Amendment 1.pdf

This is an Amendment 1 to a Request for Information (RFI) issued by the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority (VCSFA) regarding industry capability and interest in the development and operation of a Payload Processing Facility at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia. The VCSFA seeks qualified vendors interested in financing, designing, constructing, owning, operating, and maintaining a 25,000-50,000 square foot modular and scalable facility capable of supporting payload receiving, inspection, staging, storage, upper-stage build, launch vehicle integration, cleanroom operations (ISO Class 8 or better), hazardous operations including explosive handling and hypergolic fueling, and classified processing consistent with ICD 705 standards. Amendment 01, issued March 30, 2026, corrects the deadline for submission of questions to April 13, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. EST, with responses due no later than April 27, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. EST. All responses must be submitted electronically to solicitations@vaspace.org in MS Word or PDF format, limited to five pages with 12-point minimum font size. Vendors are invited to request on-site assessments, and VCSFA reserves the right to invite selected respondents to follow-on discussions or in-person presentations.

Respondents must demonstrate relevant experience in payload processing, cleanroom environments, hazardous operations, and classified facilities, as well as expertise with design-build or design-bid-build delivery models, and must achieve AS9100 compliance within 18 months of contract award. The RFI does not specify set-asides, incumbent vendors, or current contractors, and does not provide a specific award value or budget range. No particular restrictions on organization types eligible to respond are identified. All costs associated with responding to the RFI are the sole responsibility of interested parties, and all responses become the property of VCSFA upon submission. The RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation for proposals, a commitment to award a contract, or a guarantee of future procurement.