# Presentation: 758078

## Welcome to the Altair Conceptual Design Contract (ACDC) Preproposal Conference

*Thursday, December 18 , 2008*
*NASA / Johnson Space Center (JSC) Gilruth Center, Alamo Ballroom*
*9:00 AM – 12:00 PM*

## Introduction – 9:00 a.m.
Lee Pagel, Procurement Policy and Systems Office
Welcoming Remarks – 9:10 a.m.
Debra Johnson, Director, JSC Office of Procurement
Dale Thomas, Deputy Program Manager, Constellation Program
Kathy Laurini, Project Manager, Altair Project Office
Altair Project Overview – 9:30 a.m.
Clinton Dorris, Deputy Project Manager, Altair Project Office
Procurement Overview- Technical – 9:40 a.m.
Brad Jones, SEB Chair, Altair Project Office
Procurement Overview - Contract and Pricing – 10:30 a.m.
Lee Pagel - Contracts
Charles Bell - Pricing
Submit Questions / Break – 11:00 a.m.
Question & Answer Session – 11:15 a.m.

**Agenda**

- Introduction – 9:00 a.m.
- Lee Pagel, Procurement Policy and Systems Office
- Welcoming Remarks – 9:10 a.m.
- Debra Johnson, Director, JSC Office of Procurement
- Dale Thomas, Deputy Program Manager, Constellation Program
- Kathy Laurini, Project Manager, Altair Project Office
- Altair Project Overview – 9:30 a.m.
- Clinton Dorris, Deputy Project Manager, Altair Project Office
- Procurement Overview- Technical – 9:40 a.m.
- Brad Jones, SEB Chair, Altair Project Office
- Procurement Overview - Contract and Pricing – 10:30 a.m.
- Lee Pagel - Contracts
- Charles Bell - Pricing
- Submit Questions / Break – 11:00 a.m.
- Question & Answer Session – 11:15 a.m.

## Restrooms are in the hallway outside this ballroom

**Safety and Administrative Information**

- Fire exits are the front entrance and side exit doors.  In the event of a fire,  move at least 75 ft. away from the building
- Please adjust all cell phones and pagers to the “Off” or “Vibrate” setting

**Fire Exits**

**Fire Exit**

**Fire Exit**

**Restrooms**

## This presentation is for information purposes only

This presentation is not to be construed as a comprehensive description of all solicitation requirements

To the extent there is inconsistency between this presentation and the ACDC Solicitation NNJ09BT112R, the solicitation governs

**This presentation is for information purposes only**
**This presentation is not to be construed as a comprehensive description of all solicitation requirements**
**To the extent there is inconsistency between this presentation and the ACDC Solicitation NNJ09BT112R, the solicitation governs**

## The purpose of the ACDC Preproposal Conference is:
To help Industry understand the Government’s requirements
To address key aspects of the draft RFP
Seek industry feedback on the solicitation

Interested parties are invited to comment on all aspects of the draft RFP, including requirements, schedules, proposal instructions, and evaluation approaches by January 12, 2009

These Preproposal charts will be posted to the ACDC website:  http://procurement.jsc.nasa.gov/altair/ 

**The purpose of the ACDC Preproposal Conference is:**
- To help Industry understand the Government’s requirements
- To address key aspects of the draft RFP
- Seek industry feedback on the solicitation
**Interested parties are invited to comment on all aspects of the draft RFP, including requirements, schedules, proposal instructions, and evaluation approaches by January 12, 2009**
**These Preproposal charts will be posted to the ACDC website:  **_**[http://procurement.jsc.nasa.gov/altair/](http://procurement.jsc.nasa.gov/altair/)**__** **_

## Verbal questions during this presentation will not be answered; however, interested parties may submit written questions using the forms provided which will be collected and answered as time permits at the end of the conference

After the conference concludes, interested parties may submit additional questions or comments via email to the Contracting Officer at: timothy.a.boyes@nasa.gov

Anonymous questions may be submitted via the ACDC website at: http://procurement.jsc.nasa.gov/altair/

Immediately following the conference, one-on-one sessions begin and continue on Friday

**Verbal questions during this presentation will not be answered; however, interested parties may submit written questions using the forms provided which will be collected and answered as time permits at the end of the conference**
**After the conference concludes, interested parties may submit additional questions or comments via email to the Contracting Officer at: timothy.a.boyes@nasa.gov**
**Anonymous questions may be submitted via the ACDC website at: ****http://procurement.jsc.nasa.gov/altair/**
**Immediately following the conference, one-on-one sessions begin and continue on Friday**

## Welcome

*Debra Johnson**Director, JSC Office of Procurement*

## Dale Thomas
Deputy Manager, Constellation Program

***Dale Thomas***
*Deputy Manager, Constellation Program*

## Welcome

*Kathy Laurini**Project Manager, **Altair Project Office*

## Altair Project Objectives

**Build a strong and efficient NASA team**
- Effectively execute NASA role as owner of the Altair design
- Distributed across the agency
**Understand Constellation requirements and derive Altair requirements**
- Seeking stable requirements set post-SRR/SDR
**Identify an Altair vehicle configuration that meets all key driving requirements**
- Mature the design in preparation for System Definition Review (SDR)
**Involve industry partners in several phases**
- Broad Area Announcement (BAA) study work completed in November 2008
- Altair Conceptual Design Contracts provide industry input through System Definition Review (SDR)
- Potential Future Contract(s) for completion of DDT&E
**ACDC will provide early industry engagement to help clearly define our concept of operations, requirements, interfaces and design concepts prior to prime contractor procurement activities**
- Participation on design team at all levels
- Innovative design solutions
- Highly successful program/project milestone reviews

## Altair Overview

*Clinton Dorris**Deputy Project Manager, **Altair Project Office*

## Constellation Program Fleet of Vehicles

**Ares V**
- Cargo Launch Vehicle

**Ares I**
- Crew Launch Vehicle

**Orion**
- Crew Exploration Vehicle

**Altair**
- Lunar Lander

**Earth Departure Stage**

**Notes:**
***updated

Constellation Division is responsible for developing safe, affordable and sustainable systems for the return to the moon. 

Pictured above is the transportation architecture under development.  Not pictured, but equally important to mission success are the communication systems, ground and mission operations, extravehicular activity systems  and ISS crew and cargo systems.  

