Federal award (DEFINITIVE CONTRACT, fiscal year 2024)
Recipient: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE
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: 2012-01-11 to 2025-08-31
Current total value of award: $182059178.88
Description: SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT TO REDUCE PHASE E SCOPE, ADD ADDITIONAL PHASE F SCOPE, REDUCE THE CONTRACT VALUE, AND EXTEND THE POP - ICON.  THIS CONTRACT IS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (UCB) AT BERKELEY SPACE SCIENCES LABORATORY, THE PRIME CONTRACTUAL INTERFACE FOR NASA FOR THE IONOSPHERIC CONNECTION EXPLORER (LCON) MISSION INVESTIGATION TEAM, THAT COVERS PHASE A OF THE MISSION. THE NASA AO IS NNHIIZDA0020. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI) DR. THOMAS IMMEL, UCB WILL BE THE PRINCIPAL CONTRACTOR TO NASA FOR ICON. UCB SHALL CONDUCT THE PHASE A CONCEPT STUDY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONCEPT STUDY GUIDELINES. IN PERFORMANCE OF THIS STUDY, THE ICON TEAM SHALL: A. CONDUCT TRADE AND RISK REDUCTION STUDIES B. UPDATE AND REFINE THE EXISTING MISSION COST ESTIMATES AND FINANCIAL PLAN C. INTEGRATE AND DELIVER TO NASA ALL SUBCONTRACTOR AND UCB FINANCIAL REPORTS D. DEVELOP PLAN FOR EARNED VALUE MANAGEMENT TO BE IN PLACE DURING PHASES C AND D E. DEVELOP THE MISSION IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR PHASE B/CID, AND E F. DEFME THE RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN AND DEVELOP MITIGATION STRATEGIES G. OUTLINE THE FABRICATION, INTEGRATION, TEST, AND OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM H. DEFINE THE EDUCATION, OUTREACH, TECHNOLOGY, AND SMALL BUSINESS DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS PLANS I. DEVELOP A PRELIMINARY PERFORMANCE ASSURANCE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN (PAIP) J. DEVELOP A PRELIMINARY SYSTEMS ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT PLAN K. DOCUMENT THE RESULTS OF THE STUDIES IN THE PHASE A CONCEPT STUDY REPORT AND L. PRESENT THE ICON CONCEPT TO THE NASA ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR.