SPECIAL NOTICE
A -- Phase 4 NASGRO Development Services
- Notice Date
- 2/3/2017
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541511
— Custom Computer Programming Services
- Contracting Office
- NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC), Building 1111, Jerry Hlass Road, Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, 39529, United States
- ZIP Code
- 39529
- Solicitation Number
- NNX17615013Q
- Archive Date
- 2/23/2017
- Point of Contact
- Nicolas A. Zogaib, Phone: 2288136788, Karen Artis, Phone: 228-813-6323
- E-Mail Address
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nicolas.a.zogaib@nasa.gov, Karen.L.Artis@nasa.gov
(nicolas.a.zogaib@nasa.gov, Karen.L.Artis@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NASA/NSSC has a requirement for Phase 4 NASGRO Development Services. NASA/NSSC intends to issue a sole source contract to Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), 6220 Culebra Road, San Antonio, TX 78238-5166, under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i). It has been determined that Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is the sole provider of Phase 4 NASGRO Development Services. Summary: Provide the Phase 4 professional software engineering and development services to incorporate ASME FFS-1 / API-579 failure assessment diagram (FAD) and stress intensity factor model analytical capabilities into the NASGRO fracture mechanics program for use in the assessment of fitness for service and remaining safe life of NASA’s ground based pressure vessels and systems. Phase 4 includes implementing FAD capabilities for existing bivariant weight function models, developing a software design document for a new FAD assessment / screening module for NASGRO, having technical Interactions and design reviews with NASA subject matter experts, and the contactor’s program management efforts including technical and progress reporting to NASA. Background: NASA’s Office of Safety and Mission Assurance (OSMA) and Ames Research Center’s Pressure Systems Manager (PSM) on behalf of all Centers require the ability to evaluate the fitness for service and remaining safe life of ground based pressure vessels and pressurized systems that experience cyclic pressure, mechanical and thermal loadings during operation that causes fatigue damage and crack growth. Commercially available software that offers similar capability does not adequately address NASA’s technical requirements for layered vessels, is very expensive, requires per-user initial seat procurement and also requires expensive annual maintenance contracts for upgrades and security patching. Therefore, NASA desires to use the NASGRO fracture mechanics analysis software since the Agency has unlimited free use rights as a consequence of the Space Act Agreement signed with Southwest Research Institute, who is also leally holds the copyright for the software. However, significant further development is required for its desired application to pressure vessels and systems, and this phased development effort is NASA’s investment to develop and mature the software for such use. NASGRO was initially developed in the 1980s by Lockheed Martin Services (LMS) under contract to NASA to address space flight program fracture control requirements, but the features required for current assessment of ground based pressure systems were generally not included in that development. In 2000, a Space Act Agreement (SAA) was signed with Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) for the collaborative development and commercialization NASGRO to ensure its ongoing support through the establishment of a fee-based industry consortium with SwRI serving as the managing partner and principal developer. At the same time, the NASGRO copyright was assigned and transferred from LMS to SwRI, who retains it to the present. Under the terms of the SAA, NASA retains a perpetual royalty-free license for use of NASGRO for NASA programs and projects. NASA is not a consortium member, however, and any NASA-specific development tasks must be funded by NASA. NASA JSC continues funding the development of space flight related fracture control tasks, and NASA OSMA has provided incremental funding of tasks related to ground based pressure NASA’s Office of Safety and Mission Assurance (OSMA) and Ames Research Center’s Pressure Systems Manager (PSM) on behalf of all Centers require the ability to evaluate the fitness for service and remaining safe life of ground based pressure vessels and pressurized systems that experience cyclic pressure, mechanical and thermal loadings during operation that causes fatigue damage and crack growth. Commercially available software that offers similar capability does not adequately address NASA’s technical requirements for layered vessels, is very expensive, requires per-user initial seat procurement and also requires expensive annual maintenance contracts for upgrades and security patching. Therefore, NASA desires to use the NASGRO fracture mechanics analysis software since the Agency has unlimited free use rights as a consequence of the Space Act Agreement signed with Southwest Research Institute, who is also leally holds the copyright for the software. However, significant further development is required for its desired application to pressure vessels and systems, and this phased development effort is NASA’s investment to develop and mature the software for such use. NASGRO was initially developed in the 1980s by Lockheed Martin Services (LMS) under contract to NASA to address space flight program fracture control requirements, but the features required for current assessment of ground based pressure systems were generally not included in that development. In 2000, a Space Act Agreement (SAA) was signed with Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) for the collaborative development and commercialization NASGRO to ensure its ongoing support through the establishment of a fee-based industry consortium with SwRI serving as the managing partner and principal developer. At the same time, the NASGRO copyright was assigned and transferred from LMS to SwRI, who retains it to the present. Under the terms of the SAA, NASA retains a perpetual royalty-free license for use of NASGRO for NASA programs and projects. NASA is not a consortium member, however, and any NASA-specific development tasks must be funded by NASA. NASA JSC continues funding the development of space flight related fracture control tasks, and NASA OSMA has provided incremental funding of tasks related to ground based pressure NASA’s Office of Safety and Mission Assurance (OSMA) and Ames Research Center’s Pressure Systems Manager (PSM) on behalf of all Centers require the ability to evaluate the fitness for service and remaining safe life of ground based pressure vessels and pressurized systems that experience cyclic pressure, mechanical and thermal loadings during operation that causes fatigue damage and crack growth. Commercially available software that offers similar capability does not adequately address NASA’s technical requirements for layered vessels, is very expensive, requires per-user initial seat procurement and also requires expensive annual maintenance contracts for upgrades and security patching. Therefore, NASA desires to use the NASGRO fracture mechanics analysis software since the Agency has unlimited free use rights as a consequence of the Space Act Agreement signed with Southwest Research Institute, who is also leally holds the copyright for the software. However, significant further development is required for its desired application to pressure vessels and systems, and this phased development effort is NASA’s investment to develop and mature the software for such use. NASGRO was initially developed in the 1980s by Lockheed Martin Services (LMS) under contract to NASA to address space flight program fracture control requirements, but the features required for current assessment of ground based pressure systems were generally not included in that development. In 2000, a Space Act Agreement (SAA) was signed with Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) for the collaborative development and commercialization NASGRO to ensure its ongoing support through the establishment of a fee-based industry consortium with SwRI serving as the managing partner and principal developer. At the same time, the NASGRO copyright was assigned and transferred from LMS to SwRI, who retains it to the present. Under the terms of the SAA, NASA retains a perpetual royalty-free license for use of NASGRO for NASA programs and projects. NASA is not a consortium member, however, and any NASA-specific development tasks must be funded by NASA. NASA JSC continues funding the development of space flight related fracture control tasks, and NASA OSMA has provided incremental funding of tasks related to ground based pressure vessels since 2014 with Phase 1. It is anticipated that additional development phases will be undertaken in the future as funds become available. NASA’s policy in NPD 8710.5D and pressure system safety requirements in NASA STD-8719.17B require that each NASA Center demonstrate the safety, fitness for service, and remaining safe life of potentially hazardous ground based pressure vessels and systems. NASA has many such systems that are both vital to NASA’s mission and present significant potential hazard to staff. Most vessels are subjected to cyclic service loadings, and many were fabricated from undocumented, non-Code materials and processes. Standard ASME Code rule-based techniques are often inadequate for addressing the in-service conditions and features of these vessels without excessive conservatisms, and the specialized capabilities of fracture mechanics and cyclic crack growth software is needed to provide remaining safe life assessments of such legacy equipment. In addition, the industry Codes and Standards mandated by OSHA (e.g., ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code, and ASME FFS-1 / API-579 Fitness for Service) require the application of the failure assessment diagram (FAD) approach and its underlying analytical methodologies in these assessments. NASGRO has not previously addressed the ASME/API approach because the consortium members and JSC interests are in aerospace rather than ground based vessels, and the current NASGRO approach addresses principally aerospace needs. Thus, NASGRO requires engineering and software development to fully incorporate the ASME/API requirements and apply it to all needed stress intensity factor (SIF) models for NASA’s institutional ground based pressure systems. A master list of development tasks was agreed upon within NASA in 2013, with work funded and performed incrementally to address the major topics identified therein. This document is the Phase 4 statement of work for NASGRO ASME/API FAD development for bivariant weight function SIF models, developing a software design document for a new FAD assessment / screening module for NASGRO, and providing technical interactions and design reviews with NASA subject matter experts (SMEs). There are three specific subtasks identified each of which requires fracture mechanics engineering, software coding, verification and validation