SuperHERO Truss/Optical Bench_NOI
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 80MSFC250002_NOI
- Agency
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Marshall Space Flight 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)
- Place of performance
- Huntsville, Alabama, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) has issued a Special Notice for the SuperHERO Truss/Optical Bench project, which is associated with a high-energy replicated optics telescope mission. The notice concerns the design and testing of a truss/optical bench and alignment monitoring system for the Super High Energy Replicated Optics (SuperHERO) balloon mission. On June 12, 2024, the NASA Headquarters Astrophysics Division selected the SuperHERO Hard-X-ray Telescope proposal led by Dr. Nicholas Thomas through the Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences - 2023 (ROSES-2023) NASA Research Announcement. Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) was identified as a team member in the selected proposal. NASA/MSFC intends to issue a sole source contract to acquire services from WashU under the authority permitting other than full and open competition.
The primary objective of this Special Notice is to acquire specialized services for developing an advanced hard-x-ray telescope with unprecedented spatial resolution capabilities. Interested organizations are invited to submit their capabilities and qualifications electronically via email to Jason Arnold by 5:00 pm Central Standard Time on April 10, 2025. The government will evaluate submitted capabilities/qualifications solely to determine whether to conduct the acquisition on a competitive basis, with the final decision remaining entirely at the government's discretion. The SuperHERO mission aims to demonstrate a technical goal of better than 10 arcsecond angular resolution, representing a significant improvement over current hard-x-ray astrophysical telescope technologies. The project falls under the NAICS category of Research and Development in Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences and is classified under the PSC category of Space R&D Services. NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable to this acquisition, and interested parties can find the Center Ombudsman information through the provided NASA link.
Notice text
NASA/George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) has a requirement for the design and testing of a truss/optical bench and the development of an alignment monitoring system to be used on the Super High Energy Replicated Optics (SuperHERO) balloon mission.
The SuperHERO hard-x-ray telescope is a high-angular resolution successor to MSFC’s successful High Energy Replicated Optic (HERO) and the HERO to Explore the Sun (HEROES) missions. Flying as a scientific balloon mission, SuperHERO will apply recent developments in MSFC’s replicated full shell, NiCo x-ray optic technology to demonstrate its technical goal of better than 10 arcsecond angular resolution in half-power diameter (HPD). Representing an order-of-magnitude improvement to the current state-of-the-art resolution for hard-x-ray, astrophysical telescopes, SuperHERO will observe the high-energy-universe in unprecedented spatial detail.
On June 12, 2024, the Associated Director for Research, NASA Headquarters, Astrophysics Division, informed NASA/MSFC the Super – High Energy Replicated Optics (SuperHERO) Hard-X-ray Telescope proposal effort led by Dr. Nicholas Thomas (Principal Investigator) had been selected through the competitive processes identified within the Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences - 2023 (ROSES-2023) NASA Research Announcement (NRA) Number NNH23ZDA001N. Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) was identified as team member within the selected proposal.
NASA/MSFC intends to issue a sole source contract to acquire the services from WashU under the authority permitting other than full and open competition implemented by FAR 6.302-1 Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.
The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial product or commercial service using FAR Part 12.
Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort electronically via email to Jason Arnold at Jason.l.arnold@nasa.gov not later than 5:00pm Central Standard Time on April 10, 2025. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct this acquisition on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this acquisition on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government.
NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at : https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/Procurement-Ombuds-Comp-Advocate-Listing.pdf
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