Attachment A- Statement of Work FRFP.pdf

RFP Number 80GSFC20R0006

ATTACHMENT A

Date: 6-21-2019

NASA

GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER

STATEMENT OF WORK FOR

MECHANICAL INTEGRATED SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGIES II

(MIST II)

FOR THE

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE (ETD)

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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 For Mechnincal and Instrument System Development/Design

A. Candidate Study Services

B. Preliminary Analysis Study Services

C. System Definition Study Services

FUNCTION 2 - Implementation Phase Services - Mechanical Systems

A. Materials Engineering

B. Mechanical Systems Analysis

C. Mechanical Engineering

D. Electromechanical Engineering

E. Thermal Engineering

F. Contamination and Thermal Coatings Engineering

G. Manufacturing

H. Integration and Test Engineering

FUNCTION 3 - Implementation Phase Services - Instrument Systems

A. Optical Engineering

B. Cryogenic Engineering

FUNCTION 4 - Implementation Phase Services - Related Discipline Engineering

A. Detector Engineering Services

B. Power Systems Engineering

C. Fabrication Compliance

D. System Safety Compliance

E. Parts and Equipment Management

F. ELV and ISS Mechanical Interfaces

G. Hardware Refurbishment and Re-Use

H. Mechanical Engineering Specialized Software Support

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I. Hardware Storage

FUNCTION 5 - Research and Technology Services

A. Advanced Thermal Control Systems

B. Optics and Opto-Mechanical Systems

C. Cryogenic and Fluid Systems

D. Advanced Coatings and Film Technology

FUNCTION 6 - Support Services

A. Documentation Services

B. Maintenance Services

C. Sustaining Engineering Services

D. Education Services

E. Standards and Processes

IV. DOCUMENTS AND SPECIFICATIONS

A. Applicable Documents And Specifications

B. Reference Documents And Specifications

V. ACRONYM LIST

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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 humankind. 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 four technical program offices at NASA Headquarters.

The Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is located in Greenbelt, Maryland and reports to the Office of Science. 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 developments and from mission operations to data analysis.

Within the GSFC, the Engineering Technology Directorate (ETD) plans, organizes, and conducts a broad range of technical research and development activities in support of science applications. The ETD is responsible for providing engineering expertise and support in the formulation, design, development, fabrication, integration, test, verification, and operation 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 ETD comprises five engineering divisions: the Mechanical Systems Division (MSD), the Instrument Systems and Technology Division (ISTD), the Electrical Engineering Division (EED), the Software Engineering Division (SED), and the Mission Engineering and Systems Analysis Division (MESA).

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

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SCOPE OF WORK

The purpose of this contract is to primarily acquire engineering services and related services to the MSD, ISTD, related organizations, and other NASA Centers and locations specified in task orders, as required, for the formulation, design, development, fabrication, integration, testing, verification, and operations of space flight and ground system hardware, including development and validation of new technologies to enable future space and science missions.

The engineering areas of emphasis are multidisciplinary with concentration in the mechanical engineering areas of materials, structural analysis and loads, mechanical design, electromechanical design, thermal, contamination and coatings, manufacturing, integration and test, optics, cryogenics, detector systems development, laser and electronic optics, and microwave instrument technologies.

To this end, the Contractor shall provide multidisciplinary engineering services, pursuant to task assignments issued by the Contracting Officer. These services shall include the personnel, facilities, and materials (unless otherwise provided by the Government) to accomplish the tasks. Contractor personnel shall be available on-site at GSFC, off-site at the Contractor’s facilities, and while on TDY supporting this contract’s activities.

Current engineering services provided rely on frequent face-to-face communication between the Government and its Contractors. This includes meetings with the task manager and with various organizations throughout GSFC. The amount and form of communication varies from task to task. It will be necessary for the Contractor's project managers and technical task managers to have the ability to attend frequent face-to- face meetings with Government personnel at the GSFC. The Contractor shall have the ability to conduct these communications productively and efficiently.

Tasks orders will be issued to perform services in all aspects of mission, and instrument, development and implementation for components, subsystems, systems, science instruments, observatories, launch, ground system, spacecraft, and suborbital craft (e.g., aircraft, sounding rockets, UAVs, balloons). These may include attached Space Station payloads, free-flying spacecraft, suborbital craft payloads, as well as ground support equipment, simulators, non-flight models, and prototypes; candidate, feasibility, and systems definition studies; mechanical and instrument system management; mechanical and instrument systems engineering;

analysis; preliminary design; detailed design; non-flight and flight fabrication; assembly;

integration; test and verification; test instrumentation ; launch support, on-orbit and post-launch mechanical and instrument systems operations; research and technology unique to mechanical and instrument system development; parts and materials, technical facilities support, logistics, documentation; maintenance; sustaining engineering; configuration management; architectural trades, performance, cost, risk assessment, and systems safety.