Elaborate as needed:

Ares I &V Projects
NASA's Ares rockets, named for the Greek god associated with Mars, will return humans to the moon and later take them to Mars and other destinations.
 Future astronauts will ride to orbit on Ares I, 
The Ares I can lift more than 55,000 pounds to low Earth orbit.
Ares V, a versatile lift launch vehicle, will be used to carry cargo and the components into orbit needed to go to the moon and later to Mars. 
The Ares V can lift more than 286,000 pounds to low Earth orbit and stands approximately 360 feet tall. This
Managed at Marshall Space Flight Center and JSC. 

Orion
Orion will be capable of carrying crew and cargo to the space station. 
It will be able to rendezvous with a lunar landing module and an Earth departure stage in low-Earth orbit to carry crews to the moon and, one day, to Mars-bound vehicles assembled in low-Earth orbit.
 Orion will be the Earth entry vehicle for lunar and Mars returns. 
Orion’s design will borrow its shape from the capsules of the past, but takes advantage of 21st century technology in computers, electronics, life support, propulsion and heat protection systems. 
Lockheed Martin Corp was awarded the contract to build Orion on Aug. 31, 2006. 
Orion Project consists of:
Service module
Crew module
Spacecraft adaptor
Launch abort system
Is managed through JSC

Altair Lunar Lander
Altair will be capable of landing four astronauts on the moon, providing life support and a base for weeklong initial surface exploration missions, and returning the crew to the Orion spacecraft that will bring them home to Earth. 
Altair will launch aboard an Ares V rocket into low Earth orbit, where it will rendezvous with the Orion crew vehicle. 

## Altair Mission Requirements

**3 Variants: Sortie, Outpost, Cargo **
**4 Crew**
**7 Day Sortie**
**210 Day Outpost**
**Deliver 500kg of cargo w/ crew**
**Return 100 kg (goal of 250kg) from the lunar surface**
**Airlock or Suitlock**** ****on Sortie missions only**
**Control Mass**
**Crewed missions control mass:  45,000 kg**
**Cargo missions control mass:  53,600 kg**

## Altair Configuration Variants

**Outpost Variant**
- Descent Module
- Ascent Module

**Sortie Variant**
- Descent Module
- Ascent Module
- Airlock

**Cargo Variant**
- Descent Module
- Cargo on Upper Deck

## Intent of Procurement 

_***Strategic Goals:***_
**Enable a blend of NASA led design efforts with industry involvement through Altair Lunar Lander System Definition Review (SDR)**
**Using the following tenants:**
**Develop an industry informed Altair reference design**
**(innovative solutions, design maturity, SRR/SDR products)**
**Products informed by production and manufacturing knowledge and experience **
**Lower Life Cycle Costs (Reduce reconciliation costs)**
**Supplement the Government team with capabilities currently not owned within the Agency**
_***Holiday:***_
**Not intended to force industry to work over the holidays**
**We intentionally moved the schedule to the right to enable question development and submittal after the holidays**
**We will not be answering questions over the holidays**

## Procurement Overview- Technical

*Brad Jones**SEB Chair, Altair Project Office*

## Procurement Schedule

_**ACTIVITY**_**	****	****  **_**DATE**_
- PROCUREMENT STRATEGY MEETING		Nov 02, 2008
- ISSUE DRAFT RFP 		Dec 16, 2008
- PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE		Dec 18, 2008
- DRAFT RFP QUESTIONS DUE		Jan 12, 2009
- ISSUE RFP 		Jan 28, 2009
- PROPOSALS DUE		Feb 25, 2009
- CONTRACT AWARD		Jun 03, 2009

## Contract Overview

***Contract Overview***

_**“**__**Givens” (Constant)**_
**Content**
**Schedule**

_**Variables**_
**Price**

_**“**__**Givens” (Constant)**_
**Price - capped**
**Schedule**

_**Variables**_
**Content**

**Typical Firm Fixed Price**

**ACDC Firm Fixed Price**

**Proposing to this contract:**
- Interested in breadth and depth of capabilities
- Will be working as part of a team, data deliverables summarize this work

## Contract Implementation

**Multiple Contractors Working as part of NASA led IPTs**
- Working together on common tasks
- Working independently on separate tasks
- Working independently on common tasks
**Organized around Analysis Cycles and Milestone Reviews (CLINs)**
**Contract Execution**
- Content will be defined in the proposal, agreed upon in the contract
- NASA using Technical Direction to re-define content as work progresses
- Summary reports are the final deliverable for each CLIN (x10)

## Altair Summary Schedule 

- FY2009          FY2010         FY2011         FY2012          FY2013         FY2014

- 7/2010
- Program
- HLR SRR

- Altair
- SRR
- 12/2010

- Altair
- SDR
- 12/2011

**Altair Procurement**

**                 ****DDT&E Contract**

***Altair Summary Schedule ***

**LDAC-3**

**RAC-1**

**AC-1**

**+1**

**+1**

**AC-3**

**Additional Analysis Cycles**

**Program/Project**
**Milestones**

**Altair**
**Analysis Cycles**

**Altair**
**Contractor**
**Support**

**AC-2**

**Base Award**

**Option 1**

**Option 2**

**BAA**

## What We’re Asking For (SOW)

_**Contractor Work Objectives**_
**Provide products that will enable the Altair Project to:**
- Re-evaluate the Altair configuration, and incorporate innovative solutions
- Mature the lander technical design
- Accomplish the SRR and SDR milestones
_**Contractor Provided Resources**_
**Multiple, cooperating contractor teams **
- Each provides resources to supplement the NASA Altair team
- Contractors tasks:  individual contractor team or as part of an integrated IPT
- Collaborative workforce to each of the NASA-led IPTs (subsystems, SE&I, Safety, T&V, Ops, Manufacturability, etc.)
- Key positions (each contractor)
- Contractor Project Manager
- Senior Project Integration Engineer
- Senior Vehicle Engineer
- Senior Systems Engineer
_**Contract Deliverables**_
**Research and Development within Altair IPT environment**
**Multiple data deliverables (separate summary report per contractor) documenting work performed during each Analysis Cycle or Milestone Review period.**

