Research and Development for Space Science Division (C)

Acquire scientific, engineering, and related services to the Space Science Division (SSD) and related organizations, as required, for the formulation, design, development, fabrication, integration, testing, verification, operation, and data analysis of spaceflight and ground system hardware and software, including the development and validation of technologies to enable future science missions. To this end, the Contractor shall provide on/off-site multi-disciplinary scientific and engineering evaluation, analysis, and development, pursuant to Technical Direction Memorandums (TDM) issued by the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR). TDM may be issued to perform services in all aspects of mission and instrument development and implementation for components, subsystems, systems, scientific instruments, observatories, launch, ground system, spacecraft, and suborbital craft (e.g., sounding rockets, UAVs, balloons, and aircraft), including Space Station, free-flying spacecraft, and suborbital payloads, as well as Ground Support Equipment (GSE), simulators, non-flight models and prototypes; candidate, feasibility, and systems definition studies; project planning, direction, and control; systems engineering; analysis; preliminary and detailed design; fabrication; assembly; integration and test; test and verification; calibration; test instrumentation; data systems management; launch and post-launch operations; research and technology unique to the intended use; phenomenology; data reduction; documentation; maintenance; sustaining engineering; configuration management; safety, reliability, and quality assurance (SR&QA); architectural trades; performance, cost, and risk assessment; and systems safety. The Contractor shall provide technical and scientific support within the scope of this SOW. Task deliverables will consist of scientific, engineering, and related technical services, documentation, data, equipment, and materials according to the TDM and the Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) of the base contract. The tasks will involve activities both on-site and off-site of NRL and may require extensive travel. The Contractor shall provide the requisite personnel, supplies, materials, and equipment and shall provide scientific, engineering, technical, and analytical capabilities for the conceptualization, system engineering, design and development, and analysis of ongoing and proposed experiments, projects, and programs. The Contractor shall perform the design, fabrication, assembly, integration, test, calibration, and operation of sophisticated scientific instruments, experimental payloads, and their support equipment. This effort will include the development and documentation of software in laboratory and operational environments. The Contractor shall provide scientific and engineering skills to support spaceflight, launch vehicle, sounding rocket, aircraft, and ground sensor systems, including payload processing and vehicle integration, ground support equipment (GSE), mission planning, and operations. The Contractor shall perform data processing, reduction, cataloging, archiving, and distribution. The Contractor shall provide design, development, fabrication, integration, test, calibration, and operation of flight instrumentation and related equipment that are required to collect, analyze, archive, and distribute scientific data.