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SPACE PROGRAM OPERATIONS CONTRACT (SPOC)

SPACE FLIGHT OPERATIONS

INTEGRATED MISSION OPERATIONS CONTRACT (IMOC) PROVIDES SUPPORT AND PRODUCTS FOR THE MISSION OPERATIONS DIRECTORATE (MOD) AND FLIGHT CREW OPERATIONS DIRECTORATE (FCOD) GROUND-BASED HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT OPERATIONS CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT AND EXECUTION. THIS INCLUDES THE SUPPORT TO MISSION PREPARATION (PLAN), CREW AND FLIGHT CONTROLLER TRAINING (TRAIN), AND REAL-TIME MISSION EXECUTION (FLY) ACTIVITIES RELATED TO EXPLORATION OPERATIONS AND THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) OPERATIONS (POST SHUTTLE RETIREMENT). OPERATIONS CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT IS REQUIRED FROM THE CONTRACTOR AS NASA DEFINES OPERATIONS REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EMERGING PROGRAMS FOR THE EXPLORATION INITIATIVES (PRIMARILY THE CONSTELLATION PROGRAM, BUT TO A LESSER EXTENT THE LUNAR PRECURSOR ROBOTIC PROGRAM, THE HUMAN RESEARCH PROGRAM, THE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM, AND THE COMMERCIAL CREW AND CARGO PROGRAM). INITIALLY, THE IMOC CONTRACT WILL PROVIDE FOR HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT OPERATIONS CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT EXCLUSIVE OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM (SSP) AND INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION PROGRAM (ISSP). POST SHUTTLE RETIREMENT, THIS CONTRACT WILL ALSO INCLUDE SUPPORT AND PRODUCTS FOR THE ISS PLAN-TRAIN-FLY (PTF) MISSION OPERATIONS. THE IMOC WILL INITIALLY PROVIDE NASA CONSTELLATION PROGRAM (CXP) PTF SUPPORT THAT FULLY REPLACES THE NASA CXP SUPPORT TASKS PERFORMED UNDER THE STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW) SECTION 1.10, CONSTELLATION SUPPORT PROVISIONING, OF THE SPACE PROGRAM OPERATIONS CONTRACT (SPOC). UPON COMPLETION OF THE NASA WORK FOR THE SSP MISSIONS, THE IMOC WILL TAKE OVER THE NASA ISS SUPPORT PREVIOUSLY PERFORMED UNDER THE SPOC CONTRACT. THE GOVERNMENT WILL LEAD AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MISSION EXECUTION AND REQUISITE MISSION PREPARATION TASKS, NEW CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT, NON-MISSION SPECIFIC PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT TASKS, AND DISPOSITION OF ANOMALIES. THE CONTRACTOR WILL PROVIDE TECHNICAL INFORMATION, ANALYSIS, AND RELEVANT PERSPECTIVES GAINED THROUGH OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE. THE GOVERNMENT, USING SUBJECTIVE JUDGMENT, WILL DEFINE REQUIREMENTS AND DEVELOP SPECIFICATIONS FOR FUTURE USE. THE CONTRACTOR WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO PREPARE, OR ASSIST IN PREPARING, WORK STATEMENTS, SPECIFICATIONS, OR REQUIREMENTS TO BE USED IN COMPETITIVELY ACQUIRING SERVICES, OR TO PROVIDE MATERIAL LEADING DIRECTLY, PREDICTABLY, AND WITHOUT DELAY TO SUCH WORK STATEMENTS, SPECIFICATIONS, OR REQUIREMENTS UNLESS THE INTENDED PROCUREMENT IS A SOLE SOURCE TO THE CONTRACTOR, THE CONTRACTOR HAS PARTICIPATED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN WORK, OR UNLESS MORE THAN ONE CONTRACTOR HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN PREPARING THE WORK STATEMENT. IN ADDITION, THE CONTRACTOR WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO EVALUATE ITS CONTRACTUAL PERFORMANCE OR PRODUCTS OR THAT OF ITS COMPETITORS.

