80GSFC18C0120 ESES-III SOW FINAL.pdf

Contract 80GSFC18C0120

NASA

GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER

STATEMENT OF WORK

FOR

ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS

ENGINEERING SERVICES III (ESES III)

FOR THE

APPLIED ENGINEERING AND

TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE (AETD)

6 November, 2017

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

SCOPE OF WORK

I. GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES

II. PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT

III. TASKS

FUNCTION 1 – PRE-FORMULATION AND FORMULATION SERVICES: CANDIDATE, PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS, AND SYSTEMS DEFINITION STUDIES

A. CANDIDATE STUDY SERVICES

B. ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS SYSTEMS PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS STUDY SERVICES

C. ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS SYSTEMS DEFINITION STUDY SERVICES

FUNCTION 2 – IMPLEMENTATION PHASE SERVICES

A. PROJECT MANAGEMENT

B. ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

C. MULTIDISCIPLINARY ANALYSES SERVICES

D. DETAILED DESIGN SERVICES

E. FABRICATION, ASSEMBLY AND TESTING SERVICES

F. INTEGRATION, TEST, AND VERIFICATION SERVICES

G. LABORATORY AND TEST INSTRUMENTATION SERVICES

H. DATA SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT SERVICES

I. LAUNCH AND POST-LAUNCH OPERATIONS SERVICES

J. MISSION ASSURANCE AND SYSTEM SAFETY SERVICES SUPPORTING INTEGRATION AND TEST

ACTIVITIES INCLUDING LAUNCH SITE

K. CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES

L. CONTAMINATION CONTROL SERVICES

FUNCTION 3 – RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

A. SOLID STATE DEVICE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

B. INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

C. OPTOELECTROINCS TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

D. MICROWAVE AND MILLIMETER WAVE TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

E. INSTRUMENT ELECTRONICS SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

F. COMPUTER SUPPORT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

G. THERMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

H. POWER SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

I. DATA SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

J. DEMONSTRATION, PRESENTATION AND CONFERENCE SERVICES

K. GUIDANCE, NAVIGATION AND CONTROL (GN&C) TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

K. CRYOGENIC AND FLUID SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

M. ADVANCED COATING AND FILM TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

FUNCTION 4 – PARTS AND MATERIALS PROGRAM SERVICES

A. MATERIALS AND PROCESSES SERVICES

B. PROTECTIVE COATING AND ENCAPSULATION SERVICES

C. COMPONENT AND PARTS LABELING SERVICES

D. ELECTRONICS PACKAGING SERVICES

E. ELECTRICAL ELECTRONIC ELECTROMECHANICAL (EEE) PARTS

1. EEE PARTS SERVICES

FUNCTION 5 – DOCUMENTATION SERVICES

A. DOCUMENT SERVICES

FUNCTION 6 – MAINTENANCE SERVICES

A. PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE

B. EMERGENCY REPAIR SERVICES

FUNCTION 7 – SUSTAINING ENGINEERING SERVICES

FUNCTION 8 – EDUCATION SERVICES

FUNCTION 9 – STANDARDS AND PROCESS

APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS AND SPECIFICATIONS

REFERENCE DOCUMENTS AND SPECIFICATIONS

INTRODUCTION

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was established to plan, direct, and conduct aeronautical and space activities for peaceful purposes for the benefit of all mankind. The operational aspects of NASA’s work are divided among field installations around the country and involve research and development activities under the responsibility of the technical program offices at NASA Headquarters.

The Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) - located in Greenbelt, Maryland, along with its

Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, supports NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD), as well as the other NASA mission directorates, and the Office of Chief Technologist. The

GSFC is chartered to expand the knowledge of the Earth and its environment, the Solar

System, and the Universe through observations from space. To this end, the GSFC’s primary emphasis is in scientific investigation, in the development and operation of space systems, and in the advancement of essential technologies. In accomplishing this responsibility, the

GSFC has undertaken a broad program of scientific research, both theoretical and experimental, in the study of space phenomena and earth sciences. The program ranges from basic research to flight experiment development, and from mission operations to data analysis.

Within the GSFC, the Applied Engineering and Technology Directorate (AETD) plans, organizes, and conducts a broad range of technical research and development activities in support of science applications. The AETD is responsible for providing engineering expertise and support in the design, development, fabrication, integration, test, and verification of components, subsystems, systems, science instruments, and complete spacecraft for multiple projects. The specific components, subsystems, systems, and science instruments are ultimately integrated into the spacecraft to form a science observatory. It is these observatories that are launched to fulfill the mission of the GSFC.

The AETD comprises five engineering divisions: the Mechanical Systems Division (MSD), the Software Engineering Division (SED), the Instrument Systems and Technology

Division (ISTD), the Electrical Engineering Division (EED), and the Mission Engineering and Systems Analysis Division (MESA).

To fulfill these responsibilities and ultimately achieve their missions, the AETD must acquire a wide range of engineering services in support of its divisions to implement the

GSFC mission.

SCOPE OF WORK

The principal purpose of this contract is to provide electrical/electronic engineering support services and related work to EED, ISTD, SED, MESA, related organizations and other

NASA Centers and locations specified in task orders, for the study, design, development, fabrication, integration, testing, verification, and operations of space flight, airborne, and ground system hardware and software, including development and validation of new technologies to enable future space and science missions.

