NSROC III SOW Rev 10 - April 2021.pdf

NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract III

(NSROC III)

Contract Number NNG16WA70C

ATTACHMENT A

STATEMENT OF WORK

Revision 10, April 2021

Contract Number NNG16WA70C NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract III

ATTACHMENT A – STATEMENT OF WORK

Table of Contents

1. SCOPE

2. CORE REQUIREMENTS

2.1. MANAGEMENT

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 TRACKING

2.1.1.4. SUBCONTRACT MANAGEMENT

2.1.1.5. INFORMATION AND DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT

2.1.1.6. GOVERNMENT PROPERTY

2.1.2. PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION

2.1.2.1. CONTRACT TRANSITION

2.1.2.2. CONTRACT TRANSITION PHASE OUT

2.1.2.3. MISSION AND DRPA PLANNING AND SCHEDULING

2.1.2.4. REQUIRED REVIEWS AND MEETINGS

2.1.2.5. SAFETY PROGRAM

2.1.2.5.1. GROUND AND FLIGHT SAFETY IMPLEMENTATION FOR

RANGE AND LAUNCH OPERATIONS

2.1.2.5.2. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY

2.1.2.6. QUALITY ASSURANCE

2.1.2.7. CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

2.1.2.8. RISK MANAGEMENT

2.1.2.9. SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

2.1.2.10. TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION

2.1.2.11. PROGRAM SUPPORT FUNCTIONS

2.1.2.12. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA EXPORT REGULATIONS

2.1.2.13. OFFICE AUTOMATION DEVICES AND SERVICES

2.2. MISSION TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

2.2.1. MISSION FORMULATION PHASE

2.2.1.1. MISSION INITIATION CONFERENCE

2.2.1.2. REQUIREMENTS DEFINITION MEETING

2.2.2. DESIGN PHASE REQUIREMENTS

2.2.2.1. FLIGHT SYSTEMS AND GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT (GSE)

DESIGN AND ANALYSIS

2.2.2.2. DESIGN REVIEW

2.2.3. FABRICATION, INTEGRATION, TESTING, and QUALIFICATION

PHASE REQUIREMENTS

2.2.3.1. FLIGHT HARDWARE and GSE FABRICATION

2.2.3.2. PRE-INTEGRATION REVIEW (PIR)

2.2.3.3. INTEGRATION, TESTING, and FLIGHT QUALIFICATION

2.2.3.4. MISSION READINESS REVIEW

2.2.4. PRE LAUNCH, AUTHORIZATION TO PROCEED, LAUNCH, AND

POST LAUNCH SUPPORT PHASE REQUIREMENTS

2.2.4.1. PRE-LAUNCH OPERATIONS

2.2.4.2. AUTHORIZATION TO PROCEED WITH LAUNCH OPERATIONS 40

2.2.4.3. LAUNCH OPERATIONS

2.2.4.4. POST-LAUNCH FIELD OPERATIONS

2.2.5. POST-FLIGHT PHASE REQUIREMENTS

2.2.5.1. POST-FLIGHT DATA REDUCTION

2.2.5.2. POST FLIGHT STUDIES

2.2.5.3. MISHAP AND ANOMALY INVESTIGATIONS

2.2.5.4. MISSION CLOSEOUT REPORT

2.3. DEVELOPMENT AND ROUTINE PROJECT ASSIGNMENTS

Acronym List

1. SCOPE

The NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract III (NSROC III) 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 III 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 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 III contract. The anticipated annual launch rate for NSROC III is approximately 15-20 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 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 Chief of the Sounding Rockets Program Office. 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 Sounding Rockets Program Office (SRPO) Mission Oversight Monitor (MOM) who will chair the Mission Initiation Conference and will provide NASA oversight to the mission throughout the rest of the mission lifecycle. The SRPO MOM will work with the Principal Investigator 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 SRPO MOM will attend payload team meetings and milestone meetings. If the SRPO MOM is unable to attend a required mission meeting the SRPO MOM shall designate an alternate SRPO representative, the SRPO Duplicate Authority Designee (DAD), to attend in their place.

