Definitive contract NNJ09HA15CUNITED SPACE ALLIANCE, LLC

Description of requirement

INTEGRATED MISSION OPERATIONS CONTRACT (IMOC) PROVIDES SUPPORT AND PRODUCTS FOR THE MISSION OPERATIONS DIRECTORATE (MOD) AND FLIGHT CREW OPERATIONS DIRECTORATE (FCOD) GROUND-BASED HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT OPERATIONS CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT AND EXECUTION. THIS INCLUDES THE SUPPORT TO MISSION PREPARATION (PLAN), CREW AND FLIGHT CONTROLLER TRAINING (TRAIN), AND REAL-TIME MISSION EXECUTION (FLY) ACTIVITIES RELATED TO EXPLORATION OPERATIONS AND THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) OPERATIONS (POST SHUTTLE RETIREMENT). OPERATIONS CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT IS REQUIRED FROM THE CONTRACTOR AS NASA DEFINES OPERATIONS REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EMERGING PROGRAMS FOR THE EXPLORATION INITIATIVES (PRIMARILY THE CONSTELLATION PROGRAM, BUT TO A LESSER EXTENT THE LUNAR PRECURSOR ROBOTIC PROGRAM, THE HUMAN RESEARCH PROGRAM, THE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM, AND THE COMMERCIAL CREW AND CARGO PROGRAM). INITIALLY, THE IMOC CONTRACT WILL PROVIDE FOR HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT OPERATIONS CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT EXCLUSIVE OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM (SSP) AND INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION PROGRAM (ISSP). POST SHUTTLE RETIREMENT, THIS CONTRACT WILL ALSO INCLUDE SUPPORT AND PRODUCTS FOR THE ISS PLAN-TRAIN-FLY (PTF) MISSION OPERATIONS. THE IMOC WILL INITIALLY PROVIDE NASA CONSTELLATION PROGRAM (CXP) PTF SUPPORT THAT FULLY REPLACES THE NASA CXP SUPPORT TASKS PERFORMED UNDER THE STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW) SECTION 1.10, CONSTELLATION SUPPORT PROVISIONING, OF THE SPACE PROGRAM OPERATIONS CONTRACT (SPOC). UPON COMPLETION OF THE NASA WORK FOR THE SSP MISSIONS, THE IMOC WILL TAKE OVER THE NASA ISS SUPPORT PREVIOUSLY PERFORMED UNDER THE SPOC CONTRACT. THE GOVERNMENT WILL LEAD AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MISSION EXECUTION AND REQUISITE MISSION PREPARATION TASKS, NEW CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT, NON-MISSION SPECIFIC PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT TASKS, AND DISPOSITION OF ANOMALIES. THE CONTRACTOR WILL PROVIDE TECHNICAL INFORMATION, ANALYSIS, AND RELEVANT PERSPECTIVES GAINED THROUGH OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE. THE GOVERNMENT, USING SUBJECTIVE JUDGMENT, WILL DEFINE REQUIREMENTS AND DEVELOP SPECIFICATIONS FOR FUTURE USE. THE CONTRACTOR WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO PREPARE, OR ASSIST IN PREPARING, WORK STATEMENTS, SPECIFICATIONS, OR REQUIREMENTS TO BE USED IN COMPETITIVELY ACQUIRING SERVICES, OR TO PROVIDE MATERIAL LEADING DIRECTLY, PREDICTABLY, AND WITHOUT DELAY TO SUCH WORK STATEMENTS, SPECIFICATIONS, OR REQUIREMENTS UNLESS THE INTENDED PROCUREMENT IS A SOLE SOURCE TO THE CONTRACTOR, THE CONTRACTOR HAS PARTICIPATED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN WORK, OR UNLESS MORE THAN ONE CONTRACTOR HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN PREPARING THE WORK STATEMENT. IN ADDITION, THE CONTRACTOR WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO EVALUATE ITS CONTRACTUAL PERFORMANCE OR PRODUCTS OR THAT OF ITS COMPETITORS.