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I. GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES

The Contractor's responsibilities shall include the management of personnel, timely and effective implementation of task assignments, 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 assignment status and progress achieved.

Qualified personnel with security clearances of at least a Department of Defence 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.

The administration of the task assignments under this contract shall be handled via the Task Order Management Systems (TOMS) web-based software tool, to be provided by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. The Contractor shall ensure computer system compatibility with the TOMS software compatibility requirements at all times. TOMS shall be the primary tool for administration of tasks under this contract.

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II. PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT

Performance-based statements of work/specifications will be used for establishing contract requirements. Therefore, each task assignment 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

6. Contractor response evaluation criteria for purposes of technical recommendation for

Contractor selection

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

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III. TASKS

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

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FUNCTION 1 - Pre-Formulation and Formulation Services:

Candidate, Preliminary Analysis, and Systems Definition Studies For Mechnincal and Instrument System Development/Design

The Contractor shall provide mechanical and instrument engineering services for mission concept development that integrate the aspects of flight systems, ground systems, instrument systems, and launch systems.

In general, the Contractor shall:

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

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

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

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

5. Define interface engineering and management requirements

6. As related to mechanical and instrument systems, prepare mission systems and operations documentation

7. Prepare requirements and specification packages that conform to applicable standards defined within task statement

8. Identify interfaces and prepare interface control documents

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

10. Analyze various reports (i.e., progress reports, technical reports, etc.) delivered by the

GSFC mission Contractor(s) and provide recommendations to the project

11. Provide liaison and coordination services for project activities

12. Provide design services that include performance of preliminary design leading to key decision point reviews (e.g., System Requirements Review (SRR), Preliminary Design Review (PDR), Critcial Design Review (CDR), System Integration Review (SIR), etc.) for components and assemblies that comprise the instrument/spacecraft/platform/launch system/ground system.

A. Candidate Study Services

The Contractor shall provide study services for the conceptual design and 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 are not limited to:

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1. Strategic technology planning

2. Integration of joint missions, partnerships , and other collaborative efforts

3. Research, science and technology trade studies

4. Candidate operations concepts

5. Candidate system architectures

6. Cost, schedule, and risk estimates

B. Preliminary Analysis Study Services

The Contractor shall provide preliminary 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. Study products produced during this phase shall include, but are not limited to:

1. Analysis Services Specific Tasks The Contractor shall perform analysis services tasks, including, but not limited to:

a. Preliminary system design of a feasible, but not necessarily optimum, configuration.

b. Identification and quantification of technical risks, including identification of technical problems and the criticality of their solution to follow-on efforts;

identification of those problems currently being addressed; and a judgment of effort and time likely to be necessary to find a practical solution.

c. Implementation plans, which include the identification of all major systems and subsystems.

d. Preparation of the design that forms the basis for implementing hardware system development.

e. Provide alternative design concepts including feasibility and risk studies, cost and schedule estimates, and advanced technology requirements.

f. Prepare for, and support, the appropriate Phase A project and technical reviews and prepare Phase A project documentation as appropriate (see NASA SP-2016-6105 Rev2, NASA Systems Engineering Handbook).

2. Documentation Specific Tasks

The Contractor shall document all results from the study in a Feasibility Study Report.

C. System Definition Study Services

The Contractor shall provide mechanical and/or instrument system definition and

RFP Statement Of Work For MIST II – Page 10 preliminary design study services to establish and evolve the project baseline(s) . These shall include:

1. Analysis Services Specific Tasks The Contractor shall perform mechanical and/or instrument system definition analysis service specific tasks, which may include, but are not limited to the following:

a. Define system requirements, system budgets (e.g., mass, power, memory), error budgets, system/subsystem requirements, software requirements, ground support equipment requirements, and integration and test requirements.

b. Identify all recommended system characteristics, defining the subsystem components and assemblies, identifying the required complement of flight and ground support equipment, specifying internal and external interfaces, and verifying that the recommended design approach's critical subsystems and components are within the state-of-the-art.

c. Provide a formal flow down of project-level performance requirements to a complete set of system and subsystem design specifications for both flight and ground elements.

