SOW_Feb2022.pdf

STATEMENT OF WORK

Partnership Support

Transfer Office

Date: August 16, 2019 Revised February 2, 2022

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Armstrong Flight Research Center Edwards, California

Table of Contents

1.0 Background

2.0 Objectives

3.0 Scope

4.0 Requirements

5.0 Deliverables

6.0 Government-Furnished Property (GFP)

7.0 Security Considerations

8.0 Travel

9.0 Special Material Requirements

10.0 Other Unique Requirements and Considerations

11.0 Place of performance

1.0 Background

The purpose of this statement of work (SOW) is to describe the work required in support of the Chief Technologist Office and the Flight Opportunities Office at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC) as each office executes its mission. In this section, a high-level description of each office is described.

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1.2 Chief Technologist Office

The Chief Technologist at Armstrong Flight Research Center is the center advisor and advocate on matters concerning center and agency-wide technology policy and programs. The Center Chief Technologist provides the strategy and leadership that guide technology development and open innovation activities. The office performs a center and agency-level technology coordination role, coordinating with the NASA Mission Directorates and other field centers to align the agency’s technology investments to meet mission requirements while filling gaps, anticipating future needs, and minimizing duplication of effort.

1.3 Flight Opportunities Program

The NASA Flight Opportunities (FO) Program was established in 2011 as part of NASA’s newly formed Office of the Chief Technologist. The FO mission is to utilize commercial flight opportunities to facilitate rapid development of space technology in support of the Space Technology Mission Directorate.

FO has competitively selected over 150 technologies from academia, industry, NASA and other government organizations that are requesting flight opportunities onboard commercially available suborbital reusable vehicles, such as SpaceLoft ™ XL, SpaceShip Two, and Xaero/Xombie. In support of these technologies, FO has sponsored technology demonstrations on a number of suborbital flight platforms that provides technology developers opportunities to test innovative and game-changing technologies in relevant space-like environments. These frequent flight opportunities allow rapid technology maturation for transition into future NASA and U.S. space missions. By being an early adopter of U.S. commercial suborbital flight opportunities, FO establishes itself as a reliable customer for the emerging U.S. suborbital flight vendors and thereby fosters the growth of the U.S. commercial suborbital market.

2.0 Objectives

The goals and objectives of this contract are to provide a mechanism for the Chief Technologist Office and the Flight Opportunities Office to request specific work as needed through Task Orders (TO) during the duration of the contract. The TO results or end products will be used to support the outreach and marketing efforts of each office.

3.0 Scope

This statement of work covers the contractor effort required to assess, develop, validate, deliver, document, and support AFRC’s, Chief Technologist Office and Flight Opportunities Office. The tasks will focus on the partnership development, marketing, outreach and facilitation of commercialization to support NASA's technology partnership program.

4.0 Requirements

Task Orders will be written for specific work. Task descriptions below will provide general guidance on the types of tasks expected under this contract.

4.1 Report Development

The contractor shall assist AFRC in developing and formatting reports that AFRC may be required to develop.

4.2 Strategy Development

The contractor shall assist AFRC in the development of its infusion and other tactical and strategic planning, including technology and market assessment reports, technical input into various communications products, partnership development strategies, and implementation and due diligence on potential partners.

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4.4 Outreach Support

4.4.1 Website Support

The contractor shall design and develop website structure and content as needed to maintain a current and active web presence to support the AFRC technology and need partnership activities. Content may include, but is not limited to: blog development; event advertising and registration; other marketing materials; and information on how to do business with AFRC. Website content updates web team monthly or as needed to ensure timely updates are effectively communicated to Armstrong stakeholders, both within and outside of Armstrong. Web-ready code shall be submitted electronically to AFRC through the COR or designee.

NASA Tech port website entry support Center Chief Technology Website support

4.4.2 Success Story Development

The contractor shall research and write technology and partnership success stories and significant event articles suitable for publication in various venues including print, web and video. Each success story shall have minimally 800 words of text describing the technology, the development team, the technology’s space application, impact over the state of the art, and potential space mission application. Photographs, figures and graphics should be included. To the extent practical, success stories will be developed in tandem with other outputs of this SOW such as awards, press releases and articles. The draft and final documents shall be submitted electronically to AFRC through the COR or designee. The success stories shall be developed for public release and shall not contain proprietary or International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) data.

4.4.3 Publication Development

The contractor shall prepare various publications in support of AFRC. These may include updating existing publications, newsletters/magazines, technology portfolio, technology/industry briefing material development, technology writing and editing support for papers, developing AFRC accomplishments reports, and developing special topic brochures in a final format suitable for publication and printing. The draft and final documents shall be submitted electronically to AFRC through the COR or designee.

4.4.4 Awards Support

The contractor shall prepare awards and other supporting tasks for the preparation of award applications/nominations for Space Act Awards, Research & Development (R&D) 100, Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC), Space Technology Hall of Fame, and other award applications. The draft and final documents shall be submitted electronically to AFRC through the COR or designee.

