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: 2016-04-18 to 2017-05-31
Current total value of award: $2902451
Description: EXPLORER ANNOUNCEMENT OF OPPORTUNITY (AO) ASTROPHYSICS EXPLORER 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 NNH14ZDA013O, ENTITLED ASTROPHYSICS EXPLORER PROGRAM 2014 SMALL EXPLORER (SMEX), ISSUED SEPTEMBER 17, 2014, AND PROGRAM ELEMENT APPENDIX (PEA) N, ENTITLED ASTROPHYSICS EXPLORER MISSION OF OPPORTUNITY, APPENDED FEBRUARY 7, 2012, TO THE SECOND STAND ALONE MISSION OF OPPORTUNITY NOTICE (SALMON-2) AO NNH12ZDA006O. THE 3 AO NNH14ZDA013O BASED FULL MISSION CSRS AND THE 2 AO NNH12ZDA006O BASED MISSION OF OPPORTUNITY CSRS WILL BE EVALUATED AS 1 SET ON THIS TASK ORDER. 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 2014 ASTROPHYSICS SMALL EXPLORER (SMEX) PROGRAM LIBRARY WEB PAGE (HTTP://EXPLORERS.LARC.NASA.GOV/APSMEX/SMEX/PROGRAMLIBRARY.HTML) AND ON THE 2014 ASTROPHYSICS EXPLORER MISSIONS OF OPPORTUNITY (MO) PROGRAM LIBRARY WEB PAGE (HTTP://EXPLORERS.LARC.NASA.GOV/APSMEX/MO/PROGRAMLIBRARY.HTML). FOR THOSE MISSIONS THAT PROPOSE A STUDENT COLLABORATION (SC), THE FORM C SHALL INCLUDE AN EVALUATION OF WHETHER THE SC IS SEPARABLE. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PERFORM 3 INDEPENDENT COST ESTIMATES FOR EACH CSR.  THE CONTRACTOR SHALL ALSO PROVIDE A QUAD CHART FOR EACH OF THE CSRS.