Human Space Flight Support II
This posting is to provide notification of an Industry Day scheduled for 21 June 2019.
The 45th Operations Group/45th Contracting Squadron is in the process of contracting with private industry to provide technical assistance, analysis, recommendations, observations, and products in direct support to unit mission priorities and objectives. This support will enable the 45th Operations Group, Detachment 3 (Det 3), to fulfill its United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) assigned responsibilities.
For the purpose of this contract, USSTRATCOM-assigned responsibilities pertain to three NASA HSFS missions. The Commercial Crew (CCP) mission provides transportation to-and-from the International Space Station (ISS). Over the period of this contract, both CCP providers (Boeing and SpaceX) will have transitioned from test flight activities to regular crewed missions to the ISS at an anticipated rate of two flights per year total. The Orion Program provides a deep-space exploration capability for missions to the moon, near-earth asteroids, and destinations yet to be named. Over the period of this contract, Orion will fly their first crewed test flight mission and begin subsequent missions at an anticipated flight rate of one per year. The Soyuz Program provides astronaut medical evacuation (via Air Force C-17 aircraft) from Kazakhstan to a suitable medical facility in Germany or Russia with an anticipated flight rate of four missions per year.
The role of the Contractor for this effort will be two-fold: 1) facilitate Det 3 decisions and actions and 2) provide support to accomplish mission objectives. Contractor personnel will provide support to Det 3 in the following areas:
1. Amphibious Ship Support: The contractor shall support the employment of U.S. Navy Amphibious Ships (Amphibious Transport, Dock (LPD), Amphibious Assault Ship (LHD), or Landing Ship, Dock (LSD)) and small boats to recover the astronauts and the crew module at Orion nominal end-of-mission.
2. Well Deck Support: The contractor shall support the employment of U.S. Navy Amphibious Ship (LPD, LHD, or LSD) well deck to recover the astronauts and the crew module at Orion nominal end-of-mission.
3. Diving, Salvage, and Open Water Support: The contractor shall support the employment of Diving, Salvage and Open Water operations to recover the astronauts and the crew module at Orion nominal end-of-mission and, if necessary, rescue Orion astronauts in the event of a post-splashdown contingency.
4. Astronaut Survival and Personnel Recovery Support: The contractor shall support the employment of survival and personnel recovery (PR) assets to facilitate rescue operations following either an Orion or CCP contingency land or water landing.
5. Astronaut Rescue and Emergency Medical Care Support: The contractor shall support the employment of rescue personnel to facilitate astronaut rescue and subsequent emergency on-scene medical care following either an Orion or CCP contingency land or water landing.
6. Astronaut Search and Rescue Support: The contractor shall support the employment of search and rescue aviation assets to facilitate astronaut rescue following either an Orion or CCP contingency land or water landing.
7. Logistics Support: The contractor shall support all aspects of unit logistics that include, but are not limited to inventory, maintain, inspect, modify, repair pack and sustain equipment items required for the astronaut rescue mission (see attachment 2 for sample GFP list). Mission equipment packages are located at home station, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam and Joint Base Charleston.
8. Communication Support: The contractor shall support the employment of communications capabilities to facilitate: world-wide astronaut rescue operations in the event of an Orion or CCP contingency land or water landing; nominal end-of-mission Orion recovery operations; post-rescue Orion crew module retrieval operations; and Soyuz landing HSFS support operations.
9. Fire, HAZMAT, and Incident Commander Support: The contractor shall support the employment of Fire, HAZMAT and Incident Commander assets to facilitate Orion recovery operations at sea, at Naval Base San Diego, and other locations.
Heather Carino, Contracting Officer, Phone 3214944393, Email heather.carino@us.af.mil