## How We Propose To Do This (SOW)

***How We Propose To Do This (SOW)***

- _Analysis Cycle (SOW 3.1)_

- _Milestones (SOW 3.2)_

**Summary Reports**

**IPT Work**

- SOW 2.2

- SOW 2.3

**AC/MS Process & Descriptions**

- SOW
- 2.4

- SOW
- 2.5

## Altair Lunar Lander Project Office Organization

**Operations**
**Integration**

**Vehicle Engineering**

**Technology**
**Integration**

**Business Manager**

**Altair Lunar Lander Project Office**

**Safety, Reliability &**
** ****Quality Assurance**

**Crew **
**Representative**

**Test and **
**Verification**

-  Orion
-  Ares V
-  EVA
-  LSS
-  GO

**Project**
**Liaisons**

**Chief Engineer**

**Project**
**Integration**

**Baseline**
**Development**

**Risk**
**Management**

**Integrated**
**Vehicle**
**Performance**

**Subsystem**
**Management**

## Altair Lunar Lander Project Office Organization

## Integrated Product Teams

** ****Each IPT is led by an Altair civil servant**
** ****Not all IPTs are active in each analysis cycle, however, every IPT will be active at some point during the contract period. **
** ****Contractors must be capable of supporting each IPT when required.**

***Integrated Product Teams***

## Altair Conceptual Design Contract Schedule 

- Dec 08

- Dec 09

- June 10

- Dec 10

- June 11

- Dec 11

- June 12

- June 09

**High-level vehicle architecture and configuration trades**

**TAC-2**

**TAC-1**

_**Milestone Reviews**_

- Dec 12

_**Analysis Cycles**_

**DAC-4**

**DAC-5**

**DAC-6**

**DAC-7**

**DAC-8**

**Vehicle architecture and configuration trades (concluded)**

**Vehicle design maturation**

**Vehicle design maturation**

**Vehicle design maturation**

**Vehicle design **
**maturation**

- Planning phase precedes
- the Analysis Cycle

**Cx LC SRR July 2010**

**SRR Prep**

**Altair SRR December 2010**

**SDR Prep.**

**Altair SDR December 2011**

**Contract Base Period**

**Option Year 1**

**Option Year 2**

**Review**

**Review**

**Review**

**SRR Prep**

## Content of Contract Deliverables

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**Altair technical work is divided into ~6 month Analysis Cycles (AC)**
**Each AC is a multi-step process with common, well defined products**
**Contractors are to provide analytical and review support to the following NASA owned products (this is representative, as tasks vary for each Analysis Cycle)**

***Content of Contract Deliverables***

**Altair Analysis Cycles (AC) Products (CLIN 0001)**

**TAC-1**

**DAC-4**

**Additional Analysis**
**Cycles for Option Periods**

**-- Risk modeling**
**-- Risk identification**
**-- Technical trade studies and analyses**
**-- Subsystem designs**
**-- CAD models**
**-- Schematics**
**-- Master Equipment Lists**
**-- Powered Equipment Lists**
**-- Consumables Analyses**
**-- Integrated vehicle performance**
**-- Operations concept**
**-- Systems requirements document**
**-- Interface requirements documents**
**-- ...**

**TAC-2**

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## Content of Contract Deliverables Cont’d

**Most are government produced and industry reviewed**
**Contractors are to provide analytical/review support to the following NASA owned products (this is representative, as tasks vary for each milestone review)**

***Content of Contract Deliverables Cont’d***

**Altair Milestone Products (CLIN 0002)**

- _Program SRR_
-  Altair Concept of Operations
-  Altair Mission Timeline
-  Altair Functional Flow Block Diagrams
-  Altair SRD
-  Altair-Orion IRD (draft)
-  Altair-Ares V IRD (draft)
-  Altair-Ground Ops IRD (draft)
-  Altair-Mission Ops IRD (draft)
-  Altair-C3I IRD (draft)
-  Altair-EVA IRD (draft)
-  Altair-PEPCI IRD (draft)
-  Technical Trades and Analyses
-  Launch Pad and Facilities Processing Plan
-  Technical Performance Measure Plan
-  Margin Management Plan
-  Earned Value Management Plan
-  Configuration Management Plan
-  Data Management Plan
-  S&MA Plan
**...**

- _Project SRR_
-   Altair ICDs (draft)
-  Altair Master Verification and Validation Strategy
-  Project Documentation Tree
-  Altair Initial Preliminary FMEAs
-  Altair Preliminary Hazard Analyses
-  Altair Updated Project Risk Report
-  Technical Trades and Analyses
-  Altair IVDDD
-  Altair SPAR
-  Altair Structural Loads Data Book (draft)
-  Altair CAD Models
-  NPR 7123.1A and NPR 7120.5D Compliance Matrix
-  Master Test and Verification Plan
-  Contamination Control Plan
-  Quality Plan
-  Drawing Plan
**...**

- _Project SDR_
-  EVM plan (final)
-  CAD management plan (final)
-  EEE parts control plan (draft)
-  Materials control plan (draft)
-  Fastener control plan (draft)
-  Margins management plan (draft)
-  Software development plan (SDP) (draft)
-  Altair Project Plan (final)
-  Altair Integrated Vehicle Design and Description Document (updated)
-  Technical Trades and Analyses
-  Altair Spacecraft Performance and Analysis Report
-  Altair Ops Concept (final)
-  Altair Mission Timeline Document (final)
-  Altair Flight Operations Data Book (draft)
-  Induced Environments Document (final)
-  C&T Verification and Validation Plan (draft)
-  Subsystem Verification and Validation Plans (draft)
**...****.**

## RFP Addresses OCI

**Provision L-15 in draft RFP describes potential OCIs raised by this acquisition and the steps taken by the Government to resolve them.  **
**The Government believes it has taken adequate steps to avoid and/or mitigate all potential OCIs raised by this acquisition.**
**The cover letter to the draft RFP invites comments from industry on this provision and whether there is any OCI not yet addressed by the Government. **
**The offeror must explain the actions it intends to use to resolve any OCIs it finds in its own assessment.  If any potential OCIs are identified by an offeror, they will be addressed prior to release of the final RFP.**

## Proposing to this Procurement

**NASA has tailored the Mission Suitability factor to reflect the ACDC unique content**
**Mission Suitability is the most significant factor**
- Technical Approach is the most heavily weighted subfactor and provides detailed insight into your approach

