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NSSC Procurement

Presenter: Cassandra Williams

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NSSC Vision and Mission

Mission: To provide timely, accurate, high-quality, cost-effective, and customer-focused support for selected NASA business and technical services.

Vision: Unparalleled Service

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• Enables a new class of NASA missions beyond low Earth Orbit.

• Delivers innovative solutions that dramatically improve technological capabilities for NASA and the Nation.

• Develops technologies and capabilities that make NASA’s missions more affordable and more reliable.

• Invests in the economy by creating markets and spurring innovation for traditional and emerging aerospace business.

• Engages the brightest minds from academia in solving NASA’s tough technological challenges.

Value to NASA Value to the Nation

Program Description

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Program

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• 3-Phase Program– SBIRs

– STTRs

• 3 Post Phase II Opportunities

– Phase II-Es

– Phase II-Xs

–CRPs• Mission Directorates

• Aeronautics Research

• Human Exploration and Operations

• Science

• Space Technology

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Schedule

Solicitation Open CloseSelection Announcement Date

*2016 Phase Is November 14, 2015 January 28, 2016 April 23, 2016

*2015 Phase IIs November 7, 2015 December 19, 2015 March 19, 2016

2015 Phase Is November 14, 2014 January 28, 2015 *April 23, 2015

2014 Phase IIs November 7, 2014 December 19, 2014 *March 19, 2015

*Dates are subject to change

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U.S. Small Business Concern

https://www.sba.gov/content/am-i-small-business-concern

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code

http://www.census.gov/eos/www/naics/

VETS100

http://www.dol.gov/vets/vets-100.html

System for Award Management (SAM)

https://www.sam.gov/portal/SAM/#1

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Requirements

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Guiding Documents

Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vffara.htm

NASA FAR Supplement (NFS)http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/nfstoc.htm

Small Business Administration (SBA)Policy Directives

SBIR

http://www.sbir.gov/sites/default/files/sbir_pd_with_1-8-14_amendments_2-24-14.pdf

STTR

http://sbir.gov/sites/default/files/sttr_pd_with_1-8-14_amendments_2-24-14.pdf

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http://sbir.nasa.gov/

Solicitations

Model Contracts

Training Resources

http://sbir.nasa.gov/content/nasa-sbirsttr-basics

Participation Guide

Program Solicitations

Schedule and Awards

Awarded Abstracts

Frequently Asked Questions

https://ehb8.gsfc.nasa.gov/contracts/public/firmHome.do

Electronic Handbook

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Useful Links

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What we are buying

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Lithion-Ion Batteries Power Mission Computers

• Delivered lithium ion batteries for the past 4 NASA missions landing on Mars

• The lithium ion batteries are now operated across a wide spectrum of military, civil and space applications

• The lithium ion batteries are used to power Curiosity and its instruments

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What we are buying

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3D Food Printed Food System

Designed protein and starch pastes that can be processed by 3D printing with varying texture after being processed Designed a storage system to preserve and transport nutrients Designed mixing station that works in low and microgravity Developed a modified 3D printing system

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