SALMON AO Amendment 10, Corrections and clarifications to PEA H8: SOFIA Second Generation Instrument Investigations
NNH08ZDA009O-SOFIA2G
Appendix H8: SOFIA Second Generation Instrument Investigations
Release Date: July 8, 2011
Proposals Due: October 7, 2011
With this amendment, Program Element Appendix H8, “SOFIA Second Generation Instrument Investigations,” of the NASA Announcement of Opportunity ( AO) NNH08ZDA009O, “Stand Alone Mission of Opportunity Notice (SALMON),” has been amended to provide corrections and clarifications to the released text.
This amendment removes any limitations on the participation of Aerospace Corporation in any capacity under this AO (Section 4.1.2(iii) Organizations Precluded from Proposing due to an Organizational Conflict of Interest: The Aerospace Corporation).
This amendment clarifies one point (the CM&O rate for NASA Centers) and corrects an error (the source of civil servant labor funding under the current NASA budget structure) regarding full cost accounting for NASA facilities and personnel (Section 4.6.4 Full Cost Accounting).
This amendment clarifies that proposals are not required to include small business subcontracting plans (Section 4.11 Exceptions to General SALMON Requirements).
This amendment clarifies text in the following sections without any change in meaning, policy, or requirements: Section 4.12 Use of SOFIA for Other Purposes, Section 4.7.1 Observatory Capabilities, Section 5.1.2 Limit on Format and Size of Electronic Proposals.
On or about August 10, 2011, Amendment No. 10 to the SALMON AO (NNH08ZDA009O) will be posted on the NASA research opportunity homepage at http://nspires.nasaprs.com/ (select “Solicitations” then “Open Solicitations” then “NNH08ZDA009O”).
Questions concerning the SALMON AO PEA H8 SOFIA Second Generation Instrument Investigations may be addressed to Dr. Paul Hertz, Science Mission Directorate, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC 20546-0001; Telephone: 202-358-0986; E-mail: paul.hertz@nasa.gov (subject line to read “SOFIA 2G AO”).