## TA is your approach to executing the SOW, via the Contract Deliverables
Evaluated in three different ways:  (Check Section M for specific language)
Overall Plan for contract performance
Your Team’s capabilities relative to large scale space vehicles
Understanding of broad technical implications inherent in example trades & analyses
Data we will use to evaluate this:  (Check Section L for specific language)
TA1 – Technical Approach to Line Items
Spreadsheet for each CLIN with Labor Resources allocated by IPT
Narrative Explanation of your reasoning for allocation chosen
Top-level narrative with overall approach
TA2 – Capability for Designing, Developing, Mfg, Human Spaceflight Vehicles
Narrative description of facilities, experience, corporate capabilities
TA3 – Representative Trades & Analyses
Narrative “plan,” describing:
General Approach to each trade
Your process for conducting each
How you will apply skills and resources to each

**TA is your approach to executing the SOW, via the Contract Deliverables**
**Evaluated in three different ways:  ****(****Check Section M for specific language****)**
- Overall Plan for contract performance
- Your Team’s capabilities relative to large scale space vehicles
- Understanding of broad technical implications inherent in example trades & analyses
**Data we will use to evaluate this:  ****(Check Section L for specific language)**
- TA1 – Technical Approach to Line Items
- Spreadsheet for each CLIN with Labor Resources allocated by IPT
- Narrative Explanation of your reasoning for allocation chosen
- Top-level narrative with overall approach
- TA2 – Capability for Designing, Developing, Mfg, Human Spaceflight Vehicles
- Narrative description of facilities, experience, corporate capabilities
- TA3 – Representative Trades & Analyses
- Narrative “plan,” describing:
- General Approach to each trade
- Your process for conducting each
- How you will apply skills and resources to each

## MA is your Approach for organizing the work
Evaluated in three different ways:  (Check Section M for specific language)
Team Strategy for the work
Workforce strategy
Individual information for 4 identified critical positions
Subfactors examine management planning and capabilities in increasing levels of detail
Data we will use to evaluate this:  (Check Section L for specific language)
MA1 – Organizational Strategy
Which subs or other corporate divisions, why chosen
Evidence that this has worked in past
MA2 – Flexibility and Staffing
How will you perform in the ACDC environment?
How will you provide excellent labor resources over course of the contract?
MA3 – Key Personnel
Resumes on the four Key Personnel identified

**MA is your Approach for organizing the work**
**Evaluated in three different ways:  ****(Check Section M for specific language)**
- Team Strategy for the work
- Workforce strategy
- Individual information for 4 identified critical positions
**Subfactors examine management planning and capabilities in increasing levels of detail**
**Data we will use to evaluate this:  ****(Check Section L for specific language)**
- MA1 – Organizational Strategy
- Which subs or other corporate divisions, why chosen
- Evidence that this has worked in past
- MA2 – Flexibility and Staffing
- How will you perform in the ACDC environment?
- How will you provide excellent labor resources over course of the contract?
- MA3 – Key Personnel
- Resumes on the four Key Personnel identified

## Procurement Overview- Contract & Pricing

*Lee Pagel**JSC Procurement Policy and Systems Office*

## Contract Type
Firm Fixed Price (FFP)

Full and Open competition
Utilizing NAICS Code  336414  
Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing
Size Standard: 1,000 Employees

Period of Performance
Potential 3.5 years with a base period of 1.5 years and the possibility for up to two years in options
Contract start date estimated for July, 2009

Place of Performance
Contractor Facility
Travel to JSC or other NASA Centers for selected meetings

**Contract Type**
- Firm Fixed Price (FFP)
**Full and Open competition**
- Utilizing NAICS Code  336414
- Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing
- Size Standard: 1,000 Employees
**Period of Performance**
- Potential 3.5 years with a base period of 1.5 years and the possibility for up to two years in options
- Contract start date estimated for July, 2009
**Place of Performance**
- Contractor Facility
- Travel to JSC or other NASA Centers for selected meetings

## ACDC Firm Fixed Price

_**“**__**Givens” (Constant)**_
**Content**
**Schedule**

_**Variables**_
**Price**

_**“**__**Givens” (Constant)**_
**Price – capped**
**Schedule**

_**Variables**_
**Content**

**Typical Firm Fixed Price**

**ACDC Firm Fixed Price**

## ACDC Firm Fixed Price

_**“**__**Givens” (Constant)**_
**Price – capped**
- Clause B.3
**Schedule**
- Clause F.2

_**Variables**_
**Content**
- Specified in Attachment J-8
- Drawn from SOW
- Subject to Clause G.3, Technical Direction
- Shifts Emphasis
- Requiring Studies
- Pursuit of Certain Lines of Inquiry
- Within the general tasks and requirements in SOW
- Does not increase price** **

## Sections A through G Highlights

**Section A**
- Offeror to complete blocks 12 through 18 of the Standard Form 33
**Section B**
- B.3  SCHEDULE OF SUPPLIES AND/OR SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED
- Fill in proposed fixed price amount for each deliverable
- Prices must match pricing model
**Section D, E & F - No unique contractual aspects**
**Section G**
- G.3 TECHNICAL DIRECTION
- Standard NASA Clause
- Due to the nature of this contract, NASA anticipates regular and extensive use of this clause

## Section H Highlights

**Section H**
- H.7  KEY PERSONNEL AND FACILITIES
- Contractor fill in any proposed key personnel for positions indicated
- Contractor shall notify CO reasonably in advance before replacing key personnel
- H.8  ASSOCIATE CONTRACTOR AGREEMENTS
- To achieve requirements of this contract, close coordination, cooperation and exchange of information with other contractors will be required
- Contractor is responsible for establishing and documenting these ACAs

## Section I Highlights

**Section I**
- I.4  OPTION FOR INCREASED QUANTITY - SEPARATELY PRICED        	LINE ITEM
- Permits exercise of Option CLINs on an individual basis
- 1.7  RIGHTS IN DATA—GENERAL
- Unlimited rights to data first produced under this contract
- In general, Limited Rights Data or Restricted Rights Software is not to be delivered without CO written permission
- I.13 SECURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR UNCLASSIFIED IT         	RESOURCES
- Contractor responsible for IT security for all systems connected to a NASA network or operated by a contractor for NASA, regardless of location
- IT Security Plan to be provided by the Contractor within 30 days after authorization to proceed