To this end, the Contractor shall provide on/off-site multidisciplinary engineering services, pursuant to task orders issued by the Contracting Officer. These services shall include the personnel, facilities, and materials (unless otherwise provided by the Government) to accomplish the tasks.

Task orders will be issued to perform services in the following areas: the design, development, analysis, fab/build, assembly, integration, test, verification, and launch and mission support operations of parts, components, subsystems, systems, science instruments/experiments, airborne/suborbital systems (e.g., aircraft, sounding rockets, UAVs, balloons), free-flying spacecraft, airborne/suborbital/orbital payloads, and Space

Station payloads. To include related ground support equipment, simulators, non-flight models, and prototypes. Additionally perform candidate, feasibility, and systems definition studies; project management; systems engineering; analysis; preliminary design; detailed design; fabrication; assembly; integration; test and verification; test instrumentation; data systems management; launch and post-launch operations; research and technology unique to system development; parts screening and materials selection/analysis; documentation;

maintenance; sustaining engineering; configuration management; performance assurance;

systems safety; and contamination control.

I. GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES

The Contractor’s responsibilities shall include the management of personnel, timely and effective implementation of task orders, control and monitoring of contract and subcontract performance, management of scheduled deliveries, and timely and effective reporting to the

Government. These responsibilities shall also include efficient cost management methods as well as procedures to ensure that the Government is aware of task order status and progress achieved.

The Contractor shall be responsible for ensuring that all contractor and subcontractor personnel engaged in performance of this Statement of Work have appropriate qualifications, knowledge, and certification to perform work in accordance with the task orders. Most importantly, to ensure safety of personnel and property, all contractor personnel shall be familiar with and adhere to the Center's Occupational Safety Program

(GPR-1700.1B) and AETD’s Safety Manual (500-PG-8715.1.2C) as well as specific division, and facility/lab safety policies (ref GDMS, GIDs).

II. PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT

Performance-based statements of work/specifications will be used for establishing contract requirements. Therefore, each task order issued by the Contracting Officer will include, as a minimum, the following:

1. Statement of Work, including the requirements to be met, the standard(s) of performance/quality of work, and required deliverables (or other output)

2. Performance Specification (if applicable)

3. Applicable Documents (if required)

4. Period of Performance

5. Surveillance Plan

The Contractor shall be required to adhere to the performance measurements detailed in each task order.

III. TASKS

Services shall be required in one or more of the areas described in the scope above for any given task order. Services within the scope of this Statement of Work and specified in task orders shall include, but not be limited to, the specific services delineated in the following sections.

FUNCTION 1 – PRE-FORMULATION AND FORMULATION SERVICES:

CANDIDATE, PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS, AND SYSTEMS DEFINITION

STUDIES

The Contractor shall provide study services with emphasis on electrical systems engineering that integrate the aspects of flight systems, ground systems, instrument systems, and launch systems.

In general, the Contractor shall:

Produce pre-formulation and formulation phase study inputs for spacecraft, airborne/suborbital craft, instruments and ground systems.

Develop mission needs (mission objectives, measurement concept, and instrument concept) and mission design (mission requirements, architectural design, and operations concept).

Develop preliminary, relative cost and schedule estimates based on design alternatives, and identify and assess high-risk elements in designs.

Document the history of design, qualification, flight experience, and modifications where existing components or subsystems are to be utilized.

Identify interface requirements for pre-launch, launch, on-orbit servicing, or retrieval of flight hardware.

Define interface engineering and management requirements.

Prepare mission systems and operations documentation.

Prepare requirements and specification packages that conform to applicable standards defined within Task Order statement.

Identify interfaces and prepare interface control documents.

Provide technical inputs for problem-solving and/or design inputs in selected spacecraft, instruments, suborbital craft, ground system, and data disciplines.

Analyze various reports (i.e., progress reports) delivered by the GSFC mission Contractor(s) and provide recommendations to the project.

Provide liaison and coordination services for project activities.

Perform hardware and software design and trade-off analyses.

Provide design services that include performance of preliminary design (leading to a Preliminary Design Review) of the subsystems, components, and assemblies that comprise the instrument/spacecraft/platform/launch system.

A. Candidate Study Services

The Contractor shall provide study services for the conceptual development of subsystems and systems thereby participating in the identification of scientific objectives, mission requirements and technical concepts. Study products produced during this phase shall include, but not be limited to:

Strategic technology planning;

Integration of joint missions, partnerships, and other collaborative efforts;

Research/science/technology/cost trade studies;

Candidate operations concepts;

Candidate system architectures;

Cost, schedule, and risk estimates;

Research and technology unique to system development;

Customer development support and outreach; and

Mission justification and objectives.

