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### Reference Text File for PARAGON SPACE DEVELOPMENT CORP. GS-23F-0272M 

**Paragon Space Development Corporation**

**Integrating systems engineering with biology, chemistry, and other
life sciences.**

**Providing real solutions for radical concepts.**

Contents

[1 SIN 871, 871RC \-- General 3](#__RefHeading___Toc197921083)

[1.1 Primary Engineering Disciplines (PEDs)
3](#__RefHeading___Toc197921084)

[1.2 Core Competencies 3](#__RefHeading___Toc197921085)

[1.3 Specific Professional Engineering Experience
3](#__RefHeading___Toc197921086)

[2 SIN 871-1, 871-1RC Strategic Planning for Technical Programs and
Activities 3](#__RefHeading___Toc197921087)

[2.1 Market Driven Top Level Requirements Analysis
3](#__RefHeading___Toc197921088)

[2.2 Integration of Operational Concepts into Commercial Use Studies
3](#__RefHeading___Toc197921089)

[2.3 Effectiveness Analysis 3](#__RefHeading___Toc197921090)

[2.4 Human Factors Planning, and Integration
3](#__RefHeading___Toc197921091)

[2.5 Develop Operations Simulation Strategy
3](#__RefHeading___Toc197921092)

[2.6 Set Up and Support of Operations 3](#__RefHeading___Toc197921093)

[3 SIN 871-2, 871-2RC Concept Development and Requirements Analysis
3](#__RefHeading___Toc197921094)

[3.1 Systems Engineering, Modeling, Analyses, and Trade Studies
3](#__RefHeading___Toc197921095)

[3.2 Subsystems Engineering, Modeling, Analyses, and Trade Studies
3](#__RefHeading___Toc197921096)

[4 SIN 871-3, 871-3RC System Design, Engineering, & Integration
3](#__RefHeading___Toc197921097)

[4.1 Biotechnology System Design and Engineering for Space Flight
3](#__RefHeading___Toc197921098)

[4.2 Commercial System Design 3](#__RefHeading___Toc197921099)

[4.3 Experiment and Principal Investigator Support
3](#__RefHeading___Toc197921100)

[5 SIN 871-4, 871-4RC Test & Evaluation 3](#__RefHeading___Toc197921101)

[5.1 Space-Qualified Testing and Evaluation
3](#__RefHeading___Toc197921102)

[5.2 Environmental and Acceptance Testing
3](#__RefHeading___Toc197921103)

[6 SIN 871-5, 871-5RC Integrated Logistics Support
3](#__RefHeading___Toc197921104)

[6.1 Integrated Logistics Support for Spaceflight-Worthy Systems
3](#__RefHeading___Toc197921105)

[6.2 Commercial Systems Logistics Support
3](#__RefHeading___Toc197921106)

[7 SIN 871-6, 871-6RC Acquisition and Life Cycle Management
3](#__RefHeading___Toc197921107)

[7.1 Fabrication, Testing, & Delivery of Space Qualified Systems &
Subsystems 3](#__RefHeading___Toc197921108)

[7.2 Acquisition and Life Cycle of Commercial Systems
3](#__RefHeading___Toc197921109)

[8 Ordering Instructions 3](#__RefHeading___Toc197921110)

[9 Labor Categories & Rates 3](#__RefHeading___Toc197921111)

1.  []{#__RefHeading___Toc197921083 .anchor}SIN 871, 871RC \-- General

Paragon Space Development Corporation is a woman-owned small business
founded in 1993 to bring together the disciplines of closed-system
environmental science (Life Support) and aerospace engineering into
coherent science, engineering, and commercial services and product
development. Paragon has over 9 years of experience providing a wide
range of services and technical support to the aerospace industry.

Paragon has completed or is currently providing services to, among
others, SPACEHAB, Lockheed-Martin, University of Arizona, CargoLifter
Inc., Jet Propulsion Lab, Fujita Corporation, Obayashi Corporation, Toyo
Engineering, and Seaphire, Inc. The US Navy has recently awarded an SBIR
to Paragon for the development of a breathing apparatus for divers
submerged in hazardous material.

