Commercial Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Destination Contract (CLDC) Sources Sought Tender

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Country : USA

Summary : Commercial Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Destination Contract (CLDC) Sources Sought

Deadline : 30 Apr 2025

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Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 117476553

Document Ref. No. : 80JSC025_CLDC_SOURCES_SOUGHT

Financier : Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership : Public

Tender Value : Refer Document

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Description

This is modification no. 1 to the special notice entitled “80JSC025_CLDC_SOURCES_SOUGHT” which was posted on April 02, 2025. You are notified that the following change is made:

The due date for responses is extended to April 30, 2025 (noon - CDT). Attachment 1 is replaced with: “Attachment_1_Sources Sought_RFI_OCI Questions_rev 1”

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA/Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC)) is hereby soliciting information from potential sources for the Commercial Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Destination Contract (CLDC).

As NASA plans for the retirement of the International Space Station (ISS) at the end of the decade, the ability of private industry to take on the task of providing routine utilization of LEO and maintaining a continuous U.S. presence in space is of vital importance to both NASA and U.S. goals.

In a multiphase strategy, JSC-s Commercial LEO Development Program (CLDP) is helping spur the development of new LEO space destinations and supporting systems from private industry. See link here for additional information: https://www.nasa.gov/leo-economy/low-earth-orbit-economy/. These systems may include end-to-end services such as the in-orbit destination, visiting vehicles, and supporting launch vehicles and ground systems.

NASA awarded Phase 1 Space Act Agreements to promote early design maturation of safe, reliable, and cost-effective commercial orbital platforms and capabilities. The Commercial Destinations Free Flyer (CDFF) agreements are held by Blue Origin and Starlab Space. The Collaborations to Commercial Space Capabilities (CCSC-2) agreements are held by Northrop Grumman, Blue Origin, Sierra Space, Spacex, Special Aerospace Service (SAS), Think Orbital, and Vast Space. Additional Commercial LEO Destination (CLD) development efforts are being performed under the agency-s Commercial Destination ISS (CDISS) contract, which was ...
Active Contract Opportunity
Notice ID : 80JSC025_CLDC_SOURCES_SOUGHT
Related Notice
Department/Ind. Agency : NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Sub-tier : NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Office: NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER
General Information
Contract Opportunity Type: Sources Sought (Updated)
Updated Published Date: Apr 09, 2025 04:55 pm CDT
Original Published Date: Apr 02, 2025 06:38 pm CDT
Updated Response Date: Apr 30, 2025 12:00 pm CDT
Original Response Date: Apr 23, 2025 05:00 pm CDT
Inactive Policy: Manual
Updated Inactive Date: Jul 30, 2025
Original Inactive Date: Jul 30, 2025
Initiative: None

Classification
Original Set Aside:

Product Service Code: V126 - TRANSPORTATION/TRAVEL/RELOCATION- TRANSPORTATION: SPACE TRANSPORTATION/LAUNCH
NAICS Code: 336414 - Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing

Place of Performance: Houston, Tx USA

Documents

 Tender Notice

Attachment_1_Sources-Sought_RFI_OCI-Questions_rev.pdf

Attachment_2_IOC_CC_FOC_Definitions.pdf