Attachment A - NSROC IV SOW - DRAFT.pdf

SOLICITATION NUMBER 80GSFC21R0037

NASA SOUNDING ROCKET OPERATIONS CONTRACT IV

(NSROC IV)

ATTACHMENT A

STATEMENT OF WORK

JULY 2021

Solicitation No. 80GSFC21R0037 NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract IV

ATTACHMENT A – STATEMENT OF WORK

Table of Contents

1. SCOPE

2. CORE REQUIREMENTS

2.1. MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION (M&A)

2.1.1. BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

2.1.1.1. CONTRACT MANAGEMENT, REVIEWS, AND REPORTING

2.1.1.2. FINANCIAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

2.1.1.3. WORK ORDER AND TASK ORDER TRACKING

2.1.1.4. SUBCONTRACT MANAGEMENT

2.1.2. PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

2.1.2.1. CONTRACT TRANSITION PHASE-IN

2.1.2.2. CONTRACT TRANSITION PHASE OUT

2.1.2.1. HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

2.1.2.2. PLANNING AND SCHEDULING

2.1.2.3. REQUIRED REVIEWS AND MEETINGS

2.1.3. PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION

2.1.3.1. FACILITIES

2.1.3.2. GOVERNMENT PROPERTY

2.1.3.3. INFORMATION AND DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT

2.1.3.4. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

2.1.3.5. TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION

2.1.3.6. SAFETY PROGRAM

2.1.3.6.1. GROUND AND FLIGHT SAFETY IMPLEMENTATION FOR

RANGE AND LAUNCH OPERATIONS

2.1.3.6.2. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY

2.1.3.7. QUALITY ASSURANCE

2.1.3.8. CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

2.1.3.9. RISK MANAGEMENT

2.1.3.10. SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

2.1.3.11. PROGRAM SUPPORT FUNCTIONS

2.1.3.12. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA EXPORT REGULATIONS

2.2. DEVELOPMENT AND ROUTINE PROJECT ASSIGNMENTS (DRPA)

3. IDIQ REQUIREMENTS

3.1. MISSION TASK ORDERS (MTO)

3.1.1. MISSION FORMULATION PHASE

3.1.1.1. MISSION INITIATION CONFERENCE

3.1.1.2. REQUIREMENTS DEFINITION MEETING

3.1.2. DESIGN PHASE REQUIREMENTS

3.1.2.1. FLIGHT SYSTEMS AND GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT (GSE)

DESIGN AND ANALYSIS

3.1.2.2. DESIGN REVIEW

3.1.3. FABRICATION, INTEGRATION, TESTING, and QUALIFICATION

PHASE REQUIREMENTS

3.1.3.1. FLIGHT HARDWARE and GSE FABRICATION

3.1.3.2. PRE-INTEGRATION REVIEW (PIR)

3.1.3.3. INTEGRATION, TESTING, and FLIGHT QUALIFICATION

3.1.3.4. MISSION READINESS REVIEW

3.1.4. PRE-LAUNCH, AUTHORIZATION TO PROCEED, LAUNCH, AND

POST-LAUNCH SUPPORT PHASE REQUIREMENTS

3.1.4.1. AUTHORIZATION TO PROCEED WITH LAUNCH OPERATIONS 53

3.1.4.2. LAUNCH OPERATIONS

3.1.4.3. POST-LAUNCH FIELD OPERATIONS

3.1.5. POST-FLIGHT PHASE REQUIREMENTS

3.1.5.1. POST-FLIGHT DATA REDUCTION AND RETENTION

3.1.5.2. POST-FLIGHT STUDIES

3.1.5.3. MISHAP AND ANOMALY INVESTIGATIONS

3.1.5.4. MISSION CLOSEOUT REPORT

3.2. PERFORMANCE TASK ORDERS (PTO)

ACRONYM LIST

APPENDIX 1 – LIST OF DELIVERABLES FOR EACH MISSION TASK ORDER 62

1. SCOPE

The NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract IV (NSROC IV or NSROC) serves as the mechanism for the implementation of the NASA Sounding Rockets Program (NSRP).

The program utilizes expendable sub-orbital rockets to conduct a host of scientific missions for the study of near earth and space environments and to advance new technologies. Individual mission requirements have historically involved the use of single and multi-stage sub-orbital vehicles lifting payloads with weights ranging from 30 pounds to approximately 1500 pounds to altitudes ranging from 80 to approximately

2000 kilometers. The time required to conduct a specific mission from payload design and development through launch will vary substantially and may range from a few months to two years or longer. Most of these missions are conducted from established launch ranges, while some are conducted as mobile launch campaigns from ranges that have been temporarily established.

The NSRP risk posture is consistent with NASA’s goal to provide Low Cost Access to

Space (LCAS). Consequently, the Program is governed by NASA NPR 7120.8, NASA

Research and Technology Program and Project Management Requirements. Furthermore, the Program operates under an 85% mission success metric established by NASA

Headquarters, thus allowing the Program to be tolerant of elevated technical risks on each mission while maintaining strict adherence to all NASA safety requirements.

