Federal award (DELIVERY ORDER, fiscal year 2021)
Recipient: CORNELL TECHNICAL SERVICES LLC
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: 2016-07-01 to 2017-04-30
Current total value of award: $3998709
Description: DISCOVERY 2014 CONCEPT STUDY REPORT (CSR) EVALUATION THE PURPOSE OF THIS TASK ORDER IS TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT TO THE NASA SCIENCE OFFICE FOR MISSION ASSESSMENTS (SOMA) AT NASA/LARC TO ASSIST IN THE TECHNICAL, MANAGEMENT, AND COST (TMC) EVALUATION OF CONCEPT STUDY REPORTS (CSRS) FROM THE 5 TEAMS SELECTED THROUGH AO NNH14ZDA014O, ENTITLED ANNOUNCEMENT OF OPPORTUNITY DISCOVERY 2014 ISSUED NOVEMBER 05, 2014 AND AMENDED JANUARY 16, 2015. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING 3 FORMS FOR EACH CSR: AN EVALUATION FORM FOR THE SCIENCE IMPLEMENTATION MERIT AND FEASIBILITY OF THE INVESTIGATION (FORM B), AN EVALUATION FORM FOR THE FEASIBILITY OF THE MISSION IMPLEMENTATION INCLUDING COST RISK (FORM C), AND A COST EVALUATION SUMMARY (CES). THE CRITERIA BY WHICH FINDINGS FOR FORMS B AND C SHALL BE GENERATED ARE SPECIFIED IN GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA FOR THE PHASE A CONCEPT STUDY ON THE DISCOVERY 2014 AO PROGRAM LIBRARY WEB PAGE (HTTP://DISCOVERY.LARC.NASA.GOV/DPL.HTML). FOR THOSE MISSIONS THAT PROPOSE A STUDENT COLLABORATION (SC), THE FORM C SHALL INCLUDE AN EVALUATION OF WHETHER THE SC IS SEPARABLE. FOR THOSE MISSIONS THAT PROPOSE A TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION OPPORTUNITY (TDO), THE FORM C SHALL INCLUDE A SEPARATE EVALUATION OF THE TDO. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PERFORM 3 INDEPENDENT COST ESTIMATES FOR EACH CSR.  NASA RECOGNIZES AND SUPPORTS THE BENEFITS OF HAVING DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE SCIENTIFIC, ENGINEERING, AND TECHNOLOGY COMMUNITIES AND FULLY EXPECTS THAT SUCH VALUES WILL BE REFLECTED IN THE COMPOSITION OF ALL PROPOSAL TEAMS AS WELL AS PEER REVIEW PANELS (SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND TECHNOLOGY), SCIENCE DEFINITION TEAMS, AND MISSION AND INSTRUMENT TEAMS.