With over two years of on-orbit experiment time, Paragon s experience
includes experiments flown on the Space Shuttle, Mir, and the
International Space Station (ISS). We also have experience in planning
for late load of biological experiments on the Space Shuttle, Russian
Progress, and Biosatellite vehicles. In addition, our engineering staff
has other relevant expertise including life sciences glove box
development, design leadership of the ISS solar arrays, and work in
neutral buoyancy as primary trainer for the Hubble Space Telescope
repair mission.

1.  []{#__RefHeading___Toc197921084 .anchor}Primary Engineering
    Disciplines (PEDs)

-   Chemical Engineering (biotechnology, safety engineering, and
    electronic components and chemicals);

-   Electrical Engineering (aerospace and electronic systems, circuits
    and systems, antennas and propagation, control systems, engineering
    management, engineering in medicine and biology, reliability,
    instrumentation and measurement, vehicular technology, and oceanic
    engineering), and

-   Mechanical Engineering (aerospace engineering, design engineering,
    bioengineering, dynamic systems and control, heat transfer,
    manufacturing engineering, management, micro-channel flow and heat
    transfer, ocean engineering, and safety engineering and risk
    analysis).

We also use MERIT (Methodology for Evaluating, Ranking, and Inserting
Technology), to help bring high risk-high technology ventures to
fruition.

1.  []{#__RefHeading___Toc197921085 .anchor}Core Competencies

-   System Architecture & Engineering

-   Aerospace Engineering

-   Thermal analysis, design, and engineering

-   Environmental Control & Life Support Systems

-   Human Factors and Other Life Sciences

-   Principal Investigator Assistance

-   Space Biology Experiment Design, Development, and Integration

-   Access To Space Getting Experiments Flown

-   MERIT (Methodology for Evaluating, Ranking & Inserting Technology)

-   Risk Assessment and Mitigation

-   Payload and Hardware Integration

-   Rapid Development of Space Experiments

-   Biotechnology Development

-   Environmental Improvement

-   Space Flight Operations

-   Business Processes

    1.  []{#__RefHeading___Toc197921086 .anchor}Specific Professional
        Engineering Experience

-   Environmentally closed life support and crew systems analysis,
    design, technology evaluation and modeling for NASA s Space Launch
    Initiative (SLI) program.

-   Systems engineering and operations development including simulation
    and crew training development, top level requirements definition
    with flow down to A and B Specifications for the largest airship
    ever built.

-   Prototype demonstrations of novel technologies, such as innovative
    large scale air purification technologies.

-   Satellite post payload faring ejection aerothermal analysis

-   Designed, built, and tested the first system to support the
    propagation of live mouse, rat, and human thymus tissue to
    investigate, in vitro, the vexing problem of reduced white blood
    cell count in long-duration astronauts. This project has
    far-reaching implications for immunology research, including AIDS,
    immune dysfunction, and immune suppression.

-   Designed, built and flew its patented Autonomous Biological System
    (ABS) and organized a team of investigators to conduct research
    using the ABS. Eleven investigators, each with different sampling
    and data requirements, participated in the series of three flights:
    a ten-day experiment on STS-77 and two four-month experiments on
    NASA-Mir 3&6. The first animals to perform complete life cycles in
    space did so during these experiments. The Journal of Biological
    Sciences in Space dedicated an entire issue to the results of these
    experiments.

-   Paragon designed, fabricated, tested, and prepared for flight the
    first commercial experiment on ISS in only 2 months and 12 days from
    contract through launch. In this project, Paragon worked with the
    RSA / Energia, SPACEHAB, and NASA to complete all required Russian
    and US Series 200 documentation to launch the experiment on a
    Russian Progress vehicle. This work was the pathfinder for all
    future commercial projects involving the RSA / Energia, and
    SPACEHAB.

-   Designed life support system for ants, bees and fish, manifested for
    flight on STS-107.

-   Designed, developed, and installed the first automated heliostat
    (Diamondlights) in a major league baseball stadium to illuminate a
    range of targets below the level of the reflector.