B. Electrical and Electronics Systems Preliminary Analysis Study Services

The Contractor shall provide preliminary Electrical and Electronics Systems analysis study services focusing on analyzing mission requirements and establishing mission architectures in order to demonstrate that a credible, feasible design(s) exist(s). The

Contractor shall develop top-level requirements and evaluation criteria, identify alternative operations/logistics concepts, and identify project constraints and system boundaries. Contactor activities shall include the consideration of alternative Electrical and Electronics Systems design concepts including feasibility and risk studies, cost and schedule estimates, and advanced technology requirements. The Contractor shall prepare for and support the appropriate Phase A project and technical reviews and prepare Phase A project documentation as appropriate (ref the NASA Systems

Engineering Handbook, SP-6105 and NPR 7120.5, “NASA Space Flight Program and

Project Management Requirements”).

C. Electrical and Electronics Systems Definition Study Services

The Contractor shall provide Electrical and Electronics Systems definition and preliminary design study services to establish (and evolve) project baseline(s) which includes a formal flowdown of project-level performance requirements to a complete set of system and subsystem design specifications for both flight and ground elements. The

Contractor shall produce technical requirements that are sufficiently detailed to establish firm schedules and cost estimates for the project. Phase B baseline information shall be developed including Electrical and Electronics Systems requirements and verification requirements matrices, system architecture and work breakdown structures, operations concepts, “design-to” specifications at all levels, and project plans including schedule, resources, acquisition strategies, and risk management. The Contractor shall prepare for and support the appropriate Phase B project and technical reviews and prepare Phase B project documentation as appropriate (ref the NASA Systems Engineering Handbook, SP-6105 and NPR 7120.5, “NASA Space Flight Program and Project Management

Requirements).

FUNCTION 2 – IMPLEMENTATION PHASE SERVICES

The Contractor shall provide services to design, develop, fabricate/code, assemble, unit test, system integrate, verify, integrate, deploy, and operate hardware and software on spacecraft, platform, and/or payload as defined by this Statement of Work. The implementation phase services shall include:

A. Project Management

The Contractor shall provide management services, including establishment of a management organization that ensures that all the assigned task objectives are accomplished within specified schedule and cost constraints. Management shall provide frequent and timely status to the Government via cost, schedule, progress and other reports during all phases of work.

B. Electrical and Electronics Systems Engineering

The Contractor shall provide systems engineering support for project development, reporting progress and conformance to appropriate practices and specifications (per GPR

7123.1 Systems Engineering). The Contractor shall support system engineering activities required during the Implementation phases including design (Phase C), development (Phase D), and operations (Phase E).

The Contractor shall support Phase C Design systems engineering activities to complete the detailed design of systems and associated subsystems, and operational systems, ensuring compliance with GSFC’s Gold Rules (GPR 8070.4 and GSFC-STD-1000). The

Contractor shall add remaining lower-level design specifications to the systems architecture, refine requirements document and verification plans, prepare interface documents, evolve and mature the design, augment baseline documentation, perform and archive trade studies, and complete manufacturing plans. The Contractor shall prepare for and support the appropriate Phase C project and technical reviews and prepare Phase

C project documentation as appropriate (ref the NASA Systems Engineering Handbook, SP-6105 and NPR 7120.5).

The Contractor shall support Phase D Development systems engineering activities to build the subsystems (including operations systems) and integrate them to create the system(s).

The Contractor shall develop verification procedures, archive documentation for verifications performed, audit “as-built” configurations, document lessons learned, prepare operator’s manuals and maintenance manuals, and perform operational verification. The Contractor shall prepare for and support the appropriate Phase D project and technical reviews and prepare Phase D project documentation as appropriate (ref the

NASA Systems Engineering Handbook, SP-6105 and NPR 7120.5).

The Contractor shall support Phase E Operations systems engineering activities to perform the mission and then dispose of the system in a responsible manner. The

Contractor shall prepare for and support the appropriate Phase E project and technical reviews and prepare Phase E project documentation as appropriate (ref the NASA

Systems Engineering Handbook, SP-6105 and NPR 7120.5).

Specific tasks over the various phases shall include:

1. Instrument Avionics and Electrical Systems Engineering

The Contractor shall perform instrument avionics and electrical systems engineering functions that include, but are limited to:

a. Instrument Data Processing Development & Support ;

b. Instrument Architecture & Design Development;

c. Requirements Analysis, Identification and Management;

d. Verification and Validation;

e. Interface and Interface Control Documents;

f. Instrument Environment;

g. Technical Resource Budget Tracking;

h. Risk Analysis, Reduction and Management

i. Instrument System Milestone Review;

j. CM; and

k. Instrument Systems Engineering Management Plan.

C. Multidisciplinary Analyses Services

The Contractor shall provide analytical and detailed design support that includes multi-disciplinary system analyses and trade studies involving, but limited to, mechanical, thermal, optics (including radiometrics and stray light), contamination, control, guidance, navigation, detector, electrical, electronic, and software aspects of flight and ground systems, including associated ground support equipment. Services shall include the definition, development and use of models and simulations to study and quantify system performance and to conduct system trade studies. This includes, but is not limited to, such specific efforts as electromagnetic interference/electromagnetic compatibility (EMI/EMC) analysis, environmental testing, magnetics testing, thermal vacuum testing, systems performance error budgets, power and weight budgeting and tracking, microphonics analyses, fracture control analyses, microwave communication system analyses (including link margin availability), controls-structures analyses, control-structural-thermal-optical analyses, instrument system analyses (including system sensitivities), computer performance analyses (including Central Processing Unit (CPU), memory, simulations, etc), and systems reviews of selected critical subsystems. Services shall also include the development of measurement tools and models, analysis of measurement data, defect tracking, process improvement, cost estimation of hardware and software systems, modeling of organizational processes, electrical parts analyses, electrostatic discharge prevention, printed wiring board layouts, fiber optic cable construction (test, validation, & assembly), electro-optic/photonic analyses, thermal analysis, printed-wiring board fabrication, mechanical enclosure design, and technical writing documentation.

