THIS IS THE SWRI PORTION OF THE US CONTRIBUTION TO AN ESA FUNDED PROPOSAL THAT IS INCLUDED AS APPENDIX A. THIS PROJECT WAS ALREADY SOLICITED COMPETED PEER REVIEWED AND SELECTED BY ESA AND THE ESA AWARD LETTER AND EVALUATION ARE ALSO INCLUDED AS APPENDIX B AND C. AS STATED IN THE SPICE PROPOSAL TO ESA SWRI IS A US MEMBER OF THE SPICE OPERATIONS TEAM CONSORTIUM. TOP LEVEL TASKS TO BE PERFORMED BY THE SPICE OPERATIONS TEAM INCLUDE: PLANNING FOR SPICE OPERATIONS AS WELL AS PROVIDING SUPPORT TO THE SCIENCE WORKING TEAM (SWT) AND SCIENCE OPERATIONS WORKING GROUP (SOWG) SO THAT OPERATIONS OF ALL SOLAR ORBITER INSTRUMENTS ARE CARRIED IN A COORDINATED FASHION. PROVIDING A DATA PROCESSING PIPELINE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SPICE DATA AT THE SOC SO THESE DATA CAN BE USED FOR THE PLANNING OF SOLAR ORBITER OPERATIONS. SETTING UP AND OPERATING A DATA PIPELINE TO PROCESS RAW TELEMETRY (TM) INTO CALIBRATED DATA PRODUCTS AND DELIVER THESE DATA PRODUCTS TO ESA. MAINTAINING THE SPICE INSTRUMENT AND PROVIDING TECHNICAL SUPPORT INCLUDING MONITORING AND TROUBLESHOOTING INSTRUMENT HEALTH AND SAFETY. PROVIDING SOFTWARE AND SUPPORT TO THE COMMUNITY TO WORK WITH SPICE DATA. SWRI WILL PARTICIPATE IN THESE TASKS AS DESCRIBED IN THE PROPOSAL TO ESA (APPENDIX A).