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N00173-22-RFI-SD01

Draft SOW

Statement of Work (SOW) Space Science Instruments and Experimental Payloads – SSIEP

Vision Statement

1 Introduction

1.1 Mission

1.2 Background

1.3 Scope

2 General Requirements

2.1 Non-Personal Services

2.2 Business Relations

2.2.1 Data Rights

2.3 Contract Administration and Management

2.3.1 Contract Management

2.3.2 Personnel Administration

2.3.3 Contract Administration

2.3.4 Contractor's Management Plan (CMP)

2.3.5 Government Quality Assurance

2.3.6 Contractor Personnel, Disciplines, and Specialties

2.4 Contractor Furnished Equipment, Materials, Subcontracts and Supplies

2.5 Location and Hours of Work

2.6 Travel / Temporary Duty (TDY)

3 Technical Requirements

3.1 ENGINEERING FUNCTIONS

3.1.1 THERMAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

3.1.2 CONTAMINATION ENGINEERING

3.1.3 INSTRUMENT OPTICAL/RF ENGINEERING

3.1.4 INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

3.1.5 MECHANISMS ENGINEERING

3.1.6 MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

3.1.7 ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

3.2 HARDWARE FABRICATION, INSPECTION, ASSEMBLY, INTEGRATION AND

TESTING

3.3 MISSION ASSURANCE

4 Special Requirements

4.1 Security

4.2 Transition

4.3 Quick Response

Statement of Work (SOW) Space Science Instruments and Experimental Payloads -

SSIEP

Vision Statement

Enable/support R&D to ensure operational access to critical space capabilities and space force enhancement capabilities, by utilization of the space environment and through fundamental understanding of natural radiation and geophysical phenomena.

1 Introduction The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is the Navy’s corporate laboratory for conducting basic and applied research in the space sciences. In order to carry out space science investigations, the Space Sciences Division (SSD) (CODE 7600) needs technical support for the design, fabrication, assembly, testing, and calibration of experiments, scientific instrument structures, components, subsystems, support equipment, and related field operations. This involves computer modeling, experiment design, data analysis, instrument packaging, payload testing, and field deployments.

1.1 Mission

The mission of the SSD is to conduct a broad-spectrum of Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation (RDT&E) programs in solar-terrestrial physics, astrophysics, upper/ middle atmospheric science, and astronomy.

Instruments to be flown on satellites, sounding rockets and balloons, and ground-based facilities and mathematical models are conceived and developed. Researchers apply these and other capabilities to the study of the atmospheres of the Sun and Earth, including solar activity and its effects on the Earths ionosphere, upper atmosphere, and middle atmosphere; laboratory astrophysics; and the unique physics and properties of celestial sources. The science is important to orbital tracking, radio communications, and navigation that affect the operation of ships and aircraft, utilization of the near-space and space environment of the Earth, and the fundamental understanding of natural radiation and geophysical phenomena.

Specific issues to be addressed under this solicitation are advanced thermal, mechanism, optical, contamination and systems engineering activities for implementation of Space Science instruments and payloads.

1.2 Background

The SSD seeks RDT&E support in the following areas:

o Geospace Science and Technology: Investigations to observe, model and ultimately forecast the energetics, dynamics, and state of the geospace (i.e.

terrestrial and near-Earth space) environment, to develop and apply new techniques for in situ and remote sensing of the geospace environment and associated theoretical modeling activities.

o High Energy Space Environment: Investigations to advance the observational and theoretical understanding of the energetic photon and charged particle environment in space, and the development and use of advanced detector systems for energetic photons and particles for space and terrestrial applications.

o Solar and Heliospheric Physics: Investigations to advance the understanding of the origin of the outer solar atmosphere, the corona, the coupling between the fine magnetic structure at the photosphere and, the dynamic processes occurring in the corona, the coupling between the Sun and the Earth, and to develop the experimental and theoretical techniques and monitoring tools to forecast this coupling.

1.3 Scope

The purpose of this contract is to provide personnel, equipment, and facilities, to perform instrument systems engineering and research pursuant to the design, development, analysis, fabrication, assembly, integration, testing and documentation of sophisticated space science instruments and experimental payloads, for the SSD (Code 7600) in the areas described below.

More specifically, the work required under this solicitation primarily deals with advanced efforts in the following functions:

o Engineering Functions Thermal Systems Engineering Contamination Engineering Instrument Optical and RF Engineering Instrument Systems Engineering Mechanisms Engineering Mechanical Systems Engineering Electrical Systems Engineering o Hardware Fabrication, Inspection, Assembly, Integration, and Testing o Mission Assurance

Efforts in support of the tasks delineated in Section 3, Technical Requirements, below will be conducted in coordination with Principal Investigator (PI) led research teams that may include Government scientists and other Contractors. The quality and timeliness of the provider's contribution to the work will be evaluated in terms of its impact on the success of the overall contract.

2 General Requirements The Contractor shall have its support team in place and fully functioning within five (5) days of contract award or exercise of a contract option.

During this period the contractor will transition all activities from the previous contract or contract option, as required. The Contractor must execute the scope of work in a manner that provides for high quality, timely services while incorporating the proper mix and the most effective use of personnel.

2.1 Non-Personal Services

The Government will neither supervise contractor employees nor control the method by which the contractor performs the required tasks. The Government will not assign tasks to, or prepare work schedules for, individual contractor employees.

The Contractor shall be responsible for managing its employees and guarding against any actions that are of the nature of personal services, or give the perception of personal services as defined in FAR-Part 37, Service Contracting, dated 31 May 2011.

The Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer (KO) if any Government requested actions constitute, or are perceived to constitute personal services.

2.2 Business Relations

The contractor shall integrate and coordinate all activity needed to execute this contract.

2.2.1 Data Rights

Government Data right clauses are included in Section I DFARS 252.227-7013 Rights in Technical Data --Noncommercial Items (MAY 2013), DFARS 252.227-7014 Rights in Noncommercial Computer Software And Noncommercial Computer Software Documentation (MAY 2013), and DFARS 252.227-7019 Validation of Asserted Restrictions --Computer Software (SEP 2011 ).

2.3 Contract Administration and Management

The following subsections specify requirements for contract management and contractor personnel administration.

2.3.1 Contract Management

The Contractor shall establish clear organizational lines of authority and responsibility to ensure effective management of the resources assigned to this contract.

The Contractor shall provide a Monthly Progress Report (MPR) summarizing technical progress and the status of each major task effort, any significant technical or task specific problems, and the proposed resolution of the identified problem areas. [CDRL A001].

The Contractor shall provide a Monthly Financial Summary Report (MFSR) summarizing amounts funded and expenditures [CDRL A002].

The Contractor shall also provide a monthly report Contractor On-Site Labor Report (OLR)

[CDRL A003].

The Contractor shall deliver a Final Report for all work accomplished under this SOW 60 days after the completion of the contract as defined in Scientific and Technical Reports and Final Report [CDRL A004].

2.3.2 Personnel Administration

The Contractor shall assign a single point of contact, also known as the Contract Manager (CM), who must work closely with the government Contracting Officer and Contracting Officers Representative (COR), as applicable.

The contractor CM must ultimately be responsible for ensuring that the contractor’s performance meets all government contracting requirements within cost and schedule. The CM must have the requisite authority for full control over all company resources necessary for contract performance. As appropriate, the role of CM may be a full time management position, or a collateral duty assigned to a technical team member.

The Contractor shall maintain the adequacy of their employees by providing initial and refresher training to obtain necessary certifications to meet the SOW requirements. Costs for such training shall be included as part of the contractor’s indirect cost unless NRL requests an additional project-specific training or certification.

2.3.3 Contract Administration

The Contractor shall establish processes and assign appropriate resources to effectively administer this contract. Costs for contractor financial administrative personnel not listed under labor category descriptions shall be included as part of indirect cost.

The Contractor shall respond to Government requests for contractual actions within five (5) work days.

The COR may designate with a TDM that a selected task is Special, for which the government will provide a description of that task and its timeline. The Contractor shall respond with an estimated cost and schedule. Such tasks may require monthly EVM (Earned Value Management) tracking by the Contractor. In those cases, the Contractor shall report EVM tracking data within the MFSR [CDRL A002]. Contractor management, systems engineering, and SMA engineering support may be required at weekly/monthly meetings of Special tasks.

2.3.4 Contractor's Management Plan (CMP)

The CMP provides the Government insight to the systems, processes, and structure within which the contractor operates. The CMP should include, as applicable and if not defined in a separate plan: quality control, risk management, systems engineering, software development, configuration management, and subcontract management.

The contractor shall submit a CMP defining the contractor's approach to implementing the contract with submission of the offeror’s proposal. As required during contract performance, requests for changes to the CMP will be initiated by the COR.

2.3.5 Government Quality Assurance

The Government will evaluate the contractor’s performance by review and acceptance of applicable progress, financial, and technical reports.

2.3.6 Contractor Personnel, Disciplines, and Specialties

The minimum education, training, and experience required by contractor personnel to perform support tasks identified in this SOW are defined in the labor category descriptions provided as Attachment J-2, Personnel Qualifications.