-   Wing design analysis for novel aircraft.

-   Designed for JPL the ECLSS and thermal systems for the Mars
    Greenhouse Experiment Module, a sealed chamber to grow plants in
    Martian soil on the surface of Mars.

-   Gas control and analysis system design for the Closed Ecological
    Experiment Facility in Japan, a human rated regenerative life
    support system

-   Paragon s EVA expert has over 300 hours of underwater neutral
    buoyancy experience and over 100 hours in the Shuttle EVA suit,
    including Hubble Space Telescope deployment and repair activities
    crew training.

-   Paragon s Vice President of Engineering was the project design lead
    for the Space Station Solar Arrays.

2.  []{#__RefHeading___Toc197921087 .anchor}SIN 871-1, 871-1RC Strategic
    Planning for Technical Programs and Activities

    1.  []{#__RefHeading___Toc197921088 .anchor}Market Driven Top Level
        Requirements Analysis

-   Research and Analysis of Market Requirements

-   Translation of Market Requirements into Concepts of Operations and
    Top Level Requirements (TLR) documents

-   Deriving operating profiles for Theoretical Concept of Operations.

-   Coordinating development of the Operations plans including test and
    certification activities.

-   Requirements Traceability Analyses

-   Ongoing Requirements Maintenance

    1.  []{#__RefHeading___Toc197921089 .anchor}Integration of
        Operational Concepts into Commercial Use Studies

-   Review of technology roadmaps to ensure the capability to satisfy
    operational requirements

-   Derivation of operating profile(s)

-   Development of a Series TLR

-   Extension of Use Study to address business model issues

-   Evaluation of Technology Roadmap to Commercial Applications

    1.  []{#__RefHeading___Toc197921090 .anchor}Effectiveness Analysis

-   Defining a basis for business requirements

-   Performing effectiveness analyses of performance represented by
    design and planned infrastructure for operations

-   Analysis of multiple node networks under varying economic and
    operational constraints

    1.  []{#__RefHeading___Toc197921091 .anchor}Human Factors Planning,
        and Integration

-   Crew Accommodation and Operations Development

-   Generation of an Initial Crew Function/Task allocation concept
    intended to assist with the definition of the Operations Areas and
    Features, specifically:

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-   Establish operational requirements and development schedule

-   Survey all operations related to the human roles and activities
    presently envisioned in all areas

-   Perform Red Team Review of operational procedures

-   Establish all physical interfaces and locations of all crewmembers
    during operations.

-   Trade off operational design concepts

    1.  []{#__RefHeading___Toc197921092 .anchor}Develop Operations
        Simulation Strategy

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-   Develop a comprehensive strategy for the development of mock-ups and
    simulations required for training and operations verifications,
    specifically:

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-   Prioritized requirements and objectives for simulation, such as
    human interface design testing (virtual or mock-up), procedure
    development, and crew and personnel training.

-   A schedule of milestones linked to the development schedule

-   Estimated ROM budget

-   Identification of and co-ordination with all stakeholders

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-   Develop an Integrated Implementation Plan

    1.  []{#__RefHeading___Toc197921093 .anchor}Set Up and Support of
        Operations

-   Development and promulgation of design safety and operational
    requirements

-   Managerial support of Operations

-   Air and ground equipment operations development

-   Support of operational procedures generation

-   Generation and maintenance of Operations Manuals

-   Development and management of Operations Status Review Board process
    and procedures including waivers and deviation procedures

-   Support for mission planning and control activities

-   Methodology development support for Operational Reviews such as
    trend data analysis and proper review and dispositioning of
    anomalies

-   Support of Human Interface design

-   Verification of Operations safety critical aerodynamic data and
    support for verification of internal loads data

-   Generation of safety standards

-   Development of Commercial Operating Scenarios and Commercial
    Concepts of Operations

-   Support for commercial operating cost analysis

-   Planning and co-ordination of production and maintenance activities
    in so far as they impact safe operations

