The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $865,659 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER
  IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTIONS:THE PURPOSE OF THIS TASK ORDER IS TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT TO THE NASA SCIENCE OFFICE FOR MISSION ASSESSMENTS (SOMA) (LOCATED AT NASA LARC) ON THE TECHNICAL, MANAGEMENT, AND COST (TMC) FEASIBILITY OF THE INVESTIGATION IMPLEMENTATION, INCLUDING COST RISK EVALUATION OF PROPOSALS SUBMITTED AS A RESULT OF THE EARTH VENTURE INSTRUMENT (EVI) ANNOUNCEMENT OF OPPORTUNITY (AO). AS THE PRODUCT OF THIS TMC EVALUATION, THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE A FORM C, WHICH IS THE FORM THAT SERVES AS THE REPORT OF THE TMC EVALUATION RESULTS, AND A COST EVALUATION SUMMARY FOR EACH PROPOSAL EVALUATED. THE TMC EVALUATION IS PERFORMED ACCORDING TO CRITERIA FACTORS C-1 TO C-5 DEFINED IN THE SALMON-2 AO AND REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROGRAM ELEMENT APPENDIX (PEA) J FOR EVI. IN ADDITION, THE PEA J FOR EVI REQUIRES THE TMC TO PROVIDE COMMENTS TO NASA REGARDING THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE PROPOSED INSTRUMENT IS COMPATIBLE WITH POTENTIAL SATELLITE PLATFORM INTERFACES AND OPERATIONS. THESE COMMENTS WILL NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THE TMC FEASIBILITY RISK RATING. THE COMMENTS ON COMPATIBILITY WITH POTENTIAL SATELLITE PLATFORM INTERFACES AND OPERATIONS WILL BE REFERRED TO AS ACCOMMODATION FINDINGS. THE TMC WILL DOCUMENT ACCOMMODATION FINDINGS ON EACH PROPOSAL AT THE BACK OF FORM C. A SUBSET OF TMC MEMBERS WILL PREPARE A SUMMARY OF ACCOMMODATION FINDINGS FOR A SUBSET OF THE PROPOSALS AFTER THE TMC IS COMPLETE. THE COST EVALUATION SUMMARY DOCUMENTS THE COST ASSESSMENT PERFORMED IN SUPPORT OF EACH FORM C.

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• $825,000 - Monday the 17th of December 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER
  IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTIONS:THE PURPOSE OF THIS TASK ORDER IS TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT TO THE SCIENCE OFFICE FOR MISSION ASSESSMENT (SOMA) AT NASA/LARC TO ASSIST SOMA IN PREPARATION FOR THE EVALUATION OF CSRS FROM THE THREE PROPOSAL TEAMS SELECTED THROUGH THE 2010 DISCOVERY AO. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE UP TO FOUR FORMS FOR THIS EVALUATION. FOR THOSE MISSIONS WHOSE SCIENCE OBJECTIVES ARE JUDGED TO HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED FROM THOSE IN THE STEP 1 PROPOSAL, THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE AN EVALUATION FORM FOR THE SCIENCE MERIT (FORM A). THE OTHER FORMS THAT SHALL BE PROVIDED ARE: AN EVALUATION FORM FOR THE SCIENCE IMPLEMENTATION MERIT AND FEASIBILITY OF THE INVESTIGATION (FORM B), AN EVALUATION FORM FOR THE FEASIBILITY OF THE MISSION IMPLEMENTATION INCLUDING COST RISK (FORM C), AND AN EVALUATION FORM FOR THE COST RISK (FORM S). FOR THOSE MISSIONS THAT PROPOSE A STUDENT COLLABORATION (SC), THE FORM C SHALL INCLUDE AN EVALUATION OF WHETHER THE SC IS SEPARABLE. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PERFORM TWO INDEPENDENT COST ESTIMATES FOR EACH CSR.

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• $81,506 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER
  IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTIONS:THE PURPOSE OF THIS TASK IS TO OBTAIN STANDING REVIEW BOARD (SRB) SUPPORT FOR THE ISS PROGRAM REVIEWS FROM THE SUSTAINMENT AND UTILIZATION PIR THROUGH DECOMMISSIONING. AN SRB IS RESPONSIBLE FOR INDEPENDENTLY ASSESSING THE HEALTH OF THE PROJECT. INDEPENDENT REVIEWS OF PROJECTS ARE CONDUCTED AT DEFINED LIFECYCLE MILESTONES AND ARE USED TO OBJECTIVELY ASSESS THE PROJECT S PROGRESS AGAINST THE PROJECT PLAN, ITS READINESS TO PROCEED TO THE NEXT LIFECYCLE PHASE, COMPLIANCE WITH NPR 7120.5 AND NPR 7123.1 REQUIREMENTS, AND THE INTEGRATED BASELINE.

