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RECOVERY ARES I UPPER STAGE CONTRACT NNM07AB03C CLIN 6 - AMERICAN RECOVERYAND REINVESTMENT ACT RISK MITIGATION

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NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center seeks to accelerate the design, development, testing, evaluation, and producibility support for the Ares I Upper Stage under contract NNM07AB03C, leveraging funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The efforts include procuring critical hardware and tooling such as the Vertical Assembly Tool, conducting verification planning and analysis with detailed objectives and test requirements, and preparing for critical design and certification reviews through comprehensive stress, load, and thermal analyses. Additionally, the contract focuses on manufacturing process development including weld development and the acceleration of thruster module readiness, along with the expedited procurement of long lead items like Aluminum/Lithium 2195 ingots. Production tooling for facilities like the Michoud Assembly Facility and NASA/MSFC is also part of this initiative to ensure readiness and mitigate schedule risk. This procurement will be executed as a cost-reimbursement action under FAR 52.243-2, reflecting a change order to an existing contract rather than a new requirement. Competition is deemed impractical because Boeing, already under contract, is deeply involved in the ongoing Ares I Upper Stage Program work, and transitioning to another contractor would cause disruptions. The government does not intend to acquire a commercial item and has appointed an ombudsman to oversee the process, signaling transparency and responsiveness within this non-competitive contract action.

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NASA contracts Boeing to accelerate Ares I Upper Stage development, testing, and production support.

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927110 - Space Research and Technology

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PostedOct 26

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This is an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 presolicitationnotice which is for informational purposes only, as identified in FAR 5.704.NASA/MSFC has a requirement to accelerate Ares I Upper Stage Design, Development, Test &Evaluation hardware and producibility support efforts necessary to reduce schedule riskunder contract NNM07AB03C. This effort will include the following:a) Procurement of the MSFC Vertical Assembly Tool (VAT).b) Ares I Upper Stage Verification Planning and Analysis.(1) Detailed Verification Objectives (DVO) for Ares I Upper Stage hardware.(2) Test and Verification Requirements (TVR) for tests used to demonstrate performance orqualify Ares I Upper Stage hardware.c) Accelerate preparation for Ares I Upper Stage Critical Design Review (CDR) and DesignCertification Review (DCR) to include stress , loads, and thermal analyses to supportdelivery of engineering products for Ares I Upper Stage CDR and DCR. d) Ares I Upper Stage Manufacturing Process Development.(1) Weld development for Ares I Upper Stage test articles and accelerate training formanufacturing engineers and technicians.(2) Acceleration of thruster module production readiness.e) Accelerated procurement of Ares I Upper Stage CLIN 3 long lead item, Aluminum/Lithium(Al/Li) 2195 ingots, for use in for producing plate to be used in manufacturing elementsof the Ares I Upper Stage.f) Procurement of production tooling for the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF)and MSFC,focusing on tooling for common bulkhead productionNASA/MSFC intends to purchase the above items under contract NNM07AB03C. This actionwill be accomplished under authority of FAR 52.243-2, Changes-Cost Reimbursement. Thisaction does not constitute a new requirement. Competition is impractical for thefollowing reason:a) Boeing is currently under contract and is intimately engaged in ongoing Ares I USPwork. Therefore, to pursue an alternative candidate would be ineffective and disruptiveto the Ares I USP activities.The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. See Note26.An Ombudsman has been appointed. See NASA Specific Note "B".

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