Federal award (DEFINITIVE CONTRACT, fiscal year 2022)
Recipient: VANTAGE SYSTEMS, INC.
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: 2012-03-16 to 2017-03-15
Current total value of award: $4000000
Description: THE ICE, CLOUD, AND LAND ELEVATION SATELLITE-2 (ICESAT-2) IS THE 2ND-GENERATION OF THE ORBITING LASER ALTIMETER ICESAT SCHEDULED FOR LAUNCH IN EARLY 2016. THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO PROVIDE ENGINEERING AND RELATED SERVICES TO THE ICESAT-2 PROJECT, AS REQUIRED, FOR THE FORMULATION, DESIGN, PROCUREMENT, DEVELOPMENT, FABRICATION, INTEGRATION, TESTING, VERIFICATION, LAUNCH, AND OPERATIONS OF A HOST SPACECRAFT BUS AND RELATED GROUND SYSTEM HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, AND PROCESSES FOR THE ICESAT-2 MISSION.   TASKS ORDERS WILL BE ISSUED TO PERFORM SERVICES TO INCLUDE STUDIES AND EVALUATION OF POTENTIAL OPTIONS, TECHNICAL LIAISON AND PROJECT OVERSIGHT SUPPORT BETWEEN SPACECRAFT CONTRACTOR, NASA, AND ICESAT-2 INSTRUMENT, GROUND SYSTEM, AND OPERATIONS TEAMS. THIS WILL ALSO INCLUDE REQUIREMENTS DEVELOPMENT AND VERIFICATION THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT OVERSIGHT OF DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION FOR COMPONENTS, SUBSYSTEMS, SYSTEMS, GROUND SYSTEMS, SIMULATORS, NON-FLIGHT MODELS, AND PROTOTYPES CANDIDATE, FEASIBILITY, AND SYSTEMS DEFINITION STUDIES PROJECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS ENGINEERING ANALYSIS PRELIMINARY DESIGN DETAILED DESIGN FABRICATION ASSEMBLY INTEGRATION TEST AND VERIFICATION TEST INSTRUMENTATION DATA SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT POST DELIVERY SUPPORT, LAUNCH, ON-ORBIT AND POST-LAUNCH OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY UNIQUE TO SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT PARTS AND MATERIALS, TECHNICAL FACILITIES SUPPORT, LOGISTICS, DOCUMENTATION MAINTENANCE SUSTAINING ENGINEERING CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT INSTRUMENT ASSURANCE ARCHITECTURAL TRADES, PERFORMANCE, COST, RISK ASSESSMENT, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT), PROJECT COMMUNICATION, REVIEW, AND PRESENTATION SUPPORT.