Phase B baseline information shall be developed, including system 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, and acquisition strategies.

d. Perform risk assessments of all critical elements and describe the risks and control methods. The knowledge and use of Probability Risk Assessment (PRA), Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) shall be performed in conjunction with the GSFC Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate.

e. Prepare the system design that shall form the basis for implementing/developing the system. Define the tasks and sequence of tasks that shall be performed to provide orderly technical development, design, review, interface, test, and integration of the system. Provide the required plans (modeling, analysis, and simulation; configuration;

logistics; information; verification; integration and test, etc.) for the effort.

f. As early as possible, identify areas where the design is not meeting requirements. Also, identify as early as possible when the design is not compliant with Mission Assurance Requirements, or having critical suppliers that are not AS9100 or 1809001 registered.

Declare COTS items that are critical to the mission.

g. Describe and document integrated mission architecture.

h. Prepare and support the appropriate Phase B project and technical reviews and Phase B project documentation as appropriate (see NASA SP-2016-6105 Rev2, NASA Systems Engineering Handbook).

2. Documentation Specific Tasks

The Contractor shall document all results from the study effort in a Definition Study Report.

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FUNCTION 2 - Implementation Phase Services - Mechanical Systems

The Contractor shall provide services to design, analyze, develop, track technical procurements and ensure they meet specification, fabricate, assemble, unit test, system integrate, verify, mission integrate, deploy, and operate hardware on spacecraft, platform, and/or payload as defined by this Statement of Work. The implementation phase services shall include:

A. Materials Engineering

The Materials Engineering Branch provides support to various NASA projects in two primary areas. Materials and Processes Engineers provide direct support to projects and assists engineers in making materials selections, process development, and acting as a liaison between the project and the material engineer branch’s laboratories in conducting investigations involving materials. Materials engineers and technicians operate the branch’s laboratories and provide expertise in various materials disciplines such as metals, polymers, and ceramics.

1. Materials and Processes Engineering The Contractor shall provide materials and processes engineering support for the development and implementation of materials engineering programs. The Contractor materials engineers shall assist GSFC project engineers with the selection and application of materials and processes, plan and supervise investigations or evaluations, provide general materials program management and assess the flight worthiness of all materials usage, in compliance with applicable mission Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA) requirements. This includes providing materials engineering expertise to projects and designers in the form of consultation, guidance, and review.

a. Document Reviews The Contractor shall review all materials usage-related agreements involving flight hardware or ground support applications considered critical to the performance of the hardware, materials processes and documentation associated with material applications. The Contractor shall prepare reports that identify differences between Contractor documentation and NASA requirements and recommend required changes.

The Contractor shall support review of all drawings and drawing notes to ensure minimum design and SMA requirements are met.

b. Material Usage Lists The Contractor shall review and recommend flight usage for material lists for GSFC managed flight projects in accordance with project requirements. The review process shall identify materials and their usage as standard or nonstandard and as compliant or noncompliant. Materials Usage Agreements generated by project engineers shall be

RFP Statement Of Work For MIST II – Page 12 reviewed and approved or disapproved by the Contractor. The maintenance and distribution of material lists shall address requirements such as revision tracking and approval status.

c. Facility and Hardware Evaluations Assist Safety and Mission Assurance in the evaluation of NASA contractor’s materials engineering processes, facilities for required equipment, personnel training, capability for producing flight quality hardware, and the manufacturing of flight hardware, including in-process and end-item inspections for compliance with agency and project requirements. The Contractor shall prepare reports of findings and recommendations for bringing facilities into compliance with requirements.

2. Materials Engineering Laboratory Support

The Contractor shall provide engineering and technician support for materials engineering laboratory operations associated with the testing, evaluation, and failure analysis of chemicals, ceramic, polymeric, composite and metallic materials typically used in space flight projects.