-   Support personnel as needed for specific tasks such as design
    reviews

3.  []{#__RefHeading___Toc197921094 .anchor}SIN 871-2, 871-2RC Concept
    Development and Requirements Analysis

    1.  []{#__RefHeading___Toc197921095 .anchor}Systems Engineering,
        Modeling, Analyses, and Trade Studies

-   Subsystem technology analysis and parametric model development to
    obtain total properties for multiple technology scenarios

-   Iterative analysis to arrive at a prime candidate technology
    scenario for inclusion in the overall architecture design

-   Systems Engineering & Trade Studies to include:

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-   Crew Cabin Design

-   Mass and energy models (developed by Paragon under the 2GRLV Risk
    Reduction Definition Program) that estimate the mass, volume, and
    power requirements of the ECLSS and Thermal Control Systems (TCS)
    hardware of CTV and Crew Escape System (CES)

-   Metrics of maintainability, reliability (such as component mean time
    between failures) and operating cost

-   Models for integrating ECLSS and TCS architecture concepts into
    overall vehicle parametric models such that mass, volume, power,
    heat rejection, mission duration, number of crew, etc. requirements
    may be exchanged with model controls and relevant subsystem sizing
    models

-   Risk assessment and mitigation data

-   Master equipment lists including mass, volume, power, reliability,
    and cost estimating algorithms and associated rationale

-   Special packaging constraints or requirements along with any
    mandated constraints or requirements

    1.  []{#__RefHeading___Toc197921096 .anchor}Subsystems Engineering,
        Modeling, Analyses, and Trade Studies

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-   Cabin temperature and humidity control including atmospheric
    moisture removal, accumulated water collection and storage or
    disposal, sensible and latent heat removal, air-cooling of equipment
    and avionics, coolant loops, sensors and controls, avionics heat
    conducted to the atmosphere, etc.

-   Crew Systems including displays and controls, alarm enunciation,
    emergency medical and monitoring systems, potable water supply,
    water recovery and management, water treatment and storage

-   Fire and smoke detection and fire suppression including sensors,
    suppression systems, atmosphere recovery and emergency breathing
    systems

-   ECLSS and associated crew systems that are unique to the Crew Escape
    System

-   Atmospheric Control and Supply including oxygen and nitrogen
    storage, cabin partial pressure control, emergency repressurization,
    ventilation, filtration, and partial pressure suits supply, CO~2~
    removal, atmospheric monitoring, trace gas, odors, and other
    contaminant control, and particulate filtration/control

-   Spacecraft thermal control and heat rejection systems such as
    radiators, evaporators, heat exchangers, and working fluids

-   EVA support including consumables supply, spare parts, battery
    charging, and EMU re-supply

-   Safety monitoring pressure, temperature and humidity monitoring,
    enunciation, trace gas detection, and contaminant detection

4.  []{#__RefHeading___Toc197921097 .anchor}SIN 871-3, 871-3RC System
    Design, Engineering, & Integration

    1.  []{#__RefHeading___Toc197921098 .anchor}Biotechnology System
        Design and Engineering for Space Flight

-   Requirements definition

-   Design of experimental system

-   Prototype fabrication

-   Fabrication of quartz vessels and HPT inserts

-   Design and fabrication of clinostat and motional control mechanism

-   Writing assistance with awarded NRA for ground work

    1.  []{#__RefHeading___Toc197921099 .anchor}Commercial System Design

-   Requirements definition

-   System and subsystem design

-   Safety studies and analyses

-   System and subsystem fabrication

-   Integration of subcontractor and vendor equipment

-   System installation

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-   Operational procedures

-   Operator training

-   Local licensing and certification

    1.  []{#__RefHeading___Toc197921100 .anchor}Experiment and Principal
        Investigator Support

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-   Designed, built, integrated, tested, and flew space-qualified
    experiments

-   Science and engineering support for educational experiments

-   Defined experiment and experimental protocols

-   Defined requirements for life support and flight hardware

-   Fabrication of the internal structure of the habitats and associated
    life support

-   Participated in Critical Design Reviews with students, teachers,
    science and engineering teams and flight opportunity provider
    (SPACEHAB)

