# Presentation: 868326

## NATIONAL SCIENTIFICBALLOON FACILITY CONTRACT(NSBF)

**Pre-Solicitation Conference**
**&**
** ****Site Visit**
**August 21, 2002**

## NSBF Pre-Solicitation Conference

- The Information Presented at this Conference and Site Visit and during the Shadow Period is for **INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY**. It is _**NOT**_ Part of the RFP.

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## NSBF Pre-Solicitation Conference

- Be Prepared to Wear Many Hats
- Be Prepared to Work with the Government
- Be Prepared to Think Outside of the Box
- BE PREPARED

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## NSBF Pre-Solicitation ConferenceSchedule

**9AM-11:30AM**
**Government Presentation**
**Response to Submitted Questions**
**11:30AM-1PM**
**Lunch Break**
**1PM-3PM**
**Site Visit**
**3PM-4PM**
**Contractor Time**
**4PM-5PM**
**Q&A**

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## NSBF Pre-Solicitation ConferenceAgenda

**Jim Dolan** - **Contracting Officer**
- Welcome
- Contract Type
- Proposal Information
- Source Selection Process
**Bernice Merritt - COTR**
- Management Overview
- Shadow Period
**Dave Stuchlick - SEB Chairperson**
- Video
- Q&A

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## NSBF Pre-Solicitation Conference

- Contract Restructuring
- 10 Year Period of Performance
- Award Fee / IDIQ
- PBC
- Innovative Technical, Business, and Management Approaches
- Cost Effective
- Smooth Transition or Phase-in
- Industry's Comments on the DRFP Are Critical

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## NSBF Pre-Solicitation ConferenceNSBF Contract Approach

- Simple contract with simple standards.
- 100% performance based, the Government says “what”, the contractor says “how”.
- Overall contract objectives are determining factor for successful performance and all SOW performance and metrics map to an overall objective.
_***The cost and performance benefits of PBC will not be realized unless all barriers to the contractor’s ownership of performance for the customer are removed.***_

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## NSBF Pre-Solicitation ConferenceContract Type

- The NSBF Contract will be:
- Cost-Plus-Award-Fee (CPAF)
- Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ)
- Separate Fixed-Price Phase-in Contract
- Possible 10 Year Period of Performance

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## NSBF Pre-Solicitation ConferenceContract Type Continued

**CPAF**** **- A cost-plus-award-fee contract is a cost-reimbursement contract that provides for a fee consisting of (a) a base amount (which may be zero) fixed at inception of the contract and (b) an award amount, based upon a judgmental evaluation by the Government, sufficient to provide motivation for excellence in contract performance.

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## NSBF Pre-Solicitation ConferenceAward Fee Plan

- The Plan Will Reflect the Approach of the Contract
- The Government Will Issue the Draft Plan with the Release of the RFP

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## NSBF Pre-Solicitation ConferenceContract Type Continued

- ID/IQ or “task order contract" means a contract for services that does not procure or specify a firm quantity of services (other than a minimum and/or maximum quantity) and that provides for the issuance of orders for the performance of tasks during the period of the contract.
- A portion of this effort is ID/IQ

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## NSBF Pre-Solicitation ConferencePhase-In & Transition

- Phase-In
- 30 Day Period
- Current Contract Remain in Place
- Hiring, Training, Preparing for Day 1
- Better Idea ??
- The Government will entertain all suggestions/plans for a better phase-in
- Seamless Transition
- Partnering

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## NSBF Pre-Solicitation ConferenceSource Selection Process

**Formal Source Selection Procedures**
- FAR 15-3 & NFS 1815.3
- Award Based on Initial Offers
**Evaluation Factor Riddle**
- The Cost\Price Factor is Significantly Less Important Than the Combined Importance of the Mission Suitability Factor and the Past Performance Factor. As Individual Factors, the Cost\Price Factor and the Past Performance Factor are Slightly Less Important than the Mission Suitability Factor
**Innovation-Synergy-Excellence**

