Federal contract award

80LARC17F0071

IGF::OT::IGF GRAVITY RECOVERY AND CLIMATE EXPERIMENT (GRACE) EXTENDED MISSION GRACE IS AN ESSP PROGRAM PI-LED MISSION, AND AS SUCH THE PIS INSTITUTION, THE CONTRACTOR (UT), SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGEMENT OF ALL ELEMENTS OF THE MISSION INCLUDING COORDINATING THE MISSION CONTRIBUTIONS OF TEAM PARTNERS, JPL (PROJECT MANAGER AND MISSION OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT), UT, DLR, GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES (GFZ), AND THE ACTIVITIES OF THE JOINT U.S./EUROPEAN GRACE SCIENCE TEAM. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE TO MEET THE REVISED SCIENCE OBJECTIVES AS APPROVED BY THE 2015 NASA HEADQUARTERS SENIOR REVIEW PANELS. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR EXECUTING THE GRACE MISSION THROUGH CLOSEOUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 2015 REVISION OF THE GRACE MISSION COOPERATIVE PROJECT PLAN AND 2016 GRACE END OF MISSION PLAN. THE CONTRACTOR WILL RE-PROCESS THE ENTIRE GRACE DATA SET WITH STANDARDS AND PROCESSING MODELS CONSISTENT WITH GRACE FO TO PROVIDE A SCIENCE DATA SET CONSISTENT WITH GRACE FO DATA PRODUCTS. THE CONTRACTOR WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR FINAL DATA PROCESSING AND ARCHIVAL OF THE MISSION DATA SET AND FOR THE DOCUMENTATION OF THE MISSION IMPLEMENTATION AND SCIENCE DATA PRODUCTS.