Single board computer for space

NASA/JSC has a requirement for a Single Board Computer for Space with the abilityto clear errors in 1mS to meet the time to first failure estimate of 3 thousand years.This fidelity in error correction is necessary to meet the expected level of redundancyfor a human rated spacecraft. A market survey indicates that Maxwell has the onlycommercially available singe board computer that will meet the Governments requirements. Maxwell Technologies has an existing single board computer with flight pedigree andflight heritage. It implements Triple Redundant Processing Single Event Upset(SEU)Mitigation. Triple Mode Redundant (TMR) voting logic and Error Detection combined withMaxwells proprietary Resynchronization & Scrubbing method allows all three processors toclear errors in 1 mS. The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform theeffort in writing to Jennifer Krause at jennifer.krause-1@nasa.gov no later than 4:30p.m. local time on February 08,2012. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluatedsolely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on acompetitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed efforton a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solelywithin the discretion of the government.Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice.All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency.NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The installation Ombudsman is LauriN. Hansen and she can be reached at lauri.n.hansen@nasa.gov.