Exploration technology demonstration and national lab utilization enhancements BIOSERVE space technologies (BIOSERVE) services include project-specific integration and operations support on an as…

This is a firm fixed-price delivery order contract awarded by the NASA Johnson Space Center to The Regents of the University of Colorado, doing business as the University of Colorado, to provide on-call implementation partner services for science investigations on the International Space Station (ISS) National Lab.

The contract has a ceiling value of $443,320.00 and a period of performance through June 30, 2018. The contractor will serve as an interface between researchers and NASA, translate requirements, prepare and certify hardware and samples for flight, and execute experiment operations on the ISS. This will allow other federal agencies to more easily access payload development, integration, and operations services from the University of Colorado to support their utilization of the ISS National Lab. The contract was awarded without a set-aside designation.

Exploration technology demonstration and national lab utilization enhancements BIOSERVE space technologies (BIOSERVE) services include project-specific integration and operations support on an as needed basis in response to specific requirements as an on-call implementation partner to NASA that will increase the ease, efficiency, and effectiveness of science investigations on board the ISS. The contractor shall: provide turnkey services to manage and perform part or all of the work necessary (requested by NASA) for the successful integration and on orbit operations of selected experiments on board the ISS national lab. Please see attachment J-1 for a full list of mission support services provided by BIOSERVE and attachment J-1 for an itemized list of specific estimated costs associated with BIOSERVE services and hardware. These services are summarized below. O serve as an interface between the researcher and the NASA OZ research integration office. O translate ISS payloads process and data requirements to the research customer. O translate the research requirements into the ISS data requirements and operational products. O prepare, modify, certify and deliver hardware and experiment samples for flight. O execute all experiment operations on ISS per defined negotiated science requirement and coordinate timely return of all data and samples to the investigator(S). With this service the U.S. National lab team and NASA in total shall be able to leverage its capabilities and available funds allowing station utilization customers from different federal agencies to more easily purchase payload development, integration, and operations services from BIOSERVE where appropriate. The contractor shall be able provide and complete the menu of capabilities and services listed in the tables found in attachment J-1. BIOSERVE shall provide a capability when a capability is required by the government; NASA will request a proposal maximum of five pages from BIOSERVE. BIOSERVE shall seek approval from the NASA COR to submit a proposal if IT exceeds five pages. After the government performs an evaluation of the proposal, one or more task orders may be issued by the government to BIOSERVE in a form to be determined jointly. In baseline missions, should the customers payload and mission require more that the hours specified in the line item, BIOSERVE shall work with the customer and code OZ to develop an estimate of hours required to complete the task and modify the task order to provide those hours.