Engineering and technician support may also be required in the areas of hardware cleaning, polymer mixing and applications, bonding operations, printed circuit board coupon evaluations, and lubricating of hardware. When required, the Contractor shall be responsible for maintaining laboratory facilities and equipment and maintaining equipment calibration in any laboratories where they are assigned to work. They may also be required to fill the position of Laboratory Manager in certain selected laboratories.

a. Chemical Analysis The contractor shall use standard test methods, customized test procedures, and specialized analytical instrumentation to conduct analyses intended to identify contamination species, outgassing species, and chemical compositions of various materials.

b. Mechanical Testing The Contractor shall conduct mechanical testing of materials including tension, compression, shear, and fatigue testing at both room and cryogenic temperatures using standard test methods or customized test methods required to test specialized hardware configurations.

c. Non-destructive Evaluations The Contractor shall conduct nondestructive evaluation (NDE) operations including digital microfocus 2-dimensional radiography and computed tomography, immersion and contact ultrasonics, thermography, dye penetrant and eddy current inspection techniques. These NDE inspections are performed on flight hardware and associated parts to detect flaws and failures to insure component reliability.

d. Failure Analysis The contractor shall conduct failure analyses of hardware and mechanisms to identify material-related issues that contributed to the failure. These analyses will utilize various instruments and equipment such as optical microscopes and scanning electron microscopes.

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e. Environmental and Life Testing

The contractor will perform tests of materials using equipment such as thermal cycling chambers, humidity chambers, vacuum chambers, and customized test chambers such as life test chambers and outgassing test chambers. When applicable, standardized test methods, such as ASTM E-595, will be used to conduct the tests.

f. Polymeric Applications The contractor shall perform polymeric applications such as conformal coating, staking, shelf life extensions, incoming/inspections tests of polymeric materials, cleaning of hardware, and bake outs to meet outgassing requirements. When applicable, these operations shall conform to NASA workmanship standards.

g. Thermal and Electrical Property Testing The contractor shall perform tests intended to characterize the thermal and electrical properties of materials. The properties will included, but are not limited to, thermal expansion, thermal conductivity, thermal degradation and stability, specific heat capacity, and electrical surface resistivity. When applicable, standardized test methods will be used to conduct the tests.

h. Metallurgical Analysis The Contractor shall prepare metallographic specimens and evaluate the metallurgical properties of metallic materials utilizing both optical and scanning electron beam microscopy.

The Contractor shall also employ and techniques such as optical emission spectroscopy and energy dispersive spectroscopy to determine the composition and grain structures of metallic materials.

i. Printed Circuit Board Structural Integrity Analysis The Contractor shall perform analysis of printed circuit board coupons for GSFC and GSFC Contractors in accordance with Materials Engineering Branch procedures and IPC standards such as IPC-6011, Generic Performance Specification for Printed Boards and IPC-6012D, Qualification and Performance Specification for Rigid Printed Boards. The analysis shall be reported in accordance with established Materials Engineering Branch policies. Individuals who perform inspections of printed circuit boards shall be certified to the applicable workmanship or printed circuit board standards as specified by Branch management.

j. Heat Treatment and Vacuum Brazing The contractor shall perform heat treatments and vacuum brazing of metallic components and hardware using established methods and customized processes in the vacuum brazing furnace or heat treatment furnace.

k. Reports and Publications The Contractor shall prepare test and analysis reports. Analysis shall be documented in a report format using photographs, and, as necessary, diagrams, and address objectives, RFP Statement Of Work For MIST II – Page 14 techniques, results, conclusions and recommendations. Inspection and test results shall be documented according to project requirements for traceability and certification. Reports shall be suitable for distribution to center, agency and material discipline communities. When appropriate or required, the Contractor shall prepare GIDEP Alerts for submission through appropriate channels.

B. Mechanical Systems Analysis

Mechanical systems analysis support shall be required during conception, design, fabrication, integration, and test phases to provide structural loads development, finite element modeling and analysis, stress/strength analysis, dynamic analysis, fatigue/fracture analysis, structural test specification development, and other analytical support. These analysis will be documented in written reports and design review presentations. Written test plans are required prior to structural testing. Correlated finite element models and post-test structural assessment is required post-structural test and prior to flight. The Contractor shall prepare presentations and present at various reviews such as Preliminary Design (PDR), Critical Design (CDR), Test Readiness (TRR), Pre-Environmental (PER), Pre-ship (PSR), and Technical Peer Reviews.

1. Finite Element Model Analysis The Contractor shall generate finite element models (FEM) of space flight, ground support equipment (GSE) and related structures with primary emphasis given to the use of the NASTRAN structural analysis software program. The Contractor shall utilize FEM pre- and post-processor software to aid in the development and modification, checkout and visualization of the NASTRAN models themselves as well as the FEM analysis results. FEM visualization processes shall include techniques for viewing mode shapes, and static and dynamic deformations, forces, stresses, and applied loads (including temperature) that aid in the understanding of the model and analysis results. Model checkout processes shall include checks that test the mathematical validity of the finite element models prior to their use in analyses. In addition, capabilities shall exist for the checkout, modification, and visualization of models for use in analyses that require combining finite element models from several diverse sources into an overall system model. This latter capability shall address the possibility that some of the models may be delivered in codes other than NASTRAN, and must be converted to NASTRAN, prior to performing the overall systems analyses in NASTRAN.

