Federal award (DEFINITIVE CONTRACT, fiscal year 2021)
Recipient: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
Awarding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Funding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Period of performance: 2018-08-01 to 2021-07-31
Current total value of award: $24943143
Description: UNDER THE SCOPE OF THIS CONTRACT, THE CONTRACTOR SHALL MANAGE AND OPERATE THE SOCIOECONOMIC DATA AND APPLICATIONS DAAC. THE TASKS INCLUDE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, DEVELOPMENT, USER SERVICES, PRODUCT GENERATION, DATA AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT, ARCHIVE AND DISTRIBUTION, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECURITY AND RELATED SCIENCE SUPPORT AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.  THESE TASKS DEFINE THE ACTIVITIES, WHICH ALLOW THE DAAC TO ACQUIRE, PROCESS, ARCHIVE AND DISTRIBUTE SOCIOECONOMIC DATA AND APPLICATIONS NEEDED FOR NASA EARTH SCIENCE RESEARCH, AS WELL AS RELATED DATA PRODUCTS GENERATED FROM EARTH SCIENCE INSTRUMENTS WHICH ARE USEFUL TO THE BROADER SCIENCE COMMUNITY AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.  IMPLEMENTATION ALSO INCLUDES PARTICIPATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADDITIONAL TOOLS AND CAPABILITIES NEEDED TO MEET THE EOSDIS REQUIREMENTS AT ALL DAACS AND TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EOSDIS INFRASTRUCTURE.    SINCE THESE ACTIVITIES ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE SUCCESS OF A MAJOR NASA PROGRAM, THEY MUST BE PERFORMED BY AN ENTITY WITH PROVEN EXPERTISE IN PROCESSING AND ANALYZING SATELLITE DATA USEFUL IN THE SPECIFIED DISCIPLINE AND WITH DEMONSTRABLE CAPABILITIES FOR DEVELOPING AND OPERATING A SCIENCE DATA ARCHIVE AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER.