Federal award (DELIVERY ORDER, fiscal year 2024)
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: 2016-09-07 to 2019-09-30
Current total value of award: $13865866
Description: SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE (SMD) PROGRAMMATIC ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING.  THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE INDEPENDENT PROGRAMMATIC AND TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT FUNCTIONS THAT CAN:(1) IDENTIFY AND ASSESS PROJECT RISKS WHETHER TECHNICAL, COST AND SCHEDULE RELATED AND PREDICT THE PROBABILITIES AND CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR REALIZATION  (2) PREDICT THE GROWTH OF PROJECT COSTS AND SCHEDULES OVER TIME DUE TO RISKS AND UNCERTAINTY AND (3) COMMUNICATE RESULTS AND FINDINGS IN A CLEAR, CONCISE MANNER TO SMD PROGRAM EXECUTIVES (PES), PROGRAM ANALYSTS (PAS), THEME DIRECTORS, THE SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE (SMD) ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR (AA) AND STAFF MEMBERS AS NEEDED, THE CONTRACTOR SHALL ALSO:  (1) CONDUCT MONTHLY MONITORING OF A DESIGNATED SUBSET OF THE MOST CHALLENGING AND COMPLEX FLIGHT PROJECTS AS THEY PROCEED THROUGH DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, AND IMPLEMENTATION IN TERMS OF THE EVOLUTION OF THEIR PROGRAMMATIC AND TECHNICAL RISKS, COST AT COMPLETION AND DELIVERY MILESTONES (2) CONDUCT SPECIAL STUDIES AND ASSESSMENTS OF THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF FLIGHT PROGRAMS IN ORDER TO PREDICT BETTER SMDS FUTURE PERFORMANCE AND (3) PROVIDE TECHNICAL AND PROGRAMMATIC ASSESSMENTS OF NON-FLIGHT SMD PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS.THE CONTRACTOR SHALL SUPPORT THE MISSION ANALYSIS ENGINEERING FUNCTION FOR SMD PROJECTS TO INCLUDE EXPERIENCED PERSONNEL, ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENT TOOLS, PROCESSES AND REPORTING FUNCTIONS. ITS EFFORTS SHALL BE STRUCTURED TO ENSURE THAT THE NEEDED DATA, FINDINGS AND INSIGHTS ARE AVAILABLE IN A TIMELY MANNER TO SUPPORT SMD REVIEWS AND DECISION MAKING. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DESIGNATE FOR EACH ASSIGNED SMD DIVISION OR THEME A MISSION ANALYSIS ENGINEER (MAE) WHO SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR COORDINATING ALL ANALYSES REQUIRED FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING FUNCTIONS OF THE DIVISION OR THEMES PROJECTS.  EACH MAE SHALL: (1) MAINTAIN THE KNOWLEDGE BASE FOR THE DIVISIONS PROJECTS, INCLUDING FULL KNOWLEDGE OF ALL ON-GOING PROGRAMMATIC AND TECHNICAL ASSESSMENTS (2) ENSURE THAT KEY ANALYSTS AND SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS ATTEND MAJOR MILESTONE AND SELECTED PROJECT REVIEWS AND  (3) PRESENT ANALYSES, FINDINGS AND INSIGHTS TO AUDIENCES IDENTIFIED BY SMD DECISION MAKERS.