SOMA 2016 Heliophysics Explorer Missions of Opportunity (MO)

The following NASA Directives may be found in the NASA Online Directives Information System (NODIS) Library (http://nodis.hq.nasa.gov/)

• NPD 1001.0B, 2014 NASA Strategic Plan
• NPD 1360.2B, Initiation and Development of International Cooperation in Space and Aeronautics Programs
• NPR 1600.1A, NASA Security Program Procedural Requirements (NOTE: Step-2 addition. Program Library reference posted on April 26, 2017 did not specify Revision A, although it has been in force since 2013.)
• NPD 5101.32E, Procurement, Grants, and Cooperative Agreements
• NPD 7100.10E, Curation of Extraterrestrial Materials
• NPR 7120.5E Change 14, NASA Space Flight Program and Project Management Requirements
• NPR 7123.1B Change 3, NASA Systems Engineering Processes and Requirements (NOTE: Original Program Library reference specified Change 2, although Change 3 has been in force since 2015.)
• NPR 7150.2B, NASA Software Engineering Requirements
• NPR 8000.4A Change 1, Risk Management Procedural Requirements (NOTE: Step-2 addition. Reference posted on April 26, 2017.)
• NPD 8020.7G, Biological Contamination Control for Outbound and Inbound Planetary Spacecraft
• NPR 8580.1A, NASA National Environmental Policy Act Management Requirements
• NPD 8610.7D Change 1, NASA Launch Services Risk Mitigation Policy for NASA Owned or NASA-Sponsored Payloads/Missions
• NPD 8610.23C Change 2, Launch Vehicle Technical Oversight Policy (NOTE: This reference was in effect during Step-1, but was not in the Program Library. Step-2 addition posted on November 8, 2017.)
• NPR 8705.4 Change 3, Risk Classification for NASA Payloads
• NPR 8715.3C, NASA General Safety Program Requirements,
• NPR 8715.6A Change 1, NASA Procedural Requirements for Limiting Orbital Debris and Evaluating the Meteoroid and Orbital Debris Environments

NASA technical standards documents may be found in the public access portion of the NASA Standards and Technical Assistance Resource Tool (START) (http://standards.nasa.gov/)

• NASA-HDBK-6022, NASA Handbook for the Microbiological Examination of Space Hardware
• NASA-STD-8719.14A, NASA Process for Limiting Orbital Debris (NOTE: SALMON-2 and Program Library reference did not specify Revision A, although it has been in force since 2011.)

NASA technical reports may be found on the NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) (http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp)

• NASA/SP-2007-6105 Rev 1, NASA Systems Engineering Handbook
• NASA/SP-2010-3404, NASA Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Handbook
• NASA/CP-2002-211842, A Draft Test Protocol for Detecting Possible Biohazards in Martian Samples Returned to Earth

The Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) may be accessed at http://www.acquisition.gov/far/. The following parts of the Federal Acquisition Regulations are referenced in this AO.

• FAR 15.403-4, “Requiring certified cost or pricing data (10 U.S.C. 2306a and 41 U.S.C. 254b)”
• FAR 15.406-2, “Certificate of Current Cost or Pricing Data”
• FAR 33.101, “Protests Definitions”
• FAR 52.219-8, “Utilization of Small Business Concerns”
• FAR 52.219-9, “Small Business Subcontracting Plan”
• FAR 52.222-26, “Equal Opportunity”
• FAR 52.226-2, “Historically Black College or University and Minority Institution Representation”
• FAR 52.227-11, “Patent Rights – Ownership by the Contractor”
• FAR 52.227-14, “Rights in Data – General”
• FAR 52.233-2, “Service of Protest”

The NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) may be accessed at http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/nfstoc.htm. The following parts of the NASA FAR Supplement are referenced in this AO.

• NFS 1815.208, "Submission, modification, revision, and withdrawal of proposals"
• NFS 1834.2, "Earned Value Management System"
• NFS 1835.016-70, "Foreign participation under broad agency announcements"
• NFS 1852.225-71, "Restriction on Funding Activity with China"
• NFS 1852.225-72, "Restriction on funding Activity with China – Representation"
• NFS 1852.227-11, "Patent Rights--Retention by the Contractor"
• NFS 1852.227-70, "New Technology"
• NFS 1852.227-71, "Requests for Waiver of Rights to Inventions"
• NFS 1852.233-70, "Protests to NASA"
• NFS 1872.308, "Proposals submitted by NASA investigators"
• NFS 1872.403-1, "Advisory subcommittee evaluation process"
• NFS 1872.705-1, "Appendix A: General instructions and provisions"

• 2 CFR 200.466, “Scholarships and Student Aid Costs” (NOTE: Step-2 Addition)
  
• 14 CFR Part 1216.3, "Procedures for Implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)"
• 14 CFR Part 1250, "Nondiscrimination in Federally-Assisted Programs of NASA"
• 14 CFR Part 1265, "Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement)"
• 15 CFR Parts 730-774, "Export Administration Regulations"
• 22 CFR Parts120-130, "International Traffic in Arms Regulations"
• 40 CFR Parts 1500-1508, "Regulations for Implementing the Procedural Provisions of NEPA"

The United States Code (USC) may be accessed at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/. The following parts of the United States Code are referenced in this AO.

• 42 USC 4321 et seq., "National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA)"
• 44 USC 3504(d)(1) and 3516

Executive Orders may be accessed at http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/. The following Executive Orders are referenced in this AO.

• Executive Order 12114, “Environmental effects abroad of major Federal actions” (see http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/codification/executive-order/12114.html)
• Homeland Security Presidential Directive HSPD-12 (see http://www.dhs.gov/homeland-security-presidential-directive-12)

The Managerial Cost Accounting Concepts and Standards for the Federal Government as recommended by the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board may be accessed at http://www.fasab.gov/pdffiles/handbook_sffas_4.pdf.