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• $75,487 - Monday the 17th of December 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER
  IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTIONS:THE PURPOSE OF THIS TASK ORDER IS TO ESTIMATE THE LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY INDEX (LDI) FOR INSTRUMENTS PROPOSED FOR THE EARTH VENTURE INSTRUMENT (EVI-1) AND COMPARE THIS TO THE LDI FOR THOSE SAME PROPOSALS ESTIMATED BY THE EVI EVALUATION TEAM. THE PURPOSE IS TO DETERMINE HOW EFFECTIVE THE LDI TRAINING WAS FOR THE LDI EVALUATORS ON EVI AND TO UPDATED THE TRAINING AND REFINE THE LDI PROCESS FOR FUTURE USE.

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• $75,259 - Monday the 17th of December 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER
  IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTIONS:THE EXOPLANET EXPLORATION PROGRAM TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE (EXOTAC) SHALL SUPPORT THE ASSESSMENT OF THE TECHNOLOGY ACTIVITIES OF THE EXOPLANET EXPLORATION PROGRAM. THE EXOTAC REPORTS JOINTLY TO THE NASA HEADQUARTERS (HQS) ASTROPHYSICS DIVISION EXOPLANET EXPLORATION PROGRAM (ADEEP) EXECUTIVE AND THE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY EXOPLANET EXPLORATION PROGRAM MANAGER. NASA HEADQUARTERS PLANS ON SELECTING BETWEEN 3 AND 8 NEW TECHNOLOGY PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS (PIS) AT THE END OF FY 2011 FOR A FUNDING PERIOD OF 2 YEARS BEGINNING IN FY 2012. SEVEN PIS WERE SELECTED IN FY 2010 AND ARE COMPLETING THEIR WORK IN FY2012. EACH OF THESE PIS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING A WHITEPAPER DESCRIBING THE PROPOSED SCOPE OF WORK AND THE METRICS OF THEIR PERFORMANCE (TECHNOLOGY MILESTONE) AND THEN A REPORT OF THE WORK ACCOMPLISHED AGAINST EACH APPROVED MILESTONE. THE EXOTAC IS PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSESSING TECHNOLOGY MILESTONE PLANNING DOCUMENTS (WHITEPAPERS) FOR EXOPLANET MISSION CONCEPTS AND WHETHER THE WORK IDENTIFIED IN THE WHITEPAPERS HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED OR NOT (REPORT OF THE WORK ACCOMPLISHED).

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• $31,371 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER
  IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTIONS:THE CONTRACTOR SHALL SUPPORT THE NASA SOMA IN ACHIEVING AN OBJECTIVE, NON-ADVOCATE TECHNICAL REVIEW OF PROPOSALS IN RESPONSE TO THE PLANETARY SENIOR REVIEW 2012 . THE TASK INCLUDES REVIEWING THE MATERIAL PROVIDED, RECORDING REVIEW FINDINGS ON THE NASA SOLICITATION AND PROPOSAL INTEGRATED REVIEW AND EVALUATION SYSTEM (NSPIRES) WEBSITE, AND PARTICIPATION IN TELECONFERENCES AND 1 PLENARY MEETING. THE REVIEW MUST BE DOCUMENTED ON A TECHNICAL REVIEW FORM FOR EACH PROPOSAL.

