Science mission directorate (SMD) programmatic assessment and monitoring. The contractor shall provide independent programmatic and technical assessment functions that can:(1) identify and assess…

This is a federal contract award to The Aerospace Corporation, a non-profit federally funded research and development center (FFRDC), by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD). The contract is for $13,865,866.00 and is a Cost Plus Fixed Fee Delivery Order with no set-aside designation.

The contractor will provide independent programmatic and technical assessment functions for SMD projects, including identifying and assessing project risks, predicting cost and schedule growth, and communicating findings to program executives. The contractor will also conduct monthly monitoring of complex flight projects, perform special studies on past program performance, and provide assessments of non-flight SMD programs and projects. The contract supports the Mission Analysis Engineering function for SMD, including providing experienced personnel, analysis tools, and reporting. The Aerospace Corporation will designate a Mission Analysis Engineer for each assigned SMD division or theme to coordinate the required analyses.

Science mission directorate (SMD) programmatic assessment and monitoring. The contractor shall provide independent programmatic and technical assessment functions that can:(1) identify and assess project risks whether technical, cost and schedule related and predict the probabilities and consequences of their realization; (2) predict the growth of project costs and schedules over time due to risks and uncertainty; and (3) communicate results and findings in a clear, concise manner to SMD program executives (PES), program analysts (PAS), theme directors, the science mission directorate (SMD) associate administrator (AA) and staff members as needed, the contractor shall also: (1) conduct monthly monitoring of a designated subset of the most challenging and complex flight projects as they proceed through design, development, and implementation in terms of the evolution of their programmatic and technical risks, cost at completion and delivery milestones; (2) conduct special studies and assessments of the past performance of flight programs in order to predict better smds future performance; and (3) provide technical and programmatic assessments of non-flight SMD programs and projects.the contractor shall support the mission analysis engineering function for SMD projects to include experienced personnel, analysis and assessment tools, processes and reporting functions. Its efforts shall be structured to ensure that the needed data, findings and insights are available in a timely manner to support SMD reviews and decision making. The contractor shall designate for each assigned SMD division or theme a mission analysis engineer (MAE) who shall be responsible for coordinating all analyses required for the assessment and monitoring functions of the division or themes projects. Each MAE shall: (1) maintain the knowledge base for the divisions projects, including full knowledge of all on-going programmatic and technical assessments; (2) ensure that key analysts and subject matter experts attend major milestone and selected project reviews; and (3) present analyses, findings and insights to audiences identified by SMD decision makers.