Space launch system (SLS) launch vehicle stage adapter (lvsa)

Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) intends to extend the Launch Vehicle Stage Adaptor (LVSA) activities for the Space Launch System (SLS) Spacecraft and Payload Integration Element (SPIE) currently on the LVSA contract with Teledyne Brown Engineering (TBE). The period of performance of the existing delivery order will be extended to complete production of the LVSA units currently on the contract. This action will also include pre and post flight analysis support and sustaining engineering support for all three LVSA units.

This effort was initially competed under the Engineering Solution and Prototyping (ESP) Indefinite Delivery and Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract NNM13AA35C and was awarded to TBE as delivery order NNM14AA89D.The delivery order includes production, sustaining engineering, operation and maintenance, verification and validation, certification, transportation to designated location, and all ground support equipment for LVSA units supporting SLS Flights 1 through 3.

TBE has successfully completed the design, development, test and evaluation (DDTE) process, including the fabrication of a Structural Test Article (STA) to support the SPIE Integrated Structural Test. TBE is now in the final steps of production for the first flight unit to be delivered at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in 2019. Work on the second flight unit has begun with fabrication of manufacturing equipment, ground support equipment, and long lead material purchases. The initial schedule planning for the production of the second flight unit is under development.

The ESP contract period of performance expired on March 31, 2018. However, under the contract, delivery orders may extend past the period of performance of the contract, but only for a maximum of one additional year. The LVSA delivery order period of performance is through December 31, 2018. This action would extend the estimated delivery order period of performance through December 31, 2023 to enable completion of the LVSA flight units. 

Awarded contract NNM13AA35C to unknown vendor for unknown amount on 2020-10-15.