of performance is from July 2023 through November 2024 with two optional one-year extensions. Initial integration testing is scheduled for August through September 2023 with the first field site test occurring in late September through early October 2023. Interested parties may submit capabilities for consideration until June 8, 2023, but the opportunity is not open for competitive bidding and will be awarded solely to Vinco Inc. as the designated sole source provider.