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• $308,172 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER
  IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTIONS:THE SCIENCE OFFICE FOR MISSION ASSESSMENTS (SOMA) MAINTAINS A SECURE VAULT TO STORE COPIES OF ALL PROPOSALS AND EVALUATION DOCUMENTATION RECEIVED AND CREATED BY THE SOMA. THESE PROPOSALS/DOCUMENTATION ARE REQUIRED TO BE MAINTAINED IN AN ORDERLY SECURE PROCESS SO THEY CAN BE ACCOUNTED FOR AT ALL TIMES AND USED BY THE NASA FOR FURTHER RESEARCH CONSIDERATIONS AND FURTHER ASSESSMENTS OR STUDIES. IN ORDER TO EFFICIENTLY MANAGE THE PROPOSALS/DOCUMENTATION SOMA MUST MAINTAIN THE PROPOSALS IN A LOGICAL, ORGANIZED, SECURE AND SAFE MANNER. THE EXPERTISE NEEDED IS COST ANALYSIS. A COST ANALYST SHALL PERFORM INDEPENDENT COST ESTIMATES (ICE) WITH A COST RISK/SCHEDULE ANALYSIS FOR THE GEMS PROGRAM EXECUTIVE. THE ICE RESULTS SHALL BE REPORTED TO THE GEMS PROGRAM EXECUTIVE (PE) AND THE GEMS SRB CHAIR. THE COST ANALYST WILL NOT BE A MEMBER OF THE GEMS SRB. THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS PARAGRAPH IS BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE GEMS MISSION AND THE FUNCTION AND OPERATION OF THE GEMS SRB. THE GEMS MISSION WAS SELECTED FOR IMPLEMENTATION AS A RESULT OF THE SMALL EXPLORER (SMEX) 2007 SOLICITATION. AS A CATEGORY 3 MISSION, THE STANDING REVIEW BOARD (SRB) FOR GEMS IS CONVENED BY THE NASA SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE (SMD) AND NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (GSFC). THE SRB FOR THE GEMS PROJECT OPERATES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF REFERENCE (TOR) FOR THE INDEPENDENT LIFE CYCLE REVIEWS OF THE GEMS PROJECT. THE SRB WILL CONDUCT A SERIES OF INDEPENDENT REVIEWS OF THE GEMS PROJECT THROUGHOUT ITS LIFE CYCLE TO ASSESS THE TECHNICAL AND PROGRAMMATIC PLANS FOR ACCOMPLISHING PROJECT OBJECTIVES WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE EXPLORER PROGRAM OBJECTIVES AS DOCUMENTED IN THE PROGRAM FORMULATION AUTHORIZATION DOCUMENT (FAD), PROGRAM COMMITMENT AGREEMENT (PCA), PROGRAM PLAN, PROJECT FAD (IN THIS CASE THE SMD ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR S GEMS SELECTION LETTER) AND PROJECT PLAN. THE SRB WILL PERFORM INDEPENDENT REVIEWS OF THE ANALYSIS, DEFINITION, DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, OPERATIONS AND TERMINATION PLANS FOR THE GEMS PROJECT. DURING EACH PHASE OF THE GEMS PROJECT, THE SRB WILL PROVIDE AN INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF THE PROBABILITY OF MEETING PROJECT TECHNICAL OBJECTIVES ON SCHEDULE AND WITHIN COST. THE SRB WILL ALSO ASSESS THE PROJECT RISKS AND MEASURES AVAILABLE TO MITIGATE THOSE RISKS. MEMBERS OF THE SRB MAY BE REQUESTED TO PARTICIPATE IN OTHER GEMS TECHNICAL REVIEWS (E.G. INSTRUMENT REVIEWS) AND SPECIAL REVIEWS.

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• $283,380 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER
  IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTIONS:THE SCIENCE OFFICE FOR MISSION ASSESSMENTS (SOMA) MAINTAINS A SECURE VAULT TO STORE COPIES OF ALL PROPOSALS AND EVALUATION DOCUMENTATION RECEIVED AND CREATED BY THE SOMA. THESE PROPOSALS/DOCUMENTATION ARE REQUIRED TO BE MAINTAINED IN AN ORDERLY SECURE PROCESS SO THEY CAN BE ACCOUNTED FOR AT ALL TIMES AND USED BY THE NASA FOR FURTHER RESEARCH CONSIDERATIONS AND FURTHER ASSESSMENTS OR STUDIES. IN ORDER TO EFFICIENTLY MANAGE THE PROPOSALS/DOCUMENTATION SOMA MUST MAINTAIN THE PROPOSALS IN A LOGICAL, ORGANIZED, SECURE AND SAFE MANNER. THE EXPERTISE NEEDED IS COST ANALYSIS. A COST ANALYST SHALL PERFORM INDEPENDENT COST ESTIMATES (ICE) WITH A COST RISK/SCHEDULE ANALYSIS FOR THE GEMS PROGRAM EXECUTIVE. THE ICE RESULTS SHALL BE REPORTED TO THE GEMS PROGRAM EXECUTIVE (PE) AND THE GEMS SRB CHAIR. THE COST ANALYST WILL NOT BE A MEMBER OF THE GEMS SRB. THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS PARAGRAPH IS BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE GEMS MISSION AND THE FUNCTION AND OPERATION OF THE GEMS SRB. THE GEMS MISSION WAS SELECTED FOR IMPLEMENTATION AS A RESULT OF THE SMALL EXPLORER (SMEX) 2007 SOLICITATION. AS A CATEGORY 3 MISSION, THE STANDING REVIEW BOARD (SRB) FOR GEMS IS CONVENED BY THE NASA SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE (SMD) AND NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (GSFC). THE SRB FOR THE GEMS PROJECT OPERATES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF REFERENCE (TOR) FOR THE INDEPENDENT LIFE CYCLE REVIEWS OF THE GEMS PROJECT. THE SRB WILL CONDUCT A SERIES OF INDEPENDENT REVIEWS OF THE GEMS PROJECT THROUGHOUT ITS LIFE CYCLE TO ASSESS THE TECHNICAL AND PROGRAMMATIC PLANS FOR ACCOMPLISHING PROJECT OBJECTIVES WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE EXPLORER PROGRAM OBJECTIVES AS DOCUMENTED IN THE PROGRAM FORMULATION AUTHORIZATION DOCUMENT (FAD), PROGRAM COMMITMENT AGREEMENT (PCA), PROGRAM PLAN, PROJECT FAD (IN THIS CASE THE SMD ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR S GEMS SELECTION LETTER) AND PROJECT PLAN. THE SRB WILL PERFORM INDEPENDENT REVIEWS OF THE ANALYSIS, DEFINITION, DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, OPERATIONS AND TERMINATION PLANS FOR THE GEMS PROJECT. DURING EACH PHASE OF THE GEMS PROJECT, THE SRB WILL PROVIDE AN INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF THE PROBABILITY OF MEETING PROJECT TECHNICAL OBJECTIVES ON SCHEDULE AND WITHIN COST. THE SRB WILL ALSO ASSESS THE PROJECT RISKS AND MEASURES AVAILABLE TO MITIGATE THOSE RISKS. MEMBERS OF THE SRB MAY BE REQUESTED TO PARTICIPATE IN OTHER GEMS TECHNICAL REVIEWS (E.G. INSTRUMENT REVIEWS) AND SPECIAL REVIEWS.

