Project Information

Bid Title

Cargo Resupply Service-2 Contract 2030 Extension

Issuing Agency

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

Location

Texas

Published Date

Nov 8, 2024

Closing Date

Government Level

Federal

Status

Closed

Ref. #

NNJ16GX07B

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Contract Opportunity

Notice ID

NNJ16GX07B

Related Notice

80JSC023CRS2

Department/Ind. Agency

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

Sub-tier

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

Office

NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER

Award Details

• Contract Award Date: Oct 03, 2024
• Contract Award Number: NNJ16GX07B
• Task/Delivery Order Number:
• Modification Number: 80
Contractor Awarded Unique Entity ID:

General Information

• Contract Opportunity Type: Justification (Original)
• Original Published Date: Nov 08, 2024 10:56 am EST
• Inactive Policy: 30 days after published date
• Original Inactive Date: Dec 08, 2024
• Authority: FAR 6.302-1 - Only one responsible source (except brand name)
• Initiative:
  • None

Classification

• Product Service Code: V126 - TRANSPORTATION/TRAVEL/RELOCATION- TRANSPORTATION: SPACE TRANSPORTATION/LAUNCH
• NAICS Code:
  • 481212 - Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation
• Place of Performance:
  Houston , TX 77058
  USA

Description

The CRS-2 contracts provide the International Space Station (ISS) delivery of pressurized and unpressurized cargo, return and disposal of pressurized cargo, disposal of unpressurized cargo, special tasks and studies, and ground support services for the end-to-end cargo resupply services.

The effort under the CRS-2 Contracts includes complex spaceflight operations that are subject to significant risks. Ensuring safe and reliable U.S. access to the ISS is critical. In order to maintain a reliable U.S.-based transportation system that has replaced the nation's dependency on the Russian Progress, NASA has determined that having multiple CRS-2 contractors working on, and ready to provide, uninterrupted reliable cargo resupply services is necessary to ensure redundant cargo transportation services to and from the ISS. Cargo resupply missions are a critical need for the ISS Program. Routine delivery of supplies supports continued human presence on orbit; ongoing research and utilization; and sustaining of the ISS. Mitigating schedule risk and maintaining uninterrupted cargo resupply services to and from the ISS is essential to ensure that the ISS remains a viable, life-sustaining, and productive facility. These services provide delivery of items that not only sustain the day-today operations of the ISS, but also deliver scientific research critical to the advancement ofhumans on both Earth and in space. These scientific investigations require years of preparation in advance of launch and are often on strict timelines that depend on reliablelaunch schedules. Having a redundant launch capability is crucial to maintain the viability of the ISS as a scientific laboratory. No companies other than the three incumbents have been identified which could provide the services required to continue the resupply missions.

Maintaining a cadre of contractors able to perform cargo resupply services will ensure that NASA meets its obligations to its international partners, and the Government's need to maintain the ISS. The ISS Program’s redundant approach also maximizes meeting Program objectives by reducing overall risk and best ensures successfully accomplishing safe and reliable cargo resupply missions to the ISS by providing flexibility for the Agency throughout contract performance. In addition, both NASA and the CRS-2 contractors have invested significant efforts to prepare the ISS to support these CRS-2 visiting vehicles. The development of a new space flight vehicle certified to berth or dock with the ISS is a multi-year development program, which expends significant government resources. There are no other CRS-2 certified visiting vehicles in the current marketplace for providing cargo resupply to the ISS. Extension of the existing contracts is the most effective means of ensuring continued provision of these services for the extended duration of the ISS.

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Contact Information

Contracting Office Address

• HOUSTON TX 77058
• HOUSTON , TX 77058
• USA

Primary Point of Contact

• Kendrea Vallien, Contracting Officer
• jsc-crs2@mail.nasa.gov

Secondary Point of Contact

History

• Nov 08, 2024 10:56 am ESTJustification (Original)
• Apr 01, 2023 11:58 pm EDT Special Notice (Original)

Commodity Codes

• FSC VTransportation, Travel and Relocation Services

• NAICS 481212Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation

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