"" other functions: 1. Task order title: 1.1 soil moisture active passive (smap) project standing review board (SRB) support for all review activities through completion of the operational readiness…

"" other functions: 1. Task order title: 1.1 soil moisture active passive (smap) project standing review board (SRB) support for all review activities through completion of the operational readiness review. . 2. Contractual references: 2.1 statement of work reference: this requirement is pursuant to contract NNL12AA00B between national aeronautics and space administration (NASA) langley research center (larc) and cornell technical services (CTS), LLC. Refer to paragraphs 3.0 proposal evaluation, 4.0 assessments, and 5.0 studies. 2.2 limitation of future contracting reference: in support of this task order, the contractor: will have access to non-public information as part of its performance of a government contract which may provide a competitive advantage in a later competition may have access to proprietary information and various other types of non-public data 2.3 conflict of interest: as described in NASA clause 1852.209-71 (clause h.3, limitation of future contracting, contained in contract NNL12AA00B), this work may give rise to a potential conflict of interest. Therefore, the contractor shall comply with clause h.9, access to sensitive information, and exhibit d., organizational conflict of interest avoidance plan, contained in contract NNL12AA00B. 3. Purpose, objective, and background of work to be performed: 3.1 smap is a directed project, managed by the jet propulsion laboratory (JPL), with significant participation by NASA goddard space flight center (gsfc). Smap is one of four missions recommended by the earth science decadal survey and is currently scheduled for launch in 2014. Smap enables scientists to study earth's water, energy and carbon cycles across the entire planet. Smap is a project within the earth science division of NASA s science mission directorate. IT is managed out of the earth systematic missions program office at gsfc. 3.2 a standing review board (SRB) is responsible for independently assessing the health of the project. Independent reviews of projects are conducted at defined lifecycle milestones and are used to objectively assess the project s progress against the project plan, its readiness to proceed to the next lifecycle phase, compliance with NPR 7120.5 and NPR 7123.1 requirements, and the integrated baseline. 3.3. The purpose of this task is to obtain SRB members to perform subsystem reviews and the operational readiness review (ORR) lifecycle review for smap.