VANTAGE SYSTEMS, INC.

ONE ACQUISITION SOLUTION FOR INTEGRATED SERVICES PLUS (OASIS+) SMALL BUSINESS MULTIPLE AGENCY CONTRACT (MAC)

ONE ACQUISITION SOLUTION FOR INTEGRATED SERVICES PLUS (OASIS+) UNRESTRICTED MULTIPLE AGENCY CONTRACT (MAC)

THE ICE, CLOUD, AND LAND ELEVATION SATELLITE-2 (ICESAT-2) IS THE 2ND-GENERATION OF THE ORBITING LASER ALTIMETER ICESAT SCHEDULED FOR LAUNCH IN EARLY 2016. THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO PROVIDE ENGINEERING AND RELATED SERVICES TO THE ICESAT-2 PROJECT, AS REQUIRED, FOR THE FORMULATION, DESIGN, PROCUREMENT, DEVELOPMENT, FABRICATION, INTEGRATION, TESTING, VERIFICATION, LAUNCH, AND OPERATIONS OF A HOST SPACECRAFT BUS AND RELATED GROUND SYSTEM HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, AND PROCESSES FOR THE ICESAT-2 MISSION. TASKS ORDERS WILL BE ISSUED TO PERFORM SERVICES TO INCLUDE STUDIES AND EVALUATION OF POTENTIAL OPTIONS, TECHNICAL LIAISON AND PROJECT OVERSIGHT SUPPORT BETWEEN SPACECRAFT CONTRACTOR, NASA, AND ICESAT-2 INSTRUMENT, GROUND SYSTEM, AND OPERATIONS TEAMS. THIS WILL ALSO INCLUDE REQUIREMENTS DEVELOPMENT AND VERIFICATION THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT OVERSIGHT OF DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION FOR COMPONENTS, SUBSYSTEMS, SYSTEMS, GROUND SYSTEMS, SIMULATORS, NON-FLIGHT MODELS, AND PROTOTYPES CANDIDATE, FEASIBILITY, AND SYSTEMS DEFINITION STUDIES PROJECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS ENGINEERING ANALYSIS PRELIMINARY DESIGN DETAILED DESIGN FABRICATION ASSEMBLY INTEGRATION TEST AND VERIFICATION TEST INSTRUMENTATION DATA SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT POST DELIVERY SUPPORT, LAUNCH, ON-ORBIT AND POST-LAUNCH OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY UNIQUE TO SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT PARTS AND MATERIALS, TECHNICAL FACILITIES SUPPORT, LOGISTICS, DOCUMENTATION MAINTENANCE SUSTAINING ENGINEERING CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT INSTRUMENT ASSURANCE ARCHITECTURAL TRADES, PERFORMANCE, COST, RISK ASSESSMENT, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT), PROJECT COMMUNICATION, REVIEW, AND PRESENTATION SUPPORT.

THE ASTROPHYSICS SCIENCE DIVISION (ASD) CONDUCTS A BROAD PROGRAM OF RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, ASTROPHYSICS, AND FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS. INDIVIDUAL INVESTIGATIONS ADDRESS ISSUES SUCH AS THE NATURE OF DARK MATTER AND DARK ENERGY, WHICH PLANETS OUTSIDE OUR SOLAR SYSTEM MAY HARBOR LIFE, AND THE NATURE OF SPACE, TIME, AND MATTER AT THE EDGES OF THE BLACK HOLES. OBSERVING PHOTONS, PARTICLES, AND GRAVITATIONAL WAVES ENABLES RESEARCHERS TO PROBE ASTROPHYSICAL OBJECTS AND PROCESSES. RESEARCHERS DEVELOP THEORETICAL MODELS, DESIGN EXPERIMENTS AND HARDWARE TO TEST THEORIES, INTERPRET AND EVALUATE THE DATA, ARCHIVE AND DISSEMINATE THE DATA, PROVIDE EXPERT USER SUPPORT TO THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, AND PUBLISH CONCLUSIONS DRAWN FROM RESEARCH. THE ASD ALSO CONDUCTS EDUCATION AND PUBLIC OUTREACH PROGRAMS ABOUT ITS PROJECTS AND MISSIONS. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE APPLICATION PROGRAMMING AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE SUPPORT TO THE ASTROPHYSICS SCIENCE DIVISION (ASD) OF THE SCIENCES&EXPLORATION DIRECTORATE (SED) OF THE NASA/GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (GSFC). THE SPECIFIC SUPPORT TO BE PROVIDED IS AS FOLLOWS. APPLICATION PROGRAMMING GENERAL COMPUTER SOFTWARE SUPPORT SERVICES INCLUDING PROJECT ADMINISTRATION AND MISSION SUPPORT.