# B.4.2.1 -- Space Operations Systems Engineering Space Operations Directive Agreement (SODA) FSA

## 1. Overview

This SODA FSA defines the LOE end-to-end systems engineering services to
be provided by the CSOC contractor.

## 2. Scope

This SODA FSA's intent is to scope the unplanned tasks and planned
government-led efforts.

This FSA defines work that is dynamic in nature and often performed in a
"team" arrangement with the government and sometimes other contractors.
For the government-led efforts, the government defines the overall
requirements and decides the respective responsibilities of each
organization participating in the effort. Intermediate and final
deliverable items will be defined in task orders for the independent
studies and analyses, government-led and quick reaction efforts.

The analysis and operations work defined here includes the systems
engineering and operations integration disciplines. The integrated table
B.4.2.1-5.0 represents the current space operations systems engineering
work projection.

## 3. Description

This section provides a description of the types of work defined in this
FSA.

1.  **Independent Studies and Analyses.** The CSOC contractor shall
    provide studies, analyses, and impact statements for space
    operations CRs and proposed alternatives. This will include
    producing end-to-end architecture tradeoff assessments and
    implementation plans and investigating space operations process
    reengineering. This work may be planned efforts in support of a new
    capability or it may be unplanned in response to an ad-hoc request
    by a customer, e.g., an enterprise, a project scientist, a
    university or industry.

2.  **Government-Led Efforts.** At times, certain systems engineering
    tasks will be government-led. The CSOC contractor shall provide
    support for these government-led activities. These activities are
    typically for studies and analyses of space operations CRs and
    proposed alternatives. They could include producing end-to-end
    architecture tradeoff assessments and implementation plans,
    investigating space operations process reengineering, and supporting
    development/CC of standards. This work is typically performed in
    conjunction with a team consisting of the government systems
    engineers and other space operations contractor's systems engineers.
    The contractor is expected to provide systems engineering,
    spacecraft design, and Service Element-specific skills in areas to
    supplement government core competencies.

3.  **Quick-Reaction Efforts.** The contractor shall provide support for
    quick-reaction analysis for a variety of applications. These efforts
    are typically unplanned and/or are responding to events such as a
    target of opportunity, ad hoc requirements such as a short planning
    cycle, or programmatic changes.

4.  **Skills.** The skills required will change over time with the total
    expected LOE year-to-year resources remaining constant. As the CSOC
    contractor comes on board, it is anticipated that the number of
    government-led activities to investigate opportunities for synergism
    within the Integrated Operations Architecture (IOA) will decrease.
    The contractor is expected to initiate its own activities to
    investigate opportunities for synergism and cost-savings within the
    baselined architecture.

    As day-to-day operations are transitioned to the CSOC contractor,
    the government will focus its efforts on investigating new
    technologies for space operations and communications and integrating
    new programs into the IOA. Since CSOC will have key expertise and
    knowledge of the baselined architecture and its capabilities, it is
    anticipated that support will sometimes be required in the
    evaluation of a new program's requirements.

## 4. Performance Requirements

The end-to-end systems engineering requirements will be defined in each
task order.

## 5. Integrated Table

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  Table B.4.2.1-5.0 Space                                                               
  Operations Systems                                                                    
  Engineering SODA                                                                      
  Missions, Functions,                                                                  
  and Tasks                                                                             
  ----------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --- -------
  Mission/Function/Task   Task Start Task       Service     SOW         Reference       EST
                                     Complete   Element     Reference   Documents       CSOC
                                                Reference                               AVG.
                                                                                        FTE's

  Systems Engineering                                                                   

  Government-Led Studies/ Contract   Contract   All         2.3         N/A         5   
  Analyses and            Start      End                                                
  Quick-Reaction Efforts                                                                

  Independent Studies/    Contract   Contract   All         2.3         N/A         2   
  Analyses and            Start      End                                                
  Quick-Reaction Efforts                                                                
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The integrated table B.4.2.1-5.0 included in this FSA contains
information about the scope of effort required to support Space
Operations Systems Engineering for the SODA. This section describes the
elements of the table in detail. Each row of the table represents a
collection of work in a mission or functional area.

## 5.1 Mission/Function/Task

This column contains the names of the mission and/or functional area
(shaded) and the names of the individual efforts contained in this FSA.

## 5.2 Task Start

This column contains the start date of the particular effort under this
FSA.

## 5.3 Task Complete

This column contains the completion date of the particular effort under
this FSA.

## 5.4 Service Element Reference

This column contains reference(s) to Service Elements from which this
effort will require services.

## 5.5 SOW Reference

This column contains references to the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) in
the CSOC Statement of Work (SOW) under which these efforts are
authorized. An example is SOW 2.4.1.8.a, which specifies requirements
associated with mission services development activity that is an ongoing
development that will be transferred from the current development
contractor to the CSOC contractor for completing the development phase
and for performing the M&O of the developed system or facility.

## 5.6 Reference Documents

This column contains references to documents, if any, that further
describe the nature and scope of work under this effort. For those
efforts with later start dates, documentation may not be available.

## 5.7 Estimated CSOC Average FTEs

This column contains the CSOC average yearly staffing on each task. For
government-led activities, it will represent some fraction of the total
effort on the project, with the government and other contractors
providing the remaining effort.

## 6. SODA Task Synopses

## 6.1 End-to-End Systems Engineering services

The contractor shall provide overall systems engineering services.

Systems engineering shall be accomplished on an end-to-end basis for
each or a combination of mission, data, and center-unique service(s).
This level of systems engineering focuses on an integrated solution to
space operations services across NASA, utilizing existing facilities
and/or tools integrated with commercially provided services where
possible to achieve the most cost-effective approach of providing the
required services.

The CSOC contractor shall provide services to support government-led
efforts. Specialized focus teams will be established, as required, to
evaluate specific system architectural aspects, technology proposals, or
new operations services requirements and to address capability
duplications and/or overlaps within existing and/or planned space
operations systems.