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• $2,500,000 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER
  IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTIONS:THE PURPOSE OF THIS TASK ORDER IS TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT TO SOMA AT NASA/LARC TO ASSIST IN THE EVALUATION OF CONCEPT STUDY REPORTS (CSRS) FROM THE 6 TEAMS SELECTED THROUGH AO NNH11ZDA002O, ENTITLED EXPLORER 2011, ISSUED NOVEMBER 1, 2010, AND PROGRAM ELEMENT APPENDIX (PEA) H7, ENTITLED EXPLORER 2011 SCIENCE MISSIONS OF OPPORTUNITY, APPENDED NOVEMBER 1, 2010, TO THE STAND ALONE MISSIONS OF OPPORTUNITY NOTICE (SALMON) AO NNH08ZDA009O; THESE 2 SOLICITATIONS ARE REFERRED TO JOINTLY AS THE EXPLORER AO. THE 3 AO NNH11ZDA002O BASED FULL MISSION CSRS WILL BE EVALUATED IN 1 SET, AND THE 3 AO NNH08ZDA009O BASED MISSION OF OPPORTUNITY CSRS IN ANOTHER SET ON THIS TASK ORDER; AS ALL 6 CSRS ARE DEEMED TO BE IN COMPETITION WITH EACH OTHER, THERE SHALL BE A CORE SET OF REVIEWERS FOR ALL CSRS. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE UP TO 4 FORMS FOR THIS EVALUATION. FOR ANY MISSION WHOSE SCIENCE OBJECTIVES ARE JUDGED BY NASA TO HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED FROM THE STEP 1 PROPOSAL, THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE AN EVALUATION FORM FOR THE SCIENCE MERIT OF THE INVESTIGATION (FORM A). THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING 3 FORMS FOR EACH CSR: AN EVALUATION FORM FOR THE SCIENCE IMPLEMENTATION MERIT AND FEASIBILITY OF THE INVESTIGATION (FORM B), AN EVALUATION FORM FOR THE FEASIBILITY OF THE MISSION IMPLEMENTATION INCLUDING COST RISK (FORM C), AND A COST EVALUATION SUMMARY (CES). THE CRITERIA BY WHICH FINDINGS FOR FORMS A, B, AND C SHALL BE GENERATED ARE SPECIFIED IN GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA FOR THE PHASE A CONCEPT STUDY ON THE EXPLORER PROGRAM LIBRARY WEB PAGE (HTTP://EXPLORERS.LARC.NASA.GOV/EX/EX_LIBRARY.HTML). FOR THOSE MISSIONS THAT PROPOSE A STUDENT COLLABORATION (SC), THE FORM C SHALL INCLUDE AN EVALUATION OF WHETHER THE SC IS SEPARABLE. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PERFORM 3 INDEPENDENT COST ESTIMATES FOR EACH CSR. THE STEP 1 SELECTION STATEMENT INDICATED THAT 1 FULL MISSION AND POSSIBLY 1 MISSION OF OPPORTUNITY ARE EXPECTED TO BE DOWNSELECTED FOR FLIGHT.

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• $25,000 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER
  IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTIONS:THE PURPOSE OF THIS TASK ORDER IS TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE TO THE SCIENCE OFFICE OF MISSION ASSESSMENTS (SOMA) AT NASA/LARC TO ASSIST SOMA IN THE EVALUATION OF HANDS-ON PROJECT EXPERIENCE (HOPE) PROPOSALS, AND TO PLAN AND IMPLEMENT PROGRAMMATIC REVIEWS OF THE SELECTED HOPE TEAMS. CTS S TECHNICAL SUPPORT WILL INCLUDE PARTICIPATION BY CTS STAFF AND EXPERT CONSULTANTS.

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