This SOW contains Core 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 three areas of Core Requirements: Management, Mission Technical Requirements, and Development and Routine Projects Assignments (DRPA).

Management:

The business management and program implementation management 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 III 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.

Mission Technical Requirements:

The mission technical requirements of the Core contract are described in Section 2.2 of the SOW along with a mission model that Offerors shall use for bidding purposes in their proposals. The NSROC III Contractor shall be responsible for the technical effort required for coordination and implementation of the overall NSRP and be responsible for providing services and supplies (i.e. labor, material, equipment, etc.) as necessary to implement the individual missions and projects 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 III Contractor as the annual mission model will vary depending on the type of science missions selected by NASA Headquarters annually, but the overall level of effort with the 45-55 missions in progress at all times along with the other core requirements required maintains a balanced work load for the NSROC III 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.

Development and Routine Project Assignments (DRPA):

The development and routine projects that will be assigned to the NSROC III Contractor are described in Section 2.3 of the SOW along with a DRPA model that Offerors shall use for bidding purposes in their proposals. The DRPA work is assigned in addition to the sounding rocket missions; thus the amount of annual DRPA work assigned each contract year will fluctuate depending on the workload effort required by the annual mission model selected by NASA Headquarters. The Contractor shall be responsible for providing support for the NSRP in the following areas not directly related to implementation of NSRP missions including, but not limited to:

• Technical o Design and analysis (mechanical, structural, electrical, electronic, flight performance, flight dynamics, control system, software, etc.);

o Fabrication (mechanical, structural, electrical, electronic, etc.);

o Environmental testing of flight and ground support hardware and systems;

o Ground Support Equipment (GSE) design, fabrication, maintenance, modification, upgrade, and refurbishment;

o Engineering analytical support and data reduction;

o Development of new or modification of existing sounding rocket launch vehicles, payload support systems and subsystems, and components;

o Major efforts related to installation, reconfiguration, refurbishment, or upgrades of sounding rocket launchers;

o New sensor (pointing, position, environmental conditions, etc.)

development for flight and ground systems;

o Software development;

o Special engineering and environmental studies and support;

o General drafting and technical support; and o Field, launch range, and post flight operations.

• Technical Management o Project management support;

o Internships, education and outreach activities; and o Reimbursable mission feasibility studies and planning activities.

• Technical Administration o Engineering and technician support related to inspection and acceptance testing of all program supplies including the acquisition of new materials, commercially available rocket motors, equipment, hardware, components, and standard flight systems and subsystems (payload and vehicle) for Program inventory; and o Refurbishment of hardware and systems returned to inventory for reutilization on future missions.

2. CORE REQUIREMENTS

2.1.MANAGEMENT

The Contractor shall provide all technical, business, and program management functions necessary to plan, organize, implement, control, track, report, and deliver all requirements within the scope of the NSROC III as described in this SOW. Business management and program implementation shall include all elements in Subsections 2.1.1 through 2.1.2 of this section 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 Contract Work Breakdown Structure (CWBS) organized to graphically reflect the desired approach to providing the major performance outputs required by the NSROC. This Work Breakdown Structure 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.

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.

2.1.1. BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

The Contractor shall provide for the NSROC III contract management, reviews, and reporting; financial resources management; subcontract management; information and document management; and utilization of Government Property.

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 III requirements. The Contractor shall develop and maintain all documentation and reporting required by the SOW and the contract schedule. The CWBS 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 individual work orders issued for both missions and individual DRPA projects.

The Contractor shall participate in a monthly Financial Status Review, described further in Section 2.1.2.4, 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.

