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NNM16568754R ATTACHMENT L-8

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA)

ENGINEERING SERVICES AND SCIENCE CAPABILITY AUGMENTATION (ESSCA)

Attachment L-8 Background and Historical

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.0 Introduction

1.1 Disclaimer

1.2 Contract History

2.0 Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)

2.1 MSFC Goals

2.2 MSFC Organization

2.3 Engineering Directorate

2.4 Space Launch System Program Office (XP)

2.5 Flight Programs and Partnerships Office (FP)

2.6 Science and Technology Office (ZP)

3.0 Contract Historical Data and Milestones

3.1 Historical WYE Staffing Levels

3.2 WYE On-Site Locations

3.3 Number of Task Orders and Frequency of Revisions

4.0 Miscellaneous

4.1 Applicable Regulations and Procedures

4.2 Travel, Materials and Training

4.3 Highly Specialized and Mission Critical Skills Needed

4.4 Additional Information

1. Introduction Background and Historical information is provided herein. Much of this data is in response to industry feedback, requested in the Sources Sought Notice MSFC-PS22-10-07-2015, on the type of information needed for industry to make a credible proposal.

Disclaimer This historical information is provided for the sole purpose of giving all Offerors a better understanding of the requirements contained in this solicitation. The information provided constitutes a snapshot of time (May 2016) and is not intended to restrict prospective Offerors in their approach to proposal preparation and innovation. The quantity of work to be performed may vary in the future as the Center workload adjusts to changing roles within MSFC and NASA.

This historical data does not necessarily reflect the optimum approach for performing the work requirements and, as stated elsewhere in this Request for Proposal (RFP), innovations will be considered in the Government’s evaluation of Offerors’ proposals. If any information in this Background and Historical section conflicts with content in other parts of the RFP, the information in the other sections of the RFP takes precedence. The volume of detail provided in any given section does not necessarily reflect a level of effort, priority, or importance. This information is not intended to be all-inclusive.

Contract History The majority of the services covered by this solicitation have been obtained contractually since 1989. The initial and follow-on efforts are described in Table 1-1 below.

commonly known as ESTS Jacobs Technology, Inc.

commonly known as ESSSA Jacobs Technology, Inc.

Table 1-1 Contract History

This RFP will represent the sixth competition for these services. Current services, performed by Jacobs Technology, Inc. under contract NNM12AA41C (ESSSA), expires July 31, 2017.

1. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was established in 1958 by Congress to plan, direct and conduct aeronautical and space activities devoted to peaceful purposes for the benefit of all mankind.

NASA Mission:

“Drive advances in science, technology and exploration to enhance knowledge, education, innovation, economic vitality and stewardship of the Earth.”

MSFC was formed in 1960 and occupies approximately 1,800 acres located within the U.S. Army’s Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama.

MSFC Goals Marshall brings vital resources to NASA and the nation for solving the unique challenges of space exploration. Marshall seeks to:

MSFC Organization The MSFC organization (shown below in Figure 2-1) consists of twelve offices for corporate/core activities and two directorates that embody the developmental projects and institutional capabilities of the Center. Offices include: Chief Counsel, Procurement, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Information Officer, Human Capital, Diversity and Equal Opportunity, Strategic Analysis and Communications, Center Operations, Flight Programs and Partnerships, Michoud Assembly Facility, Science and Technology, and Space Launch System Program. Directorates include: Safety and Mission Assurance, and Engineering Directorate. Together these offices and directorates provide the Center’s capabilities for accomplishing scientific and engineering activities associated with design, development, testing, mission operations, and flight evaluation of space launch vehicles, payloads, and other assigned programs and projects.

Figure 2-1 MSFC Organization Structure

The requiring organization for this engineering services contract is the Engineering Directorate, which supports three offices at MSFC: the Space Launch System Program Office (XP), the Flight Programs and Partnerships Office (FP), and the Science and Technology Office (ZP).

Engineering Directorate The Engineering Directorate (shown below in Figure 2-2) establishes and directs the Center’s research and development capability for accomplishing engineering functions associated with the design, development, testing, operations, and evaluation of assigned projects. The Engineering Directorate provides integrated, quality products and engineering services to NASA, other government agencies, and the commercial space development community. The directorate provides engineering expertise, formulates and leads engineering programs, and reviews performance in support of all assigned missions. The directorate conducts research and development activities related to engineering design, system integration, material and process engineering, test and evaluation, data analysis, space systems, payload operations, system simulation, and required in-depth technical support.

Figure 2-2 Engineering Directorate Organization

Responsibilities The Engineering Directorate is comprised of the following Offices and Departments:

ED10 Resource Management Office The Resource Management Office supports the Engineering Directorate and its departments, laboratories and offices providing human resource services, business management activities, and information technology purchases, policy development and file server administration.

ED04 Advanced Concepts Office The Advanced Concepts Office supports the development and maturation of alternate and innovative concepts for subsystems, spacecraft systems, payloads, and transportation systems. The office performs complete and integrated systems analyses and independent assessments of potential concepts. Additionally, the office performs technology assessments and subsystem trades for current projects and leads or supports the creation of new projects or their initiatives.

EE01 Chief Engineers Office The MSFC Chief Engineers Office (CEO) ensures that the integrated systems developed for MSFC programs and projects meet technical requirements and function adequately to meet mission objectives. The CEO provides Engineering Technical Authority at the system level through Chief Engineers across the entire spectrum of MSFC programs and projects. It serves as the home for MSFC program, project, and systems engineering policy, with responsibility for the development of associated processes and practices. The office also performs a broad range of configuration and data management functions for programs and projects across the Center.

ES01 Space Systems Department The Space Systems Department (ES) designs, develops, assembles, integrates, tests and delivers flight, ground, prototype, and development products for human space flight programs, science investigations, and exploration initiatives. ES offers a strong variety of capabilities in the areas of flight and ground software, avionics, electrical fabrication, and engineering design across a wide range of projects. Providing vital support for NASA missions of all complexities and sizes, it has been a great contributor to Marshall expertise in the design, development, testing, and evaluation of space systems (from avionics to payloads) and has forged partnerships with other NASA Centers, Department of Defense, European Space Agency, industry, and academia.

EV01 Spacecraft & Vehicle Systems Department The Spacecraft and Vehicle Systems Department plans, performs and directs the technical Design, Analysis, Test, Evaluation, Verification, Integration and Research and Development of the state of the art Spacecraft and Launch Vehicle Systems.

ER01 Propulsion Systems Department The Propulsion Systems Department provides integrated, quality propulsion products and engineering services to NASA, other government agencies, and the commercial propulsion development community. The department plans, directs, and executes technology maturation, advanced design and development, testing, and advances science and engineering excellence of propulsion systems and components for NASA’s space transportation systems, including earth-to-orbit and in-space transportation systems.

EO01 Mission Operations Laboratory The Mission Operations Laboratory (EO) performs mission operations concept development, analyzes and develops mission operations requirements for flight and ground systems, plans and prepares for mission operations, implements mission support systems, and conducts ground and flight operations. EO supports and implements the planning, budgeting, scheduling, engineering design, development, testing, and cost control of assigned mission operations functions; plans and conducts assigned missions; and develops, manages and operates mission ground systems providing command and control, mission planning services, and data analysis support for flight systems and payloads.

EM01 Materials & Processes Laboratory The Materials and Processes provides science, technology, and engineering support in materials, processes, and products to be used in space vehicle applications, including related ground facilities, test articles, and support equipment. The Materials and Processes Laboratory leads a number of research and development efforts in world-class facilities.

ET01 Test Laboratory Test Laboratory encompasses a wide range of specialized capabilities that NASA uses to conduct testing for space flight hardware research, development, qualification, acceptance, and anomaly resolution. Test Lab’s 50-year experience base is a foundational piece of the Agency’s investment in safely conducting the most challenging human and scientific missions ever performed. Test Lab has partnered with the Department of Defense, academia, and industry to leverage its unique facilities and services.

Space Launch System Program Office (XP) The Space Launch System (SLS) Office (shown below in Figure 2-3) is a single-project program responsible for executing Level II roles assigned to MSFC by the Human Exploration Operations Mission Directorate (HEOMD), NASA Headquarters. The HEOMD’s Exploration Systems Development (ESD) Division provides insight and oversight of Program activities.

The SLS’s responsibilities involve activities associated with launch system hardware development and integration, including: Core Stage and Upper Stage Engines, Boosters, and Stages (Core Stage and Upper Stage, their associated main propulsion systems, and vehicle avionics and control systems); the Exploration Upper Stage (EUS); and spacecraft and payload integration, to include fairing development, payload adapter development, and the integration of the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle. The SLS will also prioritize and coordinate integrated test facility requirements across the Agency and manage major integrated vehicle test activities (e.g., Main Propulsion Test Article design, development, and integration), as applicable.

Figure 2-3 Space Launch System Program Office Organization

The SLS Office reports administratively to the Director, MSFC, and programmatically to the Director, ESD Division, NASA Headquarters. The SLS Office is responsible and accountable for the development, technical integrity, cost and schedule performance, and safety and mission success of the Space Launch System (SLS). The SLS Office is also responsible for ensuring affordability goals are met in the design, development, manufacturing, test, and fielding of the SLS.

Flight Programs and Partnerships Office (FP) The Flight Programs and Partnerships Office (shown below in Figure 2-4) manages the implementation of the Center's work portfolio in the areas of Human Exploration projects and tasks, flight mission programs, and external partnerships. The Office performs program and project management to deliver products and services to NASA, other government agencies, international partners, and the commercial space development community.

Figure 2-4 Flight Programs and Partnerships Office Organization

The Flight Programs and Partnerships Office:

1. Performs management of assigned programs/projects/activities in support of NASA’s human exploration objectives. This includes, as appropriate, managing MSFC exploration tasks in support of other NASA Centers.

2. Performs program management of MSFC hosted science and technology flight mission programs, and project management of MSFC led medium to large Science Missions (from Discovery and larger to flagship class robotic spacecraft missions).

3. Partners with the Engineering Directorate, the office of Strategic Analysis and Communications, and the Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate in identifying opportunities to use MSFC’s unique capabilities to support NASA’s human exploration objectives and external partners.

4. Leads the formulation of concepts and work plans to enhance or formulate new projects in support of NASA’s Human Exploration vision and external partners.

5. Partners with key Center stakeholders to identify opportunities where MSFC's unique capabilities can support external partner needs.

Science and Technology Office (ZP) The mission of the Science and Technology Office (shown below in Figure 2-5) is to conceive, develop, integrate, operate, and manage programs, projects, and activities; to perform basic and applied research to achieve NASA science and exploration objectives; and to manage and develop new technologies for exploration.

Figure 2-5 Science and Technology Office Organization

The Science and Technology Office:

1. Manages the project planning, budgeting, scheduling, engineering design, development, testing, cost control, sustaining engineering, and operations of assigned programs/projects/activities in support of NASA’s science and technology development objectives.

2. Negotiates, establishes, and maintains collaborations with other NASA Centers, NASA missions, other Government agencies, industry, academia, and international organizations as necessary in support of the NASA mission to explore space and to develop products that benefit humankind.

3. Develops, implements, and manages strategies, opinions, and efforts for maturing new technology for advanced space transportation and propulsion systems.

4. Develops concepts and manages the development of technologies to support the Agency’s space exploration objectives.

5. Identifies new projects and integrates existing projects and capabilities to formulate strategic directions in concert with the Center Strategic Development Team.

Contract Historical Data and Milestones The purpose of the data presented in this section is to give Offerors a snapshot of current and historical manpower levels. Significant data points are annotated. As mentioned throughout this RFP, support levels provided with this IDIQ contract will vary as NASA’s mission evolves.

Historical WYE Staffing Levels Table 3-1 below shows the estimated Work Year Equivalent (WYE) manpower levels per Performing Organization (by labor category) for the most current contract period CY4. The labor categories indicated in the spreadsheets do not map directly to the new labor categories in Attachment J-7. Several labor categories have been consolidated for the ESSCA contract.

Organization codes for Table 3-1 and Table 3-2 are as follows:

AS – Office of Center Operations ED – Engineering Directorate EE – Chief Engineers Office EM – Materials & Processes Laboratory EO – Mission Operations Laboratory ER – Propulsion Systems Department ES – Space Systems Department ET – Test Laboratory EV – Spacecraft & Vehicle Systems Department FP – Flight Programs and Partnerships Office HS – Office of Human Capital QD – Safety & Mission Assurance Directorate XP – Space Launch System Program Office ZP – Science and Technology Office

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L-8-2 Table 3-1 ESSSA Estimated WYEs by Labor Category CY4

