New Frontiers Program Acquisition.

New Frontiers Fourth Announcement of Opportunity.

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NEW FRONTIERS FOURTH ANNOUNCEMENT OF OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM LIBRARY

  
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Strategic Documents

  1. NPD 1001.0B, 2014 NASA Strategic Plan
  2. 2014 Science Mission Directorate Science Plan

The National Research Council 2013 Planetary Decadal Survey, Vision and Voyages for Planetary Science in the Decade 2013-2022, may be accessed at http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13117.

Program Specific Documents

  1. New Frontiers Program Plan
  2. New Frontiers Program safety, reliability, and quality assurance requirements document
  3. Guidelines and Criteria for the Phase A Concept Study (changes tracked)
  4. ELV Launch Services Information Summary
  5. NASA Launch Services Program (LSP) Advisory Services Plan
  6. Reserved
  7. Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) Mission Operations and Communications Services (MOCS)
    1. Spectrum Data Space Communications
    2. S-Band Overview
  8. The Explanatory Guide to the NASA Science Mission Directorate Educational Merit Evaluation Factors for Student Collaboration Elements
  9. TRL 6 Examples
  10. SMD Mission Extension Paradigm
  11. Proposal Summary Information (listing of the contents of the NSPIRES cover page)
  12. Microsoft Excel version of the template tables in the AO:
    1. Table B1: Example Science Traceability Matrix
    2. Table B2: Example Mission Traceability Matrix
    3. Table B3b: Total Mission Cost FY$ Profile Template
    4. Table B5: Master Equipment List
  13. SPD-19, Meeting the 70% JCL Requirement in PI-led Missions
  14. Draft Model Contract for Phases B/C/D/E
  15. Realignment of Funding Responsibilities for Space Communications and Navigation
  16. Entry, Descent and Landing (EDL) Instrumentation Engineering Science Investigation (ESI) Goals and Objectives
  17. Entry, Descent and Landing (EDL) Instrumentation Engineering Science Investigation (ESI) Proposal Details and Programmatic Structure for New Frontiers
  18. NASA's Evolutionary Xenon Thruster – Commercial (NEXT-C) AO Guidebook
  19. CSR Conflicted Party List (NOTE: Step-2 addition for Requirement CS-8.)

NASA and Federal Documents

  1. NPR 7120.5E, NASA Space Flight Program and Project Management Requirements
  2. NPR 7123.1B, NASA Systems Engineering Processes and Requirements
  3. NPR 8020.12D, Planetary Protection Provisions for Robotic Extraterrestrial Missions
  4. NPD 8020.7G, Biological Contamination Control for Outbound and Inbound Planetary Spacecraft
  5. NPD 7100.10E, Curation of Extraterrestrial Materials
  6. NASA HDBK 6022b, NASA Handbook for the Microbiological Examination of Space Hardware (DRAFT)
  7. NASA/CP 2002 211842, A Draft Test Protocol for Detecting Possible Biohazards in Martian Samples Returned to Earth
  8. NASA/SP-2010-3404, NASA WBS Handbook
  9. NPR 8715.6A, NASA Procedural Requirements for Limiting Orbital Debris
  10. NASA STD 8719.14, NASA Process for Limiting Orbital Debris
  11. NPR 8715.3C, NASA General Safety Program Requirements
  12. Statement of Federal Financial Accounting Standards 4: Managerial Cost Accounting Standards and Concepts
  13. Procurement Information Circular (PIC) 05-15
  14. NPR 8705.4, Risk Classification for NASA Payloads

Additional NASA and Federal Documents

 
All NASA Policy Directives (NPD) and NASA Procedural Requirements (NPR) documents referenced in this AO may be found in the NASA Online Directives Information System (NODIS) Library (http://nodis.hq.nasa.gov/)
 
NPD 1360.2B, Initiation and Development of International Cooperation in Space and Aeronautics Programs
NPR 7150.2A, NASA Software Engineering Requirements
NPD 5101.32E, Procurement, Grants, and Cooperative Agreements
NPR 8580.1A, NASA National Environmental Policy Act Management Requirements
NPD 8610.7D, Launch Services Risk Mitigation Policy for NASA Owned and/or NASA Sponsored Payloads/Missions

 
NASA technical standards documents may be found in the public access portion of the NASA Standards and Technical Assistance Resource Tool (START) (http://standards.nasa.gov/)
 
NASA technical reports may be found on the NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) (http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp)
 
NASA/SP 2007 6105 Rev 1, NASA Systems Engineering Handbook

 
The Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) are available at http://www.acquisition.gov/far/. The following parts of the Federal Acquisition Regulations are referenced in this AO.
 
FAR 15.403 4, “Requiring certified cost or pricing data (10 U.S.C. 2306a and 41 U.S.C. 254b)”
FAR 15.406 2, “Certificate of Current Cost or Pricing Data”
FAR 33.101, “Protests Definitions”
FAR 52.219 8, “Utilization of Small Business Concerns”
FAR 52.219 9, “Small Business Subcontracting Plan”
FAR 52.222 26, “Equal Opportunity”
FAR 52.226 2, “Historically Black College or University and Minority Institution Representation”
FAR 52.227 11, “Patent Rights - Ownership by the Contractor”
FAR 52.227 14, “Rights in Data - General”
FAR 52.233 2, “Service of Protest”

 
The NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) may be accessed at http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/nfstoc.htm. The following parts of the NASA FAR Supplement are referenced in this AO.
 
NFS 1815.208, “Submission, modification, revision, and withdrawal of proposals”
NFS 1834.2, “Earned Value Management System”
NFS 1835.016 70, “Foreign participation under broad agency announcements”
NFS 1852.225 71, “Restriction on Funding Activity with China”
NFS 1852.225 72, “Restriction on funding Activity with China - Representation”
NFS 1852.227 11, “Patent Rights Retention by the Contractor”
NFS 1852.227 70, “New Technology”
NFS 1852.227 71, “Requests for Waiver of Rights to Inventions”
NFS 1852.233 70, “Protests to NASA”
NFS 1872.308, “Proposals submitted by NASA investigators”
NFS 1872.403 1, “Advisory subcommittee evaluation process”
NFS 1872.705 1, “Appendix A: General instructions and provisions”

 
NASA Procurement Information Circulars (PICs) may be accessed at http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/pic.html. The following NASA Procurement Information Circulars are referenced in this AO.
 
The Code of Federal regulations (CFR) may be accessed at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/. The following parts of the Code of Federal Regulations are referenced in this AO.
 
14 CFR Part 1216.3, “Procedures for Implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)”
14 CFR Part 1250, “Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs of NASA”
14 CFR Part 1265, “Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement)”
15 CFR Parts 730 774, “Export Administration Regulations”
22 CFR Parts120 130, “International Traffic in Arms Regulations”
40 CFR Parts 1500 1508, “Regulations for Implementing the Procedural Provisions of NEPA”

 
The United States Code (USC) may be accessed at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/. The following parts of the United States Code are referenced in this AO.
 
42 USC 4321 et seq., “National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA)”
44 USC 3504(d)(1) and 3516

 
Executive Orders may be accessed at http://www.archives.gov/federal register/executive orders/. The following Executive Orders are referenced in this AO.
 
Executive Order 12114, “Environmental effects abroad of major Federal actions” (see http://www.archives.gov/federal register/codification/executive order/12114.html)
 
Homeland Security Presidential Directive HSPD 12 (see http://www.dhs.gov/homeland-security-presidential-directive-12)