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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

RECOMMENDATION AND DETERMINATION TO SOLICIT FROM ONE SOURCE

OR BRAND NAME

PICK ONE

Sole Source:

☐I recommend that NASA, NASA Shared Services Center negotiate with Vendor Name only for . The total estimated cost of this effort is Enter Dollar amount and the estimated period of performance or lead-time for delivery is Date.

OR

Brand Name Justification:

☒I recommend that NASA, NASA Shared Services Center negotiate with only with vendors who can provide the subject brand name from SpaceWorks Enterprises, Inc. (SEI) for QuickShot Core, QuickShot Branching Add On Module & QuickShot 4 DOF Add On Module. The estimated period of performance or lead-time for delivery is 12 Months After License Delivery (1-2 Weeks ARO).

This recommendation is for the acquisition of supplies or services determined to be reasonably available from only one source/only one manufacture. Competition is impractical for the following reasons (please answer the questions below):

1. What are the reasons for soliciting only the suggested source/suggested brand name? Please provide the unique characteristics of the items or services along with the supporting rationale and the market research performed to substantiate your reason for the suggested source/brand name.

The SpaceWorks Enterterprises QuickShot Core & Branching Add On are needed to be used to support the Hypersonic Technology Project and Human Landing Systems projects for the analysis of vehicle trajectories by members of the Vehicle Analysis Branch and SpaceMissions Analysis Branch at NASA Langley Research Center. These specific products are needed because they contain trajectory optimization and visualization techniques that are unique relative to other product offerings which other products lack.

2. What is the impact to the government if another vendor/brand is used? Include any dollar, schedule, or compatibility impacts if possible.

If another brand other than SEI QuickShot product softwares are used, personnel retraining will be required and current design and analysis workflows will be to changed, at additional expense to the government. Potentially inferior design solutions will also result due to other offerings lacking the capabilities of this product. Impacts would include time and money for personnel training, refactoring the current design and analysis workflows (which have been in place for multiple years), and obtaining inferior analysis solutions both in terms of performance and ability to interpret the results. This item has a unique input and output format relative to other offerings, as well as unique trajectory optimization capabilities.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:

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Technical User Name Date

AST, AEROSPACE VEH DESIGN&MSN ANALY

Title Vehicle Analysis Branch Office