D. Detailed Design Services

The Contractor shall provide design services that include performance of detailed

(leading to a Critical Design Review) design of the subsystems, components and assemblies that comprise the instrument/spacecraft/platform in accordance with current

NASA/GSFC design standards, specifications and best practices or commercial equivalent that meets/exceeds their intent. This effort includes hardware and software

(flight and ground) as well as ground support equipment (electrical, thermal, contamination, mechanical, and cryogenic). Documentation, including technical reports, drawings, schematics, block diagrams, layouts, parts and materials list, and equipment lists, shall be provided. Specific tasks shall include:

1. Optical Specific Tasks – The Contractor shall provide optical design services, including the design, development and analysis of the following:

a. Geometric optical design;

b. Diffraction analysis;

c. Tolerancing of components;

d. Gaussian beam analysis;

e. Interferometry;

f. Radiometry;

g. Stray light/energy analysis;

h. Alignment and calibration; and

i. Optical communications systems design.

2. Mechanical Specific Tasks supporting Electromechanical design – The Contractor shall provide mechanical design services, including the design, development and analysis of the following:

a. Assembly and subassembly hardware to house flight components;

b. Mechanisms and electromechanical assemblies;

c. Component mount design;

d. Structure;

e. Ground support and bench test equipment;

f. Analytical studies, including structural analyses (stress, dynamics, thermal, deformation, jitter, etc.); mechanical alignment; interfaces; fracture control;

controls analysis; mechanism dynamics; composite material/structure dimensional stability; and load analyses;

g. Associated instrumentation and control systems;

h. Finite element model analysis;

i. Flight loads analysis;

j. On-orbit loads analysis;

k. Stress analysis;

l. Dynamic analysis;

m. Mechanical design and drawing production/verification.

3. Electromechanical Specific Tasks – The Contractor shall provide electromechanical design services, including the design, development and analysis of the following:

a. Concept trades, concept design, and detailed design of electromechanical systems and their components;

b. Fabrication, assembly, and testing services, including life testing;

c. Magnetic bearings, active/smart structures, vibration isolation, and large aperture, lightweight systems;

d. Analyses using Computer-aided Design (CAD) and simulation tools utilizing hardware and software compatible with those used by the Mechanical Systems

Division (MSD);

e. Set-up and operate electronic design and test equipment compatible with equipment used by the MSD;

f. Design, analysis, selection, implementation, and testing of bearings, flex-pivots, and flexures;

g. Robotics;

h. micro electromechanical systems (MEMS);

i. Micro-miniaturization of mechanisms, or sub-assemblies of conventional mechanisms;

j. Small scale structures, materials, fabrication techniques, packaging, photolithography, lithography electroforming and molding (LIGA in German), interfacing with macro-components, micro-actuators, focused ion-beam milling and welding, and coatings and tribology issues; and

k. Single Input Single Output (SISO) and Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output

(MIMO) controllers.

4. Thermal Specific Tasks supporting Electromechanical design – The Contractor shall provide thermal design services, including the design, development and analysis of the following:

a. Thermal system design, active and passive;

b. Component/subassembly/assembly cooling, including electronics;

c. Associated instrumentation and control systems;

d. Thermal laboratory support; and

e. Thermal vacuum test support.

5. Detector Specific Tasks – The Contractor shall provide engineering services for state-of-the-art detection systems requiring low noise levels and calibrations traceable to physical standards including the design, development, test, and analysis of the following systems:

a. Radio Frequency (RF);

b. Submillimeter wave;

c. Microwave;

d. Millimeter wave;

e. Infrared;

f. Visible;

g. X-ray;

h. Gamma-ray;

i. Neutral and charged particle detection;

j. MEMS; and

k. Nanotechnology.

6. Electrical/Electronic Specific Tasks – The Contractor shall provide electrical/electronic design services, including the design, development and analysis of the following:

a. Flight electronic subsystems;

b. Command and data handling systems;

c. Flight and ground data systems;

d. Low noise electronics;

e. Digital and microprocessor based designs;

f. Analog control circuits;

g. Control systems;

h. Low voltage systems;

i. High voltage systems;

j. Power supplies with programmable voltage and current outputs;

k. Electromagnetic field analysis;

l. Electromagnetic compatibility and interference (EMC/EMI);

m. Test circuitry and equipment, including interface to computer-based systems;

n. Bench test equipment;

o. Electrical ground support equipment;

p. High speed electronics;

q. Communication electronics;

r. Microcontroller based systems and embedded systems;

s. Flight and test harnesses (conventional wire and fiber optic);

t. Breakout boxes;

u. Pyrotechnics;

v. Simulators;

w. Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)-based reconfigurable computing systems;

x. Analog and mixed-signal Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) devices; and

y. Programmable logic devices (FPGA and ASIC devices).

