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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Code 210.P, Office for Program Support, intends to negotiate solely with A-Tech Corporation dba Applied Technol... National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Code 210.P, Office for Program Support, intends to negotiate solely with A-Tech Corporation dba Applied Technology Associates (ATA) located in Albuquerque, New Mexico to deliver a Latch and Gimbal Assembly that NASA GSFC requires in order to meet program milestones. This action is in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1, “Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements”. Per the synopsis posted on October 29, 2019 NASA GSFC required a copy of the optical communications system that will fly on the Orion spacecraft for the Artemis II mission. This system is required to meet all of the Orion technical interfaces. The Latch and Gimbal Assembly (LGA) is one of five subsystems that make up the full optical communications system. Each subsystem is required to maintain the interfaces with the others for the system to work. Therefore, LEMNOS has an additional need to complete studies to validate the longer mission duration, interface and/or any environmental changes that may have occurred. ATA possesses the knowledge and expertise to successfully conduct the required studies and provide post-delivery support without impacting program milestones. With the LEMNOS project requiring the manufacturing of a second O2O unit, the O2O-2 must be an exact copy of the O2O and provide the same interfaces to the Orion vehicle in the event of a failure late in the assembly process. It is critical the required LGA meets the Orion spacecraft interfaces, performance, and schedule. It is also critical the contractor delivering the LGA also conduct the related studies, provide post-delivery support of the LGA from Optical Module integration, and test support through operations. For post-delivery support of the LGA to be successful, it is important a contractor have a full understanding of the LGA design and data along with the critical issues experienced in the manufacturing of the LGA. ATA understands the risks along with corresponding mitigations, the anomalies discovered, and insights gained from O2O, and can quickly address potential urgent requirements. The notice of intent 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 using a WWW browser application. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the Internet site for the release of amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of amendments, if any. Per the synopsis posted on October 29, 2019, the Government intends to issue a Firm-Fixed-Price contract with a 15-month delivery schedule. In addition to the delivery of the LGA, the Government requires the unique expertise of ATA to resolve issues that arise while assembling the Optical Module or during Optical Terminal environmental testing. Therefore, the Government intends to issue Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Task orders for post-delivery support and studies with an effective ordering period of 3 years, to validate the interface and/or any environmental changes that may have occurred based on changes driven by the host spacecraft. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this requirement is 334220; Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing Business Size: 1,250 Employees. This announcement constitutes the notice required by FAR 5.201. All questions and responses concerning this notice shall be emailed to Kelly R Lytton at Kelly.R.Lytton@nasa.gov. Interested concerns must identify their capability in writing to the above e-mail address no later than 5:00 pm EST, 02/11/2020. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether a competitive procurement is in the best interest of the Government.