Commercial Off-the-Shelf Technical Course

NASA's Shared Services Center has published a Special Notice regarding their intent to award a sole source contract for a Commercial Off-the-Shelf Technical Course to Navigation Technology Seminars Inc. The procurement is for a specialized 5-day remote training course on Inertial Systems, Kalman Filtering, and GPS/INS Integration to be delivered to NASA personnel at Marshall Space Flight Center. The agency has determined that Navigation Technology Seminars Inc., located in Alexandria, Virginia, is the sole provider capable of delivering this specific technical training. The contract will be awarded under FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) authority and will utilize commercial acquisition procedures under FAR Parts 12 and 13. The procurement falls under NAICS code 611430 for Professional and Management Development Training.

The Special Notice serves as a market research tool to determine whether other organizations possess the capabilities to provide this specialized training, potentially warranting a competitive procurement process. Interested organizations must submit their qualifications and capabilities in writing by 12 p.m. Central Standard Time on June 19, 2025, with oral communications not being accepted. The course will provide 30 hours of instruction for 20 NASA employees, covering advanced topics such as INS/GPS integration, Square Root and Kalman filters, and ground alignment techniques. The training is scheduled for remote delivery via Cisco Webex during September 15-19, 2025, and will be taught by instructors Dr. Alan Pue and Michael Vaujin. NASA retains full discretion in determining whether to proceed with the sole source award or conduct a competitive procurement based on the responses received. The procurement will include complete digital course notes and the textbook "Introduction to Random Signals and Applied Kalman Filtering" as part of the deliverables.