Venture class launch service demonstration 2 (vcls demo 2) contract
Active Definitive Contract Awarded Last action
- Contract number
- 80KSC021C0004
- Awardee
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Firefly Aerospace Inc. UEI UJHHLTAPK7N5 Part of Noosphere Venture Partners LP
- Awarding agency
-
Kennedy Space Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Obligated
- $7,957,000
Award facts
- Opportunity
-
- Venture Class Launch Service Demo 2 (VCLS Demo 2) Pre-Solicitation · Posted Jun 22, 2020
- Venture Class Launch Service Demonstration 2 (VCLS Demo 2) Award Notice · Posted Dec 15, 2020
- Contract value 100% obligated
- $7,957,000.00 Current and potential, with all options
- Completion date 90% complete
- Current and potential, with all options
- Contracting staff
- NAICS code
- 481212 Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
- Competition
- Full and Open Competition after exclusion of sources · 9 offers Sealed Bid
- Pricing
- Firm Fixed Price
- Place of performance
- Cedar Park, TX 78613, USA
Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
Transactions
| Action | Obligated | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Other Administrative Action | $0 | |
| Novation Agreement | -$1,353,000 | |
| Other Administrative Action | $0 | |
| Other Administrative Action | $0 | |
| Other Administrative Action | $0 | |
| Funding Only Action | $40,000 | |
| Funding Only Action | $450,000 | |
| Funding Only Action | $0 | |
| Other Administrative Action | $0 | |
| Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $0 | |
| Funding Only Action | $5,390,000 | |
| Funding Only Action | $530,000 | |
| Funding Only Action | $0 | |
| Funding Only Action | $940,000 | |
| Original award | $1,960,000 |
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About this award
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration at Kennedy Space Center awarded a $7.957 million definitive contract to Firefly Aerospace Inc. for Venture Class Launch Service Demonstration 2 (VCLS Demo 2) on January 4, 2021, under a total small business set-aside.
The originating solicitation, posted June 22, 2020, sought to demonstrate launch capability by June 30, 2022 through one of two missions: Mission One involved dedicated CubeSat launch delivering a 30 kg payload to a 500 km orbit between 40–60 degrees inclination; Mission Two provided launch services for two CubeSat constellations with a 75 kg payload to a 550 km Sun-Synchronous orbit under Constellation A and a 20 kg payload under Constellation B to the same orbit with a minimum 10 degree plane change. The solicitation anticipated multiple contract awards to domestic launch service providers and used NAICS code 481212 (Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation) with a 1,500-employee size standard.
Place of performance is Cedar Park, Texas. The contract carries a firm fixed-price structure with an ultimate completion date of July 1, 2027. The ceiling value is $7.957 million.
Quick answers
Who was awarded contract 80KSC021C0004?
80KSC021C0004 was awarded to Firefly Aerospace Inc. by Kennedy Space Center (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) on January 4, 2021.
How much is contract 80KSC021C0004 worth?
The government has obligated $7,957,000 on 80KSC021C0004.
Was contract 80KSC021C0004 competed?
The extent of competition for 80KSC021C0004 was full and open competition after exclusion of sources. The government received 9 offers. It was set aside: Total Small Business.
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