Attachment A - SEAS II Draft Statement of Work.pdf

Attachment A

05/2020

NASA

GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER

DRAFT STATEMENT OF WORK

FOR

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING ADVANCED SERVICES II (SEAS II)

FOR THE

ENGINEERING AND

TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE (ETD)

INTRODUCTION

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) were 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 four technical program offices at NASA Headquarters.

The Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) has primary locations in Greenbelt, Maryland and Wallops Island, Virginia. 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 Engineering and 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 of concepts, design, development, fabrication, integration, assembly test, verification and validation, and operation of components, subsystems, systems, payloads, science instruments, spacecraft, observatories and mission systems for multiple projects. The components, subsystems, and science instruments are integrated and assembled to form a science observatory. The observatories are launched to fulfill the mission of the GSFC. The ETD 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 (MESA) Division.

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

SCOPE OF WORK

Greenbelt Work:

The contractor shall, pursuant to Task Orders issued by the Contracting Officer, provide Mission Systems Engineering (MSE) and Payload and Instrument Systems Engineering (ISE) services as well as guidance, navigation, and control systems services, which includes Guidance, Navigation and Control (GN&C) systems engineering and Attitude Control Systems (ACS) engineering, analysis and related algorighm/software development. The contractor shall provide Spacecraft Propulsion and fluid systems Engineering, including design, development, integration and testing, propellant handling, and launch support to to the Mission Engineering & Systems Analysis (MESA) Division and related Engineering and Technology Directorate (ETD) organizations, for the formulation and implementation of flight and ground systems, and development and validation of new technologies. These services support all aspects of mission formulation and implementation for systems, science instruments, payloads, observatories, launch, ground system, spacecraft, and suborbital craft (e.g., aircraft, sounding rockets, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), balloons), including services for the following: free-flying spacecraft, suborbital craft payloads, and Space Station payloads.

The contractor shall, pursuant to Task Orders issued by the Contracting Officer, provide on/off-site MSE, Payload SE, ISE, GN&C/ACS, propulsion and related engineering services.

These services shall include the personnel, facilities, materials and equipment (unless otherwise provided by the Government) to accomplish the tasks.

Wallops Work:

The Contractor shall, pursuant to Task Orders issued by the Contracting Officer, provide the labor, material/parts and equipment to support a wide range of engineering, education, outreach and technical support services for the WFF, in the following areas: Technology Development, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Guidance/Navigation and Control Systems, Safety Engineering, Metrology, Project Management and Support, Facilities Engineering. Support shall be provided for WFF activities including Engineering and Technology Directorate (ETD), Suborbital and Special Orbital Projects Directorate, Sciences and Exploration Directorate, Facilities Management Branch, and Ground Network activities as required at the Wallops Flight Facility.

The contractor shall, pursuant to Task Orders issued by the Contracting Officer, provide on/off-site M&ISE and multi-discipline engineering services. These services shall include the personnel, facilities, and materials (unless otherwise provided by the Government) to accomplish the tasks.

I. GENERAL RESPONSIBLITIES

The contractor shall provide the establishment of a management organization for 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.

The contractor shall provide to the government efficient methods for cost management and task order progress and status, throughout all phases of work called out in this statement of work.

The Contractor shall be responsible for ensuring that all contractor and subcontractor personnel engaged in performance of the Task Orders based on this Statement of Work have appropriate qualifications, knowledge, and certification.

Function 3 of the SEAS II Statement of Work, “RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES”, directs systems engineering analysis and test activities to be conducted which may necessitate short term and limited application of hardware on the SEAS II contract.

Electronic and Information Technology (EIT) Section 508 Compliance

In order to comply with the Section 508 Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Standards, the contractor shall perform all work required under this contract in compliance with the following technical standards delineated in Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 36:

o 1194.21 Software Applications and Operating Systems o 1194.22 Web-based Intranet and Internet Information and Applications o 1194.25 Self Contained, Closed Products o 1194.26 Desktop and Portable

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

6. Desired contractor experiences and knowledge to perform the task

7. Security clearance requirements

The Contractor shall be required to adhere to the performance measurements detailed in each Task Order.

III. TASK ORDERS

The contractor shall, pursuant to Task Orders issued by the Contracting Officer, provide services required in one or more of the areas described in the scope of work.

