Federal award (DEFINITIVE CONTRACT, fiscal year 2024)
Recipient: INSTITUTO PRESBITERIANO MACKENZIE
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: 2014-07-01 to 2019-12-31
Current total value of award: $959730.2
Description: VLBI STATION OPERATIONS AT FORTALEZA, BRAZIL THE AGENCIA ESPACIAL BRASILEIRA (AEB) THROUGH THE MACKENZIE PRESBYTERIAN INSTITUTE/MACKENZIE PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY/CENTER FOR RADIO ASTRONOMY AND SPACE APPLICATIONS (CRAAE) SHALL FURNISH TECHNICALLY QUALIFIED PERSONNEL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES NECESSARY FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE RADIO ASTRONOMY FACILITY AT THE SPACE RADIO OBSERVATORY OF THE NORTHEAST (FORTALEZA), LOCATED AT THE CITY OF EUSEBIO, CEARA.  THIS WORK WILL BE PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH STANDARDS SET FORTH IN IADS#BR0122, AN ARRANGEMENT FOR A PROGRAM OF COOPERATION BETWEEN NASA AND AEB ON SPACE GEODESY RESEARCH WITH EMPHASIS IN VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY (VLBI). -  THE CONTRACTOR SHALL OPERATE, MAINTAIN, REPAIR AND MODIFY THE CONTRACTOR OPERATED STATION. -  THE CONTACTOR SHALL INSTALL, TEST, AND DOCUMENT ALL APPROVED ENGINEERING CHANGES. -  THE CONTRACTOR SHALL CONDUCT OBSERVATIONS. STATION CREWS NORMALLY WORK DAYTIME HOURS, FIVE DAYS PER WEEK.  -  THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE APPROPRIATELY QUALIFIED AND EXPERIENCED ENGINEERING AND SERVICES PERSONNEL TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SUCCESSFUL OPERATION SERVICES FOR THE CONDUCT OF VLBI MEASUREMENT OPERATIONS AND OTHER OPERATIONS AS DIRECTED BY NASA.  -  THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE OPERATION LOGISTICS SUPPORT FOR ALL PHASES OF STATION OPERATION.