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B -- THE PREPARATION OF A BOOK-LENGTH MANUSCRIPT, THE HISTORY OF THE GALILEO PROJECT TO JUPITER SOL W-10-01855 DUE 080599 POC Felecia L. London, Simplified Acquisition Specialist, Phone (301) 286-4112, Fax (301) 286-0356, Email felecia.l.london.1@gsfc.nasa.gov -- Lourdes F. Carson, Contracting Officer, Phone (301) 286-4309, Fax 301) 286-0357, Email Lourdes.F.Carson.1@gsfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/HQ/date.html#W-10-01855. E-MAIL: Felecia L. London, felecia.l.london.1@gsfc.nasa.gov. NASA/HQ plans to issue a Request for Quote (RFQ) for the preparation of a book-length manuscript The History of the Galileo Project to Jupiter. This will be a study providing an overview of the mission conducted by the United states to Jupiter between its conceptualization in the latter 1970s, its development in the 1980s, its launch in 1989 and its mission since that time, including the science return on the mission. This procurement is being conducted under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP). The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. See Note 26. The anticipated release date of RFQ 10-01855 is on or about July 16, 1999 with an anticipated quote due date of on or about August 05, 1999. All qualified responsible sources may submit a quote which shall be considered by the agency. An ombudsman has been appointed -- See Internet Note "B". Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the Internet site for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Potential quoters will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html See Statement of Work Below: PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT FOR A BOOK-LENGTH MANUSCRIPT REGARDING THE HISTORY OF THE GALILEO PROJECT TO JUPITER Background: This project is for the preparation of a book-length manuscript The History of the Galileo Project to Jupiter. This will be a study providing an overview of the mission conducted by the United States to Jupiter between its conceptualization in the latter 1970s, its development in the 1980s, its launch in 1989, and its mission since that time, including the science return on the mission. This procurement is required at the present time in order to preserve for posterity the origins and development of these key technical systems in the history of NASA. The NASA History Office, Code ZH, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C., is the cognizant NASA program office for this procurement. Scope The contractor shall be required to complete this book manuscript on a schedule of six-months. The chapters of this book shall be unified by several central themes that should be combined to create a meaningful whole. The Galileo mission represents the U.S.'s first return to study one of the outer planets in detail after the brief but revolutionary Pioneer and Voyager flybys of the 1970s and 1980s. Intended to be the first of a series of follow-up orbiter and probe missions to the Jovian planets, Galileo was designed to subject Jupiter, the paradigm of its class, to extended and intensive study via a probe sent into the planet's atmosphere, ten close encounters with its satellites, and an extended two-year orbital tour through its magnetosphere. This sequence of brief flybys followed by orbiters and landers or probes was designed in the 1960s, and executed on Venus and Mars in the 1970s. Because of the long flight times to the outer solar system and a host of unanticipated political, financial, and technical issues, the return to Jupiter took Galileo nearly two decades since program start. Galileo is in some sense the planetary equivalent of Astrophysics' Hubble Space Telescope. It was designed and started in part because briefer, more limited exploratory missions had already been done or at least sent on their way. Both represented a significant investment of money, effort, and scientific careers into missions that took decades to realize. Both ran into difficulties that absorbed or precluded investment into other missions that significant fractions of their respective communities wanted. Both are likely to be the last of their kind-large, protracted, multipurpose scientific missions. Between program start in 1977 and deployment from the Space Shuttle in 1989 the Galileo spacecraft and mission were redesigned no less than six times in response to fluctuating launch vehicle policy, budgets, and Shuttle safety issues after the Challenger accident. The final mission trajectory was a marvel of economy, making use of multiple encounters with Venus and Earth to pick up additional velocity to send Galileo to Jupiter; it also extended the trip time considerably. In 1991, Galileo's main antenna failed to deploy fully, presenting planners with a potentially fatal problem. Through innovative reprogramming of the spacecraft computers, improvements in the ground tracking network, and overhaul of the science observation schedules, planners expect to be able to salvage much of the scientific return. In December 1995 the Galileo mission began its primary mission with a several-hour sequence of crucial events. After encounters with the satellites Europa and Io, the orbiter swung around Jupiter, in position to record the flow of data from the entry probe. The entry probe, travelling independently since separation in July, entered Jupiter's atmosphere on December 7, 1995, and measured for the first time in situ characteristics below the cloudtops. Finally, the orbiter's engine was fired to put the spacecraft into orbit around Jupiter, where has spent more than three years. Multiple encounters with the larger satellites have now returned images of areas not seen even during the Voyager flybys, and the orbits have allowed the particles and fields instruments to travel through many regions of the planet's environment making measurements of evolving time-variable phenomena. For atmospheric scientists, the mission has brought continuing images and measurements of the Jovian atmosphere. In short, the Voyagers and Pioneers spent mere hours whizzing through the system on four narrow