CAPSTONE RFP RESPONSES 1.07.2020.pdf
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This document contains a solicitation for launch services for the CAPSTONE mission. NASA Kennedy Space Center is seeking proposals to provide launch services for its Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment, which will launch in June 2021. Offerors must submit proposals by December 18, 2019. The solicitation replaces a previous draft RFP and includes responses to questions on the draft.
The solicitation requires launch services to deliver the CAPSTONE spacecraft into a near rectilinear halo orbit around the Moon. The contract includes terms for adjustments to the launch schedule, allowing NASA to terminate for convenience by June 30, 2021 or providing for equitable adjustment and delay fees after that date if launch is postponed. It also specifies penalties if the contractor requests postponement after the June 30 deadline without a termination for convenience. All proposals must be delivered to the NASA contracting officer at Kennedy Space Center by the date and time specified in the solicitation.
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CAPSTONE QUESTIONS & RESPONSES 01.07.2020 80KSC020R0003
SECTION H – SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS
H.8 ADJUSTMENTS TO LAUNCH SCHEDULE
Question:
If NASA chooses to terminate for convenience per H.8.3, is the contract officially terminated and the launch provider is no longer required to launch; or, is the launch provider required to pay the one-time penalty for not meeting the date and is still required to launch as soon as possible? If NASA chooses not to terminate for convenience, is the launch provider not required to pay the one-time penalty and pay only delay fees per H.8.1 that would accrue past June 30, 2021?
Response:
• “If NASA chooses to terminate for convenience per H.8.3, is the contract officially terminated and the launch provider is no longer required to launch”
Yes, the contract will be terminated and the launch provider will no longer be required to launch.
• “is the launch provider required to pay the one-time penalty for not meeting the date and is still required to launch as soon as possible?”
The RFP has been updated for clarification but the intent has not changed.
If the contractor requests postponement after June 30th, H.8.3 stands on its own and is separate from the termination for convenience penalties in Table G.2 and delay terms in H.8.1. If NASA chooses to terminate as a result of H.8.3, the contractor will pay NASA the one-time penalty in H.8.3 regardless of any adjustment in launch service price which occurred in accordance with H.8.1.
• “If NASA chooses not to terminate for convenience, is the launch provider not required to pay the one-time penalty and pay only delay fees per H.8.1 that would accrue past June 30, 2021?”
If the contractor requests postponement after June 30th and NASA chooses not to terminate, there will not be a one-time penalty with the contract and will be subject to equitable adjustment for the delay.
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