THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE ENGINEERING SERVICES AND RELATED SERVICES TO THE MAGNETOSPHERIC MULTISCALE (MMS) PROJECT, AS REQUIRED, FOR THE FORMULATION, DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, FABRICATION, INTEGRATION, TESTING, VERIFICATION, AND OPERATIONS OF SPACEFLIGHT AND GROUND SYSTEM HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE. TASKS ORDERS WILL BE ISSUED TO PERFORM SERVICES IN ALL ASPECTS OF MMS MISSION DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION FOR COMPONENTS, SUBSYSTEMS, SYSTEMS, OBSERVATORY, LAUNCH, GROUND SYSTEM, SPACECRAFT, SIMULATORS, NON-FLIGHT MODELS, AND PROTOTYPES; CANDIDATE, FEASIBILITY, AND SYSTEMS DEFINITION STUDIES; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; ANALYSIS; PRELIMINARY DESIGN; DETAILED DESIGN; NON-FLIGHT AND FLIGHT FABRICATION; ASSEMBLY; INTEGRATION; TEST AND VERIFICATION; TEST INSTRUMENTATION; DATA SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT; LAUNCH, ON-ORBIT AND POST-LAUNCH OPERATIONS; RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY UNIQUE TO SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PARTS AND MATERIALS, TECHNICAL FACILITIES SUPPORT, LOGISTICS, DOCUMENTATION; MAINTENANCE; SUSTAINING ENGINEERING; CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT; MISSION ASSURANCE; ARCHITECTURAL TRADES, PERFORMANCE, COST, RISK ASSESSMENT, DOCUMENTATION, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT), PROJECT REVIEW AND PRESENTATION SUPPORT.