paths. Those were essentially windshield tours of the region. Galileo, with its extended stay, represents the planetary equivalent of detailed investigation. Research methodology would include: review of existing published and unpublished scientific and technical literature on the Galileo mission; review of known extant historical records and accounts, including several oral history interviews; oral history interviews of selected participants; attendance, with permission, at working meetings and other scientific events. The following topics merit treatment: 7 Galileo's tortured pre-launch history (1977-1989) 7 Venus, Earth, Moon, encounters (1990-1992) 7 First views of Asteroids Ida/Dactyl, Gaspra (1991, 1993) 7 Observations of the Comet Shoemaker-Levy-9 Jupiter Impact (1994) 7 High Gain Antenna problem (1991ff) 7 Jupiter Approach Global Imaging and other measurements (Fall 1995) 7 Europa encounter; Io encounter; Probe entry; Jupiter Orbit Insertion (7 December 7 1995) 7 Probe data playback (January-March 1996) 7 Important orbital maneuver; probe data complete (March 1996) 7 New software uploaded to allow return of 2-3 images/day (May 1996) 7 Ten close satellite encounters over 23 months (1996-1997) 7 Revelations about the possibility of liquid water on Europa. The findings generated new questions about the possibility of life on Europa. General Requirements: The contractor shall produce a well documented, book-length (approximately 350 typescript pages) published addition to aerospace history. Archival material located during the course of this work should be cited and thus made known to future researchers. The contractor shall place copies of all research notes and documents collected in the context of this project in the NASA Historical Reference Collection at NASA Headquarters for the use of future researchers. The contractor shall perform primary archival research; interview key participants; identify, categorize, and investigate all known information relating to the development of this subject; and write an analytical, intellectually-rigorous but readable history of the subject, acceptable for publication as a scholarly work. This final product shall be illustrated only as appropriate to explain the issues raised in the written work. The major sections of the work shall conform to similar works in the NASA History Series, particularly those volumes containing project history, Lunar Impact: A History of Project Ranger by R. Cargill Hall, Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles, by Roger E. Bilstein, and Liquid Hydrogen as a Propulsion Fuel, by John L. Sloop. The aforementioned volumes are available for review at all libraries at all NASA Centers, the NASA History Office, and Federal Repository Libraries. Among the sources to be used in this project are both NASA and non-government publications. These include the NASA Historical Reference Collection; management records; interviews with key individuals working in the field; materials at the various centers; the various periodic editions of Aeronautics and Astronautics; U.S. Congressional reports, hearings, and other publications; NASA records; Code M records; selected NASA publications relating to the field; the "NASA Management Information Digest"; the "NASA Pocket Statistics"; the Aeronautics and Space Report of the President for each year; related documents located at the National Archives and Records Administration, Library of Congress, presidential libraries, or other depositories. Additionally, and importantly, the project files and other resources available on the effort at the NASA and at aerospace firms involved in development and construction. The contractor shall be responsible for identifying appropriate photographs for this book and obtaining permissions for reproduction of photographs in the resultant published work. The contractor shall submit "permission slips" with pictures documenting NASA's rights to reproduce photographs in finished work. Content Specifics: This manuscript study shall begin with an introduction that explains the purpose and scope of the book as well as its contents, describes the method of research and the parameters of study, and presents in an introductory manner the major themes considered in the project. It shall be organized chronologically. All writing shall be in accordance with acceptable scholarly, literary, and methodological standards as established by the NASA History Office and reflected in earlier NASA history publications and the guide, Research in NASA History. Reference notes in this narrative shall appear in proper academic style as established in the above and in the most recent Chicago Manual of Style. A list of new or special terms and acronyms shall be included in a glossary and explained when first appearing in the text. Statistical material shall be organized in a readily understandable format. The Contractor shall prepare an index after the manuscript reaches the page proof stage. The contractor shall deliver computer disks containing the text of the final manuscript in Microsoft Word, which shall also be submitted in hard copy. Submission Requirements: Reports of research progress, an outline, drafts of major sections, the volume introduction, a glossary of terms, a graphics plan (proposed illustrations and tables), and any appendices or cross reference guides shall all be reviewed at the milestones established by thedesignated Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) and other NASA personnel. Finally, the completed draft manuscript shall be critiqued by a panel and revision made to the draft in response to recommendations. The graphics plan, the original and two photocopies of the final manuscript (including all tables and appendices), and one set of computer disks containing the manuscript (see Word Processing Criteria) shall constitute a critical deliverable. Correction of page proofs and a professionally done index shall be the final deliverable. All research notes, photocopied documents, correspondence, interview transcripts, photographs selected for inclusion, manuscript sections and narratives, and rights