HEAVY LIFT&PROPULSION TECHNOLOGY (HLPT) SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND TRADE STUDY THIS SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND TRADE STUDY SHALL IDENTIFY HOW ALTERNATIVE HEAVY LIFT SYSTEM SOLUTIONS ADDRESS KEY DECISION ATTRIBUTES/FIGURES OF MERIT/MEASURES OF EFFECTIVENESS, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING: PROVIDE A RECOMMENDED LIST OF KEY DECISION ATTRIBUTES AND RATIONALE ASSOCIATED WITH EACH. PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE WEIGHTING OF THE RECOMMENDED KEY DECISION ATTRIBUTES. IDENTIFY HOW CHANGES TO THE WEIGHTING OF KEY DECISION ATTRIBUTES AFFECT THE ARCHITECTURES. IDENTIFY HOW ALTERNATIVE GROUND RULES AND ASSUMPTIONS IMPACT THE IDENTIFIED ALTERNATIVE SYSTEM SOLUTIONS. IDENTIFY HOW INNOVATIVE OR NON-TRADITIONAL PROCESSES OR TECHNOLOGIES CAN BE APPLIED TO THE HEAVY LIFT SYSTEMS TO DRAMATICALLY IMPROVE ITS AFFORDABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY. IDENTIFY HOW ASPECTS OF A HEAVY LIFT SYSTEM (INCLUDING STAGES, SUBSYSTEMS, AND MAJOR COMPONENTS) COULD HAVE COMMONALITY WITH OTHER USER APPLICATIONS, INCLUDING NASA, DOD, COMMERCIAL, AND INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS. IDENTIFY HOW INCREMENTAL DEVELOPMENT TESTING, INCLUDING GROUND AND FLIGHT TESTING, OF HEAVY LIFT SYSTEM ELEMENTS CAN ENHANCE THE HEAVY LIFT SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT. IDENTIFY CAPABILITY GAPS ASSOCIATED WITH THE HEAVY LIFT SYSTEM, AND FOR EACH CAPABILITY GAP IDENTIFY SPECIFIC AREAS WHERE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT MAY BE NEEDED. IDENTIFY CAPABILITY GAPS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FIRST-STAGE MAIN ENGINE FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE AND PROGRAMMATIC CHARACTERISTICS REQUIRED TO SUPPORT EACH HEAVY LIFT SYSTEM STUDIED. IDENTIFY CAPABILITY GAPS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER-STAGE MAIN ENGINE FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE AND PROGRAMMATIC CHARACTERISTICS REQUIRED TO SUPPORT EACH HEAVY LIFT SYSTEM STUDIED. IDENTIFY ANY IMPACTS TO OVERALL LIFE CYCLE COSTS OF THE HEAVY LIFT SYSTEM BASED ON THE ENGINE STUDIED. IDENTIFY CAPABILITY GAPS ASSOCIATED WITH ALL OTHER TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF HEAVY LIFT SYSTEM, E.G. TANKS, PROPELLANT AND PRESSURIZATION SYSTEMS, INTEGRATED SYSTEM HEALTH MANAGEMENT, AUXILIARY PROPULSION SYSTEMS, AVIONICS AND CONTROL SYSTEMS, STRUCTURES. IDENTIFY TEST AND INTEGRATED DEMONSTRATIONS TO MITIGATE RISK ASSOCIATED WITH THE GAPS. IDENTIFY CAPABILITY GAPS ASSOCIATED WITH THE IN-SPACE SPACE PROPULSION ELEMENTS FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE AND PROGRAMMATIC CHARACTERISTICS REQUIRED TO SUPPORT EACH HEAVY LIFT SYSTEM STUDIED. IDENTIFY ANY IMPACTS TO OVERALL LIFE CYCLE COSTS OF THE HEAVY LIFT SYSTEM BASED ON THE ENGINES STUDIED. IDENTIFY CAPABILITY GAPS ASSOCIATED WITH ALL OTHER TECHNICAL ELEMENTS OF THE IN-SPACE SPACE PROPULSION ELEMENT, E.G. TANKS, PROPELLANT AND PRESSURIZATION SYSTEMS, CRYOGENIC FLUID MANAGEMENT, INTEGRATED SYSTEM HEALTH MANAGEMENT, AUXILIARY PROPULSION SYSTEMS, AVIONICS AND CONTROL SYSTEMS, STRUCTURES, AUTONOMOUS RENDEZVOUS AND DOCKING. IDENTIFY TEST AND INTEGRATED DEMONSTRATIONS TO MITIGATE RISK ASSOCIATED WITH THE GAPS. IDENTIFY WHAT IN-SPACE SPACE PROPULSION ELEMENTS, IF ANY, WHICH SHOULD BE DEMONSTRATED VIA SPACE FLIGHT EXPERIMENTS.

THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEM CANDIDATE REPLACEMENT MATERIALS TESTING FOR ARES I LAUNCH VEHICLE UPPER STAGE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ATTACHED STATEMENT OF WORK. IN ADDITION TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF GSA CONTRACT GS-10F-0241U AND BPA NNM09AA00Z, THE CLAUSES INCLUDED HEREIN ALSO APPLY.

UNITED SPACE ALLIANCE INC. CONTRACT AWARD FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE OF THE SPACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM (STS) AND THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES, AND THEIR DATA BASES OF GROUND CONTROLLER ACTIVITIES DURING STS AND ISS OPERATIONS.

VESST IDIQ DELIVERY ORDER 0006 (TUBE ASSEMBLY, METAL)

EXPLORATION SYSTEMS MISSION DIRECTORATE LUNAR SURFACE SYSTEMS CONCEPTS STUDY THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA) IS CURRENTLY STUDYING LUNAR OUTPOST ARCHITECTURE CONCEPTS, INCLUDING HABITATION, MOBILITY AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, TO SUPPORT U.S. LUNAR EXPLORATION AND SCIENCE OBJECTIVES. NASA IS IN THE PROCESS OF DEFINING FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES AND CONCEPTS FOR ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS TO PROVIDE CORE CAPABILITIES. DESCRIPTION OF STUDY AREAS ALTERNATIVE PACKAGING OPTIONS OBJECTIVE THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY IS TO PRODUCE ALTERNATIVE PACKING OPTIONS THAT ELIMINATE OR MINIMIZE WASTE GENERATION FROM PACKING MATERIALS AND ALLOW OPTIMAL UTILIZATION OF AVAILABLE STOWAGE VOLUME. POTENTIAL ALTERNATIVES CAN INCLUDE CONCEPTS THAT DO NOT REQUIRE PACKING MATERIAL AT ALL OR THAT EMPLOY PACKING MATERIALS THAT HAVE SECONDARY USES. A THIRD, BUT LESS DESIRABLE, APPROACH WOULD BE PACKING MATERIALS WHOSE VOLUME IS REDUCED FOLLOWING USE BUT WHICH STILL BECOME WASTE. ALL OPTIONS MUST SATISFY APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS FOR INITIAL PACKING FUNCTION, MUST STRIVE TO MINIMIZE THE MASS OF THE PACKING MATERIALS, AND MUST COMPLY WITH OTHER SPACEFLIGHT REQUIREMENTS SUCH AS FLAMMABILITY AND OFFGASSING. AN ADDITIONAL GOAL IS THAT THE MASS OF PACKING MATERIAL NOT EXCEED THE MASS OF THE ITEM, OR ITEMS, BEING PACKED. BACKGROUND HISTORICALLY, PACKING MATERIALS HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED TO PROTECT STOWABLE HARDWARE ITEMS DURING ASCENT FROM THE AMBIENT VIBROACOUSTIC ENVIRONMENT. EXAMPLES OF ITEMS THAT ARE PACKED IN THIS WAY INCLUDE SPARE SPACECRAFT HARDWARE COMPONENTS, TOOLS, SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS, FOOD AND PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT. THESE PACKING MATERIALS OCCUPY A SIGNIFICANT FRACTION OF THE AVAILABLE STOWAGE VOLUME. ADDITIONALLY, THESE PACKING MATERIALS ACCOUNT FOR A VERY SUBSTANTIAL PROPORTION OF THE WASTE STREAM THAT EVOLVES DURING A MISSION AS THE STOWED ITEMS ARE UTILIZED AND THE PACKING MATERIAL NO LONGER SERVES A PURPOSE. THE END RESULT IS CONSUMPTION OF STOWAGE VOLUME BY MATERIAL THAT ENDS UP AS WASTE. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS TOPIC-SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THE ORAL AND WRITTEN CONTRACT DELIVERABLES, SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH 8 OF SECTION IX, INCLUDE: 1. DEFINING THE PROPOSED ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS 2. ADDRESSING COMPLIANCE WITH FUNCTIONAL AND COMPATIBILITY REQUIREMENTS 3. DEFINING THE UNIT MASS OF PROPOSED MATERIALS, AND 4. DEFINING SECONDARY USES OF MATERIALS, AS APPLICABLE. MINIMUM FUNCTIONALITY HABITATION ELEMENT OBJECTIVE THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY IS TO PRODUCE A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN FOR A MINIMUM FUNCTIONALITY HABITATION ELEMENT BASED ON A MINIMUM SET OF FUNCTIONS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO PERFORM THE REFERENCE MISSION. THE MINIMUM FUNCTIONALITY HABITATION ELEMENT INCLUDES BASIC REQUIRED SAFETY FEATURES BUT DOES NOT PROTECT FOR CONTINGENCY SITUATIONS.

TEST EQUIPMENT

IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTIONS: EVALUATE FLIGHT HARDWARE INSPECTION PROCESS