Greenbelt Services

The Contractor shall provide systems engineering, GN&C/ACS and propulsion support for all phases of project development for missions, spacecraft and scientific instruments and payloads that operate in and collect data from the earth, planetary, astrophysics and heliophysics environments. These include instruments such as imagers, spectrometers, telescopes, high energy particle detectors, Laser based instruments, photon counters, microwave instruments, communications payloads, and a wide range of technology development concepts that span across many wavelengths of the energy spectrum. The contractor shall provide support to develop concepts for missions, instruments and payload, operations, configurations and integrated instrument suites. The contractor shall work closely with the Principal Investigators to identify the driving requirements and work with the project team to identify the challenging or risk areas. The effort focuses on flowing down requirements from the higher level science objectives/measurements to the lower level instrument requirements defining the physical elements as well as ground processing. The contractor shall identify the influences among the critical functions driving the design along with any development or flight risks. The contractor shall also provide systems engineering, GN&C SE/ACS and propulsion support for proposal and design concept development, implementation leadership, trade studies, technical analysis, requirements management, requirements verification, systems interfaces development and documentation, resource management, command and telemetry definition, science data collection and handling, environmental analysis, and risk management. The services will include expert technical assessments and recommendations based on prior experience on in-house past missions, spacecraft, and instruments particularly related to interfaces, performance requirements and the feasibility of the architecture and design to meet specified performance. The contractor shall be able to work with a team of engineers from various disciplines including electrical, mechanical, electro-mechanical, structural, optical, thermal, GN&C, propulsion, avionics, communication, electrical power, cryogenic, contamination, and environmental engineering throughout the entire project lifecycle including concept and technology development, design, fabrication, assembly,integration, test, launch and operations. The contractor shall provide significant knowledge and experience in systems engineering and GN&C SE/ACS and propulsion with sufficient depth of knowledge to lead the technical team and accomplish the task make good judgments on system and subsystem environments even when information is limited.

The contractor shall also support the preparation, development, and presentations of reviews including major milestone reviews.

FUNCTION 1 – Pre-Phase A and Formulation Phase Services

The Contractor shall provide primarily Mission System Engineering and Payload/Instrument Systems Engineering (MSE&ISE) and GN&C systems engineering and ACS and propulsion engineering services, with discipline engineering support services as required, for Pre-Phase A and formulation phase that integrates the elements of flight systems, ground systems, instrument systems, launch systems and mission systems.

The Contractor shall provide Mission and Instrument Systems Engineering (M&ISE) and GN&C systems engineering, ACS engineering and propulsion support for project development, documentation, progress reporting in conformance with appropriate practices and specifications, as called out in the applicable documents and specifications section of this statement of work.

A. General Study Services

The Contractor shall provide study services for the formulation of systems, and identification of scientific objectives, mission requirements and conceptual and preliminary system design.

Contractor study products provided shall include:

1. Tracks and oversees production of pre-formulation and formulation phase study inputs for spacecraft, suborbital craft, and instruments.

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

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

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

5. Identify and define internal and external interface requirements for pre-launch, launch, on-orbit servicing, or retrieval of flight hardware.

6. Prepare mission systems and operations documentation.

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

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) delivered by the GSFC mission contractor(s) and provide recommendations to the project.

11. Provide liaison and coordination services for project activities.

12. Provide M&ISE services that include performance of preliminary system design (leading to a Preliminary Design Review) of the instrument/spacecraft/platform/launch system.

The contractor shall, where required, provide personnel with security clearances for tasks ranging from Secret to Top Secret and Sensitive Compartmental Information (SCI).

The contractor shall, where required, comply with applicable NASA, DoD, National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM) and Director of Central Intelligence Directives (DCIDs) security regulations.

B. Candidate Study Services

The Contractor shall provide candidate study services for the conceptual design and development of systems, and identification of scientific objectives, mission requirements and technical concepts.

1. Strategic technology planning

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

3. Research/science/technology/cost trade studies

4. Candidate operations concepts

5. Candidate system architectures

6. Cost, schedule estimates, and risk assessments

7. Research and technology unique to system development

8. Customer development support and outreach

The Contractor shall document all results in a candidate study report.

C. 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 provide top-level requirements and evaluation criteria, identify alternative design/operations/logistics concepts, and identify project constraints and system boundaries.

