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V--NO NASA LAUNCH SERVICES NLS SOLICITATION OPEN SEASON IN AUGUST 2008

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RFP10-99-021-RevCFederal

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NASA has announced that there will be no open season for the Launch Services solicitation in August 2008, due to ongoing acquisition planning efforts. The original Launch Services Request for Proposal (RFP), issued in October 1999, established an innovative contract framework that allows new providers to join through an "on-ramp" process. This arrangement has led to multiple Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts being awarded to major aerospace companies including Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Orbital Sciences, and Space Exploration Technologies. Typically, NASA accepts proposals from both new entrants and existing contractors during open seasons each February and August, or as otherwise scheduled. The solicitation is limited to domestic sources and requires participants to be ISO 9001/2000 certified, ensuring quality management standards. Interested parties can access detailed solicitation documents and the Executive Summary online. This structured approach facilitates ongoing access to qualified launch service providers while maintaining rigorous industry standards and competitive opportunities.

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NASA pauses August 2008 Launch Services open season; allows ISO-certified US providers via on-ramp.

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336414 - Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing

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PostedJun 6

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Full Description

The purpose of this synopsis is for the National Aeronautics and SpaceAdministration (NASA) to provide notification to the launch services industry that therewill be no NASA Launch Services (NLS) solicitation open season in August 2008 due toongoing acquisition planning activities. The NLS RFP was issued on October 18, 1999, and contains an innovative on-ramp provisionfound in Section 2, clause 2.0. To date, the RFP has resulted in the award of IndefiniteDelivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) task order contracts to Boeing Launch Services, Inc.,Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services, Inc., Orbital Sciences Corporation, and SpaceExploration Technologies. Each February and August during the life of this RFP, or atany other time established via synopsis, the Government accepts proposals from new launchservice providers for IDIQ contracts and proposals from existing IDIQ contractors foradditional launch services. An electronic version of the Executive Summary, which provides an overview of therequirements, along with the entire NLS solicitation can be found at the Internet Addressin the General Information section of this synopsis. The NLS solicitation is restrictedto domestic sources and offerors must be ISO 9001/2000 certified.

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