SPECIAL NOTICE
A -- Starling Space Traffic Monitoring
- Notice Date
- 3/14/2025 3:09:22 PM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541715
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER MOFFETT FIELD CA 94035 USA
- ZIP Code
- 94035
- Solicitation Number
- 80ARC025PA003
- Response Due
- 3/31/2025 3:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 04/15/2025
- Point of Contact
- Joshua Taggart, Phone: 6506040790
- E-Mail Address
-
joshua.d.taggart@nasa.gov
(joshua.d.taggart@nasa.gov)
- Description
- NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) has a requirement for NASA intends to award a sole-source, firm-fixed-price contract to ERADrive, Inc. for software algorithms and services to detect, identify, and track Resident Space Objects using star-tracker cameras on the Starling spacecraft swarm. The contract includes developing and integrating the software for the four-satellite system�s Xilinx Zynq processor and testing its scalability, response time, and capabilities over a 24-month period (May 2025�May 2027). The work leverages the existing on-orbit infrastructure and includes delivering supporting documentation. NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) intends to issue a sole-source contract to acquire software algorithms and related services from ERADrive, Inc. This procurement is justified under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, as ERADrive, Inc. is the only responsible source capable of providing a demonstrated, on-orbit solution for detecting, identifying, and tracking Resident Space Objects using star-tracker cameras on the Starling spacecraft swarm�s Xilinx Zynq processor, with no other sources offering a comparable, operational system compatible with the existing infrastructure. The Government intends to acquire a commercial product or service using FAR Part 12. Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort electronically via email to Joshua.D.Taggart not later than 5:00 CT p.m. on March 31, 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
- Web Link
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SAM.gov Permalink
(https://sam.gov/opp/204ff8e1c3de47eb89f1d20668cf7d68/view)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Moffett Field, CA, USA
- Country: USA
- Country: USA
- Record
- SN07372714-F 20250316/250314230042 (samdaily.us)
- Source
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