The NSROC IV Statement of Work (SOW) requires the Contractor to operate and maintain the government-owned facilities located at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia (WFF) and at White Sands Missile Range, White Sands, New

Mexico (WSMR). The Contractor shall be responsible for conducting sounding rocket operations from multiple launch sites, including remote launch campaigns. NASA sounding rocket fixed and/or routine launch sites include Poker Flat Research Range in

Fairbanks, Alaska (PFRR) and Andoya Space Center in Andenes, Norway (ASC).

Mobile launch sites include Reagan Test Site in Kwajalein Atoll and Equatorial Launch

Australia (ELA) in Nhulunbuy, Australia. Additional mobile launch sites could be established and utilized during the duration of the NSROC IV contract. The anticipated annual launch rate for NSROC IV is approximately 15-20 missions which includes both

NASA science missions and reimbursable missions. On average throughout a year, 45-

55 missions are in progress at various stages of the mission lifecycle and of varying complexities.

NASA will retain overall management of the NSRP including certain programmatic elements such as mission management, risk management, mission selection, funding, international agreements, grant administration, oversight and approval of the ground and flight safety process, and ownership of program assets. NASA provides management oversight of the NSROC through the NASA Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR).

The Contracting Officer (CO) will assign the COR who is nominated by the Sounding

Rockets Program Office (SRPO) Program Manager (PM). The Contractor shall report directly to the COR and CO. Authorizations and approvals will be provided through the

COR and CO as required. Direction of work will be given by NASA to the Contractor only with cognizance and approval of the COR.

For each mission NASA will assign a SRPO Mission Manager (MM) who will work closely with the NSROC team on a day-to-day basis to manage mission activities throughout the entire mission lifecycle. The SRPO MM will work with the Principal

Investigator (PI) to define appropriate comprehensive and minimum success criteria for the mission and will verify mission requirements are being met throughout the execution of the mission. The MM will support formulation of the mission, develop/own requirements matrix, develop/own project schedules, schedule/lead team meetings, schedule/lead reviews, compile technical documentation for reviews, and manage operations. For each mission the Contractor will assign a mission team composed of engineers and technicians to support the SRPO MM in execution of mission requirements. Each project team will have a Contractor technical lead to work closely with the MM throughout project lifecycle. The technical lead will support the formulation phase, development and validation of approach to meeting requirements, provide systems engineering type of support, assist in management and coordination of Contractor resources, and act as primary Contractor POC for field operations and travel. The technical lead is not intended to be a “shadow” mission manager performing redundant work.

This SOW contains both Core and Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) requirements to be implemented on the effective date of the contract through the period of performance (including the end date with exercise of options). There are two areas of

Core requirements: Management and Administration (M&A) and Development and

Routine Projects Assignments (DRPA). There are two areas of IDIQ requirements:

Mission Task Orders (MTO) and Performance Task Orders (PTO). The Government will issue work orders for the Core DRPA requirements and will issue task orders for the

MTOs and PTOs.

Management and Administration (M&A):

The business management, program management, and program implementation requirements of the Core contract are described in Section 2.1 of the SOW. The

Contractor shall be responsible for providing all of the technical, business, and program management functions necessary to plan, organize, administer, implement, control, track, report, and deliver all requirements within the scope of the NSROC contract as described in this SOW. The Contractor shall be responsible for administrative support of its personnel, procurements, and facilities maintenance to include timely and accurate financial and status reports in accordance with the contract. The Contractor shall operate in compliance with applicable federal and state laws and within applicable government and NASA agency regulations, requirements, standards, policies, and procedures to include the documents specified in Applicable Standards and Policies Documents –

Section J.1, Attachment O.

Development and Routine Project Assignments (DRPA):

The DRPAs that will be assigned to the NSROC Contractor are described in Section 2.2 of the SOW along with a DRPA model. The DRPA work is assigned in addition to the sounding rocket missions and other performance task orders. DRPA projects can include, but are not limited to: project management, mission formulation work, research, design, analysis, fabrication, testing, GSE support, system modification/upgrades, graphics support, public affairs outreach activities, internships, and other general technical support. The detailed comprehensive listing of the DRPAs is included in

Section 2.2. The Contractor shall manage the DRPA projects, including technical, cost, schedule, and risks.

Mission Task Orders (MTO):

The MTO requirements of the contract are described in Section 3.1 of the SOW. The

SRPO MM will be the task monitor for each mission task order and will provide direction to the Contractor mission team during the mission lifecycle. The Contractor mission team shall be responsible for the technical effort required for implementation of the missions and be responsible for providing services and supplies (i.e. labor, material, equipment, etc.) as necessary to implement the individual missions at all launch sites, including remote sites. As such, the Contractor shall design, analyze, fabricate, integrate, and perform flight qualification testing of sub-orbital payloads; provide launch vehicles and associated hardware; and provide support of subsequent mission launch operations.

The number of missions launched, and complexity of missions given to the NSROC IV

Contractor will vary depending on the type of science missions selected by NASA

Headquarters annually. The anticipated annual launch rate is approximately 15-20 missions with 45-55 missions in progress at various stages of the mission lifecycle and of varying complexities. The mission requirements along with the other Core and IDIQ requirements maintain a balanced workload for the NSROC IV Contractor staff. Thus, in one year there may be a greater number of higher complexity missions launched, but a lower overall launch rate; or, in another year there may be a greater number of lower complexity missions launched, but a higher overall launch rate.

Performance Task Orders (PTO):

The PTOs that will be assigned to the NSROC Contractor are described in Section 3.2 of the SOW. Similar to DRPAs, the PTO work assigned is in addition to the sounding rocket missions. The amount of annual PTO work assigned each year will fluctuate depending on the workload effort required by the missions selected by NASA

Headquarters. The NSROC Contractor shall be responsible for providing PTO support in general areas which include, but are not limited to: general support to SRPO, reimbursable missions, procurement of commercial rocket motors, anomaly investigations, mission formulation work, technology development, technical support for external organizations, program documentation updates, special engineering initiatives, Consultation support, launcher/range support, and facility upgrades. The detailed listing of PTOs is included in section 3.2. The Contractor shall manage the Performance Task

Order projects, including technical, cost, schedule, and risks with the exception of reimbursable missions. Reimbursable missions will be managed by a SRPO MM.

2. CORE REQUIREMENTS

2.1. MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION (M&A)

The Contractor shall provide all technical, administrative, business, and program management functions necessary to plan, organize, implement, control, track, report, and deliver all requirements within the scope of the NSROC IV as described in this SOW.

Management and administration shall include all elements in subsections 2.1.1, 2.1.2, and

2.1.3 and any other functions determined by the Contractor to be necessary based on their technical and business approach to contract performance. The Contractor shall provide and implement these functions in accordance with a comprehensive and coordinated management approach.

The Government shall create, provide, and maintain a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) organized to graphically reflect the desired approach to providing the major performance outputs required by the NSROC. This WBS is provided in Section J.1, Attachment K and the Contractor shall follow it as a basis for contract planning, budgeting, scheduling, and costing in addition to tracking and reporting to the Government.

All work required under section 2.1 of this SOW shall be considered M&A support and the associated costs shall be allocated against DRPA work orders, MTOs, and PTOs as a

M&A rate per labor hour in accordance with the Contractor’s established accounting system, with the exception of the following:

• Phase in activities will be accomplished under a separate contractual vehicle in accordance with Section 2.1.2.1 of this SOW.

• Phase out activities will be accomplished under a Performance Task Order in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.1.2.2 of this SOW.

2.1.1. BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

The Contractor shall provide for the NSROC IV contract management, reviews, and reporting; financial resources management; and subcontract management.

2.1.1.1. CONTRACT MANAGEMENT, REVIEWS, AND REPORTING

The Contractor shall provide overall management of the prime contract requirements.

The Contractor shall provide for informal technical interchange between Contractor and

NASA personnel as requested by NASA (including other NASA Contractor personnel) for the purpose of assuring insight into problems involved in the performance of NSROC

IV requirements. The Contractor shall develop and maintain all documentation and reporting required by the SOW and the contract schedule. The WBS shall serve as the framework for all reporting to NASA.

2.1.1.2. FINANCIAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

As a minimum, the resource management system shall track and report (in accordance with the financial reporting requirements of Section J.1, Attachment E) on all Core requirements to include DRPA work orders, as well as individual IDIQ task orders issued for missions (MTO) and projects (PTO).

The Contractor shall participate in a monthly Financial Status Review, described further in Section 2.1.2.3, to provide financial status and planning required to support the

Government budget planning process. The Contractor and Government shall jointly discuss planned material purchases and projected work force resource requirements and evaluate against the mission manifest. At each monthly Financial Status Review the

Contractor shall provide the financial status of planned versus actual spending, review materials budget by discipline and the status of procurements in each area, discuss any vendor or supply chain issues, summarize costing of major acquisitions if funds extend through multiple fiscal years, and review the projected cost and work force requirements for the next reporting period. The format and content of the Contractor’s inputs and supporting rationale shall be in accordance with the budget or special request guidelines and reporting format specified by NASA.

When requested by the Government, the Contractor shall provide additional reports that meet the Government requested format. The Contractor shall also provide the following additional reports, including but not limited to:

• Monthly:

o Financial Status Presentation

▪ Presentation delivered by the Contractor, at the Monthly Financial and Contract Status Review, to update the Government on budget planned versus actuals and to review materials budget by discipline areas, and status of procurements for each. Discussions shall include any vendor or supply chain issues as well as 533 reporting and contractual issues.

o Financial status supplement back-up report

▪ Supplemental report provided to NASA via email usually after the

Financial Status and Contract Status Review, that provides detailed budget status for each of the non-SRPO and reimbursable customers.

o NASA Form 533M

▪ Refer to NASA Procedural Requirement (NPR) 9501.2 – NASA

Contractor Financial Management Reporting for guidance.

▪ Full 533 requirements are included in Attachment E. The bullets below detail a list of additional reports which the Contractor shall incorporate into the 533M:

• Variance detail/narrative for all Core elements and IDIQ task orders o Please refer to NPR 9501.2 – NASA Contractor

Financial Management Reporting, Section 3.6 –

Narrative Remarks for guidance.

• DRPA work orders and IDIQ (MTO and PTO) task order listing o A general summary of contract data including, but not limited to, hours (estimate and actual), costs

(estimate and actual), estimate to completion, and percentage of task completion. The summary shall be listed in sequential order by DRPA and IDIQ task orders and identify other descriptive elements such as task/work order description, customer/funding basket, Mission Complexity

Level (MCL), fiscal year, and contract year.