-   Laboratory testing of life support system and flight hardware

-   Developed load, observation, and post landing protocols

-   Performed a 77-parabola flight campaign to test response to
    microgravity

5.  []{#__RefHeading___Toc197921101 .anchor}SIN 871-4, 871-4RC Test &
    Evaluation

    1.  []{#__RefHeading___Toc197921102 .anchor}Space-Qualified Testing
        and Evaluation

-   Designed and tested ecosystems

-   Developed and tested load protocols

-   Designed and fabricated hardware

-   Performed Acceptance testing in US and Russia (vacuum, vibration,
    visual inspection)

-   Developed, fabricated, and tested Active Thermal Carrier for
    delivering biological late load payload items to launch in Bikonur,
    tested to 35^o^F

-   Performed parabolic flight testing of experimental organisms on the
    French Airbus A300

-   Materials testing

    1.  []{#__RefHeading___Toc197921103 .anchor}Environmental and
        Acceptance Testing

-   Production of prototype units including tests for biological and
    experimental conformance

-   Redesign and modification for acceptance testing

-   Acceptance testing of qualification unit prototypes at NASA Ames
    Research Center

-   Vibration, centrifuge, and biological testing of prototype units for
    testing of flight worthiness

-   Long duration, multi-functional demonstration test of
    computer-controlled systems.

-   Durability and reliability testing of controls and mechanisms

6.  []{#__RefHeading___Toc197921104 .anchor}SIN 871-5, 871-5RC
    Integrated Logistics Support

    1.  []{#__RefHeading___Toc197921105 .anchor}Integrated Logistics
        Support for Spaceflight-Worthy Systems

-   Developing and testing load procedures

-   Developing preflight protocols

-   Trained researches in use and handling of the systems and subsystems

-   Identification and management of outsource vendors for parts of the
    dishes

-   Performing QA and QC on all hardware.

-   Assessing reliability and long-term performance of systems and
    subsystems under flight-like conditions

-   Assessing and refining system design for ease of loading and use by
    the researchers

-   Developing all phases of preflight, on-orbit, and post landing
    operations protocols.

-   Developed and tested life support system pre-launch build protocol

-   Developed and tested load protocol

-   Worked with US and Russian officials to determine placement of
    system on the Space Station, including providing appropriate
    temperature and lighting environments

-   Planned and managed all aspects of the hardware and wetware design,
    build, Acceptance Testing, transport and launch logistics

-   Prepared 200 series documents and trained cosmonauts

-   Planned and executed export and import of live animals from US to
    Russia and Kazakhstan, returning to the US

-   Developed, fabricated, and tested to 35^o^F an Active Thermal
    Carrier for delivering biological late load payload items to launch
    in Bikonur

-   Tested, Integrated, and Delivered payload to launch site in Bikonur

-   Supported on orbit operations

    1.  []{#__RefHeading___Toc197921106 .anchor}Commercial Systems
        Logistics Support

-   Development of protocols and manuals for the operations and
    maintenance

-   Preparation of all aspects of logistics for the certification,
    installation, operation, and maintenance

-   Training personnel in operations and maintenance

-   Identification and outsourcing management of specific hardware and
    installation logistics

7.  []{#__RefHeading___Toc197921107 .anchor}SIN 871-6, 871-6RC
    Acquisition and Life Cycle Management

    1.  []{#__RefHeading___Toc197921108 .anchor}Fabrication, Testing, &
        Delivery of Space Qualified Systems & Subsystems

-   Collaboration with NASA engineers for the hardware and support.

-   Manufacture, maintenance, and refurbishment of test support
    equipment.

-   Managed schedule and budget of the design, production, and testing
    of hardware and support systems.

-   Performed QA/QC on all aspects of the design and fabrication

-   Managed every aspect of the experiment design, fabrication,
    logistics, operations, schedule and budget

-   Currently working with NASA on budget, schedule and logistics for
    the return of the unit to earth for study after over one year on
    orbit

-   Designed and fabricated hardware, including acquisition of some
    portions of the hardware

    1.  []{#__RefHeading___Toc197921109 .anchor}Acquisition and Life
        Cycle of Commercial Systems

-   Acquisition, testing, and integration of control systems.