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## NSBF Pre-Solicitation ConferenceCost Realism

**Requirements for Other than Cost and Pricing Data**
- Cost Realism Assessment
- Reflects understanding of the requirement
- Adequately priced the technical approach
- Un-priced elements of cost
- DCAA forward pricing rate recommendation
**Price Factor Evaluation**
**Mission Suitability Adjustment for Cost Realism**

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## NSBF Pre-Solicitation ConferenceWallops Flight Facility

- Bernice Merritt
- 	Balloon Program Office (BPO)
-      COTR

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**NSBF**
**Program Overview**

## Mission Statement

**The Balloon Program Provides Support For Scientific Investigations Sponsored By The NASA Office Of Space Science.  Management Of The Program Is At Goddard Space Flight Center’s Wallops Flight Facility.**
**Flight Operations Are Conducted Through An Extensive Mission Support Program Element Which Provides The Preparation, Launch, Tracking And Recovery Of Each Flight.**

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## Program Attributes

- High Reliability
- Low Cost
- Short Mission Lead Time
- Mobile
- Payload Recovery And Re-use
- Applicability To Graduate School Research Programs

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## 
SERVES SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY
UNIVERSITIES		NASA
INTERNATIONAL		OTHER GROUPS
PROGRAM SUPPORT (DISCIPLINES)
COSMIC & HELIOSPHERIC PHYSICS
PLASMA PHYSICS
SOLAR PHYSICS
HIGH ENERGY ASTROPHYSICS
INFRARED ASTRONOMY
UPPER ATMOSPHERE RESEARCH
PROGRAM STATISTICS (5 YEARS - ALL FLIGHTS)
88% MISSION SUCCESS	92% BALLOON SUCCESS
96  FLIGHTS: PALESTINE - 17%; FT. SUMNER - 40%   OTHER U.S. - 15%; FOREIGN - 29%

**SERVES SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY**
**UNIVERSITIES****	****	********NASA**
**INTERNATIONAL****	****	********OTHER GROUPS**
**PROGRAM SUPPORT (DISCIPLINES)**
**COSMIC & HELIOSPHERIC PHYSICS**
**PLASMA PHYSICS**
**SOLAR PHYSICS**
**HIGH ENERGY ASTROPHYSICS**
**INFRARED ASTRONOMY**
**UPPER ATMOSPHERE RESEARCH**
**PROGRAM STATISTICS (5 YEARS - ALL FLIGHTS)**
**88% MISSION SUCCESS****	********92% BALLOON SUCCESS**
**96  FLIGHTS: PALESTINE - 17%; FT. SUMNER - 40%   OTHER U.S. - 15%; FOREIGN - 29%**

**CUSTOMER SUPPORT**

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## BALLOON MISSIONS BY SCIENCE DISCIPLINE

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## Solar Physics: Flare Genesis

**Solar Physics: Flare Genesis**

**Infra-Red: PRONOAS**

**Gamma-ray: HIREGS**

**CMB: Boomerang**

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## Balloon Science

** ****Named As One of Top 10 Science Discoveries in Last 5 Years**
**Cosmic Microwave Background Experiment**
**Flew 10.5 Days, Recovered 30 Miles From Launch Site**

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## Balloons: How Big?

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## Balloon Program Launch Sites

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## 
Mission contract
	NASA provides mission model, scope, and requirements.
	Contractor provides the planning, implementation, and staffing.
Objective
	Maintain and operate scientific balloon launching facilities and provide technical and operational capability to meet the continuing requirement of balloon flights in support of NASA scientific programs and reimbursable projects, both foreign and domestic.

