REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RFP NUMBER 2850485001 FOR DESIGN

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) NUMBER: 28504850_01 FOR DESIGN CONCEPT OF 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 1 B 50 ATTENTION: CHRIS KOEHLER 303 -492 -4750 koehler@colorado. edu GEEN 2850 / 4850 -1

Table of Contents: 1. Proposal Instructions 2. Overview Instructions 3. Technical Instructions 4. Management and Cost Instructions 5. General Requirements 6. Project CUBESAT Timeline GEEN 2850 / 4850 -2

Proposal Instructions: 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. GEEN 2850 / 4850 -3

Overview Instructions: 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 GEEN 2850 / 4850 -4

Technical Instructions: 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. GEEN 2850 / 4850 -5

Management and Cost Instructions: 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 GEEN 2850 / 4850 -6

General Design Requirements: 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. GEEN 2850 / 4850 -7

Project CUBESAT Timeline: 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 GEEN 2850 / 4850 -8

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