**Sections J & K Highlights**

**Section J**
- Attachment J-1 DRDs
- Attachment J-2 Applicable  and Reference Docs
- Attachment J-3 PIV Card Issuance Procedures
- Attachment J-4 Safety & Health Plan
- Attachment J-5 Small Business Subcontracting Plan
- Attachment J-6 Altair Operations Plan
- Attachment J-7 Acronym List
- Attachment J-8 Deliverable Item List
**Section K**
- All section K provisions require offeror fill in

## Evaluation Factors	

**SOURCE SELECTION APPROACH  – SEB procedures will be used per FAR Part 15.1**
**Evaluation of proposals based on the tradeoff process**
**Source Selection Authority will make selection based on three factors:**
- Mission Suitability
- Past Performance
- Price
***Mission Suitability is more important than Past Performance.***
***Mission Suitability and Past Performance individually are more important than Price. ***
***Mission Suitability and Past Performance combined are significantly more important than Price.***
**Government has the option to:**
- Make selection and award without discussions, or
- Conduct discussions with all finalists, request Final Proposal Revisions (FPR) from each offeror and then make selection

## Mission Suitability

- Technical Approach – 650 points
**TA1 Technical Approach to Line Items**
- Requires complete plan to accomplish CLINs, including labor resources, BOE and technical approach
**TA2 Capability for Designing, Developing, and Manufacturing human rated space vehicles**
- Approach and existing capabilities
**TA3 Representative Trades and Analyses**
- Completeness, clarity, feasibility, adequacy of approach to sample trades
- Management Approach – 300 points
**MA1 Organizational Strategy**
- Focuses on subcontracting strategy
**MA2 Flexibility and Staffing**
- Evaluate approach to Altair environment: Multiple Contractors, Open Data, changing Skill Mix and labor resource levels over time
- Focuses on general workforce strategy
**MA3 Key Personnel**
- Focuses on 4 identified position
- Small Business Participation – 50 points
**SB1 Small Disadvantaged Business Participation**
**SB2 Small Business Subcontracting Plan**

## Section L Highlights-Proposal Arrangement (L.13, L.14)

**Volume I- Technical**
- Narrative Technical Approach, organized by subfactor:
- TA1 – Technical Approach to Line Items
- Technical Resources Templates BOEs and Technical Approach
- CLIN Deliverable Labor Resources Excel Spreadsheets
- TA2 – Capability for Designing, Developing, and Manufacturing human rated space vehicles
- TA3 – Representative Trades and Analyses
**Volume II- Management and Pricing**
- Narrative Management Approach, organized by subfactor:
- MA1 – Organizational Strategy
- MA2 – Flexibility and Staffing
- MA3 – Key Personnel
- SB1 – Small Disadvantaged Business Participation
- SB2 – Small Business Subcontracting Plan
- Price
- Overall Pricing Narrative
- Price Summary Spreadsheet
**Volume III- Past Performance**
- Narrative and Past Performance Questionnaires
**Volume IV - Model Contract**
- SF33 and full model contract (Sections A-J) with all clause fill-ins completed
- Reps and Certs (Section K) with all provision fill-ins completed

- 60 pages

- 30 pages

- 20 pages

## Proposal Structure

**Proposal Structure**

- Volume 1
**Technical Approach**
**TA1*, TA2, TA3**
- Pages: 60
- Copies: 10
- * Excel Spreadsheets not in page count limit.

- Volume 2
**Management Approach & Pricing**
**MA1, MA2, MA3, SB1, SB2, PRICE***
- Pages: 30
- Copies: 10
- * Summary Excel Spreadsheet not in page count limit.

- Volume 3
**Past Performance**
- Pages: 20
- Copies: 7
**Delivered Early**

- Volume 4
**Model Contract**
- Pages: No Limit
- Copies: 7

**Electronic Copies**
- Copies: 1 CDROM, 1USB

- May be combined into one binder

## Other Section L Highlights

**L.8 PROPOSAL MARKING AND DELIVERY**
- Provides detailed instructions on how to submit proposals to CO
- Offerors are responsible to ensure proposals are delivered to screening station at JSC Central Receiving (Bld 421) prior to delivery to the CO
- JSC Central Receiving is only accessible through Gate 4 (back gate off Space Center Blvd & Bay Area Blvd)
- Time for security screening can vary based on current levels of activity- so plan accordingly
- Very important to understand this provision- ask questions if anything is not clear

## L.14.3 PAST PERFORMANCE
Past Performance Narrative on 3 - 5 past contracts
Key Elements of the Past Performance evaluation are:
Systems Engineering, 
Manufacturing, 
Vehicle Assembly and Checkout, 
System/Vehicle Design and Integration, 
System and Sub-system Certification for Human-rated Spaceflight, 
Meeting Cost and Schedule Goals, 
Customer Satisfaction 
Includes specific paragraphs on Safety, Environmental, and Insurance history
Offerors with no previous experience shall so state
Past Performance Questionnaires to be submitted directly to the Government from 3 references

L.15 NOTICE OF POTENTIAL ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICTS OF 	INTEREST

- Past Performance Narrative on 3 - 5 past contracts
- Key Elements of the Past Performance evaluation are:
- Systems Engineering,
- Manufacturing,
- Vehicle Assembly and Checkout,
- System/Vehicle Design and Integration,
- System and Sub-system Certification for Human-rated Spaceflight,
- Meeting Cost and Schedule Goals,
- Customer Satisfaction
- Includes specific paragraphs on Safety, Environmental, and Insurance history
- Offerors with no previous experience shall so state
- Past Performance Questionnaires to be submitted directly to the Government from 3 references
**L.15 NOTICE OF POTENTIAL ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICTS OF ****	****INTEREST**

**Section L Highlights**

## Highlights of Price Factor

-    Firm Fixed Price for each Contract Line Item (CLIN)
- The Government will conduct price analysis and may also perform cost analysis of proposed prices in accordance with FAR
-    A single Price Summary Template is required by the RFP
-    Prices entered in Section B of your Model Contract will take precedence
-     over prices proposed in the Price Summary Template if they conflict
-    For each offeror the RFP sets a $42.2 price ceiling, the total of all CLIN prices
-    Proposed CLINS shall comply with RFP’s Gov’t Fiscal Year funding profile:

| GFY | Contract Budget | CLINs Delivered |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY09 | $1.6M | None |
| FY10 | $5.6M | 0001AA, 001AB, 0002AA |
| FY11 | $15M | 0001AC, 0001AD, 0002AB |
| FY12 | $20M | 0001AE, 0001AF, 0001AG*, 0002AC |

- *Although CLIN 0001AG may be delivered during FY13, funding for this CLIN should
- be FY12.