0.35

AS Total

0.35

ED Total

0.32

1.00

0.36

0.01

0.00

0.38

EE Total

1.00

26.77

0.88

6.33

0.24

3.50

26.60

0.78

2.02

1.01

0.05

0.70

1.07

0.10

1.87

1.10

1.54

5.17

2.08

21.16

1.00

0.86

9.61

EM Total

0.92

33.71

EO Total

0.54

33.71

3.03

0.03

0.50

0.32

1.09

0.07

1.16

2.16

0.64

0.02

0.04

1.01

0.00

1.01

4.03

0.02

ER Total

0.32

1.00

0.04

0.05

1.09

2.00

1.52

0.04

0.71

6.66

1.00

0.99

4.83

7.43

1.10

4.73

1.05

1.01

5.61

1.00

9.95

0.94

2.06

18.52

15.81

0.51

20.65

ES Total

2.05

2.05

1.12

4.12

9.00

0.25

2.65

10.12

1.00

0.50

1.50

2.00

3.00

0.25

10.61

ET Total

2.00

40.05

0.87

1.01

4.25

1.46

0.39

1.94

5.10

1.01

1.01

1.45

0.97

EV Total

2.31

1.01

2.20

1.00

1.08

1.08

FP Total

2.01

6.67

1.03

0.01

1.11

HS Total

1.03

0.01

1.11

0.21

1.00

1.00

1.00

3.00

QD Total

0.21

1.00

1.00

1.00

3.00

0.10

1.15

2.04

5.17

2.09

XP Total

0.76

0.19

0.01

0.20

0.50

1.02

3.64

1.42

0.01

0.01

1.88

1.00

1.08

0.03

2.37

0.35

0.12

0.01

0.02

0.00

0.00

1.00

1.25

3.19

0.16

0.01

0.17

0.77

0.79

ZP Total

Grand Total

Table 3-2 below shows the estimated WYE manpower levels (by labor category) for CY3.

Table 3-2 ESSSA Performing Org Estimated WYE by Labor Category CY3

SS1

0.00

0.08

0.00

0.08

CS Total

0.00

0.08

0.00

0.08

ED Total

1.00

0.03

0.41

0.01

0.01

0.43

EE Total

0.01

0.03

1.00

1.22

0.17

23.83

0.90

0.13

0.07

0.92

0.32

3.63

21.10

0.00

0.75

1.01

0.09

1.85

0.10

0.75

1.15

4.84

1.57

18.98

1.05

0.26

9.92

EM Total

EO Total

0.71

4.52

0.06

3.36

0.47

0.10

7.42

2.55

1.17

0.68

0.01

0.08

1.05

1.82

2.42

0.31

0.01

0.98

1.18

0.93

3.10

0.08

1.32

0.43

0.01

0.01

0.44

4.07

0.01

1.04

0.01

0.28

0.29

7.00

ER Total

0.15

1.66

0.08

0.09

3.10

0.34

0.04

1.27

0.05

0.90

0.29

3.65

6.67

0.39

0.75

2.34

3.48

1.01

1.05

4.40

0.19

1.03

0.26

2.17

0.11

3.76

1.03

0.11

1.91

0.23

7.41

15.50

2.00

15.26

1.25

18.19

ES Total

0.00

0.96

0.00

0.96

0.00

0.01

3.02

1.01

1.00

0.37

1.03

8.88

1.00

1.40

0.12

0.00

2.52

1.53

0.03

9.59

0.00

1.00

0.05

0.00

1.05

0.05

13.17

ET Total

1.12

39.20

1.05

0.38

3.54

0.51

1.01

3.13

0.38

0.62

2.67

1.09

4.39

0.08

1.02

1.53

EV Total

0.02

0.00

0.06

0.79

1.08

1.93

1.15

0.02

1.22

0.01

1.08

2.20

0.01

0.03

1.10

FP Total

1.97

1.03

0.10

1.14

HS Total

1.03

0.10

1.14

0.23

1.01

1.00

1.43

QD Total

0.23

1.01

1.00

1.43

1.20

5.41

1.05

3.12

0.03

0.94

5.24

1.08

XP Total

0.01

0.01

0.50

1.03

0.22

0.12

0.04

1.91

0.05

0.96

0.14

2.13

0.05

2.32

1.01

0.13

0.00

0.00

1.00

0.25

0.15

0.02

0.14

0.18

0.34

0.00

0.04

0.25

1.00

1.47

5.51

0.03

0.33

0.38

1.00

0.06

1.09

ZP Total

Grand Total

1Speciality Sub

2Branches no longer exist

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Table 3-3 below shows how the current organizational task orders map to the skill categories provided in the ESSCA PWS. This information is provided as a guide for the potential distribution of the tasks across the various skills.

SKILL CATEGORIES

EM10

EM20

EM31

EM32

EM41

EM42

EM50

ER35

EM60

ER51

ES63

ES51

FP30

FP40

FP50

HS30

XP02

XP10

XP20

XP50

XP60

Table 3-3 Current Task Order to Skill Categories

Table 3-4 below shows the historical WYE manpower levels for FY12 through FY16.

WYE ACTUALS/ESTIMATES

BY LABOR CATEGORY

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (ET)

SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT (SME)

Table 3-4 WYE Actuals/Estimates by Labor Category FY12 thorough FY16

WYE On-Site Locations The vast majority of WYEs under the current contract are located on-site at MSFC. Figure 3-1 below shows a map of the MSFC campus.

Figure 3-1 MSFC Campus Currently there are 5 WYEs located at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, and 2 WYEs located at the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in Louisiana. Please note that personnel located at KSC and MAF are “exempt.” Table 3-5 below shows the location of on-site and off-site personnel (headcount, not WYEs) as of May, 2016.

Table 3-5 Location of Personnel

Number of Task Orders and Frequency of Revisions Table 3-6 below shows the number of task orders, sub-tasks, and revisions processed under the current contract.

*August 2012 through September 2012

**as of 6/10/2016

Table 3-6 Task Orders and Revisions

Miscellaneous Additional data of interest is given in this section.

Applicable Regulations and Procedures A listing of applicable regulations and procedures can be found in Attachment J-14, Applicable Regulations and Procedures.

Travel, Materials and Training Table 4-1 below shows the travel, materials, and Government-directed training costs for the current contract from FY2012 through FY2015.

Table 4-1 Travel, Materials, and Government-Directed Training Costs

Highly Specialized and Mission Critical Skills Needed The Performance Work Statement (PWS) and Contract Work Breakdown Structure (CWBS) for this acquisition are skills based. The following paragraphs are intended to provide additional information about the types of work and disciplines involved in performing the PWS. This information is not all inclusive and does not indicate a future requirement.

Highly Specialized Skills Throughout its existence, the ESSSA contract has been called upon to provide a variety of skills. This will also be true for the ESSCA contract. Task durations vary drastically depending on evolving MSFC requirements. Some require personnel with capabilities that are readily available in the aerospace and scientific workforce, while other tasks require expertise that is highly-specialized. There are a limited number of individuals available with these skills. The following are potential highly specialized skills for this contract:

1. Electrical Engineer for Sensor Micro-fabrication

2. Electrical Engineer for Harsh Environment Sensor Research

3. Optics Engineer for Optical Sensor Research

4. Spacecraft/Space Systems Software Engineer for Reconfigurable Computing

5. Senior Spacecraft/Space Systems Software Engineer for Software Based Avionics Redundancy Management (Voting Systems)

6. Propulsion Engineer for Advanced Cryogenic Fluid Management Technologies

7. Propulsion Engineer for Advanced In-space Non-chemical Nuclear, Next-Generation Physics

8. Propulsion Engineer for Electric and Plasma Based Propulsion (theory, analysis, fabrication and test in a research environment)

9. Propulsion Engineer for Film Cooling Thermal Analysis (TEG, Poppet, MCC, Nozzle, SSME Weld Liner etc.)

10. Materials Engineer for Tribology, Lubricants and Lubrication Physics: Bearing and Turbo-machinery Technology

11. Materials Engineer for High Temperature, Leading Edge and Aerothermal Surface Insulation/Thermal Protection Systems Materials and Processes Development

12. Materials Engineer for Digital Manufacturing, Assembly, and Photogrammetry

13. Materials Engineer for Contamination Control

14. Materials Engineer for Composite Manufacturing, Materials and Processes

15. Materials (or other discipline) Engineer or Physicist for Space Environmental Effects Testing

16. Materials Engineer for Additive Manufacturing

17. Logistics/Supportability Engineers for Maintenance Task Analysis in Support of Launch Vehicles

18. Ground Support Equipment (GSE) Engineers for Hardware Concept Development and Sustainment for Various Launch Vehicle Configurations

19. Engineers for Launch Vehicle Operations Maintenance Requirements Support of Ground Processing, Checkout, and Implementation of Work Authorization Documentation (WAD)