In addition, analyses include, but are not limited to: Worst-case analysis, Parts Stress analysis, reliability analysis, thermal analysis, structural analysis, signal integrity analysis and performance/throughput analysis. Peer design reviews shall be an integral part of the overall development cycle. Test support includes shift support for environmental tests (thermal-vacuum, EMI, vibration, etc).

7. Ground Software and Systems for post launch sustaining engineering

The Contractor shall perform new or ongoing development and sustaining engineering of ground software and data systems. Contractor activities may include participation as a part of a mission’s or project’s ground system development team. Ground systems development includes software design, development, test, and deployment, and associated hardware integration, test, and delivery. The software may include commercial off-the-shelf (COTS), government off-the-shelf (GOTS), new development, or some combination of the aforementioned. The Contractor may perform hardware systems and associated material procurement/inventory management. The procured hardware systems shall comply with established NASA safety protocols including at least Hazardous Material Management and Electrostatic

Discharge (ESD).

Ground Software Services shall include:

a. Ground Software Architectures;

b. Ground Software Development; and

c. Ground Software Sustaining Engineering.

8. Flight Software System Verification, and Validation

The Contractor shall support flight mission operations including build verification testing, system validation testing, and flight software and flight operations test tools development for the mission.

Validation and Verification Functional Areas:

a. Utilize flight software test-beds and simulators required for verification and validation of flight and ground software related products;

b. Support mission readiness testing to include communication and functional test of the mission ground system, ground station interfaces, and end-to-end testing of the communication path from the spacecraft to the ground and/or science operations systems;

c. Generate and/or review Verification Plans;

d. Support the design, drawing, and specification reviews;

e. Prepare documentation and/or review of system qualification requirements;

f. Prepare and/or review hardware and software integration plans and procedures, and witnessing execution;

g. Prepare and/or review detailed functional and environmental test plans and procedures, and witness test execution;

h. Prepare and/or review plans for launch site checkout, integration and testing of flight systems, including adequacy of the launch site facility;

i. Analyze data from spacecraft telemetry data sources to ensure total system compatibility; and

j. Analyze flight performance from flight data.

9. Data System Development

The Contractor shall provide data system engineering, and software engineering services to design, develop and deploy science systems and applications for science operations, data processing, data management, and data analysis and visualization.

Data system engineering may include problem definition, solution analysis, process planning and control, system documentation development and maintenance, system integration, and product evaluation. Software system engineering may include requirements definition and analysis, software design, process planning and control, software documentation development and maintenance, verification, validation and test, and software integration. Software engineering may include detailed software design, implementation, and unit testing. The data system software may include

COTS, GOTS, new development, legacy code, or some combination of the aforementioned. Data systems development may include hardware definition, integration, test and deployment. The Contractor may provide science operations support for ongoing missions.

Software Science System Development Services shall include:

a. Data Systems Engineering;

b. Data Operations Systems;

c. Data Processing Systems;

d. Data Management Systems; and

e. Data Analysis and Visualization Applications.

10. Power Specific Task – The Contractor shall provide power design services, including the design, development, and analysis:

a. Power system design and analysis tools for energy balance and regulation;

b. Spacecraft power management and distribution electronics;

c. Photovoltaic energy conversion cells, arrays, and associated ground testing;

d. Electrochemical energy storage cells, batteries, and associated destructive physical analysis and ground testing; and

e. Payload and instrument low and high voltage power conditioning electronics

(converters, filters, regulators).

11. Radiation Effects and Analysis (REA) Specific Tasks – The Contractor shall provide radiation testing and analysis services for the Electrical, Electronic, and

Electromechanical (EEE) and photonic components, including:

a. Space radiation environmental analysis and specifications including nuclear interaction simulations;

b. Design and development of test plans and test suite hardware and software to support research and flight project efforts;

c. Documentation of radiation test techniques and research results;

d. Determination of mission-specific system level impact of radiation test results and evaluate mission radiation risk assessment;

e. Evaluations of parts list for radiation vulnerable devices;

f. General REA services in the area of graphics, schedules, and reporting requirements;

g. Development of user interface software for REA-developed environment models;

h. Operation and maintenance of GSFC’s radiation facility and Instrument calibration;

i. Design and fabrication of radiation flight experiments and providing services to support data analysis;

j. Analysis of in-flight data on experimental and operational systems to determine system performance in radiation environment;

k. Analysis of instrument data to support space environment modeling;

l. Analysis and performance of tests at established radiation test facilities

(requires travel);

m. Dissemination of radiation effects research results via paper and presentations;

n. Database development and management of the REA radiation effects test data; and

o. Curator capabilities for maintenance and upgrade of the Radiation and Analysis

(REA) WEB site.

12. Component Technologies Specific Tasks – The Contractor shall provide component technology specific services for design, development, and analysis, including:

a. Non-destructive Evaluation (NDE) of complex integrated circuits employing

Finite Element Analysis, Scanning Acoustic Microscope, X-Ray, and thermal analyses;

b. Analysis of novel microelectronic materials;

c. Environmental analysis of active and passive fiber optic components;

d. Microelectronic assembly, including ASICs and custom hybrids; and

e. Lightweight, low-power transmitters and receivers for active and passive microwave instrument system.