▪ Invoice crosswalk

• Compares 533 data with the monthly invoice, revealing deltas which the Contractor shall explain, and is used to reconcile the monthly invoice so that concurrence with payment may be given to the CO.

▪ Evaluated cost by contract year

• WBS structure arranged report set up to show cost incurred, available fee, and earned fee, for each contract year.

▪ Fee reconciliation

• Provides calculations of contract awarded fee down through WBS level 3.

▪ Unfilled orders detail (by purchase order)

• Itemized list of open purchase orders including order/task number, vendor name, and amount. To the side of this open purchase order list should show a summarized table of direct materials and major subcontracts with unfilled order projections for month 1, month 2, and estimate to completion.

▪ Overtime Report

• Provides overtime data from contract inception through current month reporting period by various categories (i.e.

hour description, funding customer, labor category) o MTO, PTO, and DRPA report

▪ This report provides a basic background of each work/task order along with updated information on schedule, technical issues, and cost performance for the current reporting period.

o General DRPA cost report

▪ A report that provides hours and costs charged on sub-elements under DRPA work orders.

• Quarterly:

o NASA Form 533Q

▪ Please refer to NPR 9501.2 – NASA Contractor Financial

Management Reporting for guidance o Management and Administrative Report

▪ A detailed report of total hours and costs by Prime/Sub and labor categories for each specific area under the 2.1

Management and Administration section of the SOW.

• Annual:

o FY NSROC Obligation and Cost Plan (and updates if necessary)

▪ An obligation plan that identifies funding needed, by month, for reporting categories such as labor, travel, major subcontracts, other

ODCs, etc., arranged in the order of contract work/task orders.

The cost plan identifies how that funding, plus any uncosted prior year funding will cost, by month, for reporting categories such as labor, subcontractor, ODC, etc., arranged in the same order

(contract work/task orders).

• 5 Year:

o Contract Historical Data

▪ Mission Complexity Level History

• A MCL history report that shows the average hours for each MCL group for the life of the contract. The following individual mission data is included for each MCL group:

mission name, MCL, total hours by labor category, and launch year.

▪ Management and Administrative (M&A) History

• This report shows M&A labor hours and ODC charges by labor category for each area of the M&A SOW (Section

2.1) for each contract year.

▪ DRPA Work Order History

• A complete listing of DRPAs reporting annual data, for entire contract period of performance, with contract total sum and averages provided.

▪ ODC History

• Report on major subcontract costs and other ODCs, arranged by work/task order, for the entire contract period of performance by contract year.

2.1.1.3. WORK ORDER AND TASK ORDER TRACKING

DRPA projects will be assigned to the Contractor by the COR through work orders with concurrence from the CO as needed. Missions and PTOs will be assigned to the

Contractor by the CO through task orders. The Contractor shall implement and maintain a work order and task order tracking and reporting system for managing SRPO requests and work activities under the contract. The system shall be made available to designated

SRPO personnel and available through the Well-Organized Central Repository (WOCR) identified in Section 2.1.3.3. This process shall include the capability to track costs, status of requests (as appropriate), and provide workload data and costs for individual work orders and task orders issued under the contract. The overall process shall be a single integrated information system with the ability to produce reports for the

Government summarizing historical data from work orders and task orders throughout the life of the contract. A Government furnished task order management system, TOMS, may be utilized for the purpose of task order initiation, tracking, modification, and approval/processing. Task orders will be issued and modified by the CO or assigned representative.

2.1.1.4. SUBCONTRACT MANAGEMENT

The Contractor shall provide all management functions for all interdivisional, subcontractor, and major vendor activities necessary to accomplish the NSROC IV requirements.

As part of its phase-in activities, the Government will provide the Contractor with a report detailing the long-lead items (i.e. rocket motors, boost guidance systems, recovery systems, etc.) that the incumbent Contractor for NSROC III has subcontracted to purchase, but will not be delivered under the NSROC III contract. By the end of the phase-in period for the NSROC IV contract, the Contractor shall assume responsibility for these subcontracts by an appropriate contract mechanism such as novation agreement.

Thirty days prior to the end of the NSROC IV contract period, the Contractor shall submit to the Government a report detailing the long-lead items (i.e. rocket motors, boost guidance systems, recovery systems, etc.) that will not be delivered within a one year period after the end of the period of performance of the NSROC IV contract, and the

Contractor shall turn over responsibility for these subcontracts to the incoming

Contractor by the end of the phase-in period for the follow-on contract.

2.1.2. PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

The NSROC IV Contractor shall plan for, conduct, and administer a comprehensive integrated management program. The Contractor shall appoint a Program Manager who shall have the authority to make any necessary decisions (real time, if required) related to the performance of this contract and shall be the Contractor’s primary point-of-contact with NASA.

The Contractor shall adhere to NPR 7120.8 NASA Research and Technology Program and Project Management Requirements.

