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: 2016-08-05 to 2018-04-28
Current total value of award: $1061989
Description: EARTH VENTURE INSTRUMENT-4 (EVI-4) PROPOSAL EVALUATION  THE PURPOSE OF THIS TASK ORDER IS TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT TO THE NASA SCIENCE OFFICE FOR MISSION ASSESSMENTS (SOMA) (LOCATED AT NASA LARC) ON THE TECHNICAL, MANAGEMENT, AND COST (TMC) FEASIBILITY OF THE INVESTIGATION IMPLEMENTATION, INCLUDING COST RISK EVALUATION OF PROPOSALS SUBMITTED AS A RESULT OF THE EARTH VENTURE INSTRUMENT-4 (EVI-4) SOLICITATION. EVI-4 SOLICITS TWO TYPES OF INVESTIGATIONS: INSTRUMENT INVESTIGATIONS (CLASS C AND/OR CLASS D) AND CUBESAT INVESTIGATIONS (CLASS D).  FOR EACH PROPOSAL EVALUATED, THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE A FORM C, WHICH IS THE FORM THAT SERVES AS THE REPORT OF THE TMC EVALUATION RESULTS, AND A COST EVALUATION SUMMARY, WHICH DOCUMENTS THE COST ASSESSMENT ASSOCIATED WITH EACH FORM C. THE TMC EVALUATION IS PERFORMED ACCORDING TO CRITERIA FACTORS C-1 TO C-5 DEFINED IN THE SECOND STAND ALONE MISSIONS OF OPPORTUNITY NOTICE (SALMON-2) ANNOUNCEMENT OF OPPORTUNITY (AO) AND REQUIREMENTS DEFINED IN THE EVI-4 SALMON-2 AO PROGRAM ELEMENT APPENDIX (PEA). IN ADDITION, THE EVI-4 PEA REQUIRES THE TMC EVALUATION TEAM TO ALSO PROVIDE COMMENTS TO NASA REGARDING THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE PROPOSED INSTRUMENT IS COMPATIBLE WITH POTENTIAL SATELLITE PLATFORM INTERFACES AND OPERATIONS. THESE COMMENTS SHALL NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THE TMC FEASIBILITY RISK RATING. THE COMMENTS ON COMPATIBILITY WITH POTENTIAL SATELLITE PLATFORM INTERFACES AND OPERATIONS SHALL BE REFERRED TO AS ACCOMMODATION COMMENTS. THE EVALUATION TEAM SHALL DOCUMENT ACCOMMODATION COMMENTS ON EACH PROPOSAL AT THE END OF FORM C. A SUBSET OF THE EVALUATION TEAM SHALL PREPARE A SUMMARY OF ACCOMMODATION COMMENTS FOR A SUBSET OF THE PROPOSALS AFTER THE TMC EVALUATION IS COMPLETE