THE Regents of the University of Colorado Contracts with National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Relationship Overview

Total Contract Value: $1,012,200,072

Contract Count: 24

Average Contract Size: $42.2M

Sole Source Rate: 0%

Small Business Rate: 0%

Spending by Sector

R&D: $859.6M (21 contracts)
Other: $152.6M (3 contracts)

Contracts

THIS EFFORT IS THE EXTENSION OF THE DEFINITION PHASE (PHASE B) FOR THE EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM (EOS) SOLAR STELLAR IRRADIANCE COMPARISON EXPERIMENT (SOLSTICE). THE OUTPUT OF THE PHASE B EXTENSION WILL BE A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN COST REVIEW (CDCR). THE STATEMENT OF WORK IS BROKEN DOWN INTO THREE SECTIONS: INSTRUMENT, SCIENCE, AND SCIENCE COMPUTING FACILITY. THIS IS A PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI) EXPERIMENT TO MAKE LONG-TERM SOLAR OBSERVATIONS WITH THE EOS SOLSTICE INSTRUMENT. THE MEASUREMENTS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO AN IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF THE VARIABLE ENERGY INPUT TO THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE SUN'S INFLUENCE ON THE TEMPERATURE, STRUCTURE, DYNAMICS AND CHEMISTRY OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SYSTEM. A FUNDAMENTAL AND SPECIFIC USE OF EOS, REPRESENTING A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE FROM PAST PRACTICE, IS THE PRODUCTION AND ARCHIVING OF DATA SETS FOR GENERAL SCIENTIFIC USE. THESE DATA SETS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE PRODUCTS. THIS EFFORT WILL INCLUDE MANAGEMENT OF THE COMPLETE PROGRAM AND ITS COORDINATION. IN PHASE C/D/E, THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO (UC) SHALL PROVIDE THE FACILITIES, MATERIALS, SERVICES, AND PERSONNEL NECESSARY TO CONTINUE THE SORCE MISSION. UC SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MISSION OPERATIONS AND SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAFETY OF THE INSTRUMENTS AND THE SPACECRAFT BUS THROUGH A SUBCONTRACT ARRANGEMENT WITH THE SPACECRAFT PROVIDER (ORBITAL SCIENCES CORPORATION). UC SHALL DEVELOP/MAINTAIN ALGORITHMS FOR PRODUCING THE SCIENCE DATA PRODUCTS AS PROPOSED AND APPROVED BY NASA HQ. AFTER THE SCIENCE PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN VALIDATED, THESE PRODUCTS WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE GSFC DATA ACHIEVE FOR ACHIEVE AND DISTRIBUTION. THE GROUND SYSTEM USED IN THE SORCE MISSION SHALL MEET ALL NASA SECURITY REQUIREMENTS. — $144.0M
NASA HEADQUARTERS (HQ) MANAGES THE MARS EXPLORATION PROGRAM (MEP), WHICH SELECTED THE MARS ATMOSPHERE AND VOLATILE EVOLUTION (MAVEN) PROJECT AS A MARS SCOUT MISSION. THE MAVEN PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI) IS DR. BRUCE JAKOSKY, OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, LABORATORY FOR ATMOSPHERIC AND SPACE PHYSICS (LASP) IN BOULDER, CO. THE PI WILL HAVE OVERALL CONTROL OF THE MAVEN PROJECT. HE WILL PROVIDE SCIENCE LEADERSHIP FOR THE MAVEN MISSION AND MANAGE EDUCATION AND PUBLIC OUTREACH. THIS EFFORT APPLIES TO LASP AND COVERS PHASES A, B, C, D, AND E OF THE MAVEN MISSION. UNDER PHASE A OF THIS CONTRACT, THE CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SCHEDULE MANAGEMENT, PROVIDING TECHNICAL PROGRESS REPORTS, AND MISSION REVIEWS. UNDER PHASE B, THE CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SUPPORTING REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS, PROJECT PLANS, PRELIMINARY DESIGN