The Contractor shall provide a weekly report summarizing pertinent programmatic, mission activities, and engineering activities accomplished during the previous work week. The weekly report shall be delivered by close of business every Tuesday unless otherwise defined by the SRPO Program Manager. The Contractor shall also participate in informal weekly meetings with SRPO upon request

2.1.2.1. CONTRACT TRANSITION PHASE-IN

The Contractor shall assume full responsibility for all contractual obligations beginning with the effective date of the contract. The Contractor shall complete the inventory of all

Installation-Accountable Government Property within ninety (90) calendar days of the effective date of the contract. Such property shall be assumed to be reasonably acceptable for use in the execution of this contract unless the Contractor documents otherwise and obtains concurrence from the government.

As part of its phase-in activities, the Government will provide the Contractor with a report detailing the long-lead items (i.e. rocket motors, boost guidance systems, recovery systems, etc.) that the incumbent Contractor for NSROC III has subcontracted to purchase, but will not be delivered under the NSROC III contract. By the end of the phase-in period for the NSROC IV contract, the Contractor shall assume responsibility for these subcontracts by an appropriate contract mechanism such as novation agreement.

As of the effective date of the contract, the Contractor will be provided operational and storage facilities for the conduct of the contract. However, during the term of the contract, the Contractor may be required to relocate personnel and functions to alternate facilities as directed by the Wallops Facilities Management Branch for such issues as renovations, modifications, and health and safety. The Contractor is responsible for assigning office spaces within the facility provided, for ensuring that telephone, computer network drops, and other necessary infrastructure services are arranged for and in-place prior to relocation, and for coordinating employee packing and moves to coincide with any moving requirements. The Contractor has the same coordinating responsibilities for relocating back to the primary worksite should this become necessary.

The Wallops Facilities Management Branch will invite the Contractor to participate in the planning for the work to be accomplished in buildings/spaces assigned to the Contractor.

It is the Contractor’s responsibility to ensure that planning input is made to permit for the continuity of Contractor operations to meet mission schedules.

2.1.2.2. CONTRACT TRANSITION PHASE OUT

The Contractor shall make available to the successor Contractor all written and electronic operating instructions, maintenance instructions, documentation, company names and contact information (address, phone number, etc.) of vendors, hardware/software utilities, and all other procedures acquired at the beginning of the NSROC IV contract and subsequently developed in the performance of this contract. The Contractor shall also make available to the successor Contractor all written and electronic copies of all historic data, including but not limited to: tests; reports; procedures; schematics; drawings; and diagrams developed and documented in the performance of this contract. This documentation shall be transferred to the successor Contractor by the start date of the follow-on contract.

The Contractor shall cooperate to affect an orderly and efficient transition to any such successor Contractor during a transition period to be specified by the CO.

To affect this transition, the Contractor shall provide a Phase-Out Plan 90 days after request by the Contracting Officer. The Plan shall conform to the content prescribed by the Contracting Officer.

Ongoing operations shall be coordinated with management and administrative personnel of the successor Contractor. A current listing of all Installation-Accountable Government

Property (IAGP), effective as of the end of the contract period, shall be provided. The

Contractor agrees to cooperate with NASA in completing the transfer of all IAGP to the successor Contractor.

Thirty days prior to the end of the NSROC IV contract period, the Contractor shall submit to the Government a report detailing the long-lead items (i.e. rocket motors, boost guidance systems, recovery systems, etc.) that will not be delivered within a one year period after the end of the period of performance of the NSROC IV contract, and the

Contractor shall turn over responsibility for these subcontracts to the incoming

Contractor by the end of the phase-in period for the follow-on contract.

2.1.2.1. HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

The Contractor shall provide qualified personnel with the necessary training, security clearances, and technical expertise in the functional support areas required.

The Contractor shall staff specified positions with personnel that meet the minimum qualifications as set forth in Contract Section J, Attachment R, Government’s Minimum

Qualifications for Critical Positions.

The Contractor shall abide by all work-hour limitation rules in accordance with NASA

Procedural Requirements (NPR) 1800.1 NASA Occupational Health Program

Procedures, for their own employees and manage within these bounds to maintain mission schedules.

The Contractor shall be prepared to shift work schedules and provide overtime services necessary to meet individual mission requirements.

Contractor personnel are required to travel as directed. The Contractor shall perform associated travel to and from site locations. Cost associated with this travel shall be defined under the travel line item on Government cost reports and on work/task orders.

All travel shall be conducted in accordance with applicable Federal, Joint, State

Department, and NASA Travel Regulations (NPR 9710.1) as applicable for each travel destination unless a deviation is requested and approved by the Contracting Officer. All

Contractor personnel travel requirements shall be the responsibility of the Contractor including medical certifications, immunizations, passports, ticketing and transportation, and lodging.

2.1.2.2. PLANNING AND SCHEDULING

The Contractor shall provide staffing for each mission, DRPA, and PTO project beginning at the Mission Initiation Conference (MIC) for missions and the kick-off meeting for DRPA and PTO projects. For each mission, DRPA, and PTO project the

Contractor shall assign a team, including a technical lead from all relevant disciplines and shall plan and schedule the project so that it does not interfere with the timely and cost-efficient completion of all other ongoing work. The Contractor shall manage workforce capabilities during period of low workload requirements and shall augment the workforce capabilities during periods of high workload requirements to meet varying requirements.