testing, reporting, and / or project management. The successful completion of this work will benefit NASA and industry as a whole through improved safety assessments with the incorporation of the desired capabilities in future commercial releases of NASGRO. Objective: As specified in Section 3 below, the bidder shall perform Phase 4 engineering and software development including graphical user interface (GUI) development tasks as a follow-on to previously completed Phase 1, 2 and 3 work to incorporate and enhance NASGRO’s ASME / API FAD capabilities as related to assessment of NASA’s institutional ground based pressure vessels and systems. This work requires completing development tasks, documenting that completion through issuance of Demonstrated Functionality Reports (DFRs) or software design documents, and issuing software updates in NASGRO updates for user community assessment. It is required that this procurement proceed as a single source procurement to SwRI, the copyright and SAA holder, based on the single source justification provided separately. Scope and Specifications: Perform Phase 4 NASGRO ASME FFS-1/API-579 FAD development by completing the three tasks listed below. All software development work for these tasks shall comply with section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, subpart B, sections 1194.21 (Software Applications and Operating Systems) for code included in formal releases of NASGRO. Task A: Implement FAD Capabilities for Existing Bivariant Weight Function Models (SC31, EC04 and CC09) The existing NASGRO bivariant weight function (WF) stress intensity factor models for the surface crack (SC31), embedded crack (EC04) and corner crack (CC09) models do not currently have corresponding limit load solutions. In order to use these models with the failure assessment diagram (FAD) analysis capability in NASGRO, limit load solutions must be derived and implemented. This implementation will provide a needed capability to account for two-dimensional (bivariant) stress gradients in the FAD analysis approach and additionally, will allow for the inclusion of two dimensional residual stress distributions in FAD analyses. The subtasks in this effort shall involve the following items: • Derivation of limit load solutions for SC3 l, EC04, and CC09 • Writing a software design document for theory and GUI implementation • Integration of limit load solutions into NASGRO FAD capabilities • Document the new limit load solutions in Appendix X of the NASGRO User's Manual • Testing and examples development The new program features developed in this subtask shall be released in NASGRO v9.0 beta for industry and NASA assessment. Task B: Develop Software Design Document for a New FAD "Assessment/Screening" Module for NASGRO A new NASGRO module is required to provide the capability to compute and plot assessment points (Kr, Lr) for known (detected or assumed) crack sizes and graphically compare them to the FAD line. It needs to implement both FITNET and ASME API-579 procedures. There would be no crack growth analysis performed in this module, and it would be analogous to NASSIF and NASCCS, but in "FAD Space". Options would include: • Plot {Kr, Lr) assessment point(s) vs FAD line • Compute failure load (for a given crack size and toughness) • Compute critical crack size (for a given load and toughness) This new module will involve significant graphics and GUI development effort and will build much of the existing code that has been developed in Phases 1-3 over the previous three years. However, considerable up-front planning and documentation is required for this software engineering effort, and the objective of this task is to develop the Software Design Document for creating this new module (tentatively named "NASFAD"). This will document will lay out the options for implementation and determine the pathway for implementing the above options. The NASFAD software design document is the principal output of this subtask. Task C: Technical Reviews with NASA and Program Management The contractor shall coordinate with NASA subject matter experts (SMEs) and potential users of NASGRO and FAD technology and the NASA Project Manager to obtain feedback from NASA on the new analytical tools that have been developed in the previous phases as well as in the planning of the options discussed above for Task B. Remote interactions between NASA users and the contractor shall take place throughout the year as needed. NASA also requires that at least two contractor staff travel to NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC) for a face to face meeting to discuss the above items to accomplish this objective on a schedule acceptable to both parties. This task also covers the periodic progress reporting and contractor project management efforts for Phase 4 work. NASA/NSSC will be the procuring center for this effort. Performance will be located at NASA/ Ames Research Center (ARC). The Government intends to acquire commercial items and services using the provisions, clauses and procedures prescribed in FAR Part 12 and FAR Part 13. The NAICS Code for this procurement is 541511 Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort in writing to the identified point of contact not later than 4:00 p.m. Central Standard Time on February 08, 2017. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/pub_library/Omb.html. Primary Point of Contact: Nicolas Zogaib Contract Specialist Nicolas.a.zogaib@nasa.gov 228-813-6788 Secondary Point of Contact: Karen Artis Contracting Officer Karen.l.artis@nasa.gov 228-813-6323
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