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REMIS-TO-07

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Date

Johnson Space Flight Center Johnson Space Flight Center, Texas

REMIS

TASK ORDER RFP

ISS Life Science Payloads

Funding Organization: (International Space Station Program) Task Order Manager: (NASA/ARC) Technical Monitor: (NASA/ARC)

Type of Task Order: Firm Fixed Price

Section L, Attachment 2-G

L-A2-G1

1.0 INTRODUCTION

The International Space Station (ISS) Program is asking the Offerors to utilize their commercial approaches defined in their response to DRD REMIS-PM-01, Commercialization Approach (CA), to provide Mission Integration and Operations (MI&O) services to the International Space Station Program – Research Integration Office (Code OZ) in support of a life science payload on the ISS.

The task requested in this TOR is for an Offeror to provide turnkey services to manage and perform all of the work necessary for the successful integration and on orbit operations of a life science experiment listed in Attachment 3 and detailed by the appropriate Experiment Requirements Document (ERD). The Offeror shall be responsible for the mission success of the science on the payload.

A summary of the work expected includes (but is not necessarily limited to):

1. Serve as an interface between the researcher and the NASA OZ Research Integration Office.

2. Translate ISS payloads process and data requirements to the research customer.

3. Translate the research requirements into the ISS data requirements and operational products.

4. Prepare, modify, certify and deliver hardware and experiment samples for flight.

5. Execute all experiment operations on ISS per defined negotiated science requirement and coordinate timely return of all data and samples to the investigator(s).

Offerors can choose from any of the Life Sciences options identified in Attachment 3 to develop their proposal against for evaluation. The Offeror’s proposed solution should be specific to the requirements to specific Life Sciences payloads they are proposing against.

2.0 REQUIREMENTS

In preparation of the selected life science experiment – the Offeror is expected to provide MI&O services that ensure the payload delivered for flight meets the following requirements:

1. The intent of SSP 30599, Safety Review Process, as defined by processes defined in the Offeror’s proposed Commercialization Approach.

2. All applicable requirements in SSP 57000 Rev. R, Pressurized Payloads Interface Requirements Document.

3. All science requirements of the Experiment Requirements Document (ERD). (Note: A specific ERD is not possible for this TO since they are proprietary to the Principle Investigator. For the TO response the offerors should assume a specific mission and describe how they will implement their plan and approach while showing they have the technical ability of responding to an ERD.)

3.0 STATEMENT OF WORK

In accordance with the Statement of Work (SOW), this TOR is requiring Offerors to:

1. Develop a detailed proposed approach utilizing their corporate best practices to design, integrate, certify and deliver the payload to the launch site or the packing provider for processing and operations on the ISS.

2. Hold a review with the Principle Investigator to assure the concept of operations of the payload will meet experiment requirements.

3. Prepare and submit all manifesting documentation for the payload.

4. Coordinate use of any facilities on the ISS that may be needed to conduct on-orbit operations (i.e. Microgravity Science Glovebox [MSG], portable glove boxes, Light Microscopy Module [LMM], cold stowage, etc.)

5. Prepare the procedures that will be used to operate the payload on the ISS.

6. Prepare any training hardware, software and/or training procedures required for the crew and conduct the training if required per the schedule set by the ISS crew office.

7. Assure the payload meets all safety requirements for the ISS.

8. Develop any ground and/or flight operational support hardware for conducting the science on ISS.

9. Prepare the required payload hardware for on-orbit operations on the ISS.

10. Coordinate and/or support all science integration activities with the Principle Investigator.

11. Coordinate and conduct any necessary pre-launch activities to prepare the payload and science for launch at the launch site.

12. Support on-orbit operations real-time to support questions from the crew during operations and any anomalies that may occur.

13. Develop and operate any payload ground software for on orbit operation of the payload.

14. Conduct or support ground controls of the science experiment per the ERD or equivalent document.

15. Support recovery of the payload after landing and delivery of all science samples and data to the principle investigator by the required timeframe outlined in the corresponding ERD or equivalent document.