2.4 Contractor Furnished Equipment, Materials, Subcontracts and Supplies Equipment and unexpended materials and supplies purchased by the contractor under this contract become the property of the Government at the end of the performance period, including all options. Approval by the COR is required for all contractor purchases of items exceeding $1000.

The Contractor shall provide supplies for contractor personnel.

The Contractor shall provide any other equipment, material, and supplies, not furnished by the Government, but required to perform the work defined under Section 3, Technical Requirements.

The Contractor shall be responsible for any subcontract management necessary for performing efforts described in Section 3, Technical Requirements, below.

2.5 Location and Hours of Work

Accomplishment of the results contained requires work at the Naval Research Laboratory main site and at other facilities in the National Capital Region. Normal workdays are Monday through Friday except US Federal Holidays. NRL workers typically work eight (8) hours per day, 40 hours per week. Workers start not earlier than 0600 and end not later than 2200. Core hours of work are from 1000-1100 and 1300-1400 daily. All workers are expected to be available during core hours. Additional information on work hours is provided in Section 1. (c), NRL HOURS OF OPERATION AND HOLIDAY SCHEDULE, in the NRL ROSC.

2.6 Travel / Temporary Duty (TDY)

Travel to other government facilities or contractor facilities may be required for conduct of experimental research or attendance at government reviews or scientific meetings and seminars.

The Contractor shall make necessary travel arrangements of contractor personnel to locations in CONUS/OCONUS, often on short notice.

The Contractor shall submit all travel requirements (including plans, agenda, itinerary and dates) for pre-approval to the COR. Such travel is on a strictly cost reimbursable basis.

The Contractor shall bill costs for travel in accordance with FAR 31.205-46 Travel Costs (subject to local policy & procedures).

3 Technical Requirements Guidance on development of software and hardware technical data packages required to meet requirements of CDRL A006 for documenting the design of systems is provided in MIL-STD- 3100, DoD Standard Practice for Technical Data Packages.

All tasks hereunder involve instrument, payload and spacecraft systems, as well as the equipment and procedures involved in launching these systems, as appropriate. Examples of launch vehicles providers include NASA, DoD, ESA, and JAXA.

3.1 ENGINEERING FUNCTIONS

3.1.1 THERMAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

3.1.1.1 The Contractor shall perform thermal systems engineering, analysis, testing, and integration for detailed board and box level thermal systems design.

Detailed thermal systems engineering efforts include (a) temperature gradient prediction/control;

(b) electronic packaging analysis; (c) bulk temperature/transient response/aerodynamic heating predictions; and (d) state of the art instrument cooling systems design, fabrication and testing.

3.1.1.2 Thermal System Design and Analyses

3.1.1.2.1 The Contractor shall develop thermal system designs for instruments, payloads, and Ground Support Equipment (GSE).

3.1.1.2.2 The Contractor shall develop/provide thermal interfaces for instruments and their support structure.

3.1.1.2.3 The Contractor shall develop/provide plans and procedures for thermal analyses and verification testing.

3.1.1.2.4 The Contractor shall perform analysis, evaluation, review, and report generation for thermal system design implementation and development.

3.1.1.2.5 The Contractor shall perform thermal analyses for instrument payloads.

3.1.1.2.6 The Contractor shall develop/provide analytical mathematical models for representing conductive and radiative heat transfer both internal and external to the payload.

3.1.1.2.7 The Contractor shall determine/provide heat fluxes, temperature distributions, and gradients for all specified payload components and locations for all flight and on-orbit conditions.

3.1.1.2.8 The Contractor shall develop, improve, and modify existing thermal software as required for instruments, payloads, and GSE.

3.1.1.3 Advanced Thermal System Implementation, Integration and Testing

3.1.1.3.1 The Contractor shall develop, integrate, and test advanced thermal system technologies for facilitating new Space Science Division missions and applications.

This subtask involves utilizing (a) Capillary Pumped Loops, (b) heat pipes, (c) heat pumps, (d) alternative materials, and other similar technologies and thermal coatings.

3.1.1.3.2 The Contractor shall support thin film analysis, thermal/optical testing, and environmental testing for instrument, payload, and spacecraft coatings in accordance with task requirements.

3.1.1.3.3 The Contractor shall determine planned usage of thermal control coatings and the extent of environmental testing needed for instrument, payload, and spacecraft in accordance with task requirements.

3.1.1.3.4 The Contractor shall develop and conduct solar wind testing, UV degradation testing, and conductivity testing of coatings for instrument, payload, and spacecraft.