13. Environmental Testing Support for Specific Tasks – The Contractor shall provide environmental test support for the Avionics and Electrical Systems, including:

a. Vibration;

b. Acoustic;

c. EMI/EMC;

d. Thermal; and

e. Vacuum.

14. RF Specific Tasks – The Contractor shall provide RF design services, including the design, development and analysis of the following:

a. RF Component design;

b. Communications systems design;

c. Communications systems component design;

d. RF Modulator design (Binary Phase-shift keying (BPSK), Quadrature Phase-shift keying (QPSK), 64 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM), Code Division

Multiple Access (CDMA), 8 Phase-shift keying (PSK) etc.);

e. Antenna Design L - Ka bands;

f. Phased Array antenna design;

g. Solid State Power Amplifier Design S to Ka bands;

h. Transponder design S to Ka bands; and

i. Millimeter wave systems instrument and components design (50 –300 GHz).

In addition, the Contractor shall provide independent systems engineering analysis and evaluation in support of customer mission-related activities as well as analysis and support of new capabilities considered for inclusion into the NASA Space

Network (SN) and Ground Network (GN) as well as Global Positioning Satellite

(GPS) Navigation. This also includes RF communications systems engineering support to independently evaluate and assess current space and ground network capabilities, system improvements, and new services to meet future mission needs.

Additionally, this effort may include performing SN analyses for current space elements (TDRS Flight-1 through Flight-10 and TDRS K, L , M & N) including the ability for modeling of multiple access interference signals and the corresponding current ground elements at the White Sands Complex (WSC), Guam Remote Ground Terminal, and Space Network Expansion (SNE) Terminals.

This effort may encompass analysis related to the Ground Network assets that are used for mission support to include analysis for other networks and commercial ground stations. Maintenance & development of analytical tools to perform the required analysis and associated data bases to support the analysis are included in this effort. This effort supports standards and protocol activities. Maintenance & extension of Space and Ground Network Users Guides are also encompassed in this effort. This effort includes the development and review of RF Interface

Control Documents as well as technical reports on special studies. Analysis of new modulation schemes and transmission techniques including lasers are additionally covered under this activity including the ability to perform analysis of atmospheric effects of higher communication frequency bands (e.g. 37 GHz).

Ability to perform dynamic analyses for Spacecraft (S/C) & launch vehicles which requires expert knowledge of trajectories, orbital mechanics & the 3-dimension modeling S/C to enable S/C & Expendable Launch Vehicle (ELV) antenna design to be compatible with the SN & GN.

Qualified personnel with security clearances of at least a DoD SECRET level (as defined in the specific Task Order), may be required by the Contractor to support certain efforts. The Contractor must also comply with applicable NASA, DoD, National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM) and Director of

Central Intelligence Directives (DCIDs) security regulations.

15. GN&C Component & Hardware Specific Tasks – The Contractor shall perform specific GN&C component and hardware systems engineering tasks, including:

1. Component and Hardware Systems Engineering;

2. Test Bed & Simulator Design/ Development Services;

E. Fabrication, Assembly and Testing Services

The Contractor shall provide flight (including protoflight), and non-flight (including prototype) hardware fabrication and assembly facilities, and support for mechanical subassemblies, components, electronic assemblies, electromechanical devices, thermal control devices and subsystems, and thermal flight experiments. All fabrication and assembly support shall be in accordance with the workmanship requirements of NASA-

STD-8739.3 thru 8739.5 and Institute for Printed Circuits (IPC) 6011, 6012, 6013, 6015, 6016, and 6018, as well as all subsequent updates to these documents. All fasteners used in assembling or installation shall conform to Goddard Procedures and Guidelines (GPG)

541-PG-8072.1.2, GSFC fastener integrity plan. Also provide support to fabricate mechanical ground support equipment, special test and evaluation equipment (including electronic equipment) necessary to support the operation of all mechanical hardware. In situations where hardware fabrication is required in a quick reaction mode and the

Contractor decides to perform the task under subcontract, the Contractor shall minimize both the subcontract implementation and fabrication phases of the task. Subcontractors used for fabrication and/or assembly shall be AS9001C compliant.

The Contractor shall provide fabrication, assembly and testing services, including breadboards, engineering models, protoflight models, and flight models at all levels of assembly specified by this Statement of Work, including:

1. Planning Specific Tasks – The Contractor shall provide planning services, including:

a. Implementation and maintenance of overall production and quality engineering plans; and

b. Manufacturing, integration and test plans, describing sequences, qualification and acceptance test levels, and facilities needed to accomplish assembly, integration, alignment, testing, quality control, and checkout.

2. Fabrication Specific Tasks – The Contractor shall provide fabrication services, including:

a. Optical, mechanical, detector, electrical/electronics, and microwave, including antennas;

b. Ground support equipment, including mechanical and electrical, and optical;

c. Laboratory control systems;

d. Wiring harnesses;

e. Special parts;

f. Surface mount printed circuit boards, including leadless chip carriers and chip-on- board techniques; and

g. Composites.

