Renewal of Software Maintenance

Added: May 25, 2016 7:17 am National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Code 210.M, Office of Mission Enabling in support of Code 581, Software Systems Engineering Branch intends to negotiate solely (as prescribed in FAR 13.106(b)(1)(i) with Wind River Systems, 500 Wind River Way, Alameda, CA 94501, for the renewal of software maintenance for existing licenses for a one year period of performance; June 19, 2016 - Jun 18, 2017.

The government will purchase the following items:

License Number: 217359

Product Code Description Quantity

535-166005 Wind River General Purpose Platform (GPP) 6
500-166004 VxWorks Edition 6.9, Subscription Floating Named User

539-178388 Enterprise Support & Maintenance, Subscription 6

535-166005 Wind River General Purpose Platform (GPP) 1
500-166004 VxWorks Edition 6.9, Subscription Floating Node Locked

539-178388 Enterprise Support & Maintenance, Subscription 1

VxWorks is a critical part of the manufacturing and testing process in the JWST/ISIM Command and Data Handling Subsystem in support of Code 581, Software Systems Engineering Branch.

Wind River Systems is the only source capable of providing the services required at the level of quality required because the services are unique, highly specialized and have exclusive licensing arrangements. The software provided by Wind River Systems is proprietary and no other distributor is authorized for their product line.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this requirement is 511210 and the size standard is $38.5 million.

This announcement constitutes the notice required by FAR 5.201. Interested persons may identify their interest by submitting a capability statement, proposal or quotation to the point of contact listed below. This Special Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive quotes. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether a competitive procurement is in the best interest of the Government.

All questions and responses concerning this notice shall be emailed to Georgeana Green at georgeana.l.green@nasa.gov.

Interested concerns must identify their capability in writing to the above e-mail address or by mail to the address listed below no later than 5:00 pm EST, Wednesday, June 10, 2016.

Contracting Office Address:
NASA/GSFC
ATTN: POC: Georgeana Green, 210.3
Procurement Operations Division
8800 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD 20771