# ES-MCAT Mirror Recoating Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/80jsc025rmcat - Solicitation number: 80JSC025RMCAT - Notice type: Sources sought - Status: Closed. Deadline was February 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM EST - Department: National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Contracting office: NASA Johnson Space Center (80JSC0) - NAICS: 811210 Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance - Product or service code: 6650 Optical Instruments, Test Equipment, Components and Accessories - Place of performance: Houston, Texas - County: Harris County (FIPS 48201). https://abierto.us/counties/harris-county-tx-48201 - City: Houston. https://abierto.us/cities/houston-tx-4835000 - First posted: February 5, 2025 - Last posted: February 5, 2025 - SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/80bcd71bf4a24427a1b4de9a7815dac4/view ## Description NASA Johnson Space Center Office of Procurement has a requirement for recoating the primary mirror of the Eugene Stansbery Meter Class Autonomous Telescope (ES-MCAT) deployed on Ascension Island. The vendor chosen must be capable of receiving the mirror within 2-3 weeks of this notice and then capable of meeting the following timeline: **Surrogate Coating and SEM Analysis:** 5 weeks ARO NRE-Tooling: 12 weeks ARO Strip Coating: 4 weeks after receipt of mirror Development and Qualification: 6 weeks ARO Production: 4 weeks after receipt of Tooling and approval of Qualification No delays or adjustments to the schedule are acceptable. The contractor will provide (a) stripping a protected, enhanced silver coating on a 1.3m Zerodur® mirror, and (b) recoating the mirror with a protected aluminum coating optimized for the 360nm-1?m spectral bandpass. Interested vendors must review the attached Statement of Work (SOW) and provide a capability statement to the Contracting Officer which clearly identifies the vendor's capability to meet the needs of the customer. If the vendor truly feels like it can perform this requirement, the vendor must identify in its response at least one applicable past performance reference where the vendor has performed a similar requirement at least satisfactorily in either a commercial requirement or another Government requirement. Interested vendors must also provide a Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) related to cost for this procurement so the Government can accurately assess the industry capabilities. Vendors must send capability statements to Mr. Stephen Noethen, Contracting Officer at stephen.d.noethen@nasa.gov. Questions are acceptable and are preferred to be emailed, but telephone calls are acceptable at 346-528-7684. ## Publications - February 5, 2025: Sources sought, due February 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM EST. Notice 80bcd71bf4a24427a1b4de9a7815dac4. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/80bcd71bf4a24427a1b4de9a7815dac4/view ## Points of contact - Stephen Noethen, stephen.d.noethen@nasa.gov, 3465287684 --- Source: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities bulk extract. Confirm deadlines on SAM.gov before responding. Cite https://abierto.us/opportunities/80jsc025rmcat.