3. Assembly Specific Tasks – The Contractor shall provide assembly services, including:

a. Optical, mechanical, detector, electrical/electronics, and microwave, including antennas;

b. Ground support equipment including mechanical, electrical, and optical

c. Test equipment and fixtures;

d. Wiring harnesses;

e. Support for the operation of GSFC’s Board Layout Facility in Building 5 and Assembly Facility in Building 35;

f. Active thermal control devices (heaters, thermostats, thermocouples, thermisters, heat pipes, Cold Plates, etc.); and

g. Hardware protective coatings.

4. Logistics Specific Tasks – The Contractor shall provide logistics services, including:

a. Identification of critical spares and material;

b. Storage and control of critical spares and material; and

c. Shipment of materials, supplies, subsystems, ground support equipment, systems, and flight systems to and from integration, test and launch facilities.

5. Testing Specific Tasks – The Contractor shall test and/or participate in the GSFC’s testing and qualification of hardware and software, including retesting/requalification of spare units and breadboards previously developed for flight projects. These tests shall be conducted in accordance with Government-approved procedures and shall include both functional and environmental tests in accordance with GSFC-STD-7000

“General Environmental Verification Standard (GEVS). Functional tests shall be designed and performed to demonstrate compliance with the operating requirements of the system. Environmental tests shall be designed and performed using environmental conditions that meet the launch, safety, and operations requirements of the assigned task. The Contractor shall perform the following:

a. In-process testing during the fabrication process to demonstrate that the design meets the requirements specified. In-process testing shall include:

1. Component value measurements and verification of polarity prior to installation and after installation, where feasible;

2. Resistance checks of point-to-point wiring and cross tie points, where applicable;

3. Hi-pot operations from component-to-component, component-to-frame, etc. in accordance with the applicable GSFC specification or procedure, as required by and specified in a task order;

4. Leak/pressure testing at the lowest level of assembly possible and throughout the assembly stages;

5. X-ray, dye penetrant, and eddy current inspections, as well as other forms of nondestructive analysis; and

6. Tests to develop/validate models for structural, mechanical, thermal, optical, and electronic components and assemblies.

b. Functional testing, including:

1. Verification of operational characteristics of components and equipment;

2. Testing at Government facilities; and

3. Testing and documentation to verify accuracy, repeatability, and stability while operating under simulated flight conditions.

c. Flight qualification testing on units that have successfully completed functional tests and have been prepared for space flight. These tests may be conducted at any of the levels of assembly specified in this Statement of Work, including on the spacecraft. The qualification tests shall be carried out in a test environment specified by the task order. The Government may provide test facilities and/or test equipment to the Contractor, as specified in the task order. Flight qualification testing shall include:

1. Vibration/Shock;

2. Magnetic;

3. Thermal vacuum;

4. Thermal balance;

5. Static loads;

6. Acoustics;

7. Mass properties;

8. Alignment;

9. Electromagnetic interference (EMI);

10. Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC);

11. Gravity effects;

12. Radiation effects;

13. Modal survey;

14. Optical performance and characterization;

15. Deployments; and

16. Mechanism performance.

F. Integration, Test, and Verification Services

The Contractor shall provide engineering and test-conductor services that include integrating and verifying the flight, ground systems, and science data system/applications in accordance with applicable documentation and specifications, preparing test procedures, documenting all nonconformances and dispositions, calibrating the system and its ground support equipment, and providing operating manuals, reference documents, training, and launch site support.

1. Integration, Test and Verification Specific Tasks – The Contractor shall provide integration, test, and verification services, including:

a. Major program reviews;

b. Space flight subsystems;

c. Space flight instruments;

d. Space flight payloads;

e. Airborne/Suborbital craft instruments;

f. Ground instrumentation;

g. Ground support systems;

h. Science data systems/applications;

i. Spacecraft and science operations control rooms; and

j. Airborne/Suborbital craft subsystems.

Integration and test services may need to be supported at various locations, including vendor sites, NASA Centers, and Military sites.

G. Laboratory and Test Instrumentation Services

The Contractor shall provide the services necessary for conceptualization, prototyping, system engineering, design, development, integration, test, sustaining engineering, maintenance and utilization of laboratory and test instrumentation.

1. Laboratory and Test Instrumentation Specific Tasks – The Contractor shall provide laboratory and test instrumentation services, including:

a. Optics/Fiber optics;

b. Detector engineering;

c. Laser communication and ranging;

d. Electrical ground support equipment;

e. Subsystem bench test equipment;

f. Special instrumentation;

g. Thermal/Cryogenics;

h. Contamination;

i. Operating power test facilities at the GSFC

• Large Area Pulse Solar Simulator;

• Battery handling & conditioning laboratory; and

• High voltage partial discharge laboratory.

j. Calibration;

k. Crosstalk;

l. Microphonics analyses;

m. Analysis of instrument and spacecraft subsystem interaction; and

n. RF communications engineering and millimeter wave services

Operating microwave test equipment, including cryogenic testbeds;

Operating RF equipment, including radiating sources; and

Supporting antennae test facilities, including anechoic chamber.

