IDC (single-award IDV) NNM14AA01BSOUTHERN RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Description of requirement

IGF::OT::IGF TESTING AND ANALYSIS OF PROPULSION SYSTEM MATERIALS: THE CONTRACTOR SHALL FURNISH THE NECESSARY MANAGEMENT, PERSONNEL, EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS, NOT OTHERWISE FURNISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT, TO PROVIDE TESTING AND ANALYSIS SERVICES FOR MATERIALS OF INTEREST TO MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (MSFC). THESE WILL INCLUDE 5-SEGMENT REUSABLE SOLID ROCKET MOTOR (RSRMV) / SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM (SLS) CARBON PHENOLIC AND GRAPHITE PHENOLIC MATERIALS AND CARBON/CARBON, CERAMIC, INSULATION, CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITE, METALLIC AND ADVANCED, COMPOSITE, AND COATING MATERIALS THAT ARE CANDIDATES FOR SOLID, LIQUID, AND HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEMS AND REENTRY AND HOT STRUCTURE SPACECRAFT APPLICATIONS. THE MSFC MATERIALS PROCESSES LABORATORY (M&P) WILL USE THIS DATA TO INVESTIGATE MATERIAL CONSTITUENT VARIATION, PROCESS VARIABLE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ON THE THERMAL, PHYSICAL, AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND PERFORMANCE OF THESE MATERIALS. THE SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED BY THE CONTRACTOR SHALL CONSIST OF CHARACTERIZATION TEST PLAN DEFINITION, MATERIAL PROPERTY DETERMINATION, DATA EVALUATION AND ENGINEERING ANALYSES, NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION, ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONING, FAILURE MODE DETERMINATION, MICROSTRUCTURE EVALUATION, AND PROCESS DEVELOPMENT AND ASSESSMENT. THE PRIMARY USE FOR MUCH OF THE DATA TO BE GENERATED UNDER THIS PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT WILL BE MATERIALS PROPERTIES DATA INPUT FOR THERMOSTRUCTURAL ANALYTICAL MODELS. AS SUCH, LABORATORY TEST DATA FOR ANY PART OF THIS WORK, WHEN REQUESTED BY MSFC, SHALL BE SUBMITTED BY THE CONTRACTOR IN A COMPUTER MEDIA WITH FORMAT COMPATIBLE WITH STATE-OF-THE ART ANALYTICAL CODES AND MATERIAL PROPERTIES DATABASES