Tab 04 SOW.pdf

STATEMENT OF WORK

Fabrication of C-PICA Felt in support of Ames Research Center Thermal Protection System Branch

May 2025

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Ames Research Center Moffett Field, California

C-PICA Felt Fabrication Version: Rev 1

Table of Contents

1.0 Background

2.0 Purpose and Scope

3.0 Project Structure

4.0 Contract Line Item Numbers

5.0 Applicable Documents

6.0 Task Description

7.0 Schedule

8.0 Government Furnished Equipment, Property, or Information

9.0 Travel

10.0 Period of Performance

11.0 Point of Contact (P.O.C) Information

1.0 Background

NASA Ames is supporting various commercial and government entities in the fabrication, continued development, and integration of Conformal Phenolic Impregnated Carbon Ablator (C-

PICA).

2.0 Purpose and Scope

The purpose of this Statement of Work (SOW) is to procure the precursor felt material for flight grade C-PICA for future commercial and government missions.

3.0 Project Structure

The contractor shall provide all labor, materials, facilities, service, equipment, analysis, and management necessary to fabricate hardware defined in section 4.0.

4.0 Contract Line-Item Numbers

The effort described by this SOW shall be completed when all subcontract Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINS), defined in Table 1, are complete. As shown in the drawings, there are also some post-AM details that we require – reaming/drilling/machining of the heater and fill tube holes.

Table 1: Contract Line-Item Numbers (CLINS)

Line Item #

Part Qty. Delivery Date

1 C-PICA Rayon TPS Billet 7 August 2025

5.0 Applicable Documents

The documents for this IAA include the following listed below:

Determination & Findings (D&F)

Statement of Work (SOW)

JA22 Ames Routing Slip

NF 1707 Form

Independent Government Cost Estimate (IGCE)

Quote from vendor

7600A & 7600B

NIPR Form

Sole Source Justification

6.0 Description of Tasks and Technical Requirements

6.1 Description of Tasks

Vendor is to fabricate quantity of parts specified in Table 1 per requirements specified in Section

6.2 of this document.

6.2 Technical Requirements

Technical requirements are documented below:

Vendor shall have previous experience with fabrication of flight quality Rayon TPS for the C-PICA TPS

Vendor shall be certified to ISO 9001 or better.

Whitegoods shall be needled to a bulk density of 0.165 ± 0.005 g/cm3 per AFFCO Felt

Manufacturing Procedure Control Document 626125 - Billet shall be 65” x 65" x 6” thick

Whitegoods fiber shall be VISCOSE Staple Fiber 5.5X89-BL BRIGHT Vendor shall mark and label the last needled surface as the “top” surface with black sharpie when trimming.

7.0 Schedule

Table 2. Schedule for Deliverables Activity Responsible Start Date Delivery Date

Fabrication and delivery of Parts in Table 1

Subcontractor May 2025 August 2025

8.0 Government-Furnished Property, Material, Equipment, or Information (GFP/M/E/I)

N/A

9.0 Travel

No travel costs anticipated.

10.0 Period of Performance

The period of performance for this effort shall be from May 2025 to August 2025.

11.0 Point of Contact (P.O.C) Information

NASA Ames Point of Contact (POC):

Address: Building 234 Room 117, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035-