SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- OPPORTUNITIES FOR PAYLOADS REQUIRING A NEAR-ZERO OR REDUCED GRAVITYENVIRONMENT: MATURING CROSSCUTTING TECHNOLOGIES THAT ADVANCE MULTIPLE FUTURE SPACEMISSIONS TO FLIGHT READINESS STATUS.
- Notice Date
- 12/21/2010
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Dryden Flight Research Center, Code A, P.O. Box 273, Edwards, CA 93523-0273
- ZIP Code
- 93523-0273
- Solicitation Number
- NND11366916O
- Response Due
- 2/3/2011
- Archive Date
- 12/21/2011
- Point of Contact
- Richard M Swanson, Contracting Officer, Phone 661-276-3337, Fax 661-276-2904, Email Richard.M.Swanson@nasa.gov - Andrea C Basham, Contract Specialist, Phone 661-276-6126, Fax 661-276-3374, Email andrea.c.basham@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
Richard M Swanson
(Richard.M.Swanson@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Dryden Flight ResearchCenter (DFRC) is releasing a NASA Announcement of Opportunity (AO) titled: OPPORTUNITIESFOR PAYLOADS REQUIRING A NEAR-ZERO OR REDUCED GRAVITY ENVIRONMENT: MATURING CROSSCUTTINGTECHNOLOGIES THAT ADVANCE MULTIPLE FUTURE SPACE MISSIONS TO FLIGHT READINESS STATUS. TheAO is an attachment to this synopsis. This announcement results from establishment ofthe Flight Opportunities Program (FOP) by the Agency's Office of the Chief Technologist(OCT).The OCT Flight Opportunities Program combines the FY 2010 Facilitated Access to the Spaceenvironment for Technology (FAST) and Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research (CRuSR)efforts previously managed by the Innovative Partnership Program Office. The integrationof these efforts allows for greater program management alignment and provides thetechnology community access to the microgravity environment via multiple platforms. Theprogram intends to mature to flight readiness status crosscutting technologies thatadvance multiple future space missions. The result of the AO would be ano-exchange-of-funds agreement between an organization that has technology payloads andthe Flight Opportunities Program.Payloads selected under this announcement will fly on aircraft that provide parabolicflight trajectories and on suborbital reusable launch vehicles (sRLVs) that are capableof flying to altitudes above 100 km, providing exposure to reduced gravity and near-zerogravity environments. In exchange for the opportunity to fly, the proposer will providedata, designs, processes, and other relevant information to help NASA accomplish itsmission. NASA is presently not considering human-tended payloads to be flown on sRLVs,and there will not be any NASA sponsored participants on sRLV flights relating to thisparticular announcement. The payloads to be flown on sRLV flights must operateautonomously.Participation in this Announcement is open to all categories of organizations (U.S. andnon-U.S.), including educational institutions, industry, not-for-profit organizations,Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs), NASA Centers, the JetPropulsion Laboratory (JPL), and other Government agencies. This solicitation will beopen through December 31, 2014. The AO will be issued competitively, pursuant to FederalAcquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.102(d)(2).All proposers must read the AO carefully, and all proposals must comply with therequirements, constraints, and guidelines contained within the AO. This synopsis ispublished, as required by NASA FAR Supplement 1872.302(b)(1). Proposals received throughFebruary 3, 2011 will be considered for flight opportunities known at this time. NASAwill engage in ongoing review of proposals as received prior to the Response Date ofDecember 31, 2014. Future flight opportunities and the associated proposal cut-off dateswill be communicated via an amendment to Section 8.0 of this Announcement. NASA reservesthe right to amend or withdraw this Announcement at any time prior to the Response Date.An ombudsman has been appointed -- See NASA Specific Note 'B'.The AO and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet.These documents will reside on a World Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed usinga WWW browser application. The Internet site, or URL, for the NASA/DFRC BusinessOpportunities home page is http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eps/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=24. Notwithstanding the posting of this opportunity at FedBizOpps.gov, Grants.gov, or at bothsites, NASA reserves the right to determine the appropriate award instrument for eachproposal selected pursuant to this announcement. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the Internet cite for the release of thesolicitation and amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible fordownloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments, if any.
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