## Highlights of Price Factor

- Funding obligated in one fiscal year may be used to pay invoices in a subsequent fiscal year.  Invoice payments cannot exceed the cumulative obligations to date.  Your proposed total contract value shall not exceed the price cap, nor may CLIN prices exceed the cumulative funding profile.  Offerors shall assume that funding is required no later than the delivery date of a contract line item.

- Additional RFP information regarding fiscal year funding profile:

- As stated in Section M of the RFP, price analysis may include a comparison of the proposed price and the value of the proposed resources, resulting in a value assessment of products and activities provided for the proposed price.
- Proposals will be reviewed to ensure compliance with RFP limits on total contract price and GFY funding.  Failure to comply with the total contract price limit or GFY funding limitations could result in a weakness, deficiency, or in an offeror being ineligible for award

## One-on-One Meetings

## 30-minute one-on-one meetings with interested parties will be held in separate rooms December 18 and 19

By appointment only, sign up by 12:00 December 18th

Schedule
December 18th from 1:00 – 5:00 p.m.  Coronado Room  (all booked)
December 19th from 8:00 – 5:00 p.m.  San Jacinto Room

**30-minute one-on-one meetings with interested parties will be held in separate rooms December 18 and 19**
**By appointment only, sign up by 12:00 December 18****th**
**Schedule**
- December 18th from 1:00 – 5:00 p.m.  Coronado Room  (*all booked*)
- December 19th from 8:00 – 5:00 p.m.  San Jacinto Room

## The general purpose of the contemplated procurement  
Any information about the Constellation Program / Altair Project that NASA has already made accessible to the public or is otherwise being made available to all potential offerors  
Historical information about the general nature or scope of prior similar contracts whose requirements may be similarly addressed in whole or in part under the contemplated procurement  
Information that describes the federal procurement process as defined in the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) or other published procurement policy documents 
Procurement specific information already published such as information contained in the acquisition forecast, Statement of Work (SOW), and draft solicitation  

**Any information about the Constellation Program / Altair Project that NASA has already made accessible to the public or is otherwise being made available to all potential offerors  **
**Historical information about the general nature or scope of prior similar contracts whose requirements may be similarly addressed in whole or in part under the contemplated procurement  **
**Information that describes the federal procurement process as defined in the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) or other published procurement policy documents **
**Procurement specific information already published such as information contained in the acquisition forecast, Statement of Work (SOW), and draft solicitation  **

**One-on-One Meetings-****Acceptable Topics for Discussion**

## Proprietary or confidential business information of contractor(s) or other business entities performing similar ongoing efforts 
Privacy Act protected information such as existing contractor employees’ personal data 
Trade Secrets Act protected information
Speculation on what the Government might be looking for in proposals 
Different technical and management approaches   
Technical efficiencies 
Any particular Government emphasis 
Performance of contractors providing similar requirements that could become competitors

**Privacy Act protected information such as existing contractor employees’ personal data **
**Trade Secrets Act protected information**
**Speculation on what the Government might be looking for in proposals **
**Different technical and management approaches   **
**Technical efficiencies **
**Any particular Government emphasis **
**Performance of contractors providing similar requirements that could become competitors**

**One-on-One Meetings-****Unacceptable Topics for Discussion**

## Thank you for attending!

Visit the ACDC Web Site at:

http://procurement.jsc.nasa.gov/Altair/

- Visit the ACDC Web Site at:
- http://procurement.jsc.nasa.gov/Altair/

**Altair Conceptual Design Contract (ACDC)**

## Backup Information

## Deliverable Item List (DIL) ExampleAnalysis Cycle

| Attachment J-8
Deliverable Item List |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CLIN | Title | Start | End | Theme/Description |
| 0001 | Analysis Cycles |  |  |  |
| 0001AA | TAC-1 | Jul-09 | Dec-09 | High-level vehicle architecture/configuration trades |
| SOW Ref. | Products/Activities: |  |  |  |
| 
2.3
2.3.1.1
2.3.1.2

2.3.1.12

2.3.1.3

2.3.1, 2.3.2
2.3.1
2.3.1.1-8

2.3.1.11-16

2.3.5
2.3.2
2.2.3, 2.2.4

2.2, 2.3,
2.2.1, 2.2.2 | (note – contractors not participating in planning phase for this TAC only)
Conduct/participate in vehicle configuration trade studies:
     Structures (Descent Module Structural Configuration, Composite Cryotanks, structural launch shroud)
     Propulsion (Descent Main Engine Configuration, Ascent Propulsion Selection, Propellant Scavenging Concepts, Alternate Descent Module Propellant, alternate LOI staging)
     Physical layout & configuration (Descent Module H2 / O2 Prop Tank Config, Ascent Module / Airlock Configuration, Lander cargo location, separate cargo vs crewed lander configuration)
     Power (Vehicle power architecture, power interface/operations with Ares V (EDS), Orion and Lunar Surface Systems)

Generate vehicle configuration decision packages, including safety metrics (PRA and other)
Document decisions, rationale, open options
Conduct/participate in lander subsystem re-design based on re-configuration decisions
     Create subsystem design packages/participate in the generation of subsystem design packages for all subsystems (Structures & Mechanisms, Propulsion, Power, Life Support, Thermal, GN&C, C&CH, C&T)
Generate/participate in the creation of integrated vehicle performance products
     CAD models
     Schematics
     MELs and PELs
     Consumables analysis
     Vehicle flight performance
     Human factors evaluation
Participate in update of Operations Concept document and mission timelines
Participate in update of vehicle risk model and identification of top residual risks
Provide Senior Project Integration Engineer and Senior Vehicle Engineer expertise to work collaboratively with Altiar PI and VE the management of Analysis Cycle tasks and the conduct of VE and PI panels.  
Participate in planning for TAC-2.  Provide Senior Project Integration Engineer and Contractor Project Manager to work collaboratively with the Altair management in the definition and prioritization of TAC-2 tasks. |  |  |  |

