Summary
The purpose of this Statement of Work (SOW) is to acquire scientific, engineering, and related services to the Space Science Division (SSD) and related organizations, as required, for the formulation, design, development, fabrication, integration, testing, verification, operation, and data analysis of spaceflight and ground system hardware and software, including the development and validation of technologies to enable future science missions. To this end, the Contractor shall provide on/off-site multi-disciplinary scientific and engineering evaluation, analysis, and development, pursuant to Technical Direction Memorandums (TDM) issued by the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR). TDM may be issued to perform services in all aspects of mission and instrument development and implementation for components, subsystems, systems, scientific instruments, observatories, launch, ground system, spacecraft, and suborbital craft (e.g., sounding rockets, UAVs, balloons, and aircraft), including Space Station, free-flying spacecraft, and suborbital payloads, as well as Ground Support Equipment (GSE), simulators, non-flight models and prototypes; candidate, feasibility, and systems definition studies; project planning, direction, and control; systems engineering; analysis; preliminary and detailed design; fabrication; assembly; integration and test; test and verification; calibration; test instrumentation; data systems management; launch and post-launch operations; research and technology unique to the intended use; phenomenology; data reduction; documentation; maintenance; sustaining engineering; configuration management; safety, reliability, and quality assurance (SR&QA); architectural trades; performance, cost, and risk assessment; and systems safety.