REVIEWS, MONTHLY STATUS REVIEWS, QUARTERLY TEAM MEETINGS, E/PO ACTIVITIES, AND THE PRELIMINARY SCIENCE DATA MANAGEMENT PLAN. UNDER PHASES C AND D, THE CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SUPPORTING MONTHLY STATUS REVIEWS, QUARTERLY TEAM REVIEWS, RESPONDING TO ACTION ITEMS THAT RESULT FROM MEETINGS/REVIEWS, SUPPORTING FORMAL REVIEWS AND LAUNCH SITE ACTIVITIES, AND MANAGEMENT OF E/PO ACTIVITIES. UNDER PHASE E, THE CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING OVERALL MANAGEMENT OF THE MAVEN SCIENCE PROGRAM AND DATA ANALYSIS ACTIVITIES, ENSURING DELIVERY OF MAVEN SCIENCE DATA PRODUCTS, MISSION DOCUMENTATION, AND ANALYTICAL SOFTWARE TOOLS INTO PDS, PARTICIPATING IN ANALYSIS AND RESOLUTION OF SPACECRAFT ANOMALIES, AS NECESSARY, PROVIDING OVERALL MANAGEMENT OF E/PO ACTIVITIES PER E/PO PLAN, PRESENTING SCIENTIFIC RESULTS AT NATIONAL CONFERENCES AND IN SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE, AND PROVIDING CONTRACT CLOSEOUT SUPPORT. — $117.3M
TAS::80 0120::TAS THIS CONTRACT IS FOR THE TASKS NECESSARY TO DESIGN, ANALYZE, DEVELOP, FABRICATE, INTEGRATE, TEST, EVALUATE AND SUPPORT LAUNCH OF THE EUVS XRS IRRADIANCE SENSORS (EXIS), SUPPLY AND MAINTAIN THE INSTRUMENT GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT (GSE), AND SUPPORT THE SATELLITE OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTER (SOCC). THE EXIS IS CLASSIFIED AS A NON-PRIMARY INSTRUMENT SUITE ON THE GOES-R SATELLITE AND HAS A RISK CLASSIFICATION OF B. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE THE PERSONNEL, MATERIALS, FACILITIES AND OTHER RESOURCES TO DESIGN, DEVELOP, DELIVER AND SUPPORT UNDER THE BASIC CONTRACT: A) PARTS AND MATERIALS FOR 4 FLIGHT MODELS B) ONE EXIS FLIGHT MODEL (FM) C) THREE SETS OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TEST EQUIPMENT (ESTE) D) TWO EXIS EMULATORS (EXISES) E) TWO FLIGHT SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTS (FSDES) F) ONE GROUND PROCESSING DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM (GPDS) G) SPARES FOR THE FOUR FMS H) ALL ADDITIONAL EXIS MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT (MGSE AND EGSE) CALLED OUT ELSEWHERE IN THIS DOCUMENT I) ALL ITEMS AND DOCUMENTS SPECIFIED IN ALL CONTRACT DOCUMENTS THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE THE PERSONNEL, MATERIALS, FACILITIES AND OTHER RESOURCES TO DESIGN, DEVELOP, DELIVER AND SUPPORT: A) OPTION 1 FOR AN ADDITIONAL FLIGHT MODEL (FM-2) B) OPTION 2 FOR AN ADDITIONAL FLIGHT MODEL (FM-3) C) OPTION 3FOR AN ADDITIONAL FLIGHT MODEL (FM-3) — $105.2M
TOTAL AND SPECTRAL SOLAR IRRADIANCE SENSOR (TSIS). THIS STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW) DEFINES THE EFFORT REQUIRED BY THE CONTRACTOR FOR THE DESIGN, ENGINEERING ANALYSES, HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, FABRICATION, INTEGRATION, ALGORITHM DEVELOPMENT, TEST, EVALUATION, AND DELIVERY OF THE TSIS INSTRUMENT, AND SUPPORT FOR INTEGRATION OF THE TSIS INSTRUMENT WITH THE NPOESS C1 MISSION, SUPPORT FOR LAUNCH PREPARATIONS AND LAUNCH AND EARLY OPERATIONS. SCOPE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF TSIS ROUTINE ON-ORBIT OPERATIONS, TSIS INSTRUMENT ON-ORBIT DATA PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS, AND TSIS POST-LAUNCH SCIENCE SUPPORT IS NOT INCLUDED AT THIS TIME. — $90.4M
EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET VARIABILITY EXPERIMENT (EVE) FOR THE SOLAR DYNAMICS OBSERVATORY(SDO) — $58.9M