## Deliverable Item List (DIL) ExampleMilestone Review

| Attachment J-8
Deliverable Item List |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CLIN | Title | Start | End | Theme/Description |
| 0002 | Program/Project Milestone |  |  |  |
| 0002AB | Project SRR | Jan-10 | Dec-10 | Altair Project SRR is scheduled for December 2010 |
| SOW Ref. | Products/Activities: |  |  |  |
| 
2.3.6.2
2.3.6.2
2.3.6.2
2.3.6.2
2.3.6.2
2.3.6.2
2.3.6.2
2.3.6.2
2.3.6.2
2.3.6.2
2.3.6.2
2.3.6.2
2.3.6.2
2.3.6.2
2.3.6.1,
2.3.6.3
2.3.6.2

2.3
2.3.6.4

2.3.6.5
2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.3 | Generate or participate in the creation of the following Project SRR products:
     Master Verification and Validation Strategy
     Project Documentation Tree
     Preliminary FEMAs
     Preliminary Hazard Analysis
     Project Risk Report
     Integrated Vehicle Design Description Document
     Spacecraft Performance Analysis Report
     Structural Loads Data Book (draft form)
     CAD Models
     NRP 7123.1A and NPR 7120.5D Compliance Matrix
     Master Test and Verification Plan
     Contamination Control Plan
     Quality Plan
     Drawing Plan
Participate in the assessment of the Altair System Requirements Document and Altair ICDs – Altair to Orion, Ares V, LSS, EVA, PEPSI, C3I, Ground Ops, Mission Ops
Participate in the conduct of the Altair SRR milestone review, including the processing and disposition of review comments, and preparation of presentation materials for the Altair SRR Board
Conduct or participate in trade studies and analyses needed to resolve open items in SRR products
Participate in the documentation and control of non-configuration managed data products, and the application of tools to capture and access data
Participate in the configuration management of controlled Altair documents
Provide Senior System Engineering and Contractor Project Manager technical expertise to the Altair SRR process and Board, provide Senior Project Integration Engineer to work collaboratively with the Altair Project Integration Lead in the management of SRR product tasks. |  |  |  |

## Contractor Planning Phase

**IPTs**

**IPTs**

**IPTs**

**NASA**
**Management**

- Tasks/Analyses
- Proposal List

**Contractor **
**Management**

**Combined team:** Prioritized List
**NASA team:** formulates
- Contractor
- work dist.

**NASA**
**Management**

- Work Plan
- (Analysis Cycle
- Personnel
- Spreadsheet)

**COTR**

- Approved Contractor
- Work Plans

**Contractor **
**Management**

- Technical Direction
- To Contractors

- Assemble
- Team & POCs

**IPTs**

**IPTs**

- Analysis Cycle
- Tasks & Contractor
- Team Assignments

**Contractor **
**Team**

- Perform
- Analysis
- Cycle
- Tasks

**Contractor**

**NASA**

**Key:**

- Summary
- Report

**IPTs**

## Candidate Trade List For TAC-1 (Altair LDAC-3 output)

| No. | Trade |  | No. | Trade |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Descent Module H2 / O2 Prop Tank Config |  | 13 | Lander mass / component reusability |
| 2 | Descent Main Engine Configuration |  | 14 | Crew IVA transfer between lander & small pressurized rover |
| 3 | Ascent Propulsion Selection |  | 15 | Structural attachment with shroud |
| 4 | Propellant Scavenging Concepts |  | 16 | Any reconfiguration that can reduce the height  |
| 5 | Alternate Descent Module Propellant |  | 17 | LOI trade with a reconfigured re-architectured non-LOI lander.  |
| 6 | Descent Module Structural Configuration |  | 18 | Reusable ascent module |
| 7 | Composite Cryotank |  | 19 | Lander self leveling capability |
| 8 | Ascent Module / Airlock Configuration |  |  |  |
| 9 | Alternate Ascent Main Engine |  |  |  |
| 10 | Assess the possibility of Altair providing their own power (or at least the power required beyond the 1500 Watts provided by Orion) during Trans Lunar Cruise so that the hatches could remain open during this phase and the crew could move from one vehicle to another in a shirtsleeve environment (no power to Altair crewed lander trade) |  | 20 | Assess the possibility of increasing the Altair power availability in LLO post lunar surface ascent to accommodate longer durations (more like 24 hours rather than 3 hours) from docking to jettison. |
| 11 | Underslung cargo lander |  |  |  |
| 12 | Side mounted cargo lander |  |  |  |

## IPTs, Panels and Boards

***IPTs, Panels and Boards***

**Vehicle Configuration Decisions,**
**Milestone Review Products**

**Project Control Board**
-  Large configuration decisions
-  Decisions changing the balance of performance, cost, safety
-  Decisions that impact spacecraft functionality
-  Decisions that impact other Projects or Level II

**Contractor**

**NASA**

**Multiple IPTs**** **
- - NASA and Contractor personnel jointly participate in Integrated Product Teams
- NASA-led with senior contractor personnel
- Joint NASA and Contractor staffed

**Vehicle Engineering Panel**
-  Vehicle-level configuration decisions
-  Subsystem decisions

**Project Integration Panel**
-  Milestone review product decisions

- NASA Altair
- Project
- Management

**Vehicle**
**Engineering**

**Test &**
**Verification**

**Safety**
**(SR&QA)**

**Operations**
**Integration**

**Project**
**Integration**

**Other Panels as necessary**

**Technology**
**Integration**

## Mitigating OCI

**Two risks have been identified**
- _Biased ground rules_: Utilizing contractor expertise during lander design definition and maturation creates the risk of a contractor setting ground rules for a future contract competition that are biased in its favor.
- _Equal distribution of work_: Because work done under this contract will involve multiple contractors participating in an IPT design environment with the Government, and task orders will not be issued for each individual contractor’s work, there is a risk the Government will have to expend significant resources to ensure that work tasks are fairly assigned to the contractors.
**Government took actions to avoid potential conflicts in the RFP**
- Utilizing multiple contractors to participate in IPTs and develop work products.
- Maintaining NASA leadership of each IPT to filter and integrate feedback from all contractors to create Government products and requirements for use in a future competition. NASA will make all design decisions and retain all designs.
- Developing a plan to monitor work done in each IPT and encourage communication across IPTs to ensure no contractor has a position of undue influence on the requirements of the lander vehicle.
- Making all deliverable data available to the entire industry community and to all future DDT&E contract offerors consistent with existing public release of data.

