Purchase of Lightning Data from Vendor for Mission Safety and Scientific Analysis

Closed Special Notice Posted

Solicitation number
80NSSC24868794Q
Agency
Responses due
Set-aside
No set-aside

Opportunity facts

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

This Special Notice is published by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. It describes NASA's requirement to acquire real-time and archived lightning detection data from Vaisala, Inc. for mission safety and scientific analysis at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC).

The purpose of this Special Notice is to seek capabilities and qualifications from interested organizations, solely to determine if this procurement should be conducted competitively, or awarded sole-source to Vaisala, Inc. as the determined sole provider of the required lightning data services. Interested parties must submit their information in writing to the designated points of contact by 12:00 p.m. Central Standard Time on May 6, 2024. This procurement will be conducted using the commercial item acquisition procedures under FAR Parts 12 and 13, with a NAICS code of 334519. The government reserves the discretion to decide whether to compete this requirement based on the responses received.

Notice text

Synopsis:

NASA/NSSC has a requirement for Purchase of Lightning Data from Vendor for Mission Safety and Scientific Analysis. 

NASA/NSSC intends to issue a sole source contract to VAISALA, INC: 194 S TAYLOR AVE; LOUISVILLE, CO 80027 under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i). It has been determined that VAISALA, INC. is the sole provider of Purchase of Lightning Data from Vendor for Mission Safety and Scientific Analysis.

NASA/NSSC will be the procuring center for this effort.  Performance will be located at NASA/ Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC).

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 334519.

Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort in writing to the identified point of contact no later than 12:00 p.m. Central Standard Time on 5/6/2024. 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 .

Primary Point of Contact:

Cody Guidry

Procurement Specialist

Cody.d.guidry@nasa.gov

Secondary Point of Contact:

Will Garrett

Contracting Officer

Will.c.garrett@nasa.gov

Files

File Type Posted
SATPC0034907 Tab 04 4 SOW.pdf PDF

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