Study for Commercialization of Low Earth Orbit

Added: Jun 08, 2018 5:55 pm This is modification 13 to the synopsis entitled "Study for Commercialization of Low Earth Orbit" 80JSC018LEOCOM which was posted on April 24, 2018. You are notified that the following changes are made:

Questions and Answers Set #7 has been posted.

Documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will reside on a World Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. Potential offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).

Added: Jun 07, 2018 4:25 pm This is modification 12 to the synopsis entitled "Study for Commercialization of Low Earth Orbit" 80JSC018LEOCOM which was posted on April 24, 2018. You are notified that the following changes are made: 


The time for written Question submittal has been extended to June 11, 2018 11:59PM CDT. The Government will not respond to questions that are marked as containing confidential, proprietary, competition sensitive, or business information.
  

In addition, the e-mail address found in fbo.gov for the Primary Contact is being corrected to: jsc-leo-commercial@mail.nasa.gov.

Documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will reside on a World Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. Potential offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).

Added: Jun 05, 2018 2:39 pm This is modification 11 to the synopsis entitled "Study for Commercialization of Low Earth Orbit" 80JSC018LEOCOM which was posted on April 24, 2018. You are notified that the following changes are made:


In order for answers to questions to be obtained and disseminated in a timely manner, questions must be submitted in writing by June 8, 2018 11:59PM CDT. The Government will not respond to questions  that are marked as containing confidential, proprietary, competition sensitive, or business information.


Documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will reside on a World Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. Potential offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).

Added: Jun 04, 2018 8:20 am This is modification 10 to the synopsis entitled "Study for Commercialization of Low Earth Orbit" 80JSC018LEOCOM which was posted on April 24, 2018. You are notified that the following changes are made:


Questions and Answers Set #6 has been posted.


Documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will reside on a World Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. Potential offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).

Added: May 25, 2018 2:28 pm This is modification 9 to the synopsis entitled "Study for Commercialization of Low Earth Orbit" 80JSC018LEOCOM which was posted on April 24, 2018. You are notified that the following changes are made:

Questions and Answers Set #5 has been posted.

Documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will reside on a World Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. Potential offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).

Added: May 17, 2018 4:39 pm This is modification 8 to the synopsis entitled "Study for Commercialization of Low Earth Orbit" 80JSC018LEOCOM which was posted on April 24, 2018. You are notified that the following changes are made:

Questions and Answers Set #4 has been posted.

Documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will reside on a World Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. Potential offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).

Added: May 17, 2018 2:00 pm This is modification 7 to the synopsis entitled "Study for Commercialization of Low Earth Orbit" 80JSC018LEOCOM which was posted on April 24, 2018. You are notified that the following changes are made:

The Solicitation for "Study for Commercialization of Low Earth Orbit" 80JSC018LEOCOM has been posted.  Proposals are due on June 18, 2018 at 12:30pm.  Also posted, is the model contract referenced in the solicitation.

Documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will reside on a World Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. Potential offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).

Added: May 11, 2018 4:19 pm This is modification 6 to the synopsis entitled "Study for Commercialization of Low Earth Orbit" 80JSC018LEOCOM which was posted on April 24, 2018. You are notified that the following changes are made:

 

Questions and Answers (Q&A) Set #3 has been released. 

Documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will reside on a World Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. Potential offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).

Added: May 10, 2018 2:56 pm This is modification 5 to the synopsis entitled "Study for Commercialization of Low Earth Orbit" 80JSC018LEOCOM which was posted on April 24, 2018. You are notified that the following changes are made:
  

The Interested Parties List was removed and replaced with an edited version. This modification replaces modification 3 which contained the previous Interested Parties List.

Documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will reside on a World Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. Potential offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).

Added: May 09, 2018 11:23 am This is modification 4 to the synopsis entitled "Study for Commercialization of Low Earth Orbit" 80JSC018LEOCOM which was posted on April 24, 2018. You are notified that the following changes are made:

Questions and Answers (Q&A) Set #2 has been released. Q&A Set #1 was previously released on May 4, 2018. Additional questions will be released in Q&A Set #3.

The due date for responses is not extended.

Documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will reside on a World Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. Potential offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).

Added: May 08, 2018 9:55 am This is modification 3 to the synopsis entitled "Study for Commercialization of Low Earth Orbit" 80JSC018LEOCOM which was posted on April 24, 2018. You are notified that the following changes are made:

The Interested Parties List has been posted.

If you would like to have your name removed or have information added to your contact information, please write to: jsc-leo-commercial@mail.nasa.gov

The due date for responses is not extended.

Documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will reside on a World Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. Potential offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).

Added: May 04, 2018 4:23 pm This is Modification 2 to the synopsis entitled "Study for Commercialization of Low Earth Orbit," which was posted on April 24, 2018. The purpose of this modification is to notify Offerors of the following information:
 

1. The Government has provided official responses to questions received during the "Study for Commercialization of Low Earth Orbit" Pre-proposal conference, which was held on May 1, 2018.

It is the Government's intent to post additional responses to questions via separate postings as they become available.

Offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the NASA Research Announcement (NRA) and any subsequent updates. Potential offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the NRA and amendments (if any).

Added: May 03, 2018 3:22 pm

This is Modification 1 to the synopsis entitled "Study for Commercialization of Low Earth Orbit," which was posted on April 24, 2018. The purpose of this modification is to notify Offerors of the following information:

1. The "Study for Commercialization of Low Earth Orbit" website is located at the follow address: https://procurement.jsc.nasa.gov/leonra/ . The Government will update this website throughout the acquisition process to provide Offerors with information related to the "Study for Commercialization of Low Earth Orbit" procurement.

2. The following PowerPoint charts are available for download:

a. "Fostering Commercialization on ISS While Maintaining an International Partnership, A NASA Perspective" presented by Kirk A. Shireman, International Space Station Program Manager

b. "International Space Station Transition" presented by Sam Scimemi, Director, International Space Station NASA Headquarters

c. "Study for the Commercialization of LEO Pre-proposal Conference"

These three sets of charts were presented at the "Study for Commercialization of Low Earth Orbit" Pre-proposal conference, which was held on May 1, 2018.

508 compliant versions of the charts are available upon request.

Offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the NASA Research Announcement (NRA) and any subsequent updates. Potential offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the NRA and amendments (if any).

Added: Apr 24, 2018 12:00 pm

In May of 2018, NASA will be releasing a NASA Research Announcement (NRA) for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Commercialization. The purpose of this NRA is to inform NASA's strategy for enabling the commercialization of human spaceflight in LEO and meeting NASA's long-term LEO needs. The NRA will solicit industry concepts, business plans and viability for habitable platforms, whether using the International Space Station (ISS) or free-flying, that would enable a commercial marketplace in LEO where NASA is one of many customers. Additionally, the study seeks industry input on the role of government and evolution of ISS in the roadmap to commercialization of LEO.

NASA anticipates awarding multiple four-month, fixed priced contracts, up to $1M per award. Participation is open to U.S. organizations, including industry, educational institutions, and nonprofit institutions.

A Pre-Proposal Conference ("industry day") to discuss the study objectives and proposal instructions with prospective respondents is planned for Tuesday, May 1, in the Gilruth Center at Johnson Space Center. Remote teleconferencing capability will also be available. For more details on this event and to obtain presentation materials, please RSVP to the Contracting Officer via email JSC-LEO-Commercial@mail.nasa.gov. NASA will later release the NRA including the final proposal instructions, study contents and due date through FedBizOpps at http://www.fbo.gov  and NSPIRES at http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/ .

Questions should be directed to JSC-LEO-Commercial@mail.nasa.gov.