SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- ANNOUNCEMENT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THE EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE PATHFINDER PROGRAM:EARTH VENTURE-2
- Notice Date
- 6/1/2011
- 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
- NNH11ZDA012O
- Response Due
- 9/15/2011
- Archive Date
- 6/1/2012
- Point of Contact
- Dr. Ramesh Kakar, EV-2 Program Scientist, Phone 202-358-0240, Fax 202-358-2770, Email Ramesh.K.Kakar@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
Dr. Ramesh Kakar
(Ramesh.K.Kakar@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Release Date: June 17, 2011Notice of Intent to propose Due: July 22, 2011Proposals Due:September 15, 2011The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate(SMD) is releasing a NASA Announcement of Opportunity (NNH11ZDA012O), Earth Venture-2(EV-2). Earth Venture is an element within the Earth System Science Pathfinder (ESSP)Program that conducts Principal Investigator (PI)-led Earth science investigationsrelevant to SMD's Earth Science Division. NASA expects to select one EV-2 mission toproceed into formulation and implementation. Launch Readiness Date (LRD) is to occur nolater than April 30, 2017. The proposed missions must support the goals and objectivesof the ESSP Program and the EV-2 element.This solicitation will be open from June 17, 2011, through September 15, 2011.Upon therelease date, the full text of the AO and all appendices will be available electronicallyat http://nspires.nasaprs.com/. A preproposal conference will be held in mid-July,in the Washington, DC, area; see http://essp.larc.nasa.gov/EV-2/ for details.Participation is open to all categories of organizations (U.S. and non-U.S), includingeducational institutions, industry, not-for-profit organizations, Federally FundedResearch and Development Centers (FFRDCs), NASA Centers, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory(JPL), and other Government agencies.Proposers should be aware of the following major changes in this AO from the EarthVenture-2 Draft AO (NNH11ZDA010J) that was released on February 15, 2011.The organizations which will provide evaluation services to NASA for this AO havebeen specified (Section 4.2.1).Policy sections have been added describing orbital constellations (Section 4.5.5)and end-of-mission requirements (Section 4.5.6)Proposals must demonstrate how the proposed investigation will fully achieve theproposed objectives (Section 5.1.1)Interface requirements for ISS-based investigations have been stated moreexplicitly (Section 5.9.4).Significant clarifications have been made in the description of constraints andrequirements for proposing alternative access to space (Section 5.9.5).The requirement for selected PI-led teams to attend NASAs PI-led Team MastersForum is explicitly stated (Section 7.4.2).All individuals affiliated with the proposed investigation without being listedas team members on the proposal cover page must be entered in NSPIRES (Appendix B,Section A.2).The Small Business Subcontracting Plan shall be provided in an appendix (AppendixB, Section J.11).In addition to the listed major changes, this AO incorporates a large number ofadditional changes relative to the previous ESSP Program AO and the Draft EV-2 AO,including both policy changes and changes to proposal submission requirements. Allproposers must read this AO carefully, and all proposals must comply with therequirements, constraints, and guidelines contained within this AO.Direct questions specifically regarding this solicitation to: Dr. Ramesh K. Kakar, EV-2Program Scientist, Earth Science Division, Science Mission Directorate, NASAHeadquarters, Washington, DC 20546; Tel.: (202) 358-0240; E-mail: Ramesh.K.Kakar@nasa.gov(subject line to read 'EV-2 AO').This notice constitutes a NASA Research Announcement as contemplated in FAR 6.102(d)(2).
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