The John C. Stennis Space Center is NASA's largest rocket testing facility, located in Hancock County, Mississippi on the Mississippi–Louisiana border. They are now seeking a contractor to research and write a scholarly, short book-length manuscript about the center's history. Its 60th anniversary will take place in 2021.
Stennis Space Center (SSC) 60th Anniversary Manuscript
NASA/Stennis Space Center (SSC) has a requirement to complete a scholarly, short book-length manuscript on the history of NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center. The manuscript shall focus on the time period since Mack R. Herring's Way Station to Space: A History of the John C. Stennis Space Center was published in 1997.
The resultant contract is for the preparation of an analytical short book-length manuscript highlighting the various aspects of NASA SSC's history as outlined in the performance requirements. The goal of this research project is to produce roughly a 200 page manuscript history of the views of scientists, engineers, military personnel, policymakers, enthusiasts and the general public. Additionally, the goal is to capture SSC's role in the transition from the Space Shuttle program era into the Space Launch System program, the role it played in the commercializationof space through the commercial engine testing program. the documentation of its facilities and the current expansion of the Federal city, employee growth and leadership transitions from 1996 through 2017. This history project would focus on the social history aspects of how SSC was constructed with the relocation of five towns and other local history aspects over the past approximately 60 years. SSC's 60th anniversary takes place in 2021.
Interested contractors should register and obtain contract documents at this link.
Deadline for the receipt of completed tenders: 22 January, 2018, 3:30 pm CST
Contact:
NASA Stennis Space Center
Office of Procurement, Mail Stop DA00
Stennis Space Center, Mississippi 39529-6000
Adrianne P. Ragan,
Contracting Officer
adrianne.peyton.ragan@nasa.gov
+1 (228) 688-3499