-   Post-installation efficacy and safety testing of systems and
    subsystems.

-   Designed, built, and installed the system for hanging the mirrors
    from the roof truss.

-   Integrated management of city employees, subcontractors, vendors,
    and engineering developers to develop and certify a
    computer-controlled system.

-   Performed QA/QC on all aspects of the design, fabrication, and
    installation

-   Managed schedule and budget of the design, production, installation,
    and testing systems and subsystems.

-   Mission Simulation Test of the three experiments at BioServe,
    Colorado.

-   Paragon will oversee pre-launch protocols, including integration and
    loading, for science experiments aboard STS -107 at Kennedy Space
    Center.

8.  []{#__RefHeading___Toc197921110 .anchor}Ordering Instructions

Paragon has a flexible ordering system. We will provide a firm price
quotation for services in response to any of the following:

-   Send a request for quotation Standard Form 18 (Rev. 6-95) with your
    company information and a summary of services requested, or

-   Provide a Statement of Work with your company information and a
    summary of services request via letter, fax, or email, or

-   Telephone (discussion of needs or preliminary quote only)

Paragon Space Development Corporation\
2700 East Executive Drive, Suite 100\
Tucson, Arizona 85706\
Tel: 520-903-1000/Fax: 520-903-2000\
1-800-TO ORBIT (866-7248)\
[**email: info@paragonsdc.com**](mailto:info@paragonsdc.com)\
[**www.paragonsdc.com**](http://paragonsdc.com/)

9.  []{#__RefHeading___Toc197921111 .anchor}Labor Categories & Rates

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  **Labor Category**               **Government Hourly   **Government
                                   Rate on-site**        Hourly Rate
                                                         off-site**

  **Aerospace Engineer**           ** **                 ** **

  Drafter                          62.74                 57.27

  Aerospace Engineer 1/Technician  75.80                 69.20

  Aerospace Engineer II            88.01                 80.36

  Aerospace Engineer Ill/Safety,   112.26                102.50
  M&P                                                    

  Aerospace Engineer IV            121.54                110.97

  Aerospace Engineer V             156.98                143.32

  Aerospace Engineer VI/Manager    182.21                166.36

  Aerospace Engineer VII           209.08                190.90

  Aerospace Engineer VIII          261.36                238.63

  **Project Manager**                                    

  Project Manager -engineer l      129.72                118.43

  Project Manager -engineer II     159.60                145.73

  **Program Manager**                                    

  Program Manager l                149.48                136.48

  Program Manager II               182.21                166.36

  **Chemical Engineer**                                  

  Chemical Engineer l              87.47                 79.86

  Chemical Engineer ll             111.84                102.12

  Chemical Engineer III            144.94                132.33

  Chemical Engineer IV             174.24                159.08

  **Scientist**                                          

  Biologist I/Technician           70.84                 64.69

  Biologist ll                     84.49                 77.16

  Biologist Ill                    119.26                108.89

  Scientist l-Biotech              110.39                100.79

  Scientist ll-Biotech             122.16                111.53

  Scientist III - Biotech          141.56                129.25

  Scientist IV - Biotech           174.24                159.08

  Chemist l                        69.40                 63.37

  Chemist ll                       86.69                 79.15

  Chemist Ill                      115.07                105.07

  Chemist lV                       145.18                132.57

  Materials Engineer I/Research    80.21                 73.23
  Assistant                                              

  Materials Engineer ll            96.59                 88.19

  Materials Engineer III           103.68                94.67

  Materials Engineer IV            123.71                112.96

  Physicist l                      90.64                 82.75

  Physicist ll                     102.67                93.74

  Physicist lll                    159.68                145.79

  Physicist lV                     191.67                174.99

  **Administration**                                     

  Admin Assistant                  57.85                 52.82

  Technical Publications           60.74                 55.46

  Controller                       78.11                 71.31
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