The key purpose of this Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is to acquire end-to-end commercial payload services between Earth and the lunar surface. The prime contractor, Orbit Beyond Inc., will provide all activities necessary to safely integrate, accommodate, transport, and operate NASA payloads using contractor-provided assets, including launch vehicles, lunar lander spacecraft, lunar surface systems, Earth re-entry vehicles, and associated resources. This multiple-award IDC has a ceiling value of $2,600,000,000 and a period of performance through November 28, 2028. A $0 fixed-price task order has been awarded to Orbit Beyond Inc. for lunar surface transportation of a NASA-provided lunar payload, with a completion date of November 16, 2020. This IDC falls under the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program, which aims to leverage commercial capabilities to deliver science and technology payloads to the lunar surface.
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