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

2. Assessment 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.

3. Identification of all recommended systems characteristics, including launch and control capability, tracking and data acquisition, facility considerations, and institutional base activities.

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

5. Plan for implementing system development (hardware or software).

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

7. Prepare for and support the appropriate Phase A project and technical reviews and prepare Phase A project documentation as appropriate (see the NASA Systems Engineering Handbook, SP-2016-6105, Rev 2).

The Contractor shall document all results in a Preliminary Analysis Study Report.

D. System Definition Study Services

The Contractor shall provide system definition and preliminary design study services to establish (and evolve) the project baseline(s).

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

2. Identifying 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.

3. Providing 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.

4. Performing risk assessments of all critical elements, describing the risks and risk management methods. The knowledge and use of Probability Risk Assessment (PRA), Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) is required.

5. Preparing the system design that shall form the basis for implementing/developing the system (hardware or software); defining the tasks and sequence of tasks that shall be performed to provide orderly technical development, design, review, interface, test, and integration of the system; and providing the required plans (modeling, analysis, and simulation; configuration; logistics; information;

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

6. Describing and documenting integrated mission architecture.

7. Preparing for and supporting the appropriate Phase B project and technical reviews and preparing Phase B project documentation as appropriate (see the NASA Systems Engineering Handbook, SP-2016-6105, Rev 2).

The Contractor shall document all results in a System Definition Study Report.

FUNCTION 2 – Implementation Phase Services

The Contractor shall provide Mission Systems Engineering (MSE), Payload and Instrument Systems Engineering (ISE) and GN&C systems engineering and ACS engineering services, for implementation phase development that integrates the flight systems, ground systems, instrument systems, and launch systems. Implementation includes final design and fabrication, system assembly, integration and test, launch and operations.

The Contractor shall provide Mission and Instrument/Payload Systems Engineering (MSE&ISE) MSE, ISE and GN&C systems engineering, ACS engineering and propulsion engineering support for project development, documentation, reporting progress, and conformance to appropriate practices and specifications, as called out in the applicable documents and specifications section of this statement of work.

The Contractor shall provide services for implementation phase tasks that include:

A. Operations Concept Development & Support:

1. Developing the operations concept.

2. Preparing/reviewing operations plan in regards to the intended functionality and interfaces among the flight subsystems and the ground.

3. Generating Operations Concept Documents (ConOps).

4. Participating in user interface meetings and joint integrated mission simulation training aimed at developing viable user operations.

5. Supporting satellite operations.

6. Analyzing flight anomalies and recommending implementing appropriate actions.

7. Working with principal investigator and science working group in planning operations.

8. Supporting “lessons learned” presentations.

9. Preparing plans for and supporting mission disposal operations.

B. Architecture & Design Development:

1. Defining systems, system architectures, and conducting trade-off studies/design studies for spacecraft, suborbital craft, instruments, space segments and ground segments.

2. Reviewing system development and system test activities.

3. Generating and maintaining/updating and/or reviewing system block diagrams.

4. Characterization of the technology readiness levels for all candidate technologies.

C. Requirements Analysis, Identification and Management:

1. Generating and managing and reviewing requirements.

2. Conducting requirements traceability.

3. Documenting specified and lower-level derived requirements to demonstrate that performance requirements are met.

4. Reviewing/performing independent design and development requirements analyses, and submitting comments and recommendations.

5. Reviewing technical specifications, and submitting comments and recommendations.

6. Reviewing contamination control requirements.

7. Reviewing operating plans and procedures for cryogenics, fuels, and other hazardous materials.

D. Validation and Verification:

1. Generating and/or reviewing Verification and Validation Plans and supporting the design of end-to-end tests of flight hardware.

2. Performing and participating in design, drawing, and specification reviews

3. Providing comments and/or recommendations to ensure:

a. Designs meet specification and interface requirements.

b. Appropriate parts standards are compatible with specified mission requirements and risk levels.

c. Detailed specifications are compatible with mission requirements, including margin and error budgets.

d. Proper consideration is given to cost, reliability, safety, non-flight fabrication requirements, contamination control, magnetic materials/interference, launch requirements, and space environmental requirements.

4. Documenting and/or reviewing system qualification requirements.

5. Preparing and/or reviewing hardware and software integration plans and procedures.

6. Preparing and/or reviewing detailed functional, comprehensive, and environmental test plans and procedures.

7. Ensuring execution of integration and test plans.

8. Ensuring that the technical aspects of shipping requirements and equipment are met.

9. Preparing and/or reviewing plans for launch site checkout, integration and testing of flight systems, including adequacy of the launch site facility.

10. Analyzing data from spacecraft telemetry data sources to ensure complete system compatibility.

11. Analyzing performance using spacecraft and instrument telemetry.

12. Providing requirement management and systems administration support for projects across the center including coordination, generation and review of observatory-level verification reports, waiver/deviation review/processing, requirements changes and other documentation changes; specifically provide DOORS requirements application support including requirements input, tracking, flowdown and traceability, application maintenance as well as DOORS server administration support.

E. Interfaces and Interface Control Documents (ICDs):

1. Reviewing and analyzing design interfaces

2. Identifying internal and external interface control requirements for engineering and design of components for launch, on orbit servicing, or retrieval of flight hardware

3. Preparing, reviewing, and analyzing interface documentation for mission systems

4. Preparing interface control documents and verifying proper implementation for flight and ground systems and subsystems

5. Controlling external interface documentation and requirements

F. Environment Requirements:

Defining, reviewing and analyzing system specifications to ensure that they meet the specified environments including Mechanical systems, Electrical systems, EMI/EMC, Grounding, Thermal, Radiation, Parts engineering, Contamination, Reliability, Charging, Timing and time distribution, Data rates, Safety, and Orbital debris.

G. Technical Resource Budget Tracking:

Documenting, allocating, controlling and/or reviewing budget plans, including power, thermal, data storage, computer processing and communication through-put, attitude control, timing, mass properties, command and telemetry signal margin and bit error rates etc., both at the flight system level and allocated to lower levels of assembly. This shall include error margins, where applicable.

H. Risk Analysis, Reduction, and Management:

1. Identifying high risk elements and developing/executing contingency plans for controlling the high risk elements

2. Reviewing contractor risk management plans and commenting on alternate approaches

I. System Milestone Reviews:

1. Conducting and documenting internal design reviews

2. Supporting standards definition and review

3. Attending and conducting technical meetings/design reviews, and submitting comments and recommendations

4. Preparing and presenting of technical information for technical conferences/reviews/briefings

J. Configuration Management and Documentation:

Analyzing configuration, design, anomaly resolutions, and procedural changes submitted to change control boards.

K. Systems Engineering Management Plan:

1. Generating System Engineering Management Plans (SEMP).

2. Documenting/reviewing system, subsystem and organizational processes in terms of ISO compliance, NASA Standards as well as GSFC GOLD Rules.

3. Developing or reviewing existing systems engineering tools for applicability as required.

L. Integration, Test, and Verification and Validation Services:

1. Integrating and verifying and validating the flight, ground systems, and science data system.

2. Preparing and executing test plans.

3. Compiling information from various partners to generate the final V&V report for

Level 2 (Mission/Observatory) and Level 3 (Elements, or procured/contract element) requirements.

4. Documenting all non-conformances and dispositions.

5. Providing operating manuals, reference documents, training, and launch site support.

M. Launch Site Preparation and Post-Launch support:

1. Support to flight and ground systems and its support equipment.

2. Interfaces to the mission operations control centers.

3. Technical services to facilitate interfacing with the launch site organization.

4. Development of launch site support requirements.

5. Development of launch site plans and procedures.

6. Support for shipment of the flight hardware and associated support equipment to and from the launch site.

7. Post-launch summary reports, analyzing the performance of the system during flight.

N. Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) Subsystem Engineering (SE)/ACS Engineering Services:

1. GN&C SE/ACS specific task orders, including:

a. Flight Project GN&C Subsystem Engineering, including requirements development, design, analysis, trade studies, ICD development, flight component trades and selection, simulation, verification and validation, risk management, general coordination of all GN&C elements, maintenance of mass, power, and pointing budgets, and operations planning.

b. Coordinate the activities and production of the GN&C/ACS team including flight dynamics, propulsion, ACS analysis, and ACS hardware sub-teams.

c. GN&C Conceptual Design, Modeling and Simulation.

d. GN&C Science and Instrument Interface Engineering.

e. Spacecraft Re-entry Systems Engineering.

f. Re-entry Debris Analysis, Modeling and Simulation.

g. GN&C Engineering Support to the Mission Design Lab (MDL)

h. Advanced GN&C Systems Technology Development, including the design, analysis, fabrication, assembly, and test of hardware and/or software.

i. Advanced GN&C Testbeds, Tools and Methods Development.

j. Balloon, UAV and Sounding Rocket GN&C Engineering.

k. Formation Flying Test Bed (FFTB) Design and Development.

l. Rendezvous Proximity Operations, Docking, Undocking (RPODU)

Systems.

m. Autonomous Rendezvous & Capture (AR&C) Systems.

n. Pose Estimation Systems.

o. Technical Consultation and Support (Proposals, Peer, Design, and

Anomaly Reviews).

