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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) NUMBER: 28504850_01FOR

DESIGN CONCEPTOF THE

CU Balloon Experimental Satellite (CUBESAT)

PROPOSALS ARE TO BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN:

DATE:March 12, 2001

TIME:3:04 PM MST

LOCATION:Integrated Teaching Laboratory

Room 1B50

ATTENTION:

CHRIS KOEHLER303-492-4750

koehler@colorado.edu

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1. Proposal Instructions

2. Overview Instructions

3. Technical Instructions

4. Management and Cost Instructions

5. General Requirements

6. Project CUBESAT Timeline

Table of Contents:

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1. Proposals need to be typed, 14 point, Times font, 1 inch margins, page number and team name in footer, and project name in header.

2. Proposal shall not exceed 6 pages, including cover sheet

3. Proposal must include the following:

- Drawings of idea

- Schedule of design, build, and test dates

- Budget, itemized with total

- What do you expect to prove

4. Example Outline for Proposal:

Overview and Mission Statement

Technical Overview

Management and Cost Overview

5. Proposal must be written in MS Word.

6. Please send proposal via email to Chris Koehler. All pictures, budgets and schedules must be included in the electronic copy.

Proposal Instructions:

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1. State Your Design Concept Concisely (Mission Statement)

2. Explain Why You Want To Do What Your Team Is Proposing

3. Propose What You Plan To Discover

Overview Instructions:

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1. Discuss you design

2. Illustrate you design and how it will work

3. Discuss the hardware you will need

4. Discuss how your team will build your concept and who will do what

5. Discuss how your team will test your design

6. Discuss your launch program

7. Discuss how you will keep people from getting hurt

8. Include any special features of your design

9. Include launch site summary of events and include picture of the operations.

Technical Instructions:

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1. Discuss how your team will meet the launch date.

2. You proposal should include a schedule of events, such as:

- Complete design

- Get all hardware

- Prototyping design

- Testing final design

3. Discuss what each team member's role is in your group.

4. You should include a brief description of each team member. Include phone numbers, school, addresses, special skills, etc.

5. Discuss how your team will keeping its budget

6. You should include a detailed and itemized budget

Management and Cost Instructions:

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1. Design must meet requirements drawing and allow for attachment to balloon hardware. Design should be made with aluminum.

2. Design may not exceed a total weight of 500 g and must be no larger than a 10 cm cube.

3. Total Cost should not exceed $300.00

4. Launch day is April 21, 2001. Back up date is April 22, 2001. Time and location: 7:00 AM in Windsor, Colorado. Launch schedule will be given later.

5. Budget should include some spare parts

6. No one can get hurt

7. All hardware is the property of the University of Colorado and must be returned for reimbursement.

8. All receipts required for reimbursement

9. Reimbursements given only on last day of class.

10. Video/media report is required on last day of class and may not exceed 7 minutes.

11. Have fun and be creative.

12. Absolutely nothing alive will be permitted as payloads, with the exception of spiders or earwigs.

General Design Requirements:

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March 12, 2001 Proposals due @ 3:04 PM MST. Team presentations will be given on this day

March 14, 2001 Comments will be given back to team via email and Authority to Proceed (ATP) given

April 2, 2001 Team Presentations

April 11, 2001 Team Presentations

April 16, 2001 Team Readiness Review (practice)

April 18, 2001 Team Readiness Review

April 21, 2001 Launch day

April 23, 2001 Report preparation, NO CLASS

April 25, 2001 Video Reports due, evaluations Last day of Class

Project CUBESAT Timeline:

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