16. As a separate option, propose the cost, technical, and schedule effort to conduct hardware sustaining efforts in house to refurbish and prepare payload hardware for a new mission.

4.0 DELIVERABLES AND DELIVERY SCHEDULE

A requirements review of an ERD will be required within 120 days of authorization.

All products and deliverables are due to NASA 18 months following Task Order (TO) award.

5.0 PRODUCTS

The Contractor shall deliver the following products:

Table 1 – Data The Offerors are allowed to propose their corporate standards (the proposal shall define the format of their delivery) in delivering the data required below:

Table 2 – Reviews/Support The Offerors are allowed to propose their corporate standards (the proposal shall define the functions and objectives) in meeting the reviews required below:

Table 3 – Hardware and Software

Table 4 – DRDs/Additional Information

6.0 DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS

Authorized Government personnel shall accept all products delivered via DD Form 1149.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Flight Center Central Receiving, Bldg. 421 Johnson Space Flight Center, TX 77058

7.0 GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY (GFP)

The available GFP hardware used for Life Sciences Payloads is listed in Attachment 1, Government Furnished Equipment List. If the offerors believe that there is additional existing hardware/software, etc. that can benefit the cost effectiveness of their proposals they can propose that hardware as updates to Attachment 1.

Facilities required to support both EMI and power quality are available from NASA. Cost realism adjustment will be made if NASA provides these facilities.

Applicable FAR and NASA FAR Supplement property administration clauses in the blanket contract are applicable to this TO in addition to any clauses in this TO.

Final acceptance will be via DD250.

8.0 COST

The Offeror shall provide their proposed cost/price in accordance with the cost and pricing instructions and templates in Section L.

9.0 FEE EVALUATION PLAN

N/A

10.0 TASK ORDER PLAN (TOP) EVALUATION CRITERIA

At a minimum, the TOP shall address, but not be limited to, the information listed by section in paragraph 10.1, TOP Minimum Contents. The Offeror’s TOP will be evaluated using the evaluation criteria listed in paragraph 10.2, TOP Selection Plan.

10.1 TOP MINIMUM CONTENTS

1. Cost

a. Please follow the instruction in Section L for cost/price inputs as part of Volume II of your proposal.

2. Proposed technical approach

a. High level technical implementation concept including cost and schedule proposal for meeting the specified requirements, including types and quantity of hardware, operations concept, method of Command and Data Handling (C&DH) control and any safety implications, and any issues with meeting any of the ERD defined experiment requirements.

b. Summary of design solution, including proposed design parameters, and safety concerns, power and data requirements.

c. Identify any proposed tailoring to DRD REMIS-MA-01, Task Order Plan, to meet requirements defined for this Task Order.

d. Approach to any testing and verification required including test standards/margins used. Testing proposed to meet safety and performance requirements. Highlight component, subsystem, and system level testing. Identify potential options for reducing test costs.

e. Provide any assumptions and/or requirements for utilizing NASA facilities for testing and/or interface verification. Any and all costs for test facilities (either NASA or Commercial) shall be included in the cost proposal and clearly defined.

f. Define a certification approach that meets the requirements defined in the ISS Certificate of Flight Readiness (CoFR) Plan that states all requirements have been met and the payload is safe and ready to launch and operate on the ISS.

g. Technical risks to meeting cost/schedule.

3. Schedule

a. The schedule delivered as part of the TOP shall be of sufficient detail to ensure that the technical team reviewing the proposals clearly understands the total approach being proposed by the Offerors.

10.2 TOP SELECTION PLAN

The Offeror’s TOP will be evaluated as indicated below:

For RFP purposes refer to Section M for evaluation criteria. Each individual TO will have it’s own unique grading criteria in the cost, schedule, and technical areas post contract award.

Attachment 1

Government Furnished Equipment List

Attachment 2

Life Science Experiment List

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