2. GN&C/ACS analysis and simulation specifice task orders, including:

a. Attitude Design, Analysis and Simulation

b. Attitude Control Design, Analysis and Simulation

c. Space and Launch Vehicle Dynamics Analysis and Simulation

d. Control/Structure Interaction Analysis and Simulation

e. Attitude Estimation Design, Analysis and Simulation

f. Aerodynamics Design, Analysis and Simulation

g. Formation Flying/Constellation Design, Analysis and Simulation

3. Propulsion Engineering Specific Task Orders – The Contractor shall perform specific spacecraft propulsion systems engineering tasks that include:

a. Spacecraft Propulsion Subsystem Engineering, including concept design, design maturation, requirements definition and verification, integration and testing, propellant handling, launch support, and flight operations support.

b. Advanced Propulsion Technology Development, including advanced chemical propulsion, green propulsion, electrical propulsion (EP), Micro-Electrical-Mechanical Systems (MEMS), micro-propulsion components; test equipment and instrumentation to support development & testing of sub-microN thrusters.

c. Fluid Systems Engineering including transient flow, vapor diffusion, fluid slosh and plume impingement analyses.

d. Power & Electric Propulsion System Engineering, including low thrust trajectory design; EP system design & trades; EMI testing, analysis and mitigation.

e. Nanocalorimetry

f. Propulsion Chemical Analyses

g. Propulsion GSE Design and Development

h. Propulsion System Engineering Support to IMDL and advanced mission studies

i. Propulsion System Engineering Support to Flight Project, including technical consultations and engineering support for design reviews, analyses, proposal development, and anomaly resolution. Data Acquisition Engineer, including software and hardware design, development and test.

j. Mechanical and Thermal Engineering Support specific to propulsion system design and analysis.

k. Propulsion System Technician Specific Task Orders - The Contractor shall perform specific spacecraft propulsion system technician tasks that include:

- Mechanical Technician tasks for the fabrication, assembly, integration and test of propulsion subsystems, including subsystem manifold fabrication, precision cleaning, certified welding, integration of propulsion subsystem components, propellant handling and clean room operation.

- Electrical Technician tasks for the fabrication, assembly, integration and test of propulsion subsystems, including certified soldering, crimping, staking, harness fabrication, electrical component test and integration.

- Advanced Propulsion Technology Development Technician tasks, including conducting micro-Newton thrust stand tests;

vacuum system assembly, maintenance and operation; chemical handling; fluid system assembly and operation.

FUNCTION 3 – Research and Technology Services

The contractor shall provide advanced Mission and Instrument Systems Engineering (M&ISE) and GN&C systems engineering and ACS engineering services support for research and technology support to MESAD and related ETD organizations. These services include development, test and analysis work in support of the Research and Technology activities.

The Contractor shall provide Mission and Instrument Systems Engineering (M&ISE) and GN&C systems engineering and ACS engineering services support for project development, documentation, reporting progress, and conformance to appropriate practices and specifications, as called out in the applicable documents and specifications section of this statement of work.

A. Instrument/Payload Systems Technology Services

The Contractor shall provide systems engineering and GN&C systems engineering and ACS engineering services for research, design, development, and testing, and analysis for instrument systems, including:

1. Instrument Systems Performance modeling

2. X-Ray, Ultraviolet, Optical, and Infrared Instrument systems performance testing and analysis

3. Particle and field Instrument design development and analysis

4. Instrument Systems signal to noise analysis

5. Advanced hyperspectral imaging concepts

6. Microwave and sub-millimeter wave radiometer advanced concepts and performance modeling

7. Lossless and lossy compression algorithms

8. Instrument applications of computational optics

9. Synthetic Aperture Radar advanced concepts

10. Autonomous Instrument systems

11. Onboard data processing

B. Systems Technology Services

The Contractor shall provide systems engineering services and GN&C systems engineering and ACS engineering services for the research and development of advanced technologies for end-to-end mission architectures, systems, for spacecraft, balloons, UAV’s, sounding rockets, instruments, and other platforms, including:

1. Technology validation

2. Technology infusion

3. Technology state-of-the-art and gap analyses

4. Strategic technology planning and road mapping

5. Technology study/proposal support

6. Technology infrastructure/facility requirements planning

7. Technology special studies, including the development and refinement of technology enabled missions

8. Technology tracking, documentation and reporting

9. Technology prototyping

C. GN&C Systems Technology Services

The Contractor shall provide services for the research and development of advanced analytical, engineering, integration, testing, and software engineering techniques including, but not limited to:

1. GN&C Systems Performance modeling

2. GN&C Systems signal to noise analysis

3. Rendezvous Proximity Operations, Docking, Undocking (RPODU) Systems

4. Autonomous Rendezvous & Capture (AR&C) Systems

5. Pose Estimation Systems

6. Advanced Global Positioning System algorithms

FUNCTION 4 – Support Services

A. Document Services

The Contractor shall provide documentation services within the scope of this Statement of Work, as specified in Task Orders. Documents shall conform to applicable documents and specifications. These shall include pertinent performance assurance guidelines, quality standards, GSFC standards, documents of other NASA Centers, Federal standards, military standards, and commercial standards.

The Contractor shall provide documentation services, including instrument conceptual designs, program plans, systems analyses, illustrations, technical and implementation plans, test plans, test procedures, test scripts.

The Contractor shall provide up-to-date drawings, specifications, certifications, reports, interface control documents, and agreements.

1. Document Services Specific Task Orders – The Contractor shall provide electronic media and document services, including:

a. Technical writing

b. Editing

c. Drafting and graphics

e. Photographic

f. Video

g. Reproduction

h. Compact Disc (CD), Digital Versatile Disc (DVD)

i. Posters and Displays

2. Photo and Video Specific Task Orders – The Contractor shall use photos and video for maintenance, engineering, or as documentation to explain a problem. They shall become supplemental to support system repair or future development and maintenance. A scale shall be included to indicate relative dimensions in photographs and/or video, where appropriate.

B. Education Services

The Contractor shall provide education services, including:

a. Supporting the ETD Systems Engineering Education and Development (SEED) program and Science & Engineering Collaboration Program (SECP) as well as the HQ System Engineering Leadership Development Program (SELDP).

b. Supporting educational outreach programs with universities and NASA headquarters.

c. Supporting MESAD and ISTD division or branch-level educational programs and training.

C. Standards and Process Services

The Contractor shall provide support for engineering standards work and engineering process work, including:

a. International Standard Organization (ISO) documentation and process generation.

b. Engineering standards documentation and review.

c. Engineering process documentation.

d. Activities in support of engineering process improvement.

This work shall include providing support for systems engineering capability assessment and improvement services, Task Ordering support of the Systems Engineering Working Group (SEWG), and Systems Engineering process improvement activities.

D. Configuration and 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 for formulation and implementation of flight and ground systems 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: 1) Configuration identification, configuration control, configuration accounting and reporting, 2) Configuration verification and configuration auditing, and 3) 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 Q9001-2000 disciplines.

E. Demonstration, Presentation and Conference Services

The Contractor shall provide technology services for M&ISE demonstrations, technical/project/conference presentations, and conference planning/implementation for items within the scope of this Statement of Work, including:

1. Demonstration Specific Task Orders – The Contractor shall provide hardware, software, support equipment, and technical services for onsite and offsite demonstrations.

2. Presentation Specific Task Orders – The Contractor shall provide materials for inclusion in technical/project/conference presentations, including viewgraphs, information, photographs, etc. In addition, the Contractor shall perform the presentation.

3. Conference Specific Task Orders – The Contractor shall support the Government by providing services in the planning and implementation of conferences.

APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS AND SPECIFICATIONS

The contractor shall adhere to all applicable portions of the following documents and/or specifications in the performance of this contract. The latest updated version shall apply:

General:

NPR 7120.5, “NASA Space Flight Program and Project Management Requirements” NPR 7123.1, “NASA Systems Engineering Processes and Requirements” GPR 7123.1 “Systems Engineering” SP-2016-6105, Rev2 “The NASA Systems Engineering Handbook”

GSFC – STD – 1000, “Rules for the Design, Development, Verification and Operations of Flight Systems (GSFC GOLD Rules)”

Launch Vehicles:

AFSPCMAN 91-710, “Range Safety User Requirements Manual”

Multi-Discipline Engineering Services at the Wallops Flight Facility

1.0 Wallops Flight Facility Overview

NASA's Wallops Flight Facility provides agile, low-cost flight and launch range services to meet government and commercial sector needs for accessing flight regimes worldwide from the Earth’s surface to the moon and beyond. Wallops' flight assets ranging from research aircraft, unmanned aerial systems and high-altitude balloons to suborbital and orbital rockets provide a full-range of capability while operational launch range and airfield capabilities meet ongoing and emerging needs in the science, aerospace, defense, and commercial industries.

2.0 Functions

2.1 Management and Administration

2.1.1 Personnel Administration and Management

The Contractor shall provide for the management and support of its personnel. This includes the necessary training, guidance, and supervision of qualified personnel to accomplish task orders. The Contractor is responsible for ensuring that all personnel maintain current and appropriate professional certifications for their position descriptions.

2.1.2 Contract Administration and Management

The Contractor shall establish processes and assign appropriate resources to effectively administer the contract. This includes timely and effective implementation of task assignments, management of scheduled deliveries, efficient cost management methods and timely and effective reporting to the Government to ensure that the Government is aware of task assignments status and progress achieved. Contract administration shall be conducted electronically via the Agency-provided Task Order Management System (TOMS). The contractor shall provide training to all personnel, civil servant and contractor, involved in using the system.

2.1.3 Subcontract Management

The Contractor shall be responsible for any subcontract management necessary to perform work, and shall be responsible and accountable for subcontractor performance on each task order.

2.2 Quality Management

2.2.1 Quality Management System

The Contractor’s quality system shall be compliant with ISO 9001 and AS9100. The Contractor shall follow the GSFC Quality Management System when providing on-site support using GSFC procedures. The most current versions of Government policies, directives, and standards shall be applicable, as required, to the work performed under the contract. Further quality requirements may be specified within a task order.

2.2.2 Configuration Management

The Contractor shall provide configuration management services throughout the life cycle of products provided within the scope of this Statement of Work and as specified within task orders.

2.2.3 Reviews

The Contractor shall conduct and support reviews of products and services provided consistent with the project supported and as specified within a task order. Reviews may include independent reviews, peer reviews, and system reviews such as concept reviews, requirements reviews, preliminary or critical design reviews, pre-environmental reviews, airworthiness reviews, mission readiness reviews, or range readiness reviews.

2.3 Education and Outreach

The Contractor shall support various events and activities related to education and outreach. The Contractor shall be responsible for the preparation of educational materials via written, electronic, web and audio-visual methods and formats that include, publications, posters, instruments, apparatus, items, videos, software, hardware, CD ROM, laser discs and other technology based mediums.

2.4 Technology Development

The Contractor shall provide services for research and evaluation of new technologies and applications to ETD and related organizations at WFF. These services may include the design, development, implementation, test, and analysis of systems and subsystems.

2.5 Formulation Support

The Contractor shall support formulation activities by providing concept studies, feasibility studies, research/science/technology/cost trade studies, preliminary schedule and cost estimates, risk assessments, operations concepts, research and technology unique to system development studies and requirements definition.

2.6 Systems Engineering

The Contractor shall provide systems engineering support for all phases of project development for small satellites, sounding rockets, balloons, the Wallops Range, and a broad range of technology development efforts. The Contractor shall provide support to: review, analyze, document, and control system interfaces, requirements, and configurations; conduct trade-studies and support the definition of systems; produce system technical budgets; present systems information at peer and design reviews; lead design teams; and identify and produce plans to control risk.

2.7 Electrical Systems Engineering

Electrical systems support shall be required for conception, analysis, design, development, integration, testing, and operations of communications and electrical systems applications.

Support is integrated with that of appropriate mission designers and may require development of orbital or suborbital electrical and communication systems using current and advanced technology.

