Justification for the Sole Source of the Payload Processing for the DART Mission
Award Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 80KSC021CA002
- Agency
-
Kennedy Space Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Awarded
- to Astrotech Space Operations, LLC
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- Contract number
- 80KSC021CA002 Federal contract award
- NAICS code
- 336419 Other Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing
- Place of performance
- California 93437, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
This Award Notice from NASA Kennedy Space Center provided a sole source contract to Astrotech Space Operations for payload processing services for the Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission. Due to launch delays pushing DART into a congested launch manifest, the previously contracted payload processing facility became unavailable. The sole source contract awarded to Astrotech for $976,798 was urgently needed to begin processing within less than one-third of the normal preparation time in order to meet the new launch window and prevent further delays that could jeopardize the mission.
Notice text
NASA KSC had a requirement to obtain the payload processing service for Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Spacecraft. This service was obtained in accordance with the statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is 41 U.S.C. 1901 as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-2. The services needed by the Agency were urgent and compelling, as described below:
As a result of a launch delay, DART moved into a congested manifest where SpaceX has a launch every 30 days, preventing DART from processing more than 30 days in the SpaceX PPF and requiring an additional PPF to conduct its pre-launch processing. The launch delay and the impaired availability of the SpaceX PPF created the urgent and compelling necessity to secure a PPF. The procuring of a PPF at this stage in the mission cycle is already allowing less than a 1/3 of the normal time for the facility to prepare for the processing service. Any further delay in award of a contract would result in the facility being unable to provide the support required in time, causing the spacecraft to miss its launch opportunity and planetary period, jeopardizing the mission itself. Additionally, if an additional delay were to occur, the NASA Launch Services (NLS II) contract would experience significant launch delay costs.
Awarded contract 80KSC021CA002 to ASTROTECH SPACE OPERATIONS LLC for 976798.00 on 2021-05-27.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| 80KSC021CA002_ JOFOC for DART.pdf |
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