"" principal investigator (PI) masters forum for science missions or instrumentsthe science office for mission assessments (soma) has established a practice of conducting masters forum workshops for…

This federal contract award, with an ID of NNL15AA02B|NNL16AA02T, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center to Cornell Technical Services LLC, a small technology and professional services company based in Columbia, Maryland. The contract has a total ceiling value of $208,955.00 and is a Cost Plus Fixed Fee Delivery Order.

The purpose of this contract is to facilitate the Principal Investigator (PI) Masters Forum Workshops for newly selected management teams of PI-led science missions or instruments under NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD). The workshops are designed to enable the exchange of lessons learned from recent successful SMD missions and instruments with the newly selected teams to support the successful execution of their PI-led science missions. The contract includes planning the workshop agendas, identifying speakers and panelists, and arranging their participation in the appropriate PI Masters Forum Workshops. This contract is not a set-aside and was awarded to Cornell Technical Services LLC, which holds a larger $111.75 million Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with NASA Langley Research Center titled "Evaluations, Assessments, Studies, Services, & Support 3" (EASSS 3).

"" principal investigator (PI) masters forum for science missions or instrumentsthe science office for mission assessments (soma) has established a practice of conducting masters forum workshops for newly selected management teams for principle investigator (PI)led missions or instruments. The purpose of this task is to facilitate exchange of ideas in areas that are deemed necessary to successfully execute PI-led SMD science missions. Workshop attendance by newly selected PI-led mission management teams of up to 8 individuals per selected team (PI, project manager, project scientist, project systems engineer, and others) is required by NASA SMD management. The masters forum workshop concept includes having recent PIS, project managers (PM), project system engineers (PSE) or other key leaders of recent past successful SMD missions and instrument investigations share key lessons learned with the newly selected teams in a workshop format which may include briefings and panel discussions. This task includes planning the workshop agendas, identifying the masters forum speakers, presenters, and panelists and arranging their participation at the appropriate PI masters forum workshop.