2.1.1.3. WORK ORDER TRACKING

Missions and DRPA projects will be assigned to the Contractor by SRPO through work orders. The Contractor shall develop a work order tracking and reporting process for managing SRPO requests and work activities under the contract. This process shall include the capability to track costs, status of requests (as appropriate), and provide workload data and costs for individual work 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 throughout the life of the contract. The work order system shall be made available to designated SRPO personnel and available through the Well Organized Central Repository (WOCR) identified in Section 2.1.1.5.

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 III 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 II has subcontracted to purchase, but that will not be delivered under the NSROC II contract. By the end of the phase-in period for the NSROC III 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 III 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 III 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.

2.1.1.5. 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. Access to the repository shall be available through the Wallops Local Area Network (LAN) and 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 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:

Contract Work Breakdown Structure; 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; Resource Management System Data; 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 III contract, including mods; and links or other forms of electronic access to all technical and safety documentation associated with each NSROC III 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;

Preliminary Hazard Assessments; Flight Requirements Plans; Flight Worthiness 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 ecopies. SRPO concurrence is required before disposal of any obsolete data. The Contractor shall deliver all mission milestone deliverables as an upload and notification through the WOCR repository instead of delivering paper copies to SRPO.

The repository shall also include a database of Lessons Learned organized such that it can be searched and reviewed by discipline and function so that past experiences can be applied to current and future missions to facilitate efficiencies and prevent the recurrence of negative events.

The Contractor shall provide, maintain, and update pertinent historical data relative to sounding rockets and sounding rocket missions including but not limited to: flight designation; launch and flight performance statistics; payload properties; vehicle type;

mission results; etc.

The Contractor shall also maintain the NSRP Empirical Flight Dispersion Database as part of the repository. The Contractor shall update the Empirical Flight Dispersion Database, with NSROC III and other relevant sounding rocket mission data and information as post-flight reports are completed. Inputs shall include, but not be limited to: type of launch vehicle; predicted and actual performance specifications; payload physical properties; vehicle and payload failures and associated causes; and empirical dispersions.

2.1.1.6. 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 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 Rocket Range 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 support SRPO missions. Other major launcher maintenance and refurbishment efforts outside the scope of routine maintenance and configuration will have work orders assigned under DRPA. A list of

Government owned sounding rocket launchers is included in Table 1. 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.

Table 1. Government Owned Sounding Rocket Launchers by Launch Sites

LAUNCH SITE LAUNCHER

DESCRIPTION

LAUNCHER

CAPACITY

(MIL IN-LBS)

LAUNCHER

CONDITION

MAINTENANCE

FREQUENCY

Wallops Island, Virginia

50k, Pad 1 4.80 Installed and functional

Annual

ARC, Pad 2 3.37 Installed and functional

Annual

MRL, Pad 2

(MOBILE)

1.76 Installed and

functional

In preparation for next planned use, or every 3 years

White Sands, New Mexico

Athena 4.13 Installed and functional

Annual

Poker Flat Research

Range, Alaska

MRL, 7.5k, Pad 1

(MOBILE)

1.76 Installed and

functional

In preparation for next planned use, or every 3 years

MRL, 7.5k, Pad 2

(MOBILE)

1.76 Installed and

functional

In preparation for next planned use, or every 3 years

AML, 20k, Pad 3 2.10 Installed and functional

In preparation for next planned use, or every 3 years

Athena, Pad 4 4.13 Installed and functional

In preparation for next planned use, or every 3 years

Super-HAD, Pad

5 (MOBILE)

0.96 Installed and

functional

In preparation for next planned use

Andoya Space Center, Norway

Athena 4.13 Installed and functional

In preparation for next planned use

Reagan Test Site, Kwajalein

Atoll

AML, 20k 2.10 Installed and functional

In preparation for next planned use

MRL, 7.5k 1.76 In storage box at Kwajalein

In preparation for next planned use

Mobile Launchers

Super-HAD

(MOBILE)

0.96 Launcher in

storage box at Wallops Flight Facility

In preparation for next planned use

Super-HAD

(MOBILE)

