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Update 3: NASA release Draft Solicitation Industry Day Charts, which include Batch #1 of industry questions / inquiries and NASA's responses. NASA also invites Contractor's who are not only interested in NEXUS, but other Commercial Services Projects (CSP) to register for NASA's Near-Earth Space Relay Industry Day at the following link: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/9z3rywz?mode=preview&source_id=4810d636-af6c-4303-b5bc-aa8de2821fa6&source_type=em&c= Contractor's may also use the QR code provided on Chart #33 of the Draft Solicitation Industry Day package to register. All information related to this NEXUS TDRS-BC acquisition should be directed to and through Jennifer George, Lead Contracting Officer, NASA/MSFC/PS50 to Jennifer George at Jennifer.George@nasa.gov and MSFC-NEXUS@mail.nasa.gov. Interested parties seeking access to a draft of the Service Requirements Document (SRD), which includes ITAR-controlled technical data, must contact Jennifer George at MSFC-NEXUS@mail.nasa.gov and provide a Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) letter. After NASA verifies the required clearance, access to the controlled data will be granted through a secure system. _________________________________________________________________________ Update 2: NASA removed controlled access from Appendix E, Solicitation to make _Draft Appendix E attachment publicly available Update: NASA release of the draft competitive Appendix E solicitation under the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships-3 (NextSTEP-3) Omnibus for Project NEXUS, Ka-band Backward-Compatible Relay. As the aging Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) declines, NASA's objective is to acquire an end-to-end Ka-band relay service, including space, ground, launch, integration, and operations elements, that is backward compatible with legacy TDRSS users for a minimum of fifteen (15) years. This capability is needed to support select on-orbit missions that cannot feasibly modify flight hardware or transition to non-compatible commercial services. Industry is being asked to develop and demonstrate this end-to-end capability. This draft solicitation is for a phased competitive Research and Development (R&D) acquisition in accordance with NFS 1852.217-72. NASA anticipates multiple initial Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) awards with progressive down-selections based on demonstrated performance, technical credibility, and commercial viability. NASA does not anticipate being the sole commercial customer and anticipates proposed solutions to be supported by a broader commercial business case beyond NASA. NAICS: Phases 1–3: 541715. NASA seeks to accelerate maturation of commercially viable capabilities through competitive research demonstrations to support transition to future operational services, while preserving full and open competition for those services. All proposed satellite orbit solutions are acceptable notwithstanding that the proposed solutions will be expected to inclu…
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