NASA has awarded Orbital Science and Coleman Research two contracts to supply launch services for small-class payloads under the Small Expendable Launch Vehicle Services (SELVS-KSC) contracts.
Coleman Research Corp., is based in Orlando, FL, and Orbital Sciences Corp., in Dulles, VA. The contracts will be administered by NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and will include launches from Kennedy Space Center/Cape Canaveral Air Station, FL; Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA; and Wallops Flight Facility, VA.
The SELVS-KSC contracts will help fulfill the goals and objectives of NASA’s Human Exploration and Development of Space enterprise, the Earth Science enterprise and the Space Science enterprise. The SELVS-KSC contracts are “Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity” contracts, meaning that the quantity of services to be provided will vary with NASA’s needs.
NASA anticipates award of up to 16 missions over the contract’s 5-year period. The minimum value of each contract is $100,000. The maximum value of each contract is $400 million. The contracts are 95 percent fixed price, with the remaining 5 percent allowed for performance of special studies.
Loren Shriver, KSC’s Deputy Director for Launch and Payload Processing, was the source selection authority for this procurement. “This is the first launch services acquisition activity performed by the Kennedy Space Center since being designated as the Lead Center for Acquisition and Management of Expendable Launch Vehicle Launch Services,” said Shriver.
“It will enable us to better serve our payload customers who will be
flying small payloads. We look forward to partnering with Coleman and Orbital to provide excellent support to our Earth and Space Science Enterprise customers.”
The launch vehicle to be used by Coleman Research Corporation under the contract will be the LK-0. The launch vehicles to be used by Orbital Sciences Corporation under the contract will be the Pegasus XL and the Taurus. Related work will be performed by Coleman Research Corp. in Orlando, FL, and by Orbital Sciences Corp. in Dulles, VA, and Chandler, AZ.
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