0.96 On loan to

another program

In preparation for next planned use

MRL (MOBILE) 1.76 On loan to another program

In preparation for next planned use

AML, 20k

(MOBILE)

2.10 In storage at

Wallops Flight Facility

In preparation for next planned use

MML-1

(MOBILE)

3.00 Installed at

SvalRak, Norway

In preparation for next planned use

MML-2

(MOBILE)

3.00 In storage at

Wallops Flight Facility

In preparation for next planned use

4.3k (MOBILE) In storage at Wallops Flight Facility

In preparation for next planned use

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 interface with WICC and provide alternate Facility Operation Management personnel for each real property (i.e. buildings, structures, systems, and sub-systems) that is used or occupied by the NSROC III Contractor for contract use. The Facility Operations Manager (FOM) will interface with the Wallops Facilities Management Branch for real property maintenance, repair, modification, emergency preparedness, and construction activities per NASA GPR 8830. Note a list of applicable and required policies and standards is provided in Section J.1, Attachment O of the contract. The Contractor shall be responsible in meeting and adhering to all applicable government policies, directives, standards, revisions, and updates.

The existing Wallops Meterology and Calibration Lab Services (WMCLS) contract will provide calibration services to the Contractor for equipment and facilities located at WFF. These services shall be limited to the performance of the frequent and periodic inspections for Lifting Devices and Equipment (LDE) and non-flight pressure vessels and systems. This includes performing the required formal load test for LDE. As part of these services, the WMCLS program will also provide formal training for LDE operators.

The Contractor may 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 Sounding Rockets Program Office.

(i) General purpose vehicle operations for vehicle maintenance;

(ii) Moving and hauling services;

(iii) Rigging and heavy lifting of program hardware;

(iv) Services of the WFF Antenna Range.

(v) Reproduction services as available at the Wallops Duplicating Facility, Building F-1.

(vi) Transportation and shipping for domestic shipments on a third party basis.

(vii) 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.

(viii) Calibration services as available at the Wallops Calibration Laboratory.

The Contractor shall specify a Facility Operations Management (FOM) site lead for the White Sands, New Mexico Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) facility. The FOM will be the day-to-day interface with the White Sands Missile Range NAVY and ARMY organizations, as well as NASA’s White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) personnel for property maintenance, repair, modification, emergency preparedness, testing/certification, and construction activities. The Contractor shall utilize the White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) for calibration services of non-flight, facility-related hardware. The Contractor shall maintain and operate the environmental testing equipment in the VAB. 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 III 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 ATK.

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 with a qualified and available Flight Termination System 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 so as 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.

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-Sounding Rockets Program Office 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 Wallops Flight Facility. The Contractor shall provide technical support to the Wallops Flight Facility 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.

2.1.2. PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION

The NSROC III Contractor shall implement the following: contract transition phase in and phase out; required reviews; a safety and quality assurance program; configuration management; risk management (both programmatic and mission risks); systems engineering; and a training and certification. Further, the Contractor shall provide program support for SRPO identified activities, comply with export regulations, and utilize government provided office automation and devices services.

2.1.2.1. CONTRACT TRANSITION

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 stated in Section 2.1.1.4, 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 II has subcontracted to purchase, but that will not be delivered under the NSROC II contract. By the end of the phase-in period for the NSROC III 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 III 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 effect an orderly and efficient transition to any such successor contractor during a transition period to be specified by the CO.

To effect 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, 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 Installation-Accountable Government Property to the successor contractor.

As stated in Section 2.1.1.4, thirty days prior to the end of the NSROC III 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 III 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.

2.1.2.3. MISSION AND DRPA PLANNING AND SCHEDULING

The Contractor shall provide staffing for each mission and DRPA project beginning at the Mission Initiation Conference (MIC) for missions and the kick-off meeting for DRPA projects. The Contractor shall perform all planning and scheduling associated with individual mission requirements after the completion of the SRPO led Mission Initiation Conference, and all DRPA requirements throughout the duration of the project. Each mission and DRPA project shall have a team assigned from all relevant disciplines and shall be planned and scheduled so that it does not interfere with the timely and cost efficient completion of all other ongoing missions and DRPA projects. 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 mission and DRPA requirements.

