LED Solar Simulator

NASA/Information Technology Procurement Office (ITPO) is hereby soliciting information from potential sources for the purchase of a LED Solar Simulator for the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC).

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (ITPO) is seeking capability statements from all interested parties, including all socioeconomic categories of Small Businesses and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)/Minority Institutions (MI), and members of the underserved communities as defined by Executive Order 13985, Advancing Racial Equity And Support For Underserved Communities Through The Federal Government, for the purposes of determining the appropriate level of competition and/or small business subcontracting goals for the LED Solar Simulator.

The Government reserves the right to consider a Small, 8(a), Women-owned (WOSB), Service Disabled Veteran (SD-VOSB), Economically Disadvantaged Women-owned Small Business (EDWOSB) or HUBZone business set-aside based on responses received. NASA Marshall Space Flight Center requires the purchase of a LED Solar Simulator to enhance solar array testing capability which will directly support Human Landing System (HLS) and Habitation programs such as Gateway and Surface Habitats.

This will also support any MSFC-involved spaceflight mission utilizing solar arrays for power generation. No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on SAM.gov. Interested firms are responsible for monitoring this website for the release of any solicitation or synopsis.

Interested firms having the required capabilities necessary to meet the above requirement described herein should submit a capability statement of no more than 10 pages indicating the ability to perform all aspects of the effort. See attachment A – Draft Statement of Work. The requirement is considered to be a commercial-type product as defined in FAR 2.101.

All responses shall be submitted electronically via email to Alicia Reynolds, Contract Specialist, alicia.r.reynolds@nasa.gov and Sabrina Pearson, Contracting Officer, sabrina.m.pearson@nasa.gov no later than Wednesday, June 26, 2024, by 12 PM EST. Please reference 80TECH24RFI0016, LED Solar Simulator in any response.