3.1.1.4 Thin Films and Thermal Coatings Applications

3.1.1.4.1 The Contractor shall apply instrument, payload, and spacecraft coatings in accordance with the thermal and contamination specifications as required for instrument, payload, and spacecraft.

3.1.1.4.2 The Contractor shall devise/provide methods for surface preparation and application procedures for sprayed thermal control coatings in 3.1.4.1 as silicate/silicon/urethane.

3.1.1.4.3 The Contractor shall devise/provide techniques for the refurbishment and cleaning of coatings.

3.1.1.4.4 The Contractor shall deposit thin films using vacuum vapor and sputtering techniques for instrument, payload, and spacecraft.

3.1.2 CONTAMINATION ENGINEERING

Performing contamination engineering refers to providing contamination control management and analyses to define and implement appropriate contamination control performance measures pursuant to mission requirements.

3.1.2.1 Contamination Control Management

3.1.2.1.1 The Contractor shall develop/provide contamination control plans for instruments, payloads, and related spacecraft.

3.1.2.1.2 The Contractor shall develop/provide contamination control requirements for instruments, payloads, and related spacecraft.

3.1.2.1.3 The Contractor shall develop/provide appropriate monitoring plans and procedures for assessing contamination control requirements compliance.

3.1.2.2 Contamination Control Implementation

3.1.2.2.1 The Contractor shall implement contamination control on instruments, payloads, and related spacecraft in accordance with developed plans.

3.1.2.2.2 The Contractor shall monitor, review, evaluate, analyze, and report on overall contamination control management implementation and development for instruments, payloads, and related spacecraft.

3.1.2.3 Contamination Control Analysis

3.1.2.3.1 The Contractor shall develop/provide analytical transport models (molecular and particulate as applicable) for instrument systems and other spaceflight hardware.

3.1.2.3.2 The Contractor shall generate/provide contamination hazards predictions for instrument systems and other spaceflight hardware.

3.1.2.3.3 The Contractor shall perform/provide detailed environmental analyses for all phases of assembly, integration, test, transportation, pre-launch, on-orbit, and descent for comparison against requirements.

3.1.2.3.4 The Contractor shall develop/provide surface contamination limits in accordance with allowable performance degradation for instruments, payloads, and related spacecraft.

3.1.2.3.5 The Contractor shall conduct/provide trade analyses for contamination specifications and reviewing requirements.

3.1.2.3.6 The Contractor shall develop new or improve existing contamination control analysis software for the programs assigned.

3.1.3 INSTRUMENT OPTICAL AND RF ENGINEERING

Efforts here involve (a) ray tracing; (b) optics design; (c) STOP analysis; (d) MW receiver design/analysis; and (e) design, fabrication and testing of optical benches and stray light baffles/doors.

3.1.3.1 Instrument Optical Design and Development

3.1.3.1.1 The Contractor shall perform/provide optical design and analysis for instrument, payload, and spacecraft.

Performing optical design and analysis means performing

(a) Optical concept trades;

(b) Optical concept design;

(c) Optical component design;

(d) First order baffle design;

(e) Optical mounting concepts;

(f) Optical packaging;

(g) Alignment and fabrication tolerancing; and

(h) Development of component specifications for engineering drawings.

3.1.3.1.2 The Contractor shall support research and development in optics involving prototype laboratory optical hardware and new optical algorithms for novel optical designs and analysis techniques and use in software codes.

3.1.3.1.3 The Contractor shall develop/provide recommendations to instrument teams for optical design for programs/task s assigned.

3.1.3.2 Instrument Optical and RF Analysis

3.1.3.2.1 The Contractor shall perform/provide optical, opto-mechanical, electro-optical, and RF analysis for the conceptual, preliminary, and detailed design and development stages of instrument and payload programs.

These efforts may be directed to the following topics as required: (a) adaptive optics; (b) geometrical and physical optics; (c) deformed optics; (d) diffraction; (e) Gaussian beam propagation; (f) stray light/energy analysis; (g) interferometry; (h) component tolerancing and tolerancing sensitivity; (i) radiometry as associated with receivers, detectors and detector arrays; (j) geometrical and diffraction image quality; (k) throughput; (l) polarization; (m) alignment and calibration; and (n) guided wave optics.

The efforts associated with this task include (a) conceiving physical transformations; (b) implementing coordinate transformations; and (c) developing the interface tools (macros, etc.) to accomplish this.

3.1.3.2.2 The Contractor shall perform subsystem, instrument, and spacecraft analysis for assessing system behavior and determining system error budgets and tolerances.

3.1.3.2.3 The Contractor shall develop/provide component tolerances for allowable sensitivities, performance degradation, and error budgets.

