# Notice of Intent to Award

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/80msfc22cr0015noi

- Solicitation number: 80MSFC22CR0015_NOI
- Notice type: Special notice
- Status: Closed. Deadline was April 11, 2024 at 6:00 PM EDT
- Department: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Contracting office: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (80MSFC)
- NAICS: 541690 Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Product or service code: DA01 Support services for activities involved with application development and support to include analysis, design, development, coding, testing, and release packaging, as well as support of off-the-shelf Business Applications.
- Set-aside: Total small business set-aside
- Place of performance: Huntsville, Alabama
- City: Huntsville. https://abierto.us/cities/huntsville-al-0137000
- First posted: March 27, 2024
- Last posted: March 27, 2024
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/c2bcd4f0ad5340c58422369f1355a5fb/view

## Description

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) has a requirement to provide:

1) A lightweight data management solution to demonstrate the data analysis and visualization advancements enabled by data migration to the cloud computing environment and develop open-source tools for ingesting and cataloging selected science datasets into the cloud;

2) An innovative cloud-native services for indexing and dynamic scaling based on demand and developing open-source tools/services to analyze science data on the cloud; and 3) A lightweight cloud-native data search, discovery and distribution services for the earth observation data science portfolio of NASA’s Earth Science Division of the Science Mission Directorate and developing open-source tools/services to deliver data from cloud for visualization and geospatial analysis.

NASA MSFC intends to issue a sole source contract extension to acquire the services from Element 84, Inc. under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.

The Government does not intend 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 Brent Evans, brent.l.evans@nasa.gov, not later than 5:00 P.M. CDT on April 11, 2024. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this acquisistion on a competitive basis.

A determination by the Government not to complete this acquisition on a full and open competition basis, based on 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

## Publications

- March 27, 2024: Special notice, due April 11, 2024 at 6:00 PM EDT. Notice c2bcd4f0ad5340c58422369f1355a5fb. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/c2bcd4f0ad5340c58422369f1355a5fb/view

## Points of contact

- Brent Evans, brent.l.evans@nasa.gov

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