The Contractor shall have the capability to use the non-linear function of NASTRAN or other structural analysis solvers. Such work might include, but is not limited to generating finite element models to analyze structures with material or geometric non-linearities, contact problems, thin-film wrinkling, and micro electro-mechanical systems (MEMS).

Capability to use the optimization routines of NASTRAN, including topology shall also exist.

The Contractor shall provide support for modal testing of flight hardware in order to create a modal test-correlated FEM. The Contractor shall have the capability to perform cross-

RFP Statement Of Work For MIST II – Page 15 orthogonality checks comparing the FEM modes and mode shapes to those of the test hardware to ensure the FEM is adequately correlated.

2. ELV Flight Loads Analysis The Contractor shall perform coupled launch vehicle/payload flight loads analyses on task-specified payload configurations. Flight loads analyses include launch and ascent for expendable launch vehicles (ELV). These analyses may be directed toward derivation of preliminary design limit loads or toward the derivation of payload-specific flight loads. Load parameters required may be acceleration, displacement, force, or stress.

The Contractor shall develop reduced dynamic models in Craig-Bampton format along with necessary output transformation matrices (OTM) for delivery to launch vehicle providers for performing coupled loads analysis (CLA). The model delivery shall include all necessary documentation to adequately describe the model and its intended use.

3. On-orbit Loads Analysis The Contractor shall perform coupled on-orbit loads analysis on task-specified payload configurations for ELV/payload and International Space Station (ISS)/payload combinations.

Load parameters required shall include acceleration, displacement, force and stress.

Perform on-orbit analysis for free-flying payloads including strength analysis for thermally induced and maneuvering loads, and the determination of dynamic environments due to on-board disturbances (jitter).

Loads from all ISS operations shall be included in on-orbit analyses for ISS/payload combinations. The Contractor shall determine loads resulting from grappling of payloads using remote manipulator systems (RMS), from berthing of payloads to carrier structures, from re-positioning of payloads using motorized devices (such as pivoting mechanisms, rotators, etc.), from firings of the maneuvering -system and reaction control system while the payload is grappled or berthed, from extra-vehicular activities (EVA), from venting or jet-plumes, from tip-off at the time of deployment, and from any other loading events that may occur during on-orbit operations.

4. Stress Analysis The Contractor shall perform hardware-related stress and margin of safety analyses of spacecraft structures, electromechanical devices, and mechanisms using both classical hand stress analysis and computerized stress analysis techniques for all operational loading conditions. These analyses shall be directed toward sizing the required structural members to obtain the required strength and stiffness characteristics and toward demonstrating required stress margins of safety. This activity is a necessary prerequisite for fracture control implementation using safe life (fracture mechanics analysis) and fail-safe approaches.

The Contractor shall perform stress and margin of safety analyses of mechanical ground support equipment (MGSE) including, but not limited to, handling fixtures, dollies, and lift

RFP Statement Of Work For MIST II – Page 16 slings. The Contractor shall provide support for strength testing of flight prototypes, Engineering Test Units (ETU), and MGSE hardware.

5. Dynamic Analysis The Contractor shall perform frequency response, shock and vibroacoustic analyses to simulate spacecraft test and flight events. Analyses shall determine the acceleration, velocity, displacement, and force response of the hardware due to random, transient, sinusoidal and acoustic vibration, and transportation and handling environments.

Vibroacoustic analysis shall include capability to perform statistical energy analysis (SEA), FEM pressure load, boundary element method (BEM) and hybrid acoustic analysis. The Contractor shall derive equivalent test specifications, including force- limited or otherwise notched levels, which properly simulate dynamic flight environments and envelope transportation and handling loads. The Contractor shall develop associated environmental test plans, support testing and prepare post-test reports.

The Contractor shall provide support for dynamic testing of flight, prototype, ETU, and MGSE hardware.