3.1.3.2.4 The Contractor shall support optical analysis for any interdisciplinary Structural – Thermal – Optical (STOP) analysis task assigned.

3.1.3.2.5 The Contractor shall develop/provide physical transformations for STOP analysis.

3.1.3.2.6 The Contractor shall Implement coordinate transformations for STOP analysis.

3.1.3.2.7 The Contractor shall develop the interface tools (such as macros) for STOP analysis.

3.1.4 INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

Examples of instrument systems engineering efforts are (a) feasibility studies; (b) design/reviews; (c) margin/budget management; (d) specifications; (d) interfaces; (e) parts engineering; and (f) contamination control. These tasks may involve the use of a comprehensive suite of modeling, and design and analysis tools, including structural/thermal/optical (STOP) analysis capability.

3.1.4.1 Alignment and Pointing Studies

3.1.4.1.1 The Contractor shall perform/provide three-dimensional kinematics analyses for instruments for the tasks assigned.

3.1.4.1.2 The Contractor shall perform/provide field of view analyses for determining structural/optical interferences.

3.1.4.1.3 The Contractor shall perform/provide collision detection analysis for determining any mechanism interferences.

3.1.4.1.4 The Contractor shall provide realistic visualizations of the results from interference and field of view analyses (3.4.1.2 and 3.4.1.3).

3.1.4.1.5 The Contractor shall generate programs and recordings of simulations for integration with other hardware and software as required.

3.1.4.1.6 The Contractor shall perform trade analyses for determining the combined structural and environmental effects on the alignment and pointing of instrument, payload and spacecraft systems, mechanisms, electromechanical devices, and instruments.

Structural and environmental effects here refer to the influence of thermal environments, gravity, loading/unloading, tolerances, and structural stiffness effects. Trade analyses include STOP analyses.

3.1.4.1.7 The Contractor shall evaluate the capabilities of alignment test facilities, monitor alignment tests, and analyze test data.

3.1.4.2 Configuration and Systems Requirements Trade Studies

3.1.4.2.1 The Contractor shall perform configuration trade studies for instrument, payload and related spacecraft, mechanisms, and scientific instruments in launch/orbital/landing conditions.

3.1.4.2.2 The Contractor shall develop requirements for system design, testing, and operation.

Requirement development here means performing studies and defining

(a) Instrument and payload mechanical system requirements;

(b) Mass budgets;

(c) Error budgets;

(d) System/subsystem requirements;

(e) Ground support equipment requirements; and

(f) Integration and test requirements.

3.1.4.3 Sub-System Engineering Review and Analysis

3.1.4.3.1 The Contractor shall develop/provide mechanical design specifications and interfaces for instruments and payloads.

3.1.4.3.2 The Contractor shall develop/provide math models, structural analyses, fracture control implementation, thermal analyses, and alignment studies for instruments and payloads.

3.1.4.3.3 The Contractor shall develop, review, and analyze/provide test plans for subsystems and instruments.

3.1.4.3.4 The Contractor shall analyze test data and recommend appropriate modifications to hardware, math models, and test specifications or test configurations for instruments and payloads.

3.1.4.4 Instrument Related Attitude and Control Design and Analyses

3.1.4.4.1 The Contractor shall support definition, evaluation, and implementation of attitude control systems for instruments, payloads, and spacecrafts.

Studies here incorporate the instrument or payload structural transfer function into the attitude and control system design and analyze the effects of structural modes on attitude control system performance and error budgets.

3.1.5 MECHANISMS ENGINEERING

The efforts in the following subparts involve the design, modeling, analysis, development, fabrication, testing and alignment of such precision mechanisms as (a) electromechanical devices; (b) release mechanisms; (c) shutters; (d) choppers; and (e) deployment mechanisms and booms.

3.1.5.1 Design and Analysis

3.1.5.1.1 The Contractor shall perform/provide trade studies and analysis for developing detailed mechanisms to support instrument and experimental payload programs.

3.1.5.1.2 The Contractor shall design, develop, test, and provide electromechanical components and systems for flight instruments and spacecraft subsystems.

3.1.5.1.3 The Contractor shall analyze, design, fabricate, test, and integrate precision electromechanical systems for scanning, pointing, and tracking applications.

This subtask may include development of electronic systems to control the mechanisms.

3.1.5.2 Development, Integration and Testing

3.1.5.2.1 The Contractor shall perform verification and validation testing for electromechanical components and systems.

Examples of electromechanical components and systems are optical benches, telescopes, collimators, and antenna booms through all the stages of development from conceptual design to on-orbit testing.