	Provide engineering services to maintain and enhance technical and operational capability as well as provide development and analysis support for advanced projects in the NASA balloon research and development.
Current contract scope
	Five year contract with NMSU/PSL

Performance based

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**Mission contract**
- 	NASA provides mission model, scope, and requirements.
- 	Contractor provides the planning, implementation, and staffing.
**Objective**
- 	Maintain and operate scientific balloon launching facilities and provide technical and operational capability to meet the continuing requirement of balloon flights in support of NASA scientific programs and reimbursable projects, both foreign and domestic.
- 	Provide engineering services to maintain and enhance technical and operational capability as well as provide development and analysis support for advanced projects in the NASA balloon research and development.
**Current contract scope**
- 	Five year contract with NMSU/PSL
**Performance** **based**

**BALLOON PROGRAM SUPPORT CONTRACT**

## 
Management
-Establish operating/safety guidelines/policy	       -Provide long range program planning
-Develop program operating budgets	       -Provide cooperative support agreements
-Management/technical direction of NSBF contract

Technical
-Provide advanced technology	       -Develop/assess/approve safety criteria
-Provide mobile range support 	       -Review/approve/authorize/monitor
-Support selected operations	       -Provide technical oversight

Reporting
-Flight summary sheets		      	 -Mishap reporting
-Technical proposal evaluations		 -Center reporting

**Management**
- -Establish operating/safety guidelines/policy	       -Provide long range program planning
- -Develop program operating budgets	       -Provide cooperative support agreements
- -Management/technical direction of NSBF contract
**Technical**
- -Provide advanced technology	       -Develop/assess/approve safety criteria
- -Provide mobile range support 	       -Review/approve/authorize/monitor
- -Support selected operations	       -Provide technical oversight
**Reporting**
- -Flight summary sheets		      	 -Mishap reporting
- -Technical proposal evaluations		 -Center reporting

**NASA FUNCTIONS**

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## Balloon Technology

**Material Development &**
**Characterization**

**Balloon Design & Development**

**Membrane Structural Analysis**

**Performance Modeling**

**Support Systems**

**Balloon Technology**

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## 
Provide operational and institutional safety
Perform failure, anomaly, or discrepancy investigations.
Provide reliability and quality assurance program
Provide management of the NSBF
Provide operational balloon flight support
Provide engineering support
NSBF operations, QA, and special projects
GSFC/WFF development activities
In-house development and fabrication
Provide administrative, financial, and personnel functions

- Provide operational and institutional safety
- Perform failure, anomaly, or discrepancy investigations.
- Provide reliability and quality assurance program
- Provide management of the NSBF
- Provide operational balloon flight support
- Provide engineering support
- NSBF operations, QA, and special projects
- GSFC/WFF development activities
- In-house development and fabrication
- Provide administrative, financial, and personnel functions

**CONTRACTOR FUNCTIONS**

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**FLIGHT HISTORY**

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**AVERAGE HOURS PER FLIGHT**

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## Balloon Types: 2

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## Summary Class Characteristics

**Summary Class Characteristics**

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**Ultra-Long Duration Balloon Project**

## What is Ultra-Long Duration Ballooning?

**New NASA Science mission carrier **
**Order of magnitude increase in duration ~ 100 days **
**Low cost, quick response access to space**
**Global telecommunications**
**Integrated systems**
**Internet accessibility**

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## Fly Where?

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## Program In Transition

**Requirements For Extended Duration Missions Are Increasing**
**Conventional Payloads Are Being Modified For LDB Flights**
**The Promise of  ULDB Has Several New Instruments In The Early Stages of Development**
**Mission Complexity & Duration Increasing**
**ULDB**
**New Applications/Requirements Based On ULDB Technologies Are Increasing**
**Planetary Aerobots**
**Station-Keeping & Powered Aerobots**

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## Balloon Program Functional Organizational Structure

**Balloon Program Functional Organizational Structure**

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## NSBF Pre-Solicitation ConferenceWallops Flight Facility

- Dave Stuchlik
- 	Balloon Program Office (BPO)
-      SEB Chair Person

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## NSBF Pre-Solicitation Conference

- Government Response to Submitted Questions

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## How should I know?

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