NASA earth science decadal survey missions study

Added: Sep 03, 2009 1:44 pm Modified: Apr 02, 2010 1:19 pmTrack Changes NASA evaluated and selected 6 proposals, that were not to exceed $500,000, for afour month study. This study activity is intended to determine cost savings of a commonspacecraft buy for the TIER I missions.

Added: Sep 03, 2009 1:44 pm Modified: Apr 02, 2010 1:15 pmTrack Changes NASA evaluated and selected 6 proposals, that were not to exceed $500,000, for afour month study. This study activity is intended to determine cost savings of a commonspacecraft buy for the TIER I missions.

Added: Sep 03, 2009 1:44 pm Modified: Apr 02, 2010 1:10 pmTrack Changes NASA evaluated and selected 6 proposals, that were not to exceed $500,000, for afour month study. This study activity is intended to determine cost savings of a commonspacecraft buy for the TIER I missions.

Added: Sep 03, 2009 1:44 pm Modified: Apr 02, 2010 1:05 pmTrack Changes NASA evaluated and selected 6 proposals, that were not to exceed $500,000, for afour month study. This study activity is intended to determine cost savings of a commonspacecraft buy for the TIER I missions.

Added: Sep 03, 2009 1:44 pm Modified: Apr 02, 2010 1:01 pmTrack Changes NASA evaluated and selected 6 proposals, that were not to exceed $500,000, for afour month study. This study activity is intended to determine cost savings of a commonspacecraft buy for the TIER I missions.

Added: Sep 03, 2009 1:44 pm NASA/GSFC plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the NASA Earth ScienceDecadel Survey Missions Study. The objective of the four month study is to develop adesign concept for a common spacecraft to accommodate the TIER I decadel missions (withthe exception of Soil Moisture Active and Passive mission & the Deformation, EcosystemStructure and Dynamics of Ice Mission Radar Platform). The design concept shallaccommodate the launch loads for the following launch configurations: Taurus IIstandard, Taurus II 3rd state option, Delta IVM, Falcon 9, ATLAS V 401 and top spacecrafton a dual manifest ATLAS V 401 DSS with 0 plugs.NASA contemplates evaluating and selecting multiple offers (approximately 6) based on theproposals as submitted and providing each of the study participants a not to exceed costof $500K for a four month study. This study activity is intended to determine costsavings of a common spacecraft buy for the TIER I missions. NASA will provide missionparameters including the current best estimate of the payload requirements with theissuance of the RFP.The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. See Note26.The NAICS Code and Size Standard are 541330, and $4.5 Million, respectively. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency.The anticipated release date of the RFP is on or about 25 September 2009 with ananticipated offer due date of on or about 26 October 2009. The actual due date forreceipt of offers will be stated in the prospective RFP.An ombudsman has been appointed -- See NASA Specific Note "B".The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over theInternet. These documents will reside on a World Wide Web (WWW) server, which may beaccessed using a WWW browser application. The Internet site, or URL, for the NASA/GSFCBusiness Opportunities home page ishttp://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eps/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=51 Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. It isthe offeror's responsibility to monitor the Internet site for the release of thesolicitation and amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible fordownloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Any referencednotes may be viewed at the following URLs linked below. All contractual technical questions must be submitted in writing to Lisa Mullen via emailat Lisa.A.Mullen@nasa.gov or faxed to (301)286-0383. Telephone questions will not beaccepted.