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RFI = Request For Information - basically asking the potential providers how they'd do it, how long it would take etc. Of course with the first SpaceX Falcon 9/Dragon on the pad and waiting for a Delta launch and the Shuttle to return before it launches their info is just a copy/paste operation.
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Synopsis - May 21, 2010
General Information
Solicitation Number: NNH10ZTT005L
Posted Date: May 21, 2010
FedBizOpps Posted Date: May 21, 2010
Recovery and Reinvestment Act Action: No
Original Response Date: Jun 11, 2010
Current Response Date: Jun 11, 2010
Classification Code: A -- Research and Development
NAICS Code: 336414 - Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing
Contracting Office Address
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Headquarters Acquisition Branch, Code 210.H, Greenbelt, MD 20771
Description
NASA investment of financial and technical resources to stimulate efforts within the private sector would aid in the development and demonstration of safe, reliable, and cost-effective space transportation capabilities. In a multiphase strategy, the program would help to spur the innovation and development of new spacecraft and launch vehicles from the commercial industry, creating a new way of delivering cargo - and eventually crew - to low-Earth orbit (LEO) and the International Space Station (ISS). As NASA retires the Space Shuttle, the ability of private industry to take on the task of providing routine access to space is of vital importance.
NASA is currently in the conceptual phase of developing requirements for a Commercial Crew Transportation (CCT) capability that would be able to transport NASA astronauts and spaceflight participants safely to and from LEO and the ISS.
The purpose of this RFI is to collect information from industry to help NASA plan the overall strategy for the development and demonstration of a CCT capability and to receive comments on NASA human-rating technical requirements that have been drafted as part of this initiative.
The draft CCT-1001, Commercial Human-Rating Plan (CHRP), defines the allocation of responsibilities, requirements, mandatory standards, and process for achieving NASA human spaceflight certification for commercial crew transportation services in compliance with NPR 8715.3C, NASA General Safety Requirements, Chapter 1.14. The CHRP draws heavily upon NPR 8705.2B, Human-Rating Requirements for Space Systems, as tailored for LEO CCT systems. Specific health and medical requirements tailored for commercial human systems integration, as well as system performance goals and objectives and additional requirements associated with ISS visiting vehicles are currently being developed and are planned to be provided for comment at a later time. The preliminary contents of the ISS Services Requirements Document (which will provide the system performance requirements, including the probability of Loss of Crew and Loss of Mission, for reference during the development and demonstration phase), the updated contents of SSP 50808, ISS to COTS Interface Requirements Document, as well as the CHRP and access to other applicable and reference documents are available under the technical library link at http://procurement.jsc.nasa.gov/cct/authorize.htm .
NASA is specifically requesting the following information:
1. Company name, point of contact name, phone number, e-mail address, and nature of interest in CCT. Provide sufficient information to determine if your company qualifies as a United States commercial provider of space transportation services as defined in Public Law 105-303, Commercial Space Act of 1998.
2. Discuss any aspects of the NASA documents contained in this RFI that result in significant cost, schedule, or technical impacts to your company's CCT system. What clarifications or suggestions do you propose to minimize impacts or improve design flexibility, safety, or reliability? Provide rationale for any alternative suggestions that may meet or exceed the intent of these requirements and standards. Comments on the allocation of responsibilities in Section 4 Tables II and III of the CHRP, as well as the proposed fault tolerance requirements (3.2.2 and 3.2.3) in Table III are of particular interest.
3. NASA has entered into competitively awarded funded Space Act Agreements with U.S. commercial partners for the development and demonstration of Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) cargo capabilities using pay for performance milestones. This was followed by a separate competitive procurement of ISS Commercial Resupply Service contracts. From your perspective, what were the pros, cons, and limitations for each of these approaches for both the initial development/demonstration phase and the follow on purchase of services phase for CCT? What changes or improvements do you suggest to this strategy or its related terms and conditions for both the initial development/demonstration phase and the follow on purchase of services phase for CCT?
4. What is the approximate dollar magnitude of the minimum NASA investment necessary to ensure the success of your company's CCT development and demonstration effort? What is the approximate government fiscal year phasing of this investment from award to completion of a crewed orbital flight demonstration? What percentage of the total development cost would the NASA contribution represent?
