Contract to Harvard for DSCOVR Faraday Cup Instrument
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 80NSSC24861822Q
- Agency
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Shared Services Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- PSC
- AJ11 General Science And Technology R&D Services; General Science And Technology; Basic Research
- Place of performance
- Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center published a Special Notice for a sole source contract to the Smithsonian Institution for the DSCOVR Faraday Cup Instrument. The Special Notice intends to award a contract to the Smithsonian Institution under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), as it was determined the Smithsonian Institution is the sole provider that can meet NASA's requirements.
The Special Notice seeks to acquire technical support services from the Smithsonian Institution for instrument operations, calibrations, ground data processing, and algorithm documentation for the DSCOVR Faraday Cup solar wind detector. Interested parties were required to submit capabilities and qualifications by February 15, 2024 if they sought to have the procurement conducted on a competitive basis. However, the determination to compete the effort was solely at the government's discretion. The performance location is NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and the contract would be for one base year with options to extend additional years in support of NASA and NOAA space weather research efforts.
Notice text
NASA/NSSC has a requirement for Contract to Harvard for DSCOVR Faraday Cup Instrument.
NASA/NSSC intends to issue a sole source contract to SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 60 Garden ST,
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138-1516 under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i). It has been determined
that SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION is the sole provider of Contract to Harvard for DSCOVR Faraday Cup
Instrument.
NASA/NSSC will be the procuring center for this effort. Performance will be located at NASA/ Goddard Space
Flight Center (GSFC).
The Government intends to acquire commercial items and services using the provisions, clauses and procedures
prescribed in FAR Part 12 and FAR Part 13.
The NAICS Code for this procurement is 541715.
Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort in writing to the
identified point of contact not later than 4:00 p.m. Central Standard Time on 2/15/2024. 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.
Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice.
NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be
found at http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/pub_library/Omb.html .
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| SOW.pdf |
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