## Contract Line Item (CLIN) Definition Plan

- Clause B.3
- Supplies & Services
- CLIN
- Price
- Delivery Date
*Description*

- Section C
- Statement of Work
*Paragraph 2,*
*Contractor Work Scope*

- Section J, Attachment J-8
- Deliverable Item List
- _0001AA_
- Products
-   ----------
-   ----------
- Activities
-   ----------
-   ----------

- Section L
- “Offeror to complete Attachment J-8, IAW proposed approach”

- Reference

- Instruction

- Contract

## CLIN RE-Definition Plan

**CLIN **_***RE***_**-Definition Plan**

- Clause B.3
- Supplies & Services
- CLIN
- Price
- Delivery Date
*Description*

- Section C
- Statement of Work
*Paragraph 2,*
*Contractor Work Scope*

- Section J, Attachment J-8
- Deliverable Item List
- _0001AA_
- Products
-   ----------
-   ----------
- Activities
-   ----------
-   ----------

- Reference

- Technical Direction

- Contract

- Clause G.4
- Technical Direction
- Redefines Products and Activities
- No increase in price or delivery date
- Within scope of SOW

## TA1: Technical Approach to Line Items

Background: 
TA1 shows your capabilities, ability to apply resources to IPTs, how subs are used, and your approach to analysis cycles and program/project review milestones
Increases NASA confidence in successful performance
Overall Narrative
Overall information about how you plan to execute the CLINs
Could be information that you only want to describe once, but applies to all 10 CLINs
Technical Resources Information -- Organized by CLIN
Technical Approach – Narrative
What are you going to do?
How are you going to do it?
Who (subs, prime) is going to do it?
What will be the result? (Products/Activities list also provided as Attachment J-8)
Basis of Estimate – Narrative
What estimating methodology did you use for labor?
Why do you use the skill mix you use for this CLIN?
Why do you use the number of FTEs that you propose for this CLIN?
Resources -- Spreadsheet
Detailed plan for allocating quantity and quality of labor into the NASA-led IPTs
Complementary to Narrative sections
Permits NASA evaluation of feasibility, reasonableness, realism of your integrated plan for each CLIN

Evaluation Criteria:
Adequacy, reasonableness, and realism your understanding of the Government’s requirements
Feasibility of the proposed approach
Use of corporate capabilities
Your ability to implement the proposed approach. 

_**Background:**_** **
- TA1 shows your capabilities, ability to apply resources to IPTs, how subs are used, and your approach to analysis cycles and program/project review milestones
- Increases NASA confidence in successful performance
- Overall Narrative
- Overall information about how you plan to execute the CLINs
- Could be information that you only want to describe once, but applies to all 10 CLINs
- Technical Resources Information -- Organized by CLIN
- Technical Approach – Narrative
- What are you going to do?
- How are you going to do it?
- Who (subs, prime) is going to do it?
- What will be the result? (Products/Activities list also provided as Attachment J-8)
- Basis of Estimate – Narrative
- What estimating methodology did you use for labor?
- Why do you use the skill mix you use for this CLIN?
- Why do you use the number of FTEs that you propose for this CLIN?
- Resources -- Spreadsheet
- Detailed plan for allocating quantity and quality of labor into the NASA-led IPTs
- Complementary to Narrative sections
- Permits NASA evaluation of feasibility, reasonableness, realism of your integrated plan for each CLIN
_**Evaluation Criteria:**_
**Adequacy, reasonableness, and realism your understanding of the Government’s requirements**
**Feasibility of the proposed approach**
**Use of corporate capabilities**
**Your ability to implement the proposed approach. **

***Intent of TA1 ***

## Intent of TA2

**TA2: Capability for Designing, Developing and Manufacturing human rated space vehicles**
_**Background:**_
- TA2 shows your capabilities, experience, and facilities specific to human space flight
- NASA seeks design partners that bring real-world knowledge of building space vehicle designs
- NASA-led design to accommodate design constraints of manufacturing, testing, transportation, ground and flight operations
- Narrative describes capabilities in:
- _Design_
- _Development_
- _Manufacturing and Production_
- _Test Facilities_
- _Tooling_
- _QA_
- _Assembly & Integration_
- _Transportation_
- Also include specific previous programs and projects and how they utilized these capabilities
_**Evaluation Criteria:**_
**The Government will evaluate the Offeror’s proposed approach and existing capabilities for designing, developing and manufacturing human rated space vehicles **

## TA3: Representative Trades and Analyses

Background: 
Other evaluation factors primarily assess general approach, overall staffing and resource flexibility
A proposal element was needed to evaluate the contractor’s technical breadth, their technical approach to specific tasks, and the skills applied to specific sample tasks.
Each of the 5 sample tasks was chosen to examine specific abilities, breadth of understanding, innovative insights, the ability to construct a logical stepwise approach to dissecting the problem, and the ability to apply appropriate contractor internal and subcontractor resources to the task.
The 5 Trades and Analyses are:
Lander Scavenging
Ascent Module/Airlock Configuration
Produceability and Manufacturability
Landing Gear Design
CG Management Mitigation

Evaluation Criteria:
Definition of the scope of the analysis
Systems Approach -- Identification and understanding of any interdependencies 
Identification of proper resources, including any subcontractors proposed
Consideration of alternative and innovative techniques and options

**TA3: Representative Trades and Analyses**
_**Background:**_
- Other evaluation factors primarily assess general approach, overall staffing and resource flexibility
- A proposal element was needed to evaluate the contractor’s technical breadth, their technical approach to specific tasks, and the skills applied to specific sample tasks.
- Each of the 5 sample tasks was chosen to examine specific abilities, breadth of understanding, innovative insights, the ability to construct a logical stepwise approach to dissecting the problem, and the ability to apply appropriate contractor internal and subcontractor resources to the task.
- The 5 Trades and Analyses are:
- Lander Scavenging
- Ascent Module/Airlock Configuration
- Produceability and Manufacturability
- Landing Gear Design
- CG Management Mitigation
_**Evaluation Criteria:**_
**Definition of the scope of the analysis**
**Systems Approach -- Identification and understanding of any interdependencies **
**Identification of proper resources, including any subcontractors proposed**
**Consideration of alternative and innovative techniques and options**