5. What significant NASA furnished resources (equipment, facilities, material, services) would your company likely request to complete the CCT development and demonstration?
General Information
Solicitation Number: NNH10ZTT005L
Posted Date: May 21, 2010
FedBizOpps Posted Date: May 21, 2010
Recovery and Reinvestment Act Action: No
Original Response Date: Jun 11, 2010
Current Response Date: Jun 11, 2010
Classification Code: A -- Research and Development
NAICS Code: 336414 - Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing
Contracting Office Address
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Headquarters Acquisition Branch, Code 210.H, Greenbelt, MD 20771
Description
NASA investment of financial and technical resources to stimulate efforts within the private sector would aid in the development and demonstration of safe, reliable, and cost-effective space transportation capabilities. In a multiphase strategy, the program would help to spur the innovation and development of new spacecraft and launch vehicles from the commercial industry, creating a new way of delivering cargo - and eventually crew - to low-Earth orbit (LEO) and the International Space Station (ISS). As NASA retires the Space Shuttle, the ability of private industry to take on the task of providing routine access to space is of vital importance.
NASA is currently in the conceptual phase of developing requirements for a Commercial Crew Transportation (CCT) capability that would be able to transport NASA astronauts and spaceflight participants safely to and from LEO and the ISS.
The purpose of this RFI is to collect information from industry to help NASA plan the overall strategy for the development and demonstration of a CCT capability and to receive comments on NASA human-rating technical requirements that have been drafted as part of this initiative.
The draft CCT-1001, Commercial Human-Rating Plan (CHRP), defines the allocation of responsibilities, requirements, mandatory standards, and process for achieving NASA human spaceflight certification for commercial crew transportation services in compliance with NPR 8715.3C, NASA General Safety Requirements, Chapter 1.14. The CHRP draws heavily upon NPR 8705.2B, Human-Rating Requirements for Space Systems, as tailored for LEO CCT systems. Specific health and medical requirements tailored for commercial human systems integration, as well as system performance goals and objectives and additional requirements associated with ISS visiting vehicles are currently being developed and are planned to be provided for comment at a later time. The preliminary contents of the ISS Services Requirements Document (which will provide the system performance requirements, including the probability of Loss of Crew and Loss of Mission, for reference during the development and demonstration phase), the updated contents of SSP 50808, ISS to COTS Interface Requirements Document, as well as the CHRP and access to other applicable and reference documents are available under the technical library link at http://procurement.jsc.nasa.gov/cct/authorize.htm .
NASA is specifically requesting the following information:
1. Company name, point of contact name, phone number, e-mail address, and nature of interest in CCT. Provide sufficient information to determine if your company qualifies as a United States commercial provider of space transportation services as defined in Public Law 105-303, Commercial Space Act of 1998.
2. Discuss any aspects of the NASA documents contained in this RFI that result in significant cost, schedule, or technical impacts to your company's CCT system. What clarifications or suggestions do you propose to minimize impacts or improve design flexibility, safety, or reliability? Provide rationale for any alternative suggestions that may meet or exceed the intent of these requirements and standards. Comments on the allocation of responsibilities in Section 4 Tables II and III of the CHRP, as well as the proposed fault tolerance requirements (3.2.2 and 3.2.3) in Table III are of particular interest.
3. NASA has entered into competitively awarded funded Space Act Agreements with U.S. commercial partners for the development and demonstration of Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) cargo capabilities using pay for performance milestones. This was followed by a separate competitive procurement of ISS Commercial Resupply Service contracts. From your perspective, what were the pros, cons, and limitations for each of these approaches for both the initial development/demonstration phase and the follow on purchase of services phase for CCT? What changes or improvements do you suggest to this strategy or its related terms and conditions for both the initial development/demonstration phase and the follow on purchase of services phase for CCT?
4. What is the approximate dollar magnitude of the minimum NASA investment necessary to ensure the success of your company's CCT development and demonstration effort? What is the approximate government fiscal year phasing of this investment from award to completion of a crewed orbital flight demonstration? What percentage of the total development cost would the NASA contribution represent?
5. What significant NASA furnished resources (equipment, facilities, material, services) would your company likely request to complete the CCT development and demonstration?
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