SOURCES SOUGHT
B -- DEVELOPMENT OF AN ON-ORBIT ROBOTIC SERVICING CAPABILITY FOR SPACECRAFT
- Notice Date
- 11/3/2011
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 210.S, Greenbelt, MD 20771
- ZIP Code
- 20771
- Solicitation Number
- NNG12FA82-RFI
- Response Due
- 1/4/2012
- Archive Date
- 11/3/2012
- Point of Contact
- Dean S Patterson, Procurement Manager, Phone 301-286-8085, Fax 301-286-1670, Email Dean.S.Patterson@nasa.gov - Claudia Canales, Contracting Officer, Phone 301-286-5990, Fax 301-286-1670, Email Claudia.Canales-1@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
Dean S Patterson
(Dean.S.Patterson@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- IntroductionMaintaining existing and growing commercial, governmental, and national security orbitalassets indicates a need for extending the development and dissemination of on-orbitrobotic servicing capabilities for existing and future spacecraft. NASA acknowledgesthat the commercial satellite industry has the proven capability to finance, design,develop, integrate, operate and own complex satellite systems.NASA is also aware thatsome in the industry are interested in providing satellite servicing as a commercialservice. NASA seeks suggestions on methods for the agency to energize/stimulate/enablethe development of a domestic and commercial capability in robotic satellite servicing.NASA is soliciting information through this RFI to gather market research to assist NASAin developing strategies for supporting the development and dissemination of on-orbitrobotic servicing capabilities for existing and future spacecraft, particularly includingstrategies involving collaboration with private domestic entities that leverage theGovernments existing intellectual property, technological resources, and expertise inthis area. NASA does not intend to establish a Government operated on-orbit satelliteservicing capacity but rather to foster the creation of a domestic capability which maymeet both future Government and non-government needs.Satellite servicing capabilitiesmay include satellite recovery, repair, relocation, refueling, inspection, subsystem orcomponent replacement, or other services that extend the life or capabilities of on-orbitassets.This is a Request for Information (RFI) only and does not constitute a commitment,implied or otherwise, that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) willtake procurement action in this matter. Further, neither NASA, nor the Government willbe responsible for any costs incurred in furnishing this information.The complete RFI document can be found in the attached file described as, 'SSCO RFI'.
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