3.1.6 MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

Tasks in the following subparts involve trade studies and detailed structural and mechanical design efforts for the associated instrument and experimental payload programs. The efforts associated with these tasks include the design, modeling, analysis, development, fabrication, testing and alignment of precision structures, mechanical interfaces/enclosures, and mechanisms.

3.1.6.1 Finite Element Model Analysis

3.1.6.1.1 The Contractor shall generate finite element models (FEMs) and related for instrument and payload spaceflight and related structures.

Finite Element Model pre- and post-processor software may be utilized to aid in the development/modification, checkout and visualization of the models themselves, as well as the FEM analysis results.

3.1.6.2 Flight Loads Analyses

This involves preliminary or launch vehicle/payload flight loads analyses on payload configurations.

3.1.6.2.1 The Contractor shall perform/provide preliminary or launch vehicle/payload flight loads analyses for task specified payload configurations.

Flight loads analyses include lift-off, ascent, descent, and landing (as applicable) for launch vehicles. The purpose of these analyses may be (a) to determine envelope preliminary design loads; or (b) to determine payload specific time-history transient flight loads. Loads parameters required may be acceleration, displacement, force, or stress.

3.1.6.3 Stress Analysis

3.1.6.3.1 The Contractor shall perform/provide hardware-related stress and margin of safety analyses for instrument and payload structures, electromechanical devices, and mechanisms.

The purpose of these analyses are (a) to size the required structural members to obtain the required strength and stiffness characteristics; and (b) to demonstrate required stress margins of safety. This subtask is a necessary prerequisite for fracture control implementation using safe-life (fracture mechanics analysis) and fail-safe approaches.

3.1.6.4 Dynamic Analysis

3.1.6.4.1 The Contractor shall perform/provide vibration, frequency response, and vibroacoustic analyses for simulating spacecraft test and the flight event responses of instruments, payload structures, electromechanical devices, and mechanisms.

Such analyses include determining the acceleration, velocity, displacement, and force response of the hardware due to random, transient, sinusoidal vibration, and acoustic environments.

3.1.6.4.2 The Contractor shall derive/provide test specifications and plans corresponding to the analyses in 3.1.6.4.1 for simulating dynamic flight environments.

3.1.6.4.3 The Contractor shall support dynamic tests and analyze test results.

3.1.6.5 Fracture Control

3.1.6.5.1 The Contractor shall develop fracture control plans for task-specified payloads.

3.1.6.5.2 The Contractor shall implement fracture control plans/procedures developed in 3.1.6.5.1 for task-specified instruments and payloads.

3.1.6.5.3 The Contractor shall perform/provide fracture mechanics analyses for determining maximum crack size.

The maximum crack size is the maximum allowable crack size in accordance with the Non- Destructive Inspection (NDI) test procedures, which does not propagate into failure as a result of intended service usage when existing in structural elements.

3.1.6.5.4 The Contractor shall perform verification and validation testing as required for instrument fracture control.

Fracture control verification and validation analysis refers to fail-safe and containment analysis to verify that the designed instrument meets fracture control specifications.

3.1.6.5.5 The Contractor shall conduct safety reviews for payloads for the tasks assigned.

3.1.6.6 Mechanical Design

Tasks here involve

(a) Conducting conceptual and detailed mechanical design studies;

(b) Producing configuration layout drawings; and

(c) Iterating these drawings, as required for meeting mission objectives

3.1.6.6.1 The Contractor shall provide conceptual and detailed designs and drawings for instruments, payload and spacecraft structures and Ground Support Equipment (GSE)

3.1.6.6.2 The Contractor shall produce layout and detailed fabrication drawings in Computer Aided Design (CAD) formats for all hardware designed in 3.1.6.1.1.

3.1.6.7 Mechanical Drawing Verification

3.1.6.7.1 The Contractor shall perform verification review/testing of detailed mechanical drawings for compliance with ANSI Y14.5M (Dimensioning and Tolerancing).

3.1.7 ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

Tasks in the following subparts involve design, modeling, analysis, assembling, integration and testing of instrument control and data storage subsystems. The subsystems associated with these subparts include servo-controllers, electronic thermostats, and processing and memory systems.

3.1.7.1 Electrical Systems and Control

3.1.7.1.1 The Contractor shall conduct conceptual and detailed analytical design, optimization, verification and validation for ground support electrical systems and spaceborne electrical systems in support of thermal, mechanical, electromechanical and electronic systems.

This subpart involves (a) modeling of mechanical systems to produce the required transfer functions between actuators and sensors for analysis of the control system; and (b) development of transfer functions for thermal and electronics.