6. Fracture Control The Contractor shall develop fracture control plans for task specified ELV and ISS payloads and implement approved fracture control procedures. The Contractor shall perform fracture mechanics analyses in accordance with GSFC standards to ensure that the maximum crack size which can exist in structural elements, as determined by non-destructive test procedures, shall not propagate to failure as a result of intended service usage. The Contractor shall perform fail safe and containment analyses where appropriate to satisfy fracture control requirements.

7. Multi-disciplinary Systems Analysis The Contractor shall perform the structural analysis portion of multi-disciplinary systems analysis including Structural/Thermal/Optical (STOP) analysis and jitter analysis. STOP analysis capabilities shall include the ability to map predicted temperature profiles to a finite element model and to provide optical performance data to optical engineers. Jitter analysis capabilities shall include both modeling of on-orbit and other appropriate dynamic disturbances as well as providing required output to the necessary disciplines, e.g., optics, attitude control systems (ACS), etc.

C. Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical engineering support shall be required for conception, analysis, design, fabrication, integration, testing, deployment, maintenance, and certification of mechanical and payload carrier systems, deployment systems, and related ground support and test equipment. The Contractor shall develop appropriate Interface Control Documents (ICD's), Specification Documents, Verification Test Plans, and Work Order Authorizations as required. The Contractor shall prepare presentations and present at various reviews such as Preliminary Design Reviews, RFP Statement Of Work For MIST II – Page 17

Critical Design Reviews, Technical Peer Reviews, etc.

1. Mechanical Engineering Product Development The Contractor shall provide mechanical design and engineering services, including consultation services, for the support of GSFC spacecraft and instruments being developed both in-house and out-of-house. The Contractor shall provide engineering services and/or consultation on mechanical requirements definition, review, and optimization. The Contractor shall provide engineering services and/or consultation and/or review of structural loads, conceptual designs, detailed designs, integration plans, performance test plans, environmental qualification test plans, mass budgets, static and dynamic analyses, including kinematic analysis for concurrence with GSFC defined standards and practices. The Contractor shall develop risk and cost reduction plans.

2. Mechanical Design and Drawing Production The Contractor shall perform detailed mechanical design studies, and provide designs and drawings of spacecraft structures, flight support and carrier structures, instrument structures, electromechanical devices, Ground Support Equipment (GSE), and mechanisms. The Contractor shall produce configuration layouts and accommodation drawings and iterate these drawings, as necessary, to satisfy mission objectives and specific science requirements such as instrument fields-of-view, access, and other packaging needs. The Contractor shall provide conceptual designs and drawings of spacecraft structures, balloon structures, flight support and carrier structures, instrument structures, GSE, and mechanisms (i.e., deployable booms, choppers, shutter mechanisms, aperture doors, etc.). The Contractor shall be capable of designing precision mechanical structures using both conventional metallic materials and advanced composite material systems, with detailed knowledge of composite laminate and sandwich design for dimensional stability and lightweight. The Contractor shall produce layout and detail fabrication drawings of all hardware mentioned above in Computer Aided Design (CAD) format fully compatible, at a minimum, with current release of the CAD tools (e.g., CREO, Auto CAD, Solidworks) as idenitifed in requirements.

3. Mechanical Drawing Checking The Contractor shall provide detailed mechanical drawing checking in accordance with ASME Y14.5, Dimensioning and Tolerancing and 500-PG-8700.2.5F, GSFC Engineering Drawing Requirements Manual. Checking ‘redlines,’ detailing necessary changes to make a drawing compliant with the above standard, shall be provided for each drawing or model checked.

Alternative forms of documenting the necessary drawing corrections may be used if there is a benefit to the government, upon concurrence.

D. Electromechanical Engineering

Electromechanical systems are comprised of mechanisms and their associated electronics, and typically require precision motion. This is accomplished utilizing electromagnetic or other

RFP Statement Of Work For MIST II – Page 18 means for actuation, and sensors for detecting velocity, position, or other physical parameters, along with a closed-loop or open-loop controller. Design and analysis services shall be provided by the Contractor to perform concept trades, concept design, and detailed design of electromechanical systems and their components.

Services such as fabrication, assembly, and testing support, including life testing, shall be provided so that the capability exists to develop prototype, ETU, and flight electromechanical systems. Types of electromechanical systems requiring expertise include conventional and magnetic bearings, active/smart structures, vibration isolation, and large aperture, lightweight systems. Severe environments that electromechanical systems are subjected to include, but are not limited to acoustic, EMI/EMC, magnetic, cryogenic, vacuum, 0-G, and launch vibration.

