NASA awards $100 million contract for spacecraft payload processing
The Spacecraft Processing Operations Contract on-ramp provision enables commercial providers to offer services for missions launching from locations where capabilities were previously unavailable.
NASA has selected four companies to provide payload processing facilities under the Spacecraft Processing Operations Contract on-ramp provision. The selection allows qualified providers to offer commercial payload processing services for agency missions launching from multiple locations where capabilities were not available at the time of the initial contract award.
Through the contract, NASA procures the facilities and services required to perform prelaunch processing of spacecraft and associated rocket hardware for delivery to the launch pad. The Spacecraft Processing Operations Contract is a multiple-award, commercial, firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract vehicle.
The contract has an aggregate ceiling price of $100 million with an ordering period through Feb. 1, 2033. NASA’s Launch Services Program at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida will manage the contract.
The program works with private industry, mission, and international partners to launch science payloads ranging from small satellites with colleges and universities to NASA’s highest-priority missions.
The source material does not specify the names of the four companies selected for the payload processing contract.
