Synopsis - May 09, 2013

General Information

Solicitation Number: RFP-NASA-LAT-EXTENSION Posted Date: May 09, 2013 FedBizOpps Posted Date: May 09, 2013 Recovery and Reinvestment Act Action: No Original Response Date: May 24, 2013 Current Response Date: May 24, 2013 Classification Code: A -- Research and Development NAICS Code: 336419

Contracting Office Address

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 210.S, Greenbelt, MD 20771

Description

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) has a requirement for the continuation of Contract NAS5-00147 with Stanford University for instrument operations and science analyses of the Large Area Telescope (LAT) instrument aboard the Fermi spacecraft. Stanford University has been performing both the instrument operations and the science analyses functions since the launch of Fermi.

NASA/GSFC intends to issue a sole-source Request for Proposal (RFP) to Stanford University. The estimated period of performance of this cost-no-fee (CNF) contract extension will be for approximately 3 years from August 11, 2013 through September 30, 2016.

Stanford University is the only organization currently qualified to perform the subject requirement for the following reasons: 1) This procurement will enable the science and flight operations activities to continue to be merged and carried out at Stanford University with a substantial university undergraduate and graduate student educational involvement. Only Stanford University possesses the high level scientific expertise, the detailed design, test and operations knowledge of the LAT instrument and Fermi spacecraft, and the capability to integrate the science operations and science data analysis.

This expertise and experience is essential because the majority of the science operations flow from the science data analysis and require knowledge both of the instrument science and instrument design, test and operation. In particular, this expertise is necessary for building the observing sequences and command loads required to implement the observing plan as well as developing and implementing procedures and contingency plans to identify and resolve in flight anomalies.

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NASA Solicitation: Large Area Telescope Instrument Contract Extension With Stanford University