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: 2016-03-02 to 2016-12-31
Current total value of award: $83703
Description: TASK ORDER TITLE: COST AND SCHEDULE EVALUATION SUPPORT FOR THE EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE PATHFINDER PROGRAM OFFICE  THE EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE PATHFINDER (ESSP) PROGRAM IS A STRATEGIC INVESTMENT BY THE SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE (SMD) EARTH SCIENCE DIVISION (ESD) THAT INCLUDES A SERIES OF RELATIVELY LOW-TO-MODERATE COST, COMPETITIVELY SELECTED, PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR-LED MISSIONS THAT ARE BUILT, TESTED, AND LAUNCHED IN A SHORT TIME INTERVAL TO ACCOMMODATE NEW AND EMERGENT SCIENTIFIC PRIORITIES. ESSP PROJECTS SUPPORT A VARIETY OF EARTH SCIENCE OBJECTIVES, INCLUDING THE ATMOSPHERE, OCEANS, LAND SURFACE, POLAR ICE REGIONS, AND SOLID EARTH. ESSP PROJECTS ENCOMPASS THE ENTIRE LIFE CYCLE FROM DEFINITION, THROUGH DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, INTEGRATION AND TEST, LAUNCH OR DEPLOYMENT, OPERATIONS, SCIENCE DATA ANALYSIS AND DISTRIBUTION. THE ESSP PROGRAM OFFICE (PO), LOCATED AT LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER, IS THE MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE ESTABLISHED BY ESD THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MANAGEMENT, DIRECTION, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ESSP PROGRAM ELEMENTS.  AS PART OF THE EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF THESE MISSIONS, THE ESSP PO IS REQUIRED TO CONDUCT PROGRAMMATIC COST AND SCHEDULE ASSESSMENTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL MISSIONS.   THE PURPOSE OF THIS TASK IS TO OBTAIN SUPPORT FOR THE PROGRAMMATIC COST AND SCHEDULE ASSESSMENTS OF ESSP MISSIONS.