Federal award (DELIVERY ORDER, fiscal year 2022)
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: 2013-10-28 to 2017-09-30
Current total value of award: $898227.02
Description: EARTH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY OFFICE ESTO SUPPORT.  SPECIALIZED ENGINEERING, EVALUATION AND TEST SERVICES SEETS II  THE EARTH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY OFFICE ESTO HAS RESPONSIBILITY TO DEFINE, IMPLEMENT, AND INTEGRATE ACROSS MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES A TECHNOLOGY-DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR THE SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE SMD, EARTH SCIENCE DIVISION, ESD.  ESTOS TECHNOLOGY ACTIVITIES ENCOMPASS THE AREAS OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT FOR INSTRUMENTS, COMPONENTS, AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS.  THESE THRUST AREAS REQUIRE STATE-OF-THE-ART EXPERTISE IN DISCIPLINES SUCH AS DETECTORS, COMPONENTS, DATA SYSTEMS FOR INSTRUMENTS, LAUNCH VEHICLE OPTIONS AND CAPABILITIES, AIRCRAFT, BALLOONS, IN SITU PLATFORMS, DATA CAPTURE AND PROCESSING, SENSOR WEBS, AND AUTONOMOUS-OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGIES.  ADDITIONALLY, NASA RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENTS NRSS, BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENTS BAAS, REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION RFIS, AND OTHER SOLICITATIONS ARE ISSUED FOR THE VARIOUS PROGRAM AREAS.  ESTO, HEREBY, REQUESTS THE VENDOR TO PROVIDE KNOWLEDGEABLE AND INDEPENDENT ANALYSTS AND REVIEWERS TO SUPPORT SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF THESE ACTIVITIES.  ON A RECURRING BASIS, THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE OBJECTIVE AND UNBIASED REVIEWS OF ESTO PROJECTS THAT ENCOMPASS THE THREE THRUST AREAS FOR INSTRUMENTS, COMPONENTS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS.  THE REVIEW PROCESS SHALL BE COMPRISED OF THE FOLLOWING STEPS: FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF EACH SOLICITATION  AWARD CYCLE, THE CONTRACTOR SHALL EVALUATE THE TECHNICAL SCOPE OF WORK FOR EACH PROJECT WITH REVIEWERS THEY SELECT WHO ARE DEEMED TO BE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS IN THE PROJECTS TECHNICAL AREAS. ASSIGNED REVIEWS SHALL FAMILIARIZE THEMSELVES WITH PROGRESS ON EACH PROJECT VIA THE REGULAR INTERIM REPORTING PROVIDED BY THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS. PRIOR TO EACH ANNUAL REVIEW, ASSIGN REVIEWS SHALL FAMILIARIZE THEMSELVES WITH THE PRESENTATION MATERIAL ONCE IT BECOMES AVAILABLE. ASSIGNED REVIEWS SHALL PARTICIPATE IN ANNUAL REVIEWS, EITHER IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY, PER ESTOS GUIDANCE. FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF EACH ANNUAL REVIEW THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE A WRITTEN REPORT THAT SUMMARIZES THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT, GOALS THAT WERE STATED IN ADVANCE FOR THE CURRENT PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE, ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE, AN EVALUATION ASSESSMENT OF THE TECHNICAL PROGRESS OF THE PROJECT, COMMENTS ON THE TECHNICAL APPROACH AS IT RELATES TO INDUSTRY STATE-OF-THE-ART, SUGGESTIONS FOR THE NEXT PHASE OF THE EFFORT, AND ANY OTHER COMMENTS DEEMED TO BE RELEVANT BY THE CONTRACTOR.    TRAVEL BETWEEN VENDOR FACILITIES WITHIN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES IS AUTHORIZED.