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NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC) hosted an Industry Day ~ Small Business Forum on September 21, 2006 at the Ohio Aerospace Institute (OAI) adjacent to the NASA Center in Cleveland, OH.  This event was specifically intended to brief industry, including prime contractors and vendor subcontractors which also include small businesses, on NASA’s new Constellation program and some of the procurement opportunities that may be originating from GRC.  Small businesses attending were able to network with larger potential prime contractors for possible subcontracting opportunities on GRC-managed work or work managed by other NASA centers.

This event primarily comprised of the following:

• A general overview of NASA’s Constellation program – the new program that will lead to the replacement of the Space Shuttle with a new crew exploration vehicle known as Orion to service Space Station missions and go to the moon and beyond.

• An overview of the crew launch vehicle known as Ares I - the powerful rocketry that will propel Orion into space; an outline of GRC's responsibilities in support of the Ares I; and a briefing on the supporting procurements related to the Ares I Upper Stage Thrust Vector Control (TVC) subsystem advanced development contracts and the Development Flight Instrumentation (DFI) system.

• A briefing on the TVC advanced development contracts that will be awarded  by GRC in the December 2006 - March 2007 time frame.   In that the Upper Stage production contract will be awarded in the summer of 2007 by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), our TVC advanced development contractors will have the opportunity to compete to transition their efforts into the MSFC contract in early 2009.  The current GRC procurements include (1) TVC Actuator Assembly [Synopsis #NNC06ZDD03L2; Draft Solicitation # NNC06ZDD032J] , (2) TVC Battery Assembly [Synopsis #NNC06ZDD000J; Draft Solicitation #NNC06ZDD021J], (3) the TVC Electric Hydraulic Pump Assembly [Synopsis #NNC06ZDD000J; Draft Solicitation #NNC06ZDD022J] and (4) the TVC Turbine Pump Assembly [Synopsis #NNC06ZDD000J; Draft Solicitation #NNC06ZDD033J to be issued in December 2006].  An in-depth briefing on the draft RFPs for Thrust Vector Control Subsystem gave large and small businesses opportunities for questions, answers, suggested RFP revisions, and possible subcontracting. Companies most likely to be interested in this segment would work under NAICS codes 541710, 336415, 336419, 333995, and 33591x, and 333996.

• A briefing on the Development Flight Instrumentation (DFI) system that is to provide vehicle telemetry during the early test flights and be used to validate vehicle performance.  Sensors, Data Acquisition Units, power downlink telemetry, and cabling nominally comprise this system.  The expected timeframe for RFP release for engineering, development, qualifications, and flight units is early 2008.  Companies most likely to be interested in this segment would work under NAICS codes 541710 and 334511.

• A discussion of the Ares I-1 program – the program that includes the development and building of a prototype for Ares I.  In addition, discussion of a draft RFP for the upper stage Severance System [Synopsis NNC06ZDE035J; Draft-Solicitation #NNC06ZDE035J] was held.  Companies possibly interested in this program would most likely be found in the metals fabrication or space vehicle parts industries and working under NAICS codes 33214 and 3327xx, 335419 and 541710.

• A discussion of possible facility upgrade projects at our Plum Brook test facility located in Sandusky, OH.  These upgrades will lead to the testing of the J-2 engine and other space related apparatus.  Companies possibly interested in this presentation would most likely be found in the construction industry and working under NAICS codes 2362xx, 2371xx, 2381xx and 2382xx.