OTHER FUNCTIONS - TO ASSIST SACD/SMAB IN PROVIDING INDEPENDENT COST ESTIMATING SUPPORT TO BOTH THE NASA LANGLEY OCFO AND VARIOUS FLIGHT PROJECT PROPOSAL TEAMS, THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PERFORM AND PROVIDE FOUR INDEPENDENT COST AND SCHEDULE ESTIMATES FOR CONCEPTUAL SYSTEMS, INCLUSIVE OF HARDWARE COSTS, AND FLIGHT PROJECT WBS COSTS. THE ESTIMATES SHALL INCLUDE PROGRAMMATIC COSTS SUCH AS FEES AND RESERVES. INDIVIDUAL ICE GROUNDRULES AND ASSUMPTIONS WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND WILL INCLUDE DIRECTION TO USE QUANTIFIED UNCERTAINTY TO DERIVE ICE RESERVE LEVELS, HISTORICAL ANALOGY DATAPOINTS FOR ESTIMATING PURPOSES, AND VARIOUS SCHEDULE ASSUMPTIONS. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE ONGOING TOOLS AND METHOD SUPPORT SERVICES TO SMAB SUPPORTING FUTURE INDEPENDENT COST ESTIMATES. THESE SERVICES SHALL INCLUDE: COST OR SCHEDULE TOOL DEVELOPMENT; REFINEMENT OF EXISTING COST OR SCHEDULE TOOLS; ESTIMATING METHODOLOGY AND REFINEMENT; COLLECTION AND NORMALIZATION OF COST AND SCHEDULE DATA SETS; RESEARCH INTO STATE OF THE ART PRACTICES WITHIN THE LARGER AEROSPACE COST ESTIMATING COMMUNITY; DEVELOPMENT AND REFINEMENT OF PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS METHODS