20. Navigation Engineer for Exploration (Near Earth and Deep Space)

21. Space Environments Engineer (Meteoroid, Plasma, Radiation)

22. Terrestrial Environments Engineer (Winds, Sea States)

23. Vibro-accoustics Engineer for Liftoff High-frequency Shock Environments

24. Aerosciences Engineer for Base Heating (Plume) Environments for Ascent Phase of Launch Vehicles

25. Pyrotechnic Engineer for Initiation and Separation Events for Large Vehicle Stages

Mission Critical Skills Mission critical skills are those which require extensive specialized training or experience to support the current development or on-going operation of specific flight hardware, lab, and/or analysis related activities. The skills themselves are not necessarily “highly-specialized,” although they can be, but the individual’s knowledge/experience is critical to the hardware or program/project being supported. The following are potential mission critical skills for this contract:

1. Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) Engineer for MSFC Tools: program to optimize simulated trajectories (POST), COPERNICUS, Optimal Trajectories by Implicit Simulation (OTIS), Solar Array Verification and Analysis Tool (SAVANT), Frequency Response Analysis and Comparison Tool Assuming Linearity (FRACTAL), Marshall Aerospace Vehicle Representation in C (MAVERIC), CLVTOPS

2. Spacecraft/Space Systems Software Engineer for Real-Time Modeling and Simulation Design & Development proficient in ARTEMIS; embedded flight software development proficient in VxWorks 653, MATLAB, UML/SysML, C/C++

3. Spacecraft/Space Systems Software Engineer for Systems Integration Laboratory Automation Tools and Displays proficient in MAESTRO

4. Environmental Control Systems Engineer or Scientist for:

a. Environmental Control and Life Support Systems (ECLSS) Water Recovery

b. ECLSS Air Revitalization Components

c. ECLSS Air Revitalization

5. Propulsion Engineer for Valves, Lines and Ducts Design, Analysis and Test

6. Structures and Dynamics Engineer for Structural Dynamic Analysis of Turbo-machinery

7. Scientist, Engineer or Engineering Technician for Science Project Support/X-Ray Calibration Facility (XRCF) Operation and Maintenance

8. Electronics Integration CAD/Control Electronics Engineer

9. Welding and Manufacturing Engineer

a. Electronics and Controls Engineer for Friction Stir Weld Tools operations

b. Electronics and Controls Engineering Technician for Friction Stir Welding Controls System

10. Structural Loads Engineer for multi-body integrated vehicle loads analyses for all phases of ground and flight events

11. Mass properties Engineer for all phases of flight, including in-space with knowledge of MSFC tool: MPART

12. X-Ray Optical Fabrication Engineer and Engineer Technician for mandrel fabrication and mirror electro-forming

13. Solid Motor Thermal Analysis

14. Turbomachinery Computational Fluid Dynamics analysis and modeling

15. Propulsion Systems Engineer for pressure-fed and pump-fed liquid systems, including main engines, Reaction Control System (RCS), Modular Propulsion System (MPS), and cryogenic fluid management technologies

16. Advanced Concepts Engineer to develop or modify existing analysis tools and models to support spacecraft conceptual design

Additional Information In an effort to provide insight into the variety and complexity of the work at MSFC, a sampling of current Task Order Requests issued under the ESSSA contract has been uploaded to the Acquisition Planning Tool (APT) located at the link below. This information should not be taken as a commitment on the part of NASA MSFC to need these skills in the ESSCA contract.

A current listing of the interested parties (based upon responses to the ESSCA Sources Sought Notice) is also available on the APT site.

https://ec.msfc.nasa.gov/doing_business/

· Select on “Acquisition Planning Tool” button on left

· Select “Engineering and Science Services and Skills Augmentation” button in the middle

· Select “Details” button on right

· Select “APT Supporting Documents” button in middle

Current contractual documents for ESSSA may be found at the MSFC Freedom of Information Act Reading Room at http://foia.msfc.nasa.gov/reading.html. A contractor may request additional ESSSA contract documentation by contacting Judi Hollingsworth, MSFC FOIA Public Liaison Officer at judi.a.holligsworth@nasa.gov.

Applicable and reference documents are available on the following websites:

NASA directives are available from the NASA online directives information system (nodis): http://nodis3.gsfc.nasa.gov/library/main_lib.html

MSFC Directories are available from the Directives Master List on the MSFC Integrated Document Library:

https://dml.msfc.nasa.gov/directives/component/main

General Records Schedules are available from the National Archives and Records Administration home page, “Records Management – Publications”:

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