The purpose of this synopsis is for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to provide notification to the launch services industry that the NASA Launch Services (NLS) solicitation open season scheduled for February 2009 will be delayed to no earlier than March 2009 due to ongoing acquisition planning activities.
The NLS RFP was issued on October 18, 1999, and contains an innovative on-ramp provision found in Section 2, Clause 2.0. To date, the RFP has resulted in the award of Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) task order contracts to Boeing Launch Services, Inc., Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services, Inc., Orbital Sciences Corporation, and Space Exploration Technologies. Each February and August during the life of this RFP, or at any other time established via synopsis, the Government accepts proposals from new launch service providers for IDIQ contracts and proposals from existing IDIQ contractors for additional launch services.
An electronic version of the Executive Summary, which provides an overview of the requirements, along with the entire NLS solicitation (Revision C) can be found at the following website: http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/eps/eps_data/128588-OTHER-001-001.doc . The NLS solicitation is restricted to domestic sources and offerors must be ISO 9001/2000 certified.
If any questions, contact Joseph M. Bell at (321) 867-1269.