SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- DRAFT SALMON-2 AO RELEASED FOR COMMUNITY COMMENT
- Notice Date
- 8/23/2011
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Headquarters Acquisition Branch, Code210.H, Greenbelt, MD 20771
- ZIP Code
- 20771
- Solicitation Number
- NNH11ZDA017J
- Response Due
- 9/16/2011
- Archive Date
- 8/23/2012
- Point of Contact
- Dr. Paul Hertz, Chief Scientist, Phone 202-358-0986, Fax 202-358-3092, Email paul.hertz@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
Dr. Paul Hertz
(paul.hertz@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- On August 23, 2011, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) isreleasing a draft solicitation for community review and comment: the draft Second StandAlone Mission of Opportunity Notice (SALMON-2) Announcement of Opportunity (AO). Upon therelease date, the full text of the draft solicitation will be available athttp://nspires.nasaprs.com/. The draft SALMON-2 AO provides a solicitation and procurement base for opportunities formodest investigations requiring space flight that advance the high priority science,exploration, and technology objectives of NASAs Science Mission Directorate, HumanExploration and Operations Mission Directorate, and the Office of the Chief Technologist.This draft SALMON-2 AO represents a restructuring of the 2008 SALMON AO (NNH08ZDA009O;http://go.nasa.gov/SALMON-AO ) to incorporate the standard format and processes thathave been developed for the NASA Science Mission Directorates Standard AO(http://soma.larc.nasa.gov/StandardAO/sao_templates.html ).This draft SALMON-2 AO is the product of a multi-directorate effort by NASA to:Simplify and remove burden from the community in generating proposals thatrespond to the SALMON-2 AO.Incorporate into the cross-Directorate SALMON-2 AO the standard processes,standard language, and lessons learned that have been incorporated into all ScienceMission Directorate AOs beginning in 2009.Maintain NASAs ability to solicit modest space investigations through theSALMON-2 AO without needing to develop an AO for each proposal opportunity.Not make changes that will substantially affect the quality of proposals beingreceived nor limit NASAs ability to determine the risk associated with such proposalsfor implementation.It is NASAs intent that:This AO clearly and unambiguously states the policies that govern thesolicitation, evaluation, selection, and implementation of modest space investigations,also referred to as Mission of Opportunity (MO) investigations, solicited by NASA by anyof its space-going Directorates including the Science Mission Directorate, the HumanExploration and Operations Mission Directorate, and the Office of the Chief Technologist.This AO standardizes the language and policies, to the maximum extent possible,that all mission directorates use in soliciting modest space investigations.To simplify the nature of the response necessary, this AO clearly andunambiguously states and numbers the requirements that all proposals shall meet in orderto represent a compliant response to this AO.This AO clearly separates requirements that apply to proposals from the programpolicies and requirements that apply to investigations that have been selected to proceedinto formulation. The successful proposer, however, will have a good understanding of thetasks necessary during formulation and beyond.Requirements governing proposal content will be found, for the most part, in Section 5and Appendix B of this AO. The rest of the AO contains NASA policies and practices forimplementing space flight projects that may aid the proposer in developing a response tothis AO. These policies and practices include requirements that will apply to anyproposed investigation that is selected by NASA for further definition andimplementation.It is further intended that the standards established by this AO be the template forall SALMON-2 solicitations with program specific requirements (including deviations fromSALMON-2 standard requirements) called out in a Program Element Appendix (PEA) for aspecific solicitation and proposal opportunity.NASA welcomes comments and suggestions on this DRAFT standardized SALMON-2 AO. Commentsare welcome on any topic, but are especially welcome where they identify policies,practices, or specific language that are unclear, ambiguous, nonoptimal, or unnecessary.Comments should be sent to the following address no later than September 16, 2011, inorder to be most useful. Please include the phrase SALMON-2 AO COMMENT (without quotes)in the subject line of any comment submitted.Questions or requests for further information may be addressed to Dr. Paul Hertz, ChiefScientist, Science Mission Directorate, NASA, Washington, DC 20546; Telephone:202-358-0986; Email: paul.hertz@nasa.gov.
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