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Note: This posting has been edited in response to a question received. Additional text is shown in italics. Title: The Acquisition of Interface Cards and Cable Assemblies for MSFC NASA/Marshall Space ... Note: This posting has been edited in response to a question received. Additional text is shown in italics. Title: The Acquisition of Interface Cards and Cable Assemblies for MSFC NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) has requirement for the following: (12 ea.) PCI Express (4 Lane) w/Four Channel or Dual Redundant MIL-STD-1533 w Dual/Function (BC/Mon or mRt/Mon) Capability P/N PCIE4L-1553-(4D Interface Card); (8 ea.) PCI Express (4 Lane) w/Four Channels of Dual Redundant MIL-STD-1533 w/Full Function (BC/mRT and Mon) Capability P/N PCIE4L-1553-4F-A-002; (25 ea.) SCSI 1553 Cable Assembly w/Four and Aux DB50 I/O Connector P/N SCSI-1553-4-AUX01. Under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), as implemented by, and using the procedures of, Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1, NASA/MSFC intends to issue a sole source contract to acquire the items from Alta Data Technologies (AltaDT). The AltaDT Interface Cards and Cable Assembly are proprietary products required to support the IATF laboratories under the Vehicle Integration Project within the Space Launch Systems (SLS) program. AltaDT is the original manufacturer and sole distributor of the interface cards and cable assemblies. The following additional information is provided in response to a question received on this notice. Comparable items have been previously purchased by NASA. Recent orders numbers and comparable purchased parts are summarized below: 80MSFC20P0031 - PCIE4L-1553-4D-002, PCIE4L-1553-4F-A-002, SCSI-1553-4-AUX01 80NSSC18P2348 - PCIE4L-1553-4D-002, PCIE4L-1553-4F-A-002, SCSI-1553-4-AUX01 80MSFC18P0040 - PCIE4L-1553-4D-002, PCIE4-1553-4F-A-002, SCSI-1553-4-AUX01 NNX17WB88P - PCIE4L-1553-4D-002 PCIE4L-1553-4D-A-002 SCSI-1553-4-AUX01 The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort electronically via email to sadie.m.moulton@nasa.gov and glenda.m.clemons@nasa.gov no later than 01/10/2022 by 2:00 P.M. CST. 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 complete this acquisition on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely withing the discretion of the Government, NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/pub_library/Omb.html.