to publication of the study shall become the property of NASA at the end of the project. Publication of the work shall be the responsibility of the NASA History Office, which shall attempt to publish the book within one year of the completed final manuscript. The contractor involved in the writing ofthe work shall be listed as compiler(s) of the published work. NASA retains the final right, at its sole discretion, to publish or not to publish the contract manuscript. Study Procedure: The contractor shall submit written progress reports of at least 500 words in length to the COTR each quarter. The contractor shall provide all other deliverables to the COTR on the milestone dates. The contractor should plan on conducting the bulk of the research at the NASA History Office, Washington, D.C., other NASA centers, and space science organizations. Word Processing Criteria The completed manuscript submitted as a deliverable shall be on disks processed with the Microsoft Word program or on another software processing translatable into it. Any alternative software the contractor proposes to use for this effort shall be agreed to by NASA before work begins. Three paper copies of the manuscript on standard 8 1/2 by 11-inch paper shall accompany the disks, one of which is the original copy. The electronic media record and the paper copy of the manuscript shall be identical. Font for the processed manuscript should be 10-pitch Courier, double-spaced, or an equivalent approved by NASA before work begins. Editorial Style The manuscript narrative shall employ formal, scholarly style as defined by the current edition of the Chicago Manual of Style, supplemented by the NASA style guide. The latter is provided to contractors especially to guide the expression of government and scientific nomenclature. Specifically: 1. The finished manuscript shall exhibit consistency of format, style, and usage throughout. 2. Contractors shall obtain copyright permissions and/or waivers for passages of text derived from another published work used in the manuscript study, as required by current copyright laws. 3. Parenthetical notes shall be used in attributing quoted material or source material in the manuscript and shall follow rules given in the style manuals cited above. Format and editorial aspects of the deliverables shall be evaluated in accordance with the contract's "Performance-Based Payments" clause along with the substantive, intellectual quality of the manuscript. NASA retains the final right at its sole discretion to publish or not to publish the resultant study manuscript. Before payments can be made, the following milestones must be met: Milestones Time After Award of Contract Conditions to be Met Cost 1 Month Progress report, outline of manuscript, research plan, and bibliography TBD 3 Months Progress report, first draft of manuscript TBD 6 Months Progress report, second (revised) draft of manuscript TBD 9 Months Progress report, final publishable manuscript TBD BEST VALUE SELECTION PROCESS -- This procurement shall be conducted utilizing Best Value Selection (BVS), which seeks to select an offer based on the best combination of price and technical merit of the offers ubmitted. BVS evaluation is based on the premise that, if all offers are of approximately equal technical merit, award will be made to the offeror with the lowestevaluated price. However, the Government will consider awarding to an offeror with higher technical merit if the difference in price is commensurate with added value. Conversely, the Government will consider making award to an offeror whose offer has lower technical merit if the price differential between it and other offers warrant doing so. All offers will be judged considering their price proposals and their technical merit (based on a review by the Government of information received in response to the following "technical factors"). Cost and technical merit will be considered equal in importance and technical factors will not be assigned weights. On those technical factors the offeror chooses to provide, adequate information should be submitted to permit proper evaluation. The following technical factors are applicable to this procurement: A. Personnel Resources. This factor will be evaluated to determine the qualifications of the contractor personnel proposed to complete the work effort, with the premise that more highly qualified individuals will improve the work product to the government. The Offeror should provide a resume and references for the author(s). Maximum (two) pages per resume and six references. All references shall include telephone numbers. References that cannnot be located will not be evaluated. B. Corporate Experience and Past Performance. This factor will be evaluated for depth and relevance to the work to be performed under this solicitation. The quality of the offeror's past performance will be evaluated to assess the probability for providing high quality services to NASA and successfully managing the contract. The Offeror should provide a list of previous publications of similar nature and where they are available. List of previous publications shall not exceed (six) most recent publications. C. Intrinsic Merit. This factor will be evaluated for completeness, reasonableness, likelihood for successful performance, and insight. Special consideration will be given to proposals that indicate specific methodologies and consideration of all the steps involved in preparing an academic manuscript. The Offeror should provide a summary of the specific approach they would undertake to perform the work requirements as set forth in this synopsis. This summary shall not exceed (five) pages. Proposals submitted in response to this synopsis shall include a firm-fixed price proposal and a "technical factors" proposal including the information referenced above (PLEASE NOTE PAGE LIMITATIONS FOR SPECIFIC TECHNICAL FACTORS). The provisions and clauses in the RFO are those in effect through FAC 97-10. All qualified responsible business sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. 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