H. Data Systems Management Services

The Contractor shall provide data systems management services, including:

a. Developing, reviewing, and analyzing software requirements and specifications;

b. Contributing to the design, development, validation, implementation, certification, and maintenance of ground or on-board computer system simulators/emulators, including validation of flight systems software for ascent, transfer, or on-orbit phases and near real-time reprogramming and validation of modifications for recovery from anomalous situations; and

c. Analyzing the design and implementation of simulators/emulators for ground crew training, systems testing and procedure validation.

I. Launch and Post-Launch Operations Services

The Contractor shall supply launch and post-launch services, including:

1. Launch Site Preparation Specific Tasks – The Contractor shall provide subsystem services at the launch site, including:

a. Payload system and its support equipment;

b. Interfaces to the mission operations control centers;

c. Technical services to facilitate interfacing with the launch site organization;

d. Development of launch site support requirements; and

e. Providing support in shipment of the flight hardware and associated support equipment to and from the launch site.

2. Launch Operations Specific Tasks – The Contractor shall provide launch operations services, including:

a. Assuring flight readiness of the delivered subsystem;

b. Pre-launch testing of the delivered subsystem;

c. Operation of associated ground support equipment; and

d. Services to the launch vehicle team for payload integration to the vehicle at the launch facility.

3. Mission Operation Support Specific Tasks – The Contractor shall provide mission operation services, including services for the payload and for carrier and flight support system during mission operations.

4. Landing and De-Integration Specific Tasks – The Contractor shall provide landing and de-integration services, including services at the landing site for payload de-integration, post-flight testing, and payload shipment. This shall include airborne/suborbital craft and payloads recovery.

5. Refurbishment of Recovered Systems Specific Tasks – The Contractor shall provide refurbishment services for recovered flight systems.

6. Data Reduction Specific Tasks – The Contractor shall provide data reduction services and shall compile and analyzing systems performance data during and after the mission.

7. Documentation Specific Tasks – The Contractor shall provide post-flight summary reports, analyzing the performance of the subsystem during flight.

J. Mission Assurance and System Safety Services supporting Integration and Test activities including launch site

For all levels of flight hardware and software provided by the Contractor and specified by this Statement of Work, the Contractor shall establish and maintain a mission assurance program commensurate with mission requirements as specified by the task. The mission assurance program shall incorporate a system safety program which meets the requirements of NASA-STD-8719.24 (Base), “NASA Expendable Launch Vehicle Payload Safety

Requirements” and NASA-STD-8719.24 (Annex), “Annex to NASA-STD-8719.24 NASA

Expendable Launch Vehicle Payload Safety Requirements”, and NSTS 1700.7B

(Addendum) “Safety Policy and Requirements for Payloads Using the International Space

Station”.

The Contractor shall establish and maintain practices, procedures, and processes that are

AS9100C, “Quality Management System Standard”, or ISO 9001 compliant when applicable.

1. Performance Assurance Specific Tasks – The Contractor shall provide performance assurance services, including:

a. Reviewing payload designs to assure their compliance with performance assurance, reliability, and safety specifications;

b. Developing, analyzing, and monitoring performance assurance, reliability, system safety plans, and procedures, fabrication assembly, integration and test, verification, and launch support; and

c. Analyzing basic plans for system safety, contamination control, integration, and testing of subsystems and systems.

K. Configuration Management Services

The Contractor shall provide overall management and oversight of the Configuration

Management (CM), Documentation Management (DM), and Quality Control Management

(QCM) disciplines throughout the life cycle of flight hardware and software provided within the scope of this Statement of Work. Each discipline shall require the development, establishment, and implementation of procedures and processes and establishment of mechanisms and tools for consistency.

The Contractor shall support the planning, identification of processes, and leading GSFC

Project efforts in these disciplines. This support shall also include the necessary planning and associated process development for the GSFC Project in meeting conformance requirements to NASA procedures and guidelines as well as the ISO standards.

The main CM/DM/QCM functions shall include:

Configuration identification, configuration control, configuration accounting and reporting;

Configuration verification and configuration auditing; and

Implementation and maintenance of a DM system.

The Contractor shall be responsible for providing the necessary tools and databases to accomplish the above functions; developing and establishing procedures and guidelines and training in the configuration management, documentation management, and ISO 9001 disciplines.

L. Contamination Control Services

1. Contamination Control Management Specific Tasks – The Contractor shall provide contamination control management services, including:

a. Developing contamination control plans for spacecraft and instruments;

b. Determining contamination control requirements and developing appropriate monitoring plans and procedures to assess contamination control requirement compliance; and

c. Monitoring, reviewing, analyzing, and reporting on overall contamination control management, implementation, and development.

2. Contamination Control Analysis Specific Tasks – The Contractor shall provide contamination control analysis services, including:

a. Developing analytical transport models (molecular and/or particulate) for spacecraft and instrument systems and/or other space flight hardware and generating contamination hazards predictions;

b. Performing detailed environmental analyses of all phases of assembly, integration, test, transportation, pre-launch, launch, on-orbit, and descent and comparing against requirements; and

c. Establishing surface contamination limits based on allowable performance…