LaRC Contractors Steering Council Meeting – March 16, 2023

Join us for the next Contractor’s Steering Council (LCSC) meeting Thursday, March 16, at 2:00 pm. This month’s LCSC meeting will feature presentations from Marco Pavone of Stanford University and Kristyn Damadeo for Virginia Space Grant Consortium, plus an Office of Procurement update from Susan McClain, Office of Procurement Director. This meeting will be a great opportunity to meet and network with fellow members of the NASA LaRC contractor community.

This will be a hybrid meeting. The in-person location is NASA LaRC IESB, building 2102, Room 116. Please use the link below to join the meeting online.

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  • Welcome and Opening Comments
  • VASBA Update– Melissa Smith
  • LaRC Office of Procurement Update – Susan McClain
  • Small Business Update – Rob Betts
  • Guest Speaker – Marco Pavone, Stanford University
  • Guest Speaker – Kristyn Damadeo, Marketing and Communications Manager, Virginia Space Grant Consortium
  • Special Topics and Look Ahead

LCSC Meeting Minutes by Jenny Monokrousos, March 16, 2023

LaRC Small Business Update Slides by Rob Betts, March 16, 2023

Virginia Space Grant Consortium Commonwealth STEM Industry Internship Program (CSIIP) Slides by Kristyn Damadeo, March 16, 2023

VGSC Cybersecurity Internship Brochure

VGSC Internship Subsidies Brochure

VGSC STEM Interns Brochure

LaRC Contractors Steering Council Meeting – February 16, 2023

Join us for the next Contractor’s Steering Council (LCSC) meeting Thursday, February 16, at 2:00 pm. This month’s LCSC meeting will feature a NASA Langley Research Center Update from Deputy Director Dave Young, and an Office of Procurement update from Susan McClain, Office of Procurement Director This meeting will be a great opportunity to meet and network with fellow members of the NASA LaRC contractor community.

This will be a hybrid meeting. The in-person location is NASA LaRC IESB, building 2102, NACA Room. Please use the link below to join the meeting online.

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  • Welcome and Opening Comments
  • VASBA Update– Laura Blumberg
  • LaRC Office of Procurement Update – Susan McClain
  • Small Business Update – Rob Betts
  • State of the Center Keynote Address – Dave Young, LaRC Deputy Director
  • Special Topics and Look Ahead

LCSC Meeting Minutes by Jenny Monokrousos, February 16, 2023

LaRC Small Business Update Slides by Rob Betts, February 16, 2023

Reverse Industry Day – January 19, 2023

Please join us on Thursday, January 19 from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm for a Reverse Industry Day presented by the Langley Contractors Steering Council. This event will feature an afternoon of discussion focused on NASA Langley’s Procurement Formulation and Source Selection Process.

This Reverse Industry Day is what we hope to be the first of a series of exchanges between the contractor community and NASA contracting and selection officials to give NASA feedback so that they can better understand the industry perspective on the procurement processes and communications. Our first topic area will be focused on the Solicitation and Source Selection processes. 

Our format is going to be a moderated panel discussion, plus a moderated discussion including Q&A from the audience. We’ve assembled a panel of industry professionals with experience in responding to proposals through NASA’s solicitation process. The opening session will have each panel member share a 5-10 minute opening statement offering their observations, experiences, opinions, insights, and perspectives on the process. These statements and all discussion topics will be offered without attribution to any specific procurement results and will focus on responding to NASA’s presentation of the process, with a focus on education and training.

This special session is a great opportunity to meet and network with your fellow contractor community members while offering discussions focused on Procurement education and training. Light refreshments will be provided.

We have created a Q&A Portal to submit questions that can be presented to the Panel on Thursday. You can access the Q&A tool at https://larc.cnf.io, with the password IndustryDay119. A QR code for accessing this site is included below.

This will be a hybrid meeting. The in-person location is NASA LaRC IESB, building 2102, auditorium Reid 3. Please use the link below to join the meeting online.

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  • Panel Discussion
  • Intermission
  • Group Discussion with Q&A

You are invited to a special Happy Hour from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm following the Reverse Industry Day event sponsored by the Tidewater Association of Service Contractors (TASC). Please RSVP for the Happy Hour using this link:  https://tasc-tgic.org/event-5081403/Registration. This event is located at 1700 Brewing, 11838 Canon Blvd #400, Newport News, VA 23606.

Thanks to everyone who attended our first Reverse Industry Day! Below are a few photos from the event and the TASC-sponsored happy hour afterward.

LaRC Contractors Steering Council Meeting – December 7, 2022

Join us for the next Contractor’s Steering Council (LCSC) meeting Wednesday, December 7, at 2:00 pm. This month’s LCSC meeting will feature a Langley Contractors Steering Council Year in Review by LCSC Chair Chris Fannin, and an Artemis I Update by NASA NESC Integration Office Manager Mary Beth Wusk. This meeting will be a great opportunity to meet and network with fellow members of the NASA LaRC contractor community. Light refreshments will be provided.

This will be a hybrid meeting. The in-person location is NASA LaRC IESB, building 2102, NACA Room. Please use the link below to join the meeting online.

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  • Welcome and Opening Comments
  • VASBA Update– Laura Blumberg
  • LCSC Year in Review – Chris Fannin, LCSC Chair
  • Artemis I Update – Mary Beth Wusk, NASA NESC Integration Office Manager
  • Special Topics and Look Ahead

LCSC Meeting Minutes by Jenny Monokrousos, December 7, 2022

LCSC Reverse Industry Day 2023 Brochure

NASA Artemis I Information Page

LaRC Contractors Steering Council Meeting – November 17, 2022

Join us for the next Contractor’s Steering Council (LCSC) meeting Thursday, November 17, at 2:00 pm. This month’s LCSC meeting will feature guest speakers Martha Gross, on the engineering as well as the management, coordination, planning, and contracting of the HRBT Expansion Project, and Shelley Bond, on Pamunkey Indian Enterprises, plus an Office of Procurement update by Rob Betts.

This will be a hybrid meeting. The in-person location is NASA LaRC IESB, building 2102, NACA Room. Please use the link below to join the meeting online.

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  • Welcome and Opening Comments
  • VASBA Update– Laura Blumberg
  • LaRC Office of Procurement (OP) Update – Rob Betts
  • Return to Onsite Work (RTOW) Update – Rob Betts
  • Small Business Update – Rob Betts
  • Partnerships Update – Kerry Leonard
  • Guest Speakers – Shelley Bond and Andy Murphy, Pamunkey Indian Enterprises Professional Services
  • Guest Speakers – Martha Gross, Technical Director of VDOT HRBT Expansion Project, and Ha Koehler, HRBT Communications Consultant
  • Special Topics and Look Ahead

LaRC Small Business Update Slides by Rob Betts, November 17, 2022

Pamunkey Indian Enterprises Professional Services slides by Shelley Bond and Andy Murphy, November 17, 2022

Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel Expansion website

LCSC Meeting Minutes by Jenny Monokrousos, November 17, 2022

Special thanks to Martha Gross, Technical Director of VDOT HRBT Expansion Project, and Ha Koehler, HRBT Communications Consultant for their presentation on the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel Expansion on November 17, 2022.
Martha Gross and Ha Koehler presentation on the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel Expansion
Martha Gross and Ha Koehler presentation on the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel Expansion
The Slurry Treatment Plant (STP) for the HRBT Expansion is named in honor of Katherine Johnson, NASA mathematician and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient.
Group photo of in-person attendees and guest speakers at the November 17, 2022 LCSC meeting