Special handling and clean-room environments are to be utilized for assembly of mechanisms as appropriate.

The Contractor shall provide modeling, simulation and analyses using CAD and simulation tools utilizing hardware and software compatible with those used by the Mechanical Systems Division. The Contractor shall have expertise to set-up and operate electronic design and test equipment compatible with equipment used by the Mechanical Systems Division, and other equipment typically found in flight hardware development in electrical and mechanical engineering labs.

Mechanical related electromechanical tasks are primarily covered in section C. Mechanical Engineering of this document. Additional requirements include but are not limited to design, analysis, selection, implementation, and testing of bearings, flex-pivots, and flexures. This will require expertise in bearing tribology as well as aerospace materials. Sub-disciplines of electromechanical systems expertise is required and falls under the following categories.

1. Robotics Robotic systems are electromechanical systems that specifically are used for providing autonomous or remote manipulation. Robotic systems typically possess multiple joints such that multiple solutions exist for a manipulator to move from one location to another. For this reason, support services shall include modeling, simulation and analysis to solve statics and dynamics of serial and parallel kinematic systems, and controller software development to implement the appropriate solutions for those systems. Expertise shall be required in the area of Orbital Replacement Units (ORUs), other robotically serviceable assemblies, and robotic manipulators and end-effectors, as necessary, to provide engineering support services.

2. Micro Electromechanical Systems (MEMS) Micro Electromechanical Systems (MEMS) techniques shall be applied to those applications requiring micro-miniaturization of mechanisms, or sub-assemblies of conventional mechanisms.

Expertise in analysis and implementation of MEMS is required. This includes, but is not limited to, FEM analysis of small scale structures, materials, fabrication techniques, packaging, photolithography, lithography electroforming and molding, interfacing with macro-components, micro-actuators, focused ion-beam milling and welding, coatings and tribology

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3. Systems Design and Analysis System level electromechanical requirements include, but are not limited to system identification and modeling, both linear and non-linear system as appropriate using MATLAB/Simulink or a similar modeling software. These models are used as a tool for control system design optimization, design verification, etc. Expertise in Single-Input-Single-Output (SISO) and Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) control system is required.

4. Electronics and Electromagnetics Electronics and electromagnetics related requirements shall include, but are not limited to, the design, analysis, fabrication, implementation and testing of power electronic circuits for the drive and commutation of motors; precision, low noise signal conditioning and interface mixed-signal electronics for sensors, optical encoders, transducers, and thermistors; digital and microprocessor based controllers for the implementation of command and telemetry functions, Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) for digital signal processing and control systems algorithm implementation, embedded software for microprocessor based systems to implement digital filtering and control algorithms in sampled data systems, perform worst case, failure mode and performance sensitivity analysis of electronic systems to verify the suitability of the design for the range of operational and survival temperatures and the cosmic radiation environments; analysis, design, and troubleshooting of grounding, shielding, Electromagnetic Interference/Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMI/EMC) problems; the layout, fabrication, and population of printed circuit boards (PCB's) and flexible printed wiring boards (PWB’s); design and fabrication of the interconnecting harness for electronic assemblies; and the determination of the electromagnetic fields and the electromagnetically generated forces in electrical machinery. Expertise to provide design, analysis, fabrication, selection, implementation, and testing of electrical machines, actuators, and sensors is required.

5. Optomechanics Optomechanics is the mechanical design of optical components or the mechanical mounting of optical components. Optomechanical requirements shall include, but are not limited to, the design, analysis, fabrication, implementation, and testing of mirrors, mirror mounts, optical mounts, translation stages, rotary and kinematic stages, fiber optic mounts, fiber optic adapters and detector mounts. Expertise shall be required in design, analysis, optimization, material selection, implementation, and component and system testing.

E. Thermal Engineering

The Contractor shall provide thermal engineering support during all phases of the project:

concept development, modeling and analysis design, integration and test, launch site support, and mission operations. Integration and test support can include thermal hardware procurement and installation, Multi-Layer Insulation (MLI) design and integration, coatings applications, and functional testing and checkout.

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1. Thermal Design

The Contractor shall conceive and develop thermal and cryogenic designs for spacecraft and instrument systems and balloon payloads. Determine thermal interfaces between instruments and their support structure. Develop plans and/or procedures for thermal analyses and verification testing. Review, evaluate, model, analyze, and report on thermal design, implementation and development.

2. Thermal Analyses The Contractor shall perform thermal analyses for spacecraft, instruments, and ISS, ELV, sounding rocket and balloon payloads. Develop analytical mathematical models, including thermal mathematical models and geometric mathematical models, representing conductive and radiative heat transfer both internal and external to the spacecraft and payload, and including convection effects for balloon payloads. The Contractor shall determine heat fluxes, temperature distributions, temperature gradients, heat flows, and heater power requirements for all specified spacecraft and payload components and locations for all flight and on-orbit conditions and launch and landing sites if required. The contractor shall also provide thermal analysis results used to perform distortion, thermal stress and other Structural, Thermal and Optical (STOP) analyses. Perform thermal analyses and design studies for cryogenically cooled instruments, subsystems, and components. The Contractor shall develop new thermal analysis software and improve existing software. Thermal analysis specialized software applications shall include Systems Improved Numerical Differencing Analyzer (SINDA), Thermal Radiation Analyzer System (TRASYS), Thermal Synthesizer Systems (TSS), Finite Element Modeling and Post- processing (FEMAP/TCON), Thermal Desktop, or Thermal Model Generator (TMG).

3. Thermal Device Design The Contractor shall provide design of thermal subsystem components including Multi- Layer Insulation (MLI) and thermal blankets of all types, heat pipes, Loop Heat Pipes (LHP), 2 phase cooling systems, heaters, thermostats, coatings, radiators, thermoelectric coolers, Phase Change Materials, and other thermal control systems and devices.

4. Ground Support Equipment The Contractor shall perform thermal analysis and design for cryogenic and non-cryogenic GSE, including cold plates, cryopanels, support structure, dewar systems; dewar subsystems and components; and optical, opto-mechanical, electrical, and electro-mechanical GSE required to operate at all temperatures.

5. Thermal Laboratory Support For the thermal lab, the Contractor shall provide electrical, mechanical, and specialized software support, as well as mechanical and electrical technician support, for the fabrication and testing of thermal and contamination control devices for research and development, risk reduction, thermal subsystem components and hardware, concept study phase testing and upon MSD approval, flight development efforts. Facility maintenance, including thermal vacuum chambers and data processing system, is included.

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6. Thermal Vacuum Test Support

The Contractor shall provide support in the area of thermal vacuum testing and thermal balance testing for spacecraft and instrument systems and balloon payloads; prepare or review test plans, test procedures, and test reports; and perform pre-test temperature predictions and post-test thermal correlations.

F. Contamination and Thermal Coatings Engineering

The Contractor shall provide contamination, thermal coatings, and planetary protection engineering support for all phases of GSFC missions (e.g., spacecraft and instruments) and special projects (e.g., IRADs) including contamination, thermal coatings, and planetary protection engineering project management, concept definition and concept validation, contamination control planning, planetary protection (PP) planning, mission design, analysis, assembly, coatings application, coatings measurement and validation, integration and testing, extraterrestrial dust analyses, monitoring of hardware cleanliness, transport and storage of hardware, launch site support, prelaunch, launch, on- orbit, post-launch, and returned hardware evaluation. The Contractor shall develop presentation materials and present at various project and GSFC reviews and meetings. The Contractor shall provide written documentation of work plans, test plans, contamination control plans, PP plans, PP assay sampling and verification, computer modelling analysis results, coatings applications and measurements processes and testing results, and other work/task activities.

1. Contamination Engineering Project Support and Management The Contractor shall provide skilled, qualified Contamination Engineering Project Support and Management for missions, spacecraft, instruments, subsystems, ground support equipment, flight experiments, and other hardware requiring contamination involvement. The Contractor shall develop, establish, and manage the overall approach to Contamination Control, addressing all mission phases, based on the hardware sensitivities to contamination (optics, thermal control surfaces, mechanisms, power system, and other subsystems).

The Contractor shall develop, document, and implement contamination control plans, determine contamination control requirements, and develop appropriate monitoring plans and procedures to assess contamination control requirement compliance. This effort shall be performed in compliance with applicable mission, instrument and spacecraft systems requirements. The Contractor shall provide Project Support and Contamination Engineering Management to monitor, review, evaluate, analyze, and report on overall contamination engineering implementation, progress, issues, and results. The Contractor shall support project meetings, Branch meetings, support and present at project reviews, support technical interchange meetings, technical and peer reviews, champion team meetings, working group meetings, failure and materials process review boards, the coatings committee, facility cleanliness surveys/evaluations, lessons learned, knowledge capture, and other project meetings.

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