The Contractor shall furnish accurate and timely scheduling information for both DRPA 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 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 overall mission schedule shall be reviewed with NASA on a monthly basis at the Mission Scheduling Meeting, described in Section 2.1.2.4. The DRPA projects schedule information shall be reviewed with NASA on a monthly basis at the DRPA Projects Review, described in Section 2.1.2.4.

2.1.2.4. REQUIRED REVIEWS AND MEETINGS

The Contractor shall participate in, and provide technical support for programmatic meetings, internal NSROC meetings with SRPO presence, and mission related meetings as detailed in Table 2. 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.

The Contractor shall provide a written weekly programmatic status report to the SRPO Program Manager and participate in informal weekly meetings with SRPO upon request.

Table 2. Required Reviews and Meetings

PROGRAMMATIC MEETINGS

MEETING NAME MINIMUM

FREQUENCY

DESCRIPTION DELIVERABLE SRPO ROLE NSROC III

PANEL/BOARD

MEMBERSHIP

NSROC-SRPO

Program Review

Monthly Comprehensive program status review that covers high level technical issues, programmatic risks, mission schedules and upcoming milestones, staffing levels, resource status, training activities, outreach activities, facilities status and open/planned work orders, development efforts status, identification of critical issues, production status, safety and mission assurance status (deliverables, audits, inspections, ISO surveillance, non-conformances, corrective actions, change requests, GIDEP), business status (spending levels and planned spending), and subcontracts status.

Presentation that addresses the items listed in the description.

SRPO Program Manager, COR, and technical staff attend

NSROC III

Management

Mission Scheduling Review

Monthly Technical status and schedule of mission manifest, high level discussion of mission-related risks, programmatic risks, critical issues, or systemic issues

Current Master Mission Schedule

SRPO Program Manager and MOMs attend

NSROC III

Management and Operations Staff as needed

Financial Status Review

Monthly Review Contractor financial status, review planned versus actual spending in a format defined by the SRPO, review materials budget by discipline and 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.

Monthly 533 Presentation that addresses the items listed in the description.

SRPO Program Manager, COR, Business Manager, and Resources Analyst attend

NSROC III

Management and Finance Personnel

Sounding Rocket Working Group

Bi-Annual Twice yearly meeting between NASA SRPO, NSROC, and the Principal Investigator community (led by the NASA Project Scientist) to provide a forum for exchange of information on sounding rocket systems, operational support, new developments within NSROC, and developments in science as they affect the Sounding Rockets Program.

Presentation on NSROC status, critical issues, and new developments

SRPO Program Manager and staff attend and present

NSROC III

Management and Engineering Leads (if relevant to presentation)

Launch Range Reviews

As needed Brief launch ranges as needed/requested on status of vehicles, sub-systems, safety systems, ground support equipment, or other mission-specific or programmatic items as determined by

SRPO.

Support SRPO with presentation development

SRPO technical staff attend and may present

Determined on case-by-case basis

Technical Interchange Meetings

As needed Provide guidance to and answer questions for prospective customers regarding sounding rocket capabilities and common practices. Engage in preliminary mission concept design and concept of operations planning.

Analyses and design concepts as requested by

SRPO

SRPO technical staff attend and may present

Determined on case-by-case basis

Critical Systems Program Reviews

As needed Provide programmatic and technical status for critical systems that are sub-contracted to external vendors. Programmatic and technical topics should include schedule updates for manufacturing and delivery, contract status, recent flight/test results, non-conformances and dispositions, supply chain status, programmatic and technical risks, and additional technical topics as deemed relevant by SRPO, NSROC III, and the sub-contracted vendor.

Presentation that addresses the items listed in the description.

SRPO technical staff attend

NSROC III

Management and Technical Personnel, Sub-contractor (Vendor) Programmatic and Technical Personnel

NSROC INTERNAL MEETINGS WITH SRPO PRESENCE

MEETING NAME MINIMUM

FREQUENCY

DESCRIPTION DELIVERABLE SRPO ROLE PANEL/BOARD

MEMBERSHIP

Mission Status Meeting

Weekly Review the progress and status of missions. Review challenges or issues that are affecting the missions. Discuss mission priorities to de-conflict program resources, personnel, or facilities.

Current Master Mission Schedule

SRPO MOMs attend NSROC III Management, Engineering Leads, and Fabrication Leads

Material Review Board (MRB)

Weekly Disposition non-conformances, review status of engineering design changes, and review programmatic level corrective actions. Review status of overdue items periodically.

None SRPO Technical Representative attend

NSROC III

Management, SMA Lead, CM Lead, and Engineering Dept. Leads

Configuration Control Board

(CCB)

Monthly – Rotate among disciplines

Identify all NSROC standard systems for each engineering discipline related to flight hardware, ground infrastructure, or major processes. The board shall have a governing document that identifies each system and defines all the drawings, schematics, procedures, work instructions, and associated reports. The board shall also identify cognizant engineers for all standard systems and peer review design changes for standard systems as they arise.

Updated Configuration Control Document

SRPO Technical Representative attend

NSROC Management Representative, CM Lead, and Engineering Dept. Leads

Development and Routine Project Assignments

(DRPA)

Monthly – Rotate among disciplines

Review status and schedule of development efforts and routine projects program wide that sustain and enhance the capability of the Sounding Rockets Program. Topics to cover include inventory maintenance and procurement (including status of purchased off the shelf items, purchased major sub-systems, made in-house major sub-systems, and sub-system refurbishment); ground support equipment procurement, development, and maintenance;

facilities maintenance; outreach activities; and internal engineering, testing, or production development projects to standardize, modernize, or enhance the capabilities of the sounding rocket program.

Presentation on status of development and routine assignments

SRPO Technical Representative attend

NSROC management and Engineering Dept.

Leads

Fabrication Status Meeting

Weekly Review mechanical and electrical fabrication resource loading and prioritization of work in queue.

None SRPO Technical Representative attendance optional

NSROC Management Representative, Fabrication and and Engineering Dept. Leads

MISSION MEETINGS (additional detail in Section 2.2)

MEETING NAME MINIMUM

FREQUENCY

DESCRIPTION DELIVERABLE SRPO ROLE PANEL/BOARD

MEMBERSHIP

Payload Team Meetings

As needed Held periodically during the course of a mission to gauge progress, disseminate information, resolve issues, and maintain schedules.

Action Item List for Team

SRPO MOM Participant Assigned Mission Team

Mission Initiation Conference (MIC) (NASA meeting)

Each mission SRPO Mission Oversight Monitor chairs the meeting and the Principal Investigator presents the mission overview; science objectives; and preliminary performance, instrumentation, operational, and schedule requirements to the NSROC team to evaluate during the mission formulation phase.

None SRPO MOM Chair NSROC Management Representative, Assigned Mission Team

Requirements Definition Meeting

(RDM)

Each mission SRPO MOM participates in the meeting with the NSROC mission manager and payload team to present a mission plan that addresses each of the requirements presented at the MIC. The Mission Plan includes the vehicle configuration, mission schedule, preliminary flight performance assessment, preliminary hazard assessment, and a detailed requirements matrix.

RDM Package

RDM Memo (RDMM)

Requirements Matrix

SRPO MOM Participant NSROC Management Representative, Assigned Mission Team, Engineering Dept. Leads

Fabrication Meeting

As needed The fabrication meeting enables NSROC engineering and fabrication to meet and discuss the fabrication…