The Contractor shall furnish accurate and timely scheduling information for DRPA projects, PTO projects, and missions that provides the government sufficient insight into the Contractor’s ability to: analyze, mitigate, and control scheduling risks; maintain programmatic flexibility; maximize performance; and optimize the use of available resources.

The SRPO Deputy for Operations, MMs, and the Contractor management team shall meet bi-weekly (or more frequent as priorities dictate) for a mission scheduling and prioritization review (detailed in Table 2) to discuss the technical status and schedule of each mission on the mission manifest, identify resource conflicts between the various missions, and review upcoming mission milestones. With inputs from the SRPO MM for each mission, the Contractor shall develop, implement, and maintain an overall integrated schedule for all missions reflecting, as a minimum, the planned schedule for the following milestones: Actual Mission Initiation Conference (MIC) date and actual

Requirements Definition Meeting (RDM) date; planned design, Design Review (DR), fabrication and assembly, Pre-Integration Review (PIR), integration and testing, Mission

Readiness Review (MRR), field operations, launch date, post flight activities including the delivery of all data products, and Mission Close-out Report (MCR). The mission schedule shall identify the resources required for each mission relative to the planned activity and have the capability to identify conflicts for these resources between the various missions. The overall integrated mission schedule shall be provided and maintained in accordance with the requirements of each mission.

The DRPA and PTO projects schedule information shall be reviewed with NASA on a monthly basis at the DRPA and PTO Projects Review, described in Section 2.1.2.3.

2.1.2.3. REQUIRED REVIEWS AND MEETINGS

The Contractor shall participate in and provide technical support for programmatic meetings and internal NSROC meetings with SRPO presence as detailed in Table 1.

Additional meetings shall be supported by the Contractor as deemed necessary by SRPO.

These meetings and reviews include presentations and discussions on the Contractor’s implementation status, presentations on programmatic risks, impacts on the Program due to proposed requirement changes or budget and funding conditions, or any aspect of the program for which the Contractor is responsible.

2.1.3. PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION

The Contractor’s management team shall plan, organize, implement, and deliver all requirements within the scope of this contract as described in this section of the SOW.

The Contractor shall operate in compliance with applicable federal and state laws and within applicable government and NASA agency regulations, requirements, standards, policies, and procedures to include the documents specified in Applicable Standards and

Policies Documents – Section J.1, Attachment O.

2.1.3.1. FACILITIES

The Contractor shall operate and maintain the government-owned facilities located at

NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia (WFF) and at White Sands

Missile Range, White Sands, New Mexico (WSMR).

At WFF, the Contractor shall assign an Alternate Facility Operation Management

(AFOM) for each real property (i.e. buildings, structures, systems, and sub-systems) that is used or occupied by the NSROC Contractor for contract use and interface with other institutional Contractors for routine operation and maintenance of the facilities. The

SRPO Facility Operations Manager (FOM) will interface with the Wallops Facilities

Management Branch for real property repair, modification, emergency preparedness, and construction activities per NASA GPR 8830.

At WSMR the Contractor shall provide all services necessary for the operation, maintenance, and repair of the NSRP Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). Facilities services shall include, but not be limited to the following:

• Lifting devices to support ground operations

• Operation and maintenance of buildings, facilities, and grounds to ensure working conditions with no safety or health hazards (examples include: utilities, HVAC, fire suppression system, electrical systems, telecommunications systems, plumbing, elevator, sprinkler system, roofing, pest control, ground station, integration laboratory, and command uplink room, kitchen facilities, and restrooms)

• Maintain the environmental test facilities and associated equipment

• Provide repair and routine servicing of Government-owned and leased vehicles

• Provide janitorial and custodial services

• Provide visitor control

• Maintain machine shop area

The Contractor is encouraged to use the institutional services of WSMR’s Navy and

Army organizations and NASA’s White Sands Test Facility (WSTF), to the extent they are available, in the performance of this contract requirement. The Contractor’s decision to use these services shall not in any way relieve the Contractor of responsibility for performance under this contract. Utilization of these services at

WSTF is accomplished using job orders authorized by the SRPO who maintains an agreement and provides funding for such activities. Utilization of Navy/Army services is accomplished through interface with the Navy’s Research Rockets

Program which maintains an Interagency Agreement and funding with the SRPO for such activities.

The Contractor shall specify an AFOM who will be the designated site lead for the

NSRP’s VAB. The AFOM shall be the day-to-day interface with the WSMR’s Navy and Army organizations, NASA’s WSTF, and the NSRP FOM as it relates to facilities management at the VAB.

2.1.3.2. GOVERNMENT PROPERTY

The Contractor shall operate, maintain, and provide sustaining engineering, supply chain management, and logistics support for all Installation-Accountable Government Property furnished and utilized for performance of the contract effort. This includes mechanical and electrical fabrication facilities, telemetry ground stations, attitude control system laboratories and facilities, and environmental testing facilities located at Wallops Flight

Facility; and environmental testing, telemetry tracking, data acquisition, and up-link command facilities located at White Sands Missile Range. A listing of Installation

Provided Government Property is provided in Section J.1, Attachment B.

The Contractor shall honor requests (as approved by the COR and on a non-interference basis) from other government agencies, other Wallops support Contractors and government personnel, and universities and scientists supporting activities related to sounding rocket operations for short term loans of contract property.