SUPPORT FOR THE SNOW AND ICE DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) FOR THE EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM DATA AND INFORMATION SYSTEM (EOSDIS) NASA HAS ESTABLISHED, UNDER ITS EARTH SCIENCE PROGRAM, THE EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM DATA AND INFORMATION SYSTEM (EOSDIS), WHICH IS A COMPREHENSIVE DATA SYSTEM MANAGING THE DATA FROM EARTH SCIENCE RESEARCH SATELLITES AND FIELD MEASUREMENT PROGRAMS. THE SI DAAC IS ONE ELEMENT OF EOSDIS. THE SI DAAC FOCUSES ON THE RECEIVING, ARCHIVING, TRANSFORMING, VALIDATING, AND DISTRIBUTING DIGITAL AND ANALOG SNOW AND ICE DATA PRODUCTS GENERATED FROM NUMEROUS EARTH OBSERVATION SATELLITE INSTRUMENTS, AIRBORNE INSTRUMENTS, AS WELL AS IN SITU DATA SETS. THE SI DAAC ALSO MAINTAINS INFORMATION ABOUT SNOW COVER, AVALANCHES, GLACIERS, ICE SHEETS, FRESHWATER ICE, SEA ICE, GROUND ICE, PERMAFROST, ATMOSPHERIC ICE, PALEO GLACIOLOGY, AND ICE CORES. THE TASKS ASSIGNED TO THE SI DAAC UNDER THE SUBJECT CONTRACT INCLUDE SCIENCE DATA PLANNING AND PRODUCT GENERATION, SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT, OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, AND USER SUPPORT. THESE TASKS INCLUDE IDENTIFYING AND MAKING AVAILABLE SOURCES OF SNOW AND ICE DATA, SUPPORTING DEVELOPMENT AND GENERATION OF NEW INFORMATION PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ORIENTED TO RESEARCHERS WHO UTILIZE THESE DATA, AND PROVIDING THESE INFORMATION PRODUCTS AND SERVICES TO A SPECTRUM OF USERS INCLUDING FUNDAMENTAL AND APPLIED RESEARCHERS, OPERATIONAL USERS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THE CONTRACT WILL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS: - IMPLEMENT IMPROVED GEOPHYSICAL ALGORITHMS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE USER COMMUNITY FOR CRYOSPHERIC AND POLAR PROCESSES INCLUDING ICE CONCENTRATION AND TYPES, ICE SURFACE TEMPERATURE, SURFACE ALBEDO, SNOW EXTENT, AND SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT - DEVELOP AND IMPROVE METHODS FOR ACQUIRING AND ASSIMILATING DATA STREAMS AND PRODUCING RESEARCH QUALITY DATA PRODUCTS TO MEET SCIENCE OBJECTIVES FOR THE CRYOSPHERE AND POLAR REGIONS - IMPROVE THE ABILITY TO FORECAST AND ASSESS RISKS BY PROVIDING SNOW COVER (AND WATER EQUIVALENT) AND SNOWMELT FORECASTING - WORK WITH NASA TO DEVELOP SYSTEMS THAT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF COMMERCIAL CLOUD-BASED SYSTEMS TO INGEST, ARCHIVE, AND DISTRIBUTE SNOW AND ICE DATA INCLUDING SPECIALIZED SCIENCE DATA SERVICES - TRANSITION CURRENT ON-PREMISE SYSTEMS, OPERATIONS, PROCESSES, PROCEDURES AND POLICIES TO THE EOSDIS CUMULUS CLOUD FRAMEWORK - DEVELOP GREATER SUPPORT BY SCIENTISTS FOR BROAD SCIENCE COMMUNICATION AND EDUCATION EFFORTS - COORDINATE ACTIVITIES AS NECESSARY WITH EOSDIS, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, AGENCIES, DAACS, NASA CENTERS, INSTITUTIONS AND USER WORKING GROUPS IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THIS CONTRACT. THIS INCLUDES DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING INTERFACES WITH OTHER EOSDIS ORGANIZATIONAL ELEMENTS, OTHER NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES WITH WHICH EOSDIS MUST COOPERATE — $50.0M
RECONNAISSANCE MISSIONS TO BINARY ASTEROIDS WILL STUDY THE FORMATION AND EVOLUTIONARY IMPLICATIONS FOR SMALL "RUBBLE PILE" ASTEROIDS AND BUILD AN ACCURATE MODEL OF TWO BINARY ASTEROID BODIES. — $48.9M