This subpart also involves (a) analysis, design, and specification of actuators and sensors to allow feedback control systems to meet the performance specifications within imposed environmental and dimensional constraints; (b) use of classical and modern techniques in the analysis and synthesis of steady state and transient behavior of linear and nonlinear feedback systems; (c) computer processing of test data for analysis and verification of the systems performance and the extraction of control system model parameters; (d) estimation of the systems performance margins, sensitivity to parameter variations and performance in the presence of disturbances, with emphasis on the jitter resulting from the interaction between the control system and structural dynamics.

3.1.7.2 Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems

3.1.7.2.1 The Contractor shall analyze, design, fabricate, test, and integrate electronic systems for the measurement and control of thermal, mechanical, and electromechanical systems.

This subpart involves the design, analysis, fabrication, testing and troubleshooting of (a) power electronic circuits for the drive and commutation of motors; (b) precision, low noise signal conditioning and interface electronics for sensors, optical encoders, and thermistors; (c) digital and microprocessor-based controllers for the implementation of command and telemetry functions; (d) embedded software for microprocessor-based systems to implement digital filtering and control algorithms in sampled data systems, perform worst-case, failure mode and performance sensitivity analysis of electronic systems to verify design suitability for the range of operational and survival temperatures and the cosmic radiation environments; (e) grounding, shielding, Electromagnetic Interference/Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMI/EMC) problems; (f) the interconnecting harness for electronic assemblies; and (g) calculation of the electromagnetic fields and the electromagnetically generated forces in electrical machinery.

3.2 HARDWARE FABRICATION, INSPECTION, ASSEMBLY, INTEGRATION

AND TESTING

This subpart involves development of instrument system hardware for protoflight, flight, ground support and test applications. The hardware associated with this task includes structural components, mechanisms, electromechanical devices, electronic components, heat pipes, thermal blankets (e.g. Multi-Layer Insulation - MLI), and other devices to support Space Science Division programs.

This subpart also involves mission planning and operations.

3.2.1 Hardware Fabrication

3.2.1.1 The Contractor shall fabricate hardware for flight (including protoflight) and non-flight (including prototype) instruments, payloads and related spacecraft primary/secondary/instrument structures, mechanical subassemblies, components, mechanisms, electromechanical devices, and thermal flight experiments.

3.2.1.2 The Contractor shall fabricate or otherwise provide electrical and mechanical ground support equipment and special test and evaluation equipment for supporting the operation of all electrical and mechanical hardware.

Special test and evaluation equipment includes electronic and mechanical equipment.

3.2.1.3 The Contractor shall develop and implement an integrated logistics support plan for selected programs assigned.

3.2.2 Hardware Testing

3.2.2.1 The Contractor shall perform electromechanical testing for flight and non-flight mechanical and mechanisms hardware development as required.

Such testing includes performance and life testing of mechanisms and electromechanical devices.

3.2.3 Hardware Inspection

3.2.3.1 The Contractor shall perform flight hardware inspections for all hardware fabricated/provided under this contract.

Hardware inspections include (a) dimensional; (b) Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE); (c) fracture control; and (d) workmanship inspections.

3.2.4 Hardware Protective Coatings and Multilayer Insulation

3.2.4.1 The Contractor shall provide iridite, anodize, and comparable coating processes for finishing metal services.

3.2.4.2 The Contractor shall prime and paint surfaces, parts, and assemblies as required for instruments and payloads.

3.2.4.3 The Contractor shall provide and install multilayer insulation for instruments and payloads.

3.2.5 Assembly, Integration, and Testing

3.2.5.1 The Contractor shall integrate, assemble, and test thermal, mechanical, electromechanical and electronic flight instruments, and optical systems and subsystems for instruments and payloads.

This subpart may involve (a) designing test sequences, establishing pass/fail criteria, and writing test procedures to characterize or verify the performance of systems under test; (b) determining the proper transducers, instrumentation and test equipment required for the test based on the performance requirements and specified operational environment; (c) conducting the test; and (d) analyzing the test data and preparing reports summarizing the test results.

The subpart may also involve (a) measurement of bearing torque; (b) measurement of residual momentum; (c) modal surveys of structures and mechanisms; (d) measurement of transfer functions and transient behavior of thermal, structural, mechanical, electromechanical, and electronic components and systems; (e) life testing of electromechanical assemblies; (f) measurement of disturbance rejection and jitter performance; (g) reduction and display of test data; (h) automation of test sequences and data acquisition; (i) implementation of signal processing algorithms to identify trends; (j) extraction of modal parameters; (k) calculation of transfer functions and power spectral densities, and (l) measurement of electromagnetic interference.

