Federal award (DELIVERY ORDER, fiscal year 2021)
Recipient: THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION
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: 2015-12-10 to 2017-12-31
Current total value of award: $1247977
Description: " MAINTAINING MISSION OPERATIONS COST ESTIMATION TOOL (MOCET), HOW TO MEASURE LEVEL OF HERITAGE IN COMPLEX SPACE SYSTEMS, AND APPROACH TO VALIDATING PROPOSED MASS AND POWER MARGIN " - THE SCOPE OF THIS EFFORT IS FOR THE CONTRACTOR TO PROVIDE TRAINING TO HQ AND ADDITIONAL AREAS OF THE NASA SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE (SMD) FOR TECHNICAL, MANAGEMENT AND COST REVIEW OF SMD ANNOUNCEMENT OF OPPORTUNITY (AO) PROPOSALS, ALONG WITH PROVIDING 1 YEAR OF TECHNICAL SUPPORT.  THE EFFORT WILL ALSO CHECK COST ESTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS (CERS) FOR CONSISTENCY ON ADDITIONAL MISSIONS.  FINALLY, THIS TASK WILL ALSO (I) CREATE A PROCESS OF ASSESSING RISK OF PROPOSED HERITAGE ITEMS IN PRE-PHASE A AND PHASE-A, (II) CREATE A PROCESS TO VALIDATE PROPOSED MASS AND POWER, CONTINGENCY, AND MARGIN IN PRE-PHASE A AND PHASE-A, AND (III) DEVELOP A CONCEPT FOR ESTIMATING NASA STANDARD WBS 4, 7, AND 9 COSTS FOR THE PRE-PHASE E TIME PERIOD.