The Contractor shall track, maintain, and operate the LN2 cooling system and other specialized GSE as required at operation locations to meet mission requirements.

The Contractor shall track, maintain, and provide sustaining engineering for government owned sounding rocket launchers, including those mobile and permanently installed launchers on Wallops Island and those semi-permanently installed at White Sands

Missile Range, New Mexico; Poker Flat Research Range, Alaska; Andoya Space Center in Andoya, Norway; Reagan Test Site in Kwajalein Atoll; and Equatorial Launch

Australia in Nhulunbuy, Australia. This includes preventative maintenance, launcher modifications and reconfiguration, functional tests, load tests, spare parts inventory, documentation, and engineering analysis as required to certify the launcher to support

SRPO missions. Other major launcher maintenance and refurbishment efforts outside the scope of routine maintenance and configuration will have IDIQ task orders assigned. A list of Government owned sounding rocket launchers is included in Table 2. The

Contractor shall provide a daily report to SRPO when launcher technicians are on travel performing maintenance and sustaining engineering on Government owned sounding rocket launchers.

The Contractor shall implement a comprehensive proactive maintenance program for all government property. All required maintenance shall be performed in accordance with the original manufacturer’s specifications as necessary to keep the government property functioning in accordance with government safety and property management requirements and standards.

The Contractor shall use the following institutional services, to the extent they are available, in the performance of this contract. The Contractor’s decision to use these services shall not in any way relieve the Contractor of responsibility for performance under this contract. Utilization of these services shall be accomplished through the use of a job order number authorized by the SRPO.

i. Wallops Metrology and Calibration Lab Services (WMCLS) for calibration services for equipment and facilities located at WFF;

ii. General purpose vehicle operations for vehicle maintenance;

iii. Moving and hauling services;

iv. Rigging and heavy lifting of program hardware;

v. Services of the WFF Antenna Range;

vi. Reproduction services as available at the Wallops Duplicating Facility, Building F-1;

vii. Transportation and shipping for domestic shipments on a third-party basis;

viii. The Contractor may use on a rent-free non-interference basis the following

Government-owned equipment as may be required in performance of this contract at Wallops Flight Facility, White Sands Missile Range, the United

States Army Kwajalein Atoll, and at other locations as may be approved by the contracting officer. The Contractor is responsible for ensuring that all operators have been properly trained and certified, as applicable, to use the provided equipment.

a. Forklifts;

b. Tow Carts;

c. Cranes; and

d. Personnel Lifts.

ix. Calibration and certification services for Lifting Device and Equipment

(LDE) hardware and pressure systems (non-flight);

x. White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) Services – The Contractor shall utilize

NASA’s WSTF for services related to the execution of missions and management of the VAB at the WSMR as part of this contract. These services include but are not limited to: information technology services;

calibration services; certification services such as crane, pressure systems, and other facility-related hardware; facility operation and maintenance;

and other available services that may be necessary for operations at the

VAB. The SRPO will maintain a relationship with and fund WSTF for these services. The Contractor’s WSMR VAB FOM shall assist with coordination of these services as necessary for the safe and efficient operation of the VAB.

At the WSMR VAB facility, the Contractor shall maintain and operate the environmental testing equipment. The Contractor shall maintain and operate the attitude control system testing equipment in the VAB. The Contractor shall maintain and operate the clean room and associated equipment in the VAB. The Contractor shall maintain and operate the equipment in the telemetry ground station and in the command uplink room in the VAB.

The Contractor shall maintain and operate similar telemetry ground station equipment in the Blockhouse at Launch Complex-36. The Contractor shall keep the SRPO WSMR

COR apprised of all such activities.

The Contractor shall provide property management system support that meets the requirements of FAR 45-Government Property and NFS 1845-Government Property.

The NSROC Contractor shall track all Institutional Accountable Government Property drawn from Program Stock. This information shall be provided in spreadsheet format to the COR as requested and shall contain the item description, cost, and work order number to which it was assigned. The Contractor shall participate in audits and reviews, as deemed necessary by the government, for checking the maintenance and accuracy of their property management system support.

The Contractor shall procure, receive, and accept into inventory as necessary, all program supplies such as material, hardware, components, and equipment required for implementation of the NASA Sounding Rockets Program. The requirements for procuring inventory items along with the labor required for inspection, refurbishment, and testing (if required) will be assigned as a DRPA work order.

NASA will obtain surplus military hardware and motors as required by the NASA

Sounding Rockets Program and will subsequently provide them to the Contractor for use as government furnished equipment.

The Contractor shall be responsible for procuring commercially available rocket motors for the NSRP. The Contractor shall monitor both programmatic progress of the rocket motor vendor and technical performance of the rocket motor. The Contractor shall establish a formal hardware acceptance process for the rocket motors. The Contractor shall also keep SRPO fully informed in procurement, programmatic, and technical decisions regarding rocket motors. This includes the Contractor providing the

Government the opportunity to participate in meetings with the vendor pertaining to programmatic and technical decisions.

The legacy commercial rocket motors purchased in support of the NSRP are the Black

Brant sustainer and the Nihka exo-atmospheric rocket motors, both of which are manufactured by Magellan Aerospace. NASA has also provided several Oriole sustainer rocket motors to NSROC that were flown in support of the NSRP. The Oriole sustainer rocket motor is manufactured by Northrop Grumman.

The Contractor shall procure either the legacy rocket motors or comparable, flight-qualified motors including associated flight-qualified hardware. NASA defines comparable as equivalent in performance, aeroelastic stability, mechanical interfaces, and compatible with existing NSRP infrastructure (i.e. launchers, GSE, ground handling equipment, etc.) and sub-systems (i.e. boost guidance system, ignition system, etc.).

NASA defines flight qualified as a minimum of one flight test in a representative sounding rocket vehicle configuration. For vehicles flown at WSMR that require a Flight

Termination System (FTS), the Contractor shall provide a qualified and available Flight

Termination System (FTS) approved by WFF Flight Safety and WSMR Missile Flight

Safety. Prior to utilization in the Program the Contractor shall submit to the Government sufficient data to substantiate the flight qualification and acceptance for use in the

Program.

The Contractor shall develop a stock and inventory management system to track and control all program supplies to ensure that all are available to support contract requirements when needed. The Contractor shall provide support for the acquisition, utilization, refurbishment, and disposal of program supplies to minimize contract cost to the government. The Contractor shall identify excess and obsolete supplies and provide notification to the government for approval for disposal. The Contractor shall maintain assigned property including documentation indicating type and date of maintenance and calibrations performed. The Contractor shall also provide all equipment calibrations necessary to keep instruments operating within manufacturer’s specifications. The

Contractor shall participate in property audits and reviews, as deemed necessary by the government, and provide requested data on property acquisition, acceptance, storage, maintenance, and/or use.

For rocket motors and pyrotechnic devices, the Contractor shall keep and make available to NASA records which document continuous compliance with manufacturer’s storage, transport, and operational recommendations. The Contractor shall be responsible for maintaining and operating assigned explosive storage areas to all applicable safety requirements. The Contractor shall support other non-SRPO codes, agencies, and tenants in meeting explosive/hazardous material storage requirements. The Contractor shall provide support, as necessary, to all incoming and outgoing explosive shipments at WFF.

The Contractor shall provide technical support to the WFF Safety and Environmental

Offices for any explosive/ordnance issues that may arise. The Contractor shall participate in audits and reviews, as deemed necessary by the government, for any explosives and hazardous material storage.

2.1.3.3. INFORMATION AND DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT

The Contractor shall assume responsibility for, maintain, and enhance the Well-

Organized Central Repository (WOCR) for all documentation and reporting information required under this contract. The Contractor shall modify as necessary, maintain, and operate this repository so that NASA and NASA designated personnel (including as necessary, NASA Contractor, and other personnel) can easily and routinely access, locate, and utilize the documentation and reporting information contained therein. The repository shall be hosted on a NASA server and access to the repository shall be available through the Wallops Local Area Network (LAN). The repository shall be organized such that access can be restricted in accordance with requirements associated with the various types of information (i.e. contract, financial, technical, and historical).

The repository shall be configured so that it can be utilized by SRPO personnel for records storage of SRPO required mission documentation (including, but not limited to, Mishap and Contingency Plans, PI assessment letters, etc.). The repository and system utilized for its operation shall not employ any proprietary Contractor software and shall be structured so that it will be easily transitioned to follow on contracts. All documentation and reporting information contained therein shall be the property of

NASA in accordance with the Data Rights clauses of this contract.

Information that shall be maintained within the repository includes, but is not limited to:

WBS; Overall Programmatic Schedule for all missions; Occupational Safety and Health

Plan/Manual; Quality Manual; Configuration Management Control Plan; Training Plan and Training, License, and Permit Records; Risk Management Information for each mission or project; all required Annual and Monthly Reports; Financial reports; Quality

Assurance (QA) and any other audit reports, including but not limited to – software assurance, Quality Audit Assessment and Review (QAAR), Anomaly Investigation

Board (AIB), International Organization for Standardization (ISO), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA); export control technical assistance agreement (TAA) documentation/status; Information Technology (IT) security documentation; current up-to-date electronic copy of the NSROC IV contract, including mods; and links or other forms of electronic access to all technical and safety documentation associated with each

NSROC sounding rocket mission and the overall program including analyses, designs, drawings, schematics, procedures, and flight performance reports.

Minimum documentation for each mission shall include: all Mission Initiation

Conference, Requirements Definition Meeting, Design Review Meeting, Mission

Readiness Review Meeting, and Action Item assignment and disposition documentation;

Mission Requirements Documents; Flight Assessments; Range Safety Data Packages;

Mission Closeout Reports; as built fabrication documentation including specifications, drawings, wiring books, and schematics; related quality control and configuration management documentation. Ground Safety Data Packages, and Ground and Flight

Safety Plans; wind weighting data at time of launch; and all anomaly and failure reports.

Paper archives are permissible for completed motor logs and vehicle/payload inspection, test and assembly procedures; and similar hand-written records. The Contractor shall maintain all old data (i.e. designs, schematics, flight data, etc.) either in hard copies or electronic copies. SRPO concurrence is required before disposal of any obsolete data.

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