3.2.6 Instrument Mission Operations and Planning

3.2.6.1 The Contractor shall support mission planning and operations for selected missions.

Mission operation and planning may involve

(a) On-orbit instrument activation and engineering check-out;

(b) Spacecraft Delta-V maneuver plan and procedure development implementation;

(c) Instrument-related flight software update requirement definition;

(d) Impact review and verification;

(e) Operations management;

(f) Spacecraft subsystem performance evaluation;

(g) Assessment and reporting;

(h) Instrument and payload longevity assessment and prediction;

(i) Configuration management;

(j) Contingency planning efforts;

(k) Long-term instrument, payload and spacecraft component performance trending;

(l) Contingency procedure development;

(m) Special operational studies;

(n) Pre-launch efforts;

(o) On-orbit attitude control system sensor calibration;

(p) Instrument, payload and spacecraft anomaly resolution and recovery implementation; and

(q) Other operational mission efforts as required

3.3 Mission Assurance

The Contractor will support NRL in a mission assurance program commensurate with flight instrumentation and experimental payload mission requirements.

The NRL will apply verification and validation testing to all levels of flight hardware and software provided by the Contractor for compliance with the mission requirements.

3.3.1 Parts Engineering

3.3.1.1 The Contractor shall implement a cost effective and tailored electronics Parts Engineering and Management program for all Parts.

Parts include Electrical, Electromechanical, and Electronic (EEE) parts.

Parts Engineering and Management involves selection, qualification, acquisition, and correct application of electronic parts.

Parts engineering functions include

(a) Generating non-standard part approval requests (NSPARs) for parts that cannot be identified,

(b) Maintaining qualified parts list and parts program requirements and guidelines for parts qualified, and

(c) Conducting vendor surveys and critical part manufacture assessments to determine their capabilities to provide the parts commensurate with the mission operations requirements.

3.3.2 Quality Assurance

3.3.2.1 The Contractor shall implement a quality assurance (QA) program for design, fabrication, testing, and delivery of flight instruments.

The QA program includes policies and procedures to enhance quality.

3.3.3 Reliability Assurance

3.3.3.1 The Contractor shall implement a reliability assurance program for enhancing overall flight hardware reliability and precluding the propagation of failures across interfaces.

3.3.4 Change Management

3.3.4.1 The Contractor shall implement a change management process for evaluating, adjudicating, and controlling proposed hardware and software changes.

The process may include: (i) establishing an approved baseline configuration (definition), (ii) maintaining configuration control over all changes in the baseline (change control and processing), and (iii) providing traceability of the baselines and changes to these baselines (configuration accounting).

3.3.5 Materials and Processes (M&P)

3.3.5.1 The Contractor shall implement an M&P control program for scientific and experimental payloads that meets mission requirements.

3.3.6 Contamination Control

3.3.6.1 The Contractor shall implement a tailored Contamination Control process for assuring that flight hardware is not compromised due to molecular or particulate contamination.

3.3.7 Design Reviews

3.3.7.1 The Contractor shall support major reviews for assigned tasks.

Major reviews are Preliminary Design Review (PDR), Critical Design Review (CDR), and Pre- Ship Review (PSR).

Support includes (a) preparing slides, detailed drawings, and presentations, (b) giving presentations, (c) documenting drawings and deliverables, and (d) developing action items lists.

4 Special Requirements This section describes the special requirements for this effort. The following subparts provide details of various considerations on this effort.

4.1 Security

All contractor personnel with access to unclassified information systems, including e-mail, require at a minimum a favorable National Agency Check (NAC). The Contractor will be compliant with all NRL security requirements [NRL Security Manual, NRL Directive 5510.40E].

4.2 Transition

The Contractor shall follow the transition plan submitted as part of the Contractor's Management Plan and keep the Government fully informed of status throughout the transition period.

This plan shall describe the Contractor's transition in to service at the beginning of the contract, and how work would be transitioned to a different contractor or contract vehicle at the end of the contract. It should include a staffing and training plan for new personnel. The Contractor will plan for the transfer of work control and information, addressing any security issues, the transfer and accountability of GFE, inspections and acceptance, and delineating the method for processing and assigning tasks during the phase-in/phase-out periods. The plan will address how the Contractor will implement adequate measures to coordinate communications with the incumbent contractor and NRL staff in order to ensure uninterrupted workflow and minimal mission impact during the transition process.

4.3 Quick Response

This Contract has a Quick Response requirement. Key and resource personnel employed by the Contractor shall respond to quick response situations identified by the COR within 2 hours.