SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Astrophysics Explorers Mission of Opportunity Solicitation as SALMON-2 AO Amendment
- Notice Date
- 9/15/2016
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Headquarters Acquisition Branch, Code 210.H, Greenbelt, Maryland, 20771, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20771
- Solicitation Number
- NNH12ZDA006O-APEXMO3
- Point of Contact
- Dr. Wilton T. Sanders, Phone: 202-358-1319
- E-Mail Address
-
wilton.t.sanders@nasa.gov
(wilton.t.sanders@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- On or about September 16, 2016, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD) is releasing an Astrophysics Explorers 2016 Mission of Opportunity (MO) Program Element Appendix (PEA) (NNH12ZDA006O-APEXMO3) as Amendment 15 to the NASA Second Stand Alone Missions of Opportunity Notice (SALMON-2) Announcement of Opportunity (NNH12ZDA006O). The Astrophysics Explorers Program conducts Principal Investigator (PI)-led space science investigations relevant to SMD's astrophysics programs. Astrophysics Explorers investigations must address NASA's strategic objective to discover how the universe works, explore how it began and evolved, and search for life on planets around other stars. This solicitation will be open from September 16, 2016, through December 15, 2016. Upon the release date, the full text of the PEA will be available electronically at http://nspires.nasaprs.com/. A preproposal conference will be held in early October; see http://explorers.larc.nasa.gov/APMIDEX2016/MO for details. NASA will release simultaneously the Astrophysics Explorer 2016 Medium Explorer Announcement of Opportunity (NNH16ZDA010O) and a solicitation for Astrophysics Explorers U.S. Participating Investigators (APEX USPI) through the Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences 2016 (ROSES-16) NASA Research Announcement (NNH16ZDA001N). Participation is open to all categories of organizations or institutions, U.S. or non-U.S., including educational, industrial, and not-for-profit institutions, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs), University Affiliated Research Centers (UARCs), NASA Centers, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), and other Government agencies. NASA expects to select one or two Astrophysics Explorers Missions of Opportunity to proceed into Phase B and subsequent mission phases. If multiple selectable missions are proposed with combined costs within the available funding, NASA may select more than one proposed investigation. This PEA incorporates a number of changes relative to the previous Explorers Mission of Opportunity SALMON-2 PEA and to the Draft 2016 Astrophysics Explorers Mission of Opportunity PEA. All proposers must read the SALMON-2 AO and this PEA carefully, and all proposals must comply with the requirements, constraints, and guidelines contained within the SALMON-2 AO and this PEA. Comments and questions may be addressed in writing or by E-mail to: Dr. Wilton T. Sanders, Astrophysics Explorers Program Scientist, Astrophysics Division, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546-0001; E-mail: wilton.t.sanders@nasa.gov (subject line to read "Explorer MO PEA"); Phone: 202-358-1319; FAX: 202-358-3062. Responses to all inquiries will be answered by E-mail and also posted to the Questions and Answers (Q&A) location of the 2016 Astrophysics Explorers Program Acquisition website at http://explorers.larc.nasa.gov/APMIDEX2016/MO; anonymity of persons/institutions who submit questions will be preserved. This notice constitutes a NASA Research Announcement as contemplated in FAR 6.102(d)(2).
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