2. The retirement of the Shuttle Program has changed the
environment in which we operate.
We still need to continue to maintain our unique facilities and resources in
the absence of Shuttle funding.
Through a contractual arrangement NASA partners with the
contractor to allow other commercial entities to use the facilities
excess capacity, providing the following benefits:
Helps NASA keep its unique facilities and/or resources utilized to the
maximum extend practicable.
Enables NASA to facilitate the further development of a commercial space
industry.
Provides an expedient avenue for commercial access to unique
facilities/resources
Achieves cost savings for NASA
Assists in retaining critical skills for supporting future NASA programs.
3. Excess capacity is enabled through the use of NON-
GOVERNMENT USE OF PLANT EQUIPMENT/FACILITIES
(NGU) clause included in the initial RFP.
Authorizes use of NGU by the contractor
Per the contract, the Contractor is required to submit for
Government review/approval a External Customers Plan or Non-
government Use of Plant Equipment Plan, which further defines
the responsibilities of the contractor and the Government
Under the authority of an “umbrella” Space Act Agreement (SAA)
the prime contractor enters with NASA to allow it to enter into
agreements with external customers on behalf of NASA
Terms and conditions are identified in the SAA
Approved requests are documented as Annexes to the SAA
Contract is structured with an incentive fee pool for attracting
new business and also includes metrics that allow the
Government to evaluate the contractors performance during
award fee period.
4.
5. Contractor/ •Technical/Strategic Pursue as
External •Customer Concerns NASA
NASA Office •Risk Strategy
Customer reimbursable
Review •Stakeholders
Define Project/ •Special and/or Unique Issues project or Not
Work approved
No
Special Senior
Pre- No Board
Approved Meets?
(Special
List? WCB?)
•Large/multi-year project?
Yes •Within WSTF Scope?
•Risk Exceed $1M Insurance
•Personnel Risk?
Yes
•Meets SSA?
•Establish value of job Define cost and
•Determine appropriate initiate JSC
NASA reimbursement
Form 886
Review and
SAA Annex
approve Gov.
final approval
payment
by NASA
schedule
6. NSOC II: Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL)
and Space Vehicle Mockup Facility (SVMF)
Operations Contract (NSOC)
POP: 10/01/2009- 09/30/2013
Contract Value: $67.6M (CPAF/IF)
After Shuttle Retirement and Station Assembly-Complete:
Excess Capacity Created
NBL down from Dual-Ops to <50% Capacity Utilization and removal
of Shuttle payload bay mockup
Removal of SSP Mockups and Shuttle Training in the SVMF
Reduction of Manufacturing in LMF with ISS completion
Need to Retain the Facility as a National Asset for Future Space
Development
Need to Retain Capabilities within Workforce and Facility (State of
Readiness)
7. Clause H.17 Non-Government Use of NSOC
Facilities.
The Government may allow nonexclusive, non-
government use of NSOC facilities by the contractor
under this contract. If found appropriate by the
Government through the Contracting Officer, the
contractor and Government shall enter into a Facility
Reimbursable Agreement (FRA) which will outline the
benefit the Government will derive from the
contractor’s non-government use of designated
property through rental receipts along with the terms
and conditions related to the use of this equipment.
8.
9. “Petrofac Training Services, a global oil firm with an office in Houston,
says it will use the 60-meter-long, 12-meter-deep pool to provide
offshore survival training for employees. NASA used the pool to train
astronauts to build the international space station, and it held mockups of
both the station and the space shuttle. The agency still uses the pool but
at about 60 percent of the level it did during construction of the station,
Paul Hill, director of mission operations, said. ”
Houston Chronicle, November 18th, 2011
10. TEST: Test Evaluation and Support Team
POP: 05/01/2011- 04/30/2015
Contract Value: $500M (CPAF/IF)
Services available under excess capacity include clean room services,
value shop support, equipment calibration, oxygen compatibility
testing, hypergolic compatibility testing, NASA 6001 standard testing,
Machining and welding, oxygen systems, pressure systems, and
propulsion systems.
Demand for services at WSTF are very dynamic and fluctuate.
Excess Capacity available during low levels of work
NASA and contractor work together to keep WSTF’s unique
facilities and/or resources utilized to the maximum extent
practicable.
Helps WSTF prevent disparate fluctuations in core contractor
staffing and keep critical skills in place for support of future NASA
programs.
11. Clause H.17 Non-Government Use of WSTF
Facilities.
The Government may allow non-exclusive, non-NASA use of
WSTF facilities by the Contractor under this contract. If found
appropriate by the Government the Contractor and Government
shall enter into a Facility Reimbursable Agreement (FRA) which
will outline the terms and conditions for use of the Government
property, as well as the benefit the Government will derive from
the Contractor’s non-NASA use of designated property through
rental receipts. The Government reserves the right to disallow use
of WSTF facilities and equipment by the Contractor under this
agreement, if the use should be negotiated directly between the
Government and the non-NASA entity.
14. By structuring our contracts to allow for
the commercial use of the excess capacity
at government facilities, NASA has been
able to develop partnerships that result
in numerous benefits to both NASA and
various commercial entities.
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