NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC BALLOON FACILITY CONTRACT NSBF Pre-Solicitation Conference

NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC BALLOON FACILITY CONTRACT (NSBF) Pre-Solicitation Conference & Site Visit August 21, 2002 08/21/2002 "INFORMATION ONLY"

NSBF Pre-Solicitation Conference § The Information Presented at this Conference and Site Visit and during the Shadow Period is for INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. It is NOT Part of the RFP. 08/21/2002 "INFORMATION ONLY" 2

NSBF Pre-Solicitation Conference § Be Prepared to Wear Many Hats § Be Prepared to Work with the Government § Be Prepared to Think Outside of the Box § BE PREPARED 08/21/2002 "INFORMATION ONLY" 3

NSBF Pre-Solicitation Conference Schedule § 9 AM-11: 30 AM l Government Presentation l Response to Submitted Questions § 11: 30 AM-1 PM l Lunch Break § 1 PM-3 PM l Site Visit § 3 PM-4 PM l Contractor Time § 4 PM-5 PM l Q&A 08/21/2002 "INFORMATION ONLY" 4

NSBF Pre-Solicitation Conference Agenda § Jim Dolan - Contracting Officer l l Welcome Contract Type Proposal Information Source Selection Process § Bernice Merritt - COTR l l Management Overview Shadow Period § Dave Stuchlick - SEB Chairperson l l 08/21/2002 Video Q&A "INFORMATION ONLY" 5

NSBF Pre-Solicitation Conference § Contract Restructuring l l l l 08/21/2002 10 Year Period of Performance Award Fee / IDIQ PBC Innovative Technical, Business, and Management Approaches Cost Effective Smooth Transition or Phase-in Industry's Comments on the DRFP Are Critical "INFORMATION ONLY" 6

NSBF Pre-Solicitation Conference NSBF Contract Approach § Simple contract with simple standards. § 100% performance based, the Government says “what”, the contractor says “how”. § Overall contract objectives are determining factor for successful performance and all SOW performance and metrics map to an overall objective. The cost and performance benefits of PBC will not be realized unless all barriers to the contractor’s ownership of performance for the customer are removed. 08/21/2002 "INFORMATION ONLY" 7

NSBF Pre-Solicitation Conference Contract Type § The NSBF Contract will be: l l Cost-Plus-Award-Fee (CPAF) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) § Separate Fixed-Price Phase-in Contract § Possible 10 Year Period of Performance 08/21/2002 "INFORMATION ONLY" 8

NSBF Pre-Solicitation Conference Contract Type Continued § CPAF - A cost-plus-award-fee contract is a costreimbursement contract that provides for a fee consisting of (a) a base amount (which may be zero) fixed at inception of the contract and (b) an award amount, based upon a judgmental evaluation by the Government, sufficient to provide motivation for excellence in contract performance. 08/21/2002 "INFORMATION ONLY" 9

NSBF Pre-Solicitation Conference Award Fee Plan § The Plan Will Reflect the Approach of the Contract § The Government Will Issue the Draft Plan with the Release of the RFP 08/21/2002 "INFORMATION ONLY" 10

NSBF Pre-Solicitation Conference Contract Type Continued § ID/IQ or “task order contract" means a contract for services that does not procure or specify a firm quantity of services (other than a minimum and/or maximum quantity) and that provides for the issuance of orders for the performance of tasks during the period of the contract. § A portion of this effort is ID/IQ 08/21/2002 "INFORMATION ONLY" 11

NSBF Pre-Solicitation Conference Phase-In & Transition § Phase-In l 30 Day Period • Current Contract Remain in Place • Hiring, Training, Preparing for Day 1 § Better Idea ? ? l 08/21/2002 The Government will entertain all suggestions/plans for a better phase-in • Seamless Transition • Partnering "INFORMATION ONLY" 12

NSBF Pre-Solicitation Conference Source Selection Process § Formal Source Selection Procedures l l FAR 15 -3 & NFS 1815. 3 Award Based on Initial Offers § Evaluation Factor Riddle l The CostPrice Factor is Significantly Less Important Than the Combined Importance of the Mission Suitability Factor and the Past Performance Factor. As Individual Factors, the CostPrice Factor and the Past Performance Factor are Slightly Less Important than the Mission Suitability Factor § Innovation-Synergy-Excellence 08/21/2002 "INFORMATION ONLY" 13

NSBF Pre-Solicitation Conference Cost Realism § Requirements for Other than Cost and Pricing Data § Cost Realism Assessment l Reflects understanding of the requirement l Adequately priced the technical approach l Un-priced elements of cost l DCAA forward pricing rate recommendation § Price Factor Evaluation § Mission Suitability Adjustment for Cost Realism 08/21/2002 "INFORMATION ONLY" 14

NSBF Pre-Solicitation Conference Wallops Flight Facility Bernice Merritt § Balloon Program Office (BPO) § COTR 08/21/2002 "INFORMATION ONLY" 15

NSBF Program Overview 08/21/2002 "INFORMATION ONLY"

Mission Statement § The Balloon Program Provides Support For Scientific Investigations Sponsored By The NASA Office Of Space Science. Management Of The Program Is At Goddard Space Flight Center’s Wallops Flight Facility. § Flight Operations Are Conducted Through An Extensive Mission Support Program Element Which Provides The Preparation, Launch, Tracking And Recovery Of Each Flight. 08/21/2002 "INFORMATION ONLY" 17

Program Attributes § High Reliability § Low Cost § Short Mission Lead Time § Mobile § Payload Recovery And Re-use § Applicability To Graduate School Research Programs 08/21/2002 "INFORMATION ONLY" 18

CUSTOMER SUPPORT ¥ ¥ ¥ 08/21/2002 SERVES SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY - UNIVERSITIES NASA - INTERNATIONAL OTHER GROUPS PROGRAM SUPPORT (DISCIPLINES) - COSMIC & HELIOSPHERIC PHYSICS - PLASMA PHYSICS - SOLAR PHYSICS - HIGH ENERGY ASTROPHYSICS - INFRARED ASTRONOMY - UPPER ATMOSPHERE RESEARCH PROGRAM STATISTICS (5 YEARS - ALL FLIGHTS) - 88% MISSION SUCCESS 92% BALLOON SUCCESS - 96 FLIGHTS: PALESTINE - 17%; FT. SUMNER 40% OTHER U. S. - 15%; FOREIGN - 29% "INFORMATION ONLY" 19

BALLOON MISSIONS BY SCIENCE DISCIPLINE 08/21/2002 "INFORMATION ONLY" 20

Gamma-ray: HIREGS Solar Physics: Flare Genesis Infra-Red: PRONOAS CMB: Boomerang 08/21/2002 "INFORMATION ONLY" 21

Balloon Science • Named As One of Top 10 Science Discoveries in Last 5 Years • Cosmic Microwave Background Experiment • Flew 10. 5 Days, Recovered 30 Miles From Launch Site 08/21/2002 "INFORMATION ONLY" 22

Balloons: How Big? 08/21/2002 "INFORMATION ONLY" 23

Balloon Program Launch Sites Proposed 08/21/2002 "INFORMATION ONLY" 24

BALLOON PROGRAM SUPPORT CONTRACT ¥ Mission contract NASA provides mission model, scope, and requirements. Contractor provides the planning, implementation, and staffing. ¥ Objective Maintain and operate scientific balloon launching facilities and provide technical and operational capability to meet the continuing requirement of balloon flights in support of NASA scientific programs and reimbursable projects, both foreign and domestic. Provide engineering services to maintain and enhance technical and operational capability as well as provide development and analysis support for advanced projects in the NASA balloon research and development. ¥ Current contract scope Five year contract with NMSU/PSL ¥ Performance based 08/21/2002 "INFORMATION ONLY" 25

NASA FUNCTIONS ¥ Management -Establish operating/safety guidelines/policy -Provide long range program planning -Develop program operating budgets -Provide cooperative support agreements -Management/technical direction of NSBF contract ¥ Technical -Provide advanced technology criteria -Provide mobile range support -Support selected operations ¥ Reporting -Flight summary sheets -Technical proposal evaluations 08/21/2002 -Develop/assess/approve safety -Review/approve/authorize/monitor -Provide technical oversight -Mishap reporting -Center reporting "INFORMATION ONLY" 26

Balloon Technology Provide the technology, tools, and understanding to advance the capabilities and improve the reliability and safety of balloons as science platforms. Performance Modeling Material Development & Characterization Membrane Structural Analysis Support Systems Balloon Design & Development 08/21/2002 "INFORMATION ONLY" 27

CONTRACTOR FUNCTIONS Ø Provide operational and institutional safety Ø Perform failure, anomaly, or discrepancy investigations. Ø Provide reliability and quality assurance program Ø Provide management of the NSBF Ø Provide operational balloon flight support Ø Provide engineering support Ø NSBF operations, QA, and special projects Ø GSFC/WFF development activities Ø In-house development and fabrication Ø Provide administrative, financial, and personnel functions 08/21/2002 "INFORMATION ONLY" 28

FLIGHT HISTORY 08/21/2002 "INFORMATION ONLY" 29

AVERAGE HOURS PER FLIGHT 08/21/2002 "INFORMATION ONLY" 30

Balloon Types: 2 Super-Pressure Zero-Pressure Vented Balloon (Open System) Requires Diurnal Ballast No Vents (Closed System) Requires No Ballast Except for Gas Loss Ballast: 7 -10% of Gross Mass/Day 08/21/2002 "INFORMATION ONLY" 31

Summary Class Characteristics 08/21/2002 "INFORMATION ONLY" 32

Ultra-Long Duration Balloon Project 08/21/2002 "INFORMATION ONLY"

What is Ultra-Long Duration Ballooning? § New NASA Science mission carrier § Order of magnitude increase in duration ~ 100 days § Low cost, quick response access to space § Global telecommunications § Integrated systems § Internet accessibility 08/21/2002 "INFORMATION ONLY" 34

Fly Where? 08/21/2002 "INFORMATION ONLY" 35

Program In Transition § Requirements For Extended Duration Missions Are Increasing § Conventional Payloads Are Being Modified For LDB Flights § The Promise of ULDB Has Several New Instruments In The Early Stages of Development § Mission Complexity & Duration Increasing l ULDB § New Applications/Requirements Based On ULDB Technologies Are Increasing l Planetary Aerobots l Station-Keeping & Powered Aerobots 08/21/2002 "INFORMATION ONLY" 36

Balloon Program Functional Organizational Structure Balloon Program Office 820 Safety & QA Project Scientist Technology Resources Science Community (Tech Federation, WTIB, etc. ) (NBWG, Decadal Surveys, etc. ) Systems Engineering Applied Engineering Operations Missions Ops Contract ULDB AO NRA NASA Managed 08/21/2002 Proposal Development & Formulation Advanced Systems Development Balloon Technology Working Group 820 500 700 Contract Convent. Technology Terrestrial Systems Planetary Systems NSBF Managed "INFORMATION ONLY" 37

NSBF Pre-Solicitation Conference Wallops Flight Facility Dave Stuchlik § Balloon Program Office (BPO) § SEB Chair Person 08/21/2002 "INFORMATION ONLY" 38

NSBF Pre-Solicitation Conference § Government Response to Submitted Questions 08/21/2002 "INFORMATION ONLY" 39

How should I know? 08/21/2002 "INFORMATION ONLY" 40