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This Government Contract opportunity was posted on September 15, 2009. The submission period has ended. Browse the details below for market research, or find similar active opportunities.

RECOVERY - RECOVERY ACT FUNDS FOR ORION SPACECRAFT - CONTRACT MODIFICATION

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NASA has modified an existing competitive contract with Lockheed Martin Corporation of Denver, Colorado, allocating 165.9 million dollars from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to support the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle Project. These funds are designated to mitigate schedule and technical risks by accelerating the purchase of long lead components, such as avionics systems, communication hardware, and docking hatches, while advancing the design of engineering development units. Additionally, the funding will enhance the fidelity of the Orion ground test article, including the addition of the service module section, to improve the understanding of structural loads. The investment also focuses on technology development testing to increase crew safety by analyzing the failure limits of titanium fasteners, advanced aluminum alloys, and thermal protection materials. Due to the inherent uncertainties of the project's performance and the need to preserve jobs within strict time constraints, NASA utilized a cost-type contract arrangement. This approach allows for necessary flexibility in cost estimation that a fixed-price contract would not permit.

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$165,900,000

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336414 - Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing

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NASA applied funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009to work on the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle Project. The total amount is $165.9million. This is a modification to an existing contract with Lockheed Martin Corporationof Denver, Colorado.

Funds will be used to reduce schedule risk by initiating purchases of long leadcomponents and moving forward with the design of Orion engineering development units.These items include avionics systems integrated circuit builds, procuring communicationsystems hardware, avionics integrated lab testing infrastructure, docking hatches,numerous mechanisms, advanced window materials and Propulsion and Environmental ControlSystem units.

This ARRA funded work also will reduce technical risk by adding additional fidelity tothe Orion ground test article. This additional fidelity will provide better test resultsand understanding of the Orion structural loads environment. This also includes addingthe service module section to the Orion ground test article.

The ARRA funds also will be used for technology development testing to improve the crewsafety of the Orion spacecraft. The goal of the testing is to better understand thepotential failure limits of items, such as the thermal protection systems advancedmaterials, advanced aluminum alloys and titanium fasteners.

The Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle contract was awarded on a competitive basis. In orderto preserve Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle jobs using the Recovery Act in the mostprudent business manner, within the time constraints imposed, the existing Orion Contractis the most appropriate contractual vehicle for the work required. This amendment wasissued using the same cost-type contract arrangement that was established from theoriginal contract competition. A cost-type arrangement is appropriate due touncertainties involved in contract performance that do not permit costs to be estimatedwith sufficient accuracy to use any type of fixed-price contract.

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