4.4.5 Other Outreach Support

The contractor shall design and develop additional outreach materials. These include trade show displays, presentation materials, training materials, and training classes. The draft and final documents shall be submitted electronically to AFRC through the COR or designee.

4.5 Special Projects

Special Projects shall be defined in task orders in areas including the following:

Technology infusion projects, Application-based activities Event planning and coordination Development of professional conference and organization papers Presentations on tech methodologies and case studies, including analysis of technical, commercial viability, or economic data on specific topics Studies to develop strategies to identify alternative funding sources Identification and assessment/qualification/verification of potential partners Management of industry briefings to solicit and secure partnership interests of AFRC.

Any resulting documents shall be submitted in an electronic format to AFRC through the COR or designee.

The Contractor Officer Representative (COR) is Earl S. Adams, (AFRC-570) Tel. 661.276.5307 Earl.S.Adams@nasa.gov

5.0 Deliverables

For each TO written against this SOW, required delivery dates will be supplied for each deliverable. The contractor will provide a status report at the beginning of each month describing the efforts and deliverables of the previous month.

6.0 Installation-Accountable Government Property (IAGP)

The government will provide a two-factor authentication mechanism for the contractor to access NASA Information Technology resources required to perform the tasks listed in this SOW.

7.0 Security

Contractors will need to be NACI eligible. This will ensure that they can be PIV compliant Investigations/HSPD-12/PIV compliant PIV badges and VPN access since the current way they access our network remotely. Clause 52.204-9, Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel (Jan 2011

8.0 Travel

The contractor shall participate in on-site meetings to assist in strategy development and execution, including technology marketing strategy meetings. These meetings will be scheduled by the COR.

9.0 Special Material Requirements

Not applicable.

10.0 Other Unique Requirements

Technical Education and Experience – Key Personnel Positions

Personnel Qualifications: Personnel proposed must be U.S citizens.

The contractor shall provide a resume for each key position. The resume should reflect the ability to perform the complexity of the work required in the SOW.

10.1 Executive Manager

The Executive Manager provides professional management over a broad range of intellectual property (IP) management and commercialization activities. The manager has strong project management skills, with an acute attention to detail and ability to organize and communicate complex information. The manager is able to establish and manage many projects simultaneously across a broad range of technologies and markets.

Education: Bachelor's degree:

Bachelor's degree in a technical or business field from an accredited college or university.

Experience:

Minimum of 5 years of technology transfer experience including successful drafting and negotiation of license agreements and working with venture capital community and start-up companies. Demonstrated ability to work effectively with researchers, business development leaders, legal staff, and industrial contacts.

Intellectual achievement that demonstrates (1) in-depth knowledge of the marketplace of technology investors and private capital partners; (2) trends and developments intended to move emerging government or university technologies to the private sector; (3) an awareness of technology transfer methods and current practices; and (4) government/university initiatives to develop and expand commercialization of intellectual property and related research.

10.2 Technical Experts

The Technology Transfer Experts perform technical and market-based evaluations of technologies to determine commercial viability and value to the marketplace. The experts also act as liaisons between NASA Armstrong and outside parties who request additional information on collaborative/partnering opportunities.

The contractor shall provide expertise in a minimum of three of the focus groups below. Each expert shall meet the education and experience requirements.

Education: Bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree in a technical field in at least one of the following technology areas (Group A- D) from an accredited college or university

1. Group A: Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

a. Aerodynamics and Fluid Mechanics

b. Aeroelasticity and Structural Dynamics

c. Flight Mechanics and Controls

d. Propulsion and Combustion

e. Structural Mechanics and Materials

f. Thermal Dynamics

2. Group B: Optical Science

a. Lasers and Fiber Optics

3. Group C: Information Technology, Communications and Software Engineering

a. Simulations

b. Database Design

c. Real-time Systems

d. Communication Systems

e. Automation and Control Systems

4. Group D: Sensors and Instrumentation

Minimum of 3 years of technology transfer experience evaluating invention disclosures for commercial potential. Ability to interact with engineers, scientists as well as business executives and also demonstrate familiarity with intellectual property licensing and technology commercialization in an industry, government or academic setting.

10.3 Marketing and Outreach Specialist

The Marketing and Outreach Specialist markets early stage NASA Armstrong developed technology and research to industry. The specialist develops marketing strategies and prepares non-disclosing summaries of technical/need information for marketing purposes.

The specialist also creates marketing campaigns and descriptive marketing advertisements to attract research partners and licensees, and monitors responses to marketing campaigns.

Education: Bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree in a technical or business field from an accredited college or university.

Minimum of 3 years of developing marketing material and campaigns to attract research partners and licensees.

11.0 Place of Performance

Support will primarily be provided at the contractor's facilities and AFRC, though the needs of some tasks may require travel to other NASA centers or customer facilities.