Wed, Apr 23, 2008
IDIQ Agreement Allows Company To Compete For Agency
Flights
NASA has awarded Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, a
NASA Launch Services contract for the Falcon 1 and Falcon 9 launch
vehicles.
The NASA Launch Services contracts are multiple awards to
multiple launch service providers. Twice per year, there is an
opportunity for existing and emerging domestic launch service
providers to submit proposals if their vehicles meet the minimum
contract requirements.
The contract is an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity
(IDIQ) contract where NASA may order launch services through June
30, 2010, for launches to occur through December 2012. Under the
NASA Launch Services IDIQ contracts, the potential total contract
value is between $20,000 and $1 billion, depending on the number of
missions awarded.
The contract seeks a launch capability for payloads weighing 551
pounds or heavier into a circular orbit of 124 miles at an orbital
inclination of 28.5 degrees. Payloads would be launched to support
three NASA mission directorates: Science, Space Operations and
Exploration Systems.
Because an IDIQ contract has been awarded to SpaceX, it can
compete for NASA missions using the Falcon 1 and Falcon 9 launch
vehicles as specified by the NASA Launch Services contract
process.
NASA's Launch Services Program at Kennedy Space Center is
responsible for program management. This award to SpaceX adds to
the stable of launch vehicles available to NASA under previously
awarded contracts.
The original request for proposal was issued in 1999.
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