VIPER Rover Partnership Opportunity Tender, USA - 105560673

Procurement Summary

Country : USA

Summary : VIPER Rover Partnership Opportunity

Deadline : 02 Sep 2024

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 105560673

Document Ref. No. : SMD-VIPER-01

Competition : ICB

Financier : Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership : Public

Tender Value : Refer Document

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Tender Details

Description

This National Aeronautics and Space Administration Request for Information (RFI) does not constitute a commitment, implied or otherwise, that NASA will take action in this matter.

Note: This RFI is for US domestic entities only. Interest from international government agencies or other international entities will be addressed in direct conversations with NASA Headquarters. International inquiries should be directed to the POC in Section 6.

1. Summary

NASA is seeking interest from the US communities in partnering with NASA to conduct a Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) mission on the Moon that addresses some or all of NASA-s science objectives for VIPER, and could include other NASA exploration objectives, as well as any partner objectives. NASA would contribute the existing VIPER rover as is. Partner(s) would start with the existing VIPER rover and be expected to complete any remaining systems level testing, arrange for the integration and successful landing on the Moon, conduct a science/exploration campaign, and openly disseminate science data. U.S. domestically based partners would also be expected to provide other resources required to complete the mission from the hardware-s current state and to reimburse NASA for use of any NASA capabilities (including but not limited to any additional testing and anomaly resolution activities, payload preparation and processing support, or science/instrument/operations teams support) needed to successfully conduct the mission. The intent is that any partnership have minimal to no additional cost to NASA. If NASA chooses to pursue this path, partners may not disassemble and use instruments/parts of VIPER separately from a VIPER mission.

2. Background

On July 17, NASA announced its intent to discontinue the VIPER mission due to overall Science Mission Directorate funding constraints, future budget risks, and lander delays. At that time, NASA requested expressions of inte...
Active Contract Opportunity
Notice ID : SMD-VIPER-01
Related Notice
Department/Ind. Agency : NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Sub-tier