NASA Solicitation: Complimentary Acquisitions Approach for Ames’ Contracts
Synopsis – Jun 09, 2011
General Information
Solicitation Number: N/A
Reference Number: SN-COMPLACQ
Posted Date: Jun 09, 2011
FedBizOpps Posted Date: Jun 09, 2011
Recovery and Reinvestment Act Action: No
Original Response Date: N/A
Current Response Date: N/A
Classification Code: A — Research and Development
NAICS Code: 541712 – Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
Set-Aside Code:
Contracting Office Address
NASA/Ames Research Center, JA:M/S 241-1, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000
Description
NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) is planning two new complementary acquisitions for program and engineering support that will integrate the entire lifecycle of program and project management. The goal of these two new acquisitions is to strengthen ARC’s ability to meet the Center’s and the Agency’s strategic goals for NASA missions by providing continuity, flexibility and competiveness. A summary of each acquisition is provided below. Both contracts are needed for the full lifecycle of missions. The Fully Integrated Lifecycle Mission Support Services (FILMSS) contract will focus on up-front activities (Phase A) necessary to initiate a project, such as integrated mission planning. In Phases B, C and& D, FILMSS will be the contract mechanism to provide special studies and analyses support for programs/projects and technical authorities. FILMSS becomes the principal tool to support programs and projects in Phase E as missions enter the operations phase. The Project and Engineering Support Services (PESS) contract will provide multi-disciplinary engineering, testing and fabrication for program and project efforts. This consolidated engineering support will focus on project implementation, design and fabrication, or work typically performed in phases B, C and D of the program lifecycle and will include spacecraft missions design development and analysis. Together, PESS and FILMSS will provide our programs and projects access to all skills and services necessary to promote a consistent, leveraged, and efficient approach to managing the Center’s missions.
Fully Integrated Lifecycle Mission Support Services (FILMSS): The sources sought for this acquisition has not been posted yet; however, we do anticipate posting the sources sought in the next month. This acquisition will provide a sustained program and project management capability for missions, instruments, technology development efforts, collaborative science programs, ARC and NASA project offices, and mission and science operations.
Some of the key functional areas on the FILMSS acquisition will be Program Management, Science and Operations and related support for efforts such as ISS Utilization, SOFIA, Kepler, the NASA Astrobiology Institute, the NASA Lunar Science Institute, New Opportunities Center, Science and Research Subject Matter Experts, Planetary Protection, Analysis and Archiving of Mission and Science Data, Educational and Public Outreach, and future Virtual Institutes.
Questions about this procurement can be sent to Jill Willard at Jill.Willard-1@nasa.gov.
Project and Engineering Support Services (PESS): The sources sought for this acquisition has been posted as NNA11374362R-ACR and an interested parties list will be posted in the near term and updated periodically. It is our intention that PESS will become the Center’s singular engineering contract. This acquisition will provide multi-disciplinary engineering, testing, and fabrication support services for ground based, airborne, and spaceflight hardware and software development and applications for numerous and varied ARC and NASA programs and projects, as well as spacecraft missions design development and analysis.
Some of the key functional areas on the PESS acquisition will be Engineering Design & Analysis, Small Spacecraft and Nanosatellite Mission Design & Analysis, Systems Engineering, Integration & Testing, Instrumentation, Fabrication and related support for efforts such as Operational Planning, SOFIA, Kepler, LADEE, ISS, Wind Tunnel Model development, Configuration Management, Engineering and Technical Data Management Tracking, and Multi-Mission Operations.
Questions about this procurement can be sent to AnJennette C. Rodriquez at anjennette.c.rodriquez@nasa.gov.
Point of Contact
Name: Jill Willard
Title: Contracting Officer
Phone: 650-604-3007
Fax: 650-604-3020
Email: jill.willard-1@nasa.gov
