SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- NASA DISCOVERY PROGRAM COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT
- Notice Date
- 4/6/2010
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Headquarters Acquisition Branch, Code210.H, Greenbelt, MD 20771
- ZIP Code
- 20771
- Solicitation Number
- NNH10ZDA006J
- Archive Date
- 4/6/2011
- Point of Contact
- Dr. Michael New, Discovery Program Lead Scientist, Phone 202-358-1766, Fax 202-358-3097, Email michael.h.new@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
Dr. Michael New
(michael.h.new@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Subject: NASA Discovery Program Announcement of OpportunityNASAs Science Mission Directorate (SMD) intends to release an Announcement ofOpportunity (AO) for Discovery Program missions no earlier than (NET) June 2010. TheDiscovery Program conducts Principal Investigator (PI)-led space science investigationsin SMDs planetary programs under a not-to-exceed cost cap. It is anticipated thatapproximately two to three Discovery investigations will be selected for 9-month Phase Aconcept studies through this AO. At the conclusion of these concept studies, it isplanned that one Discovery investigation will be selected to continue into Phase B andsubsequent mission phases. There will be no Missions of Opportunity (MO) solicited aspart of this AO. All MO are now solicited through the Stand Alone Missions of OpportunityNotice (SALMON) AO.The AO will differ in the following significant ways from the Draft Discovery Program AO(NNH10ZDA003J) released in December 2009:Launch vehicles in the medium and high performance classes with 4m fairingswill be added as options. Costs to proposers for these options are currently beingassessed.Proposed missions will be required to be compatible through PDR with threefamilies of launch vehicles: Atlas V, Delta IV, and Falcon 9.The minimum requirements for taking advantage of technology-infusion cost capincentives will be detailed in a new document in the Program Library entitled In-SpacePropulsion Technologies Minimum Demonstration Requirements.The costs associated with NEPA, NLSA, and nuclear launch services for missionsproposing to use ASRGs will be reduced to a firm, fixed cost of $20M (FY10).The justification for the use of X-band telecommunications for science datadownlink will be clarified to explicitly follow Recommendation 23-1 of the SpaceFrequency Coordination Group: in deep-space X-band users will be limited to 12 MHz ofbandwidth while at Mars X-band users will be limited to 8 MHz of bandwidth. Beyond theselimits, missions will be required to use Ka-band. Aperture fees based on the standardformula will remain.Missions to the Martian surface will no longer be required to carry theElectra-lite UHF radio package. However, any UHF package used will be required to beinteroperable with the current Mars UHF relay network.The latest allowable Launch Readiness Date (LRD) will be extended to December 31,2017.The schedule for the solicitation is intended to be:Release of final AO (target) - NET June 2010Pre-proposal conference - ~3 weeks after final AO releaseProposals due - 90 days after AO releaseSelection for competitive Phase A studies - March 2011 (target)Concept study reports due - February 2012 (target)Down-selection - July 2012 (target)Launch readiness date - NLT December 31, 2017The Draft Discovery AO is available by following the links athttp://discovery.larc.nasa.gov/. Proposers should read the Discovery AO carefullywhen it is released.NASA has not approved the issuance of the Discovery AO and this notification does notobligate NASA to issue the AO and solicit proposals. The release date is subject toongoing budget formulation activities. Any costs incurred by prospective investigators inpreparing submissions in response to this notification or the Draft Discovery AO areincurred completely at the submitter's own risk.Further information will be posted on the Discovery Program Acquisition Page athttp://discovery.larc.nasa.gov/ as it becomes available. Questions may be addressedto Dr. Michael New, Discovery Program Lead Scientist, Science Mission Directorate, NASA,Washington, DC20546; Tel.: (202) 358-1766; Email: michael.h.new@nasa.gov.
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