THE HIGH RESOLUTION DYNAMICS LIMB SOUNCE (HIRDLS) IS AN INFRARED LIMB-SCANNING RADIOMETER DESIGNED TO SOUND THE UPPER TROPOSPHERE, STRATOSPHERE, AND MESOSPHERE TO DETERMINE: TEMPERATURE, THE CONCENTRATIONS OF O3, H2O, CH4, N2O, HNO3, N2O5, CFC11, CFC12, CIONO12 , AND AEROSOLS; AND THE LOCATIONS OF POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUDS AND CLOUD TOPS. HIRDLS WAS SELECTED FOR THE NASA EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM (EOS) AURA SPACECRAFT WITH THE FOLLOWING GOALS: TO PROVIDE SOUNDING OBSERVATIONS WITH HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL RESOLUTION SUPERIOR TO THAT PREVIOUSLY OBTAINED; TO OBSERVE THE LOWER STRATOSPHERE WITH IMPROVED SENSITIVITY AND ACCURACY; AND TO IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING OF ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES THROUGH DATA ANALYSIS, DIAGNOSTICS, AND USE OF TWO- AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELS. THIS EFFORT ENCOMPASSES THE TASKS NECESSARY TO VALIDATE, MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE THE SCIENCE DATA RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS FOR THE HIRDLS PRODUCTS MENTIONED ABOVE. THESE TASKS WILL CONTINUE THE ONGOING REPROCESSING, EVALUATION AND VALIDATION OF THE STANDARD HIRDLS PRODUCTS USING THE CURRENT VERSION 4 AND SUBSEQUENT VERSIONS OF THE ALGORITHM. IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE ALGORITHM TASKS IN THIS STATEMENT OF WORK WILL LEAD TO FURTHER ALGORITHM VERSION UPDATES AS THE WORK PROGRESSES WITH FINAL RELEASE COMING NEAR THE END OF THE BASELINE CONTRACT PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE. — $46.8M
SUPPORT FOR THE SNOW AND ICE DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) FOR THE EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM DATA AND INFORMATION SYSTEM (EOSDIS) — $42.4M
IGF::OT::IGF THIS EFFORT IS FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION OF THE SNOW AND ICE (SI) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) FOR NASA S EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM DATA AND INFORMATION SYSTEM (EOSDIS). THE SI DAAC WILL CONTINUE TO BE OPERATED AS PART OF THE NATIONAL SNOW AND ICE DATA CENTER (NSIDC) AND WILL CONTINUE TO PERFORM USER SERVICES, PRODUCT GENERATION, DATA AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT, ARCHIVAL AND DISTRIBUTION, AND RELATED SCIENCE SUPPORT ACTIVITIES. THIS PROCUREMENT IS A FOLLOW-ON CONTRACT TO NNG08HZ07C WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, BOULDER (UCB). — $41.3M
GLOBAL-SCALE OBSERVATIONS OF THE LIMB AND DISK (GOLD) MISSION. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE THE PERSONNEL, MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT, AND FACILITIES NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH THE GOLD MISSION AS DESCRIBED IN THE GOLD CONCEPT STUDY REPORT. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE REPORTS, REVIEWS, AND DOCUMENTATION FOR ALL ASPECTS OF THE PROGRAM. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL MANAGE THE ACTIVITIES OF THE SCIENCE TEAM. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL MAINTAIN THE GOLD SCIENCE DATA CENTER (SDC) AT UCF, AND SHALL PERFORM DATA REDUCTION AND ANALYSIS FOR THREE YEARS AFTER THE COMPLETION OF COMMISSIONING THE GOLD INSTRUMENT. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PRESENT THE SCIENTIFIC RESULTS IN PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLISHED PAPERS, AND PROVIDE RAW DATA AND DATA PRODUCTS FOR ARCHIVING TO AN APPROVED DATA ARCHIVE. THE CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALGORITHM DEVELOPMENT AND SCIENCE PLANNING AND ANALYSIS OF MISSION DATA AND THE PUBLICATION OF RESULTS. THE GOLD PROJECT SHALL FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES OF A MISSION OF OPPORTUNITY AND THE GOLD CONTRACT. THE GOLD PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI) SHALL HAVE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT. THE PI SHALL DELEGATE PROJECT MANAGEMENT TASKS TO THE PROJECT MANAGER (PM) AS APPROPRIATE. THE PM SHALL DIRECT THE GOLD PROJECT AND HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR OVERALL TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT OF THE CONTRACT AND ALL SUBCONTRACTS. THE PI/PM SHALL BE THE FOCAL POINT FOR ALL CONTACT WITH THE GOVERNMENT. THE PM AND STAFF SHALL SUPPORT THE PI AS REQUIRED INCLUDING THE SCHEDULING AND COORDINATING OF MEETINGS AND REVIEWS, SCHEDULE CONTROL AND REPORTING, FINANCIAL CONTROL AND REPORTING, SUBCONTRACT MANAGEMENT, CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT AND DOCUMENTATION, PROGRESS REPORTS AND REVIEWS AS WELL AS ALL ANOMALY REPORTING ACTIVITIES. — $39.1M
PROVIDE ENGINEERING ANALYSES, HARDWARE & SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, FABRICATION, INTEGRATION, TEST, EVALUATION, INTEGRATION WITH SPACECRAFT, LAUNCH, INSTRUMENT ACTIVATION, CALIBRATION, VALIDATION, & OPERATIONS THROUGH 60-DAY CHECKOUT FOR TSIS2 PAYLOAD. — $37.2M
TAS::80 0120::TAS MARS ATMOSPHERE AND VOLATILE EVOLUTION MISSION (MAVEN) PHASE A CONCEPT STUDY REPORT — $36.9M
THE CONTRACTOR SHALL SUPPORT THE NASA SNOW AND ICE RESEARCH AND USER COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING CRYOSPHERIC DATA AND INFORMATION SERVICES, ASSISTING IN LOCATING AND MANIPULATING RELATED DATA NOT ARCHIVED AT THE DAAC, AND SERVING AS A POINT OF CONTACT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW GEOPHYSICAL ALGORITHMS TO DERIVE STANDARD SNOW AND ICE PRODUCTS. — $35.4M
TOTAL IRRADIANCE MONITOR FOR THE GLORY MISSION — $28.0M
SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF THE SNOW AND ICE DISTRIBUTE ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER FOR EARTH OBSERVING — $27.6M
SCIENCE MANAGEMENT FOR COS. THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO PROVIDES MANAGEMENT OF THE SCIENCE DATA RECEIVED FROM THE COSMIC ORIGINS SPECTROGRAPH (COS) INSTRUMENT OF THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE (HST). — $21.1M
Contract — $15.5M
PROVIDE CONTINUED MISSION OPERATIONS AND DATA PROCESSING SUPPORT SERVICES TO CONTINUE PERFORMING KEY CLIMATE MEASUREMENTS THROUGH TOTAL AND SPECTRAL SOLAR IRRADIANCE SENSOR SYSTEMS CURRENTLY IN OPERATION ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. — $10.1M
DUSTER WILL MEASURE DUST, PLASMA, MICROMETEOROID IMPACTS, AND LANDER EJECTA AT THE LUNAR SOUTH POLE TO ASSESS HAZARDS FOR ARTEMIS MISSIONS. — $7.2M

Frequently Asked Questions

How many contracts does THE Regents of the University of Colorado have with National Aeronautics and Space Administration?

THE Regents of the University of Colorado has 24 contracts with National Aeronautics and Space Administration worth a combined $1.0B.

What is the average contract size between THE Regents of the University of Colorado and National Aeronautics and Space Administration?

The average contract size is $42.2M.

What percentage of THE Regents of the University of Colorado's contracts with National Aeronautics and Space Administration are sole-source?

0% of the contracts are sole-source awards.