2.7.1 Electrical Systems Design and Analysis

The Contractor shall provide electrical design and analysis for spacecraft, scientific balloons, launch vehicles, instrument/science research systems, aircraft, ground network systems, and ground support equipment systems. The Contractor shall provide support for the following areas:

- Flight electronics: The Contractor shall provide design and analysis for flight data systems and related components.

- Component Technologies and radiation effects: The Contractor shall provide expertise to determine environmental effects on Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical (EEE) components and systems.

The Contractor shall support designers in the selection, application, and testing of EEE components.

- Flight power systems: The Contractor shall provide design and analysis of systems required for energy storage, distribution, management, and conditioning.

- Instrumentation systems: The Contractor shall provide design and analysis of systems supporting fixed and mobile range control centers, range safety data processing, real-time telemetry data and control functions, instrumentation power systems, radar, timing, radio communications, and command/destruct systems.

- Ground systems: The Contractor shall provide design and analysis support for ground systems required for test and operations of flight systems. These systems include those required for ground network technology development as well as various electrical ground support equipment, such as flight system simulators, power support simulators, data and RF simulation equipment, and umbilical consoles.

- Microwave systems: The Contractor shall provide design and analysis support for RF, microwave, millimeter wave and higher frequency components and systems for communications and instrument applications. These systems support telemetry, command, and tracking of launch and flight operations, and include antennas, antenna systems, receivers, transmitters, and other RF systems.

2.7.2 Electrical Systems Integration and Test

The Contractor shall perform integration and testing of electrical systems, including complete functional and environmental testing and verification. This testing shall be performed at all levels of assembly, and may include thermal-vacuum, vibration, magnetic, and EMI/EMC testing.

2.7.3 Electrical Systems Manufacturing

The Contractor shall provide manufacturing and assembly of electrical systems including breadboards, engineering models, protoflight, flight, ground support, and wiring and fiber optic harnesses.

2.7.4 Electrical Systems Operations

The Contractor shall provide checkout and short-term deployment operations support for flight and ground systems listed above.

2.8 Software Systems Engineering

Software engineering support shall be required in the areas of conception, analysis, design, development, rapid prototyping, integration, testing, documentation, user support, and administration of a wide variety of software systems and applications. Support is integrated with that of appropriate mission planners and may require the deployment of flight systems, ground systems, engineering tools, institutional, administrative, or enterprise tools using current or advanced technologies. Development environments vary from handheld systems to high-end platforms using a variety of desktop, workstation, or embedded/real time operating systems, including but not limited to Windows XP, Server 2003, UNIX, Linux Red Hat, Apache and MAC OS 10. Development tools and languages are, likewise, selected based on applicability to missions or requirements. The Contractor shall provide supporting functions such as configuration management, certified system administration, and other functions associated with development activities are likewise included.

2.8.1 Software Systems Conceptualization, Design, Development, and Analysis The Contractor shall provide software support for spacecraft, balloons, launch vehicles, ground systems, aircraft, engineering analysis systems, institutional, administrative, enterprise systems, and outreach systems. Support shall be provided in the following areas and sub-disciplines:

- Software and Data Systems Engineering: The Contractor shall provide technical consultation on data systems-related operational concepts, architectures, and life-cycle costs. The Contractor shall also provide consultation and implementation of software process improvements and applicable standards.

- Flight Software: The Contractor shall provide end-to-end life cycle products and services associated with embedded software for spacecraft, scientific instruments, control systems, and flight components.

- Mission Applications Systems: The Contractor shall provide end-to-end life cycle products and services associated with the support of real-time and non-real time systems supporting Exploration Systems, Space Operations, Science, and Aeronautics Research missions. The Contractor shall develop mission and science planning and scheduling tools, guidance navigation and control software and related systems.

- Flight Data and Ground Data Systems: The Contractor shall provide end-to-end life cycle products and services associated with the support of flight data and ground data systems used for integration, test, and operation of orbital and sub-orbital missions.

- Computing Environment Tools and Applications: The Contractor shall provide end-to-end life cycle products and services associated with the support of institutional, administrative, enterprise and outreach tools including advanced web applications, databases, and engineering and administrative toolsets.

- Data Management and Analysis: The Contractor shall provide end-to-end life cycle products and services associated with the support of science data algorithm development, processing, archival, distribution, display, visualization, and analysis.

- Advanced Architectures and Systems: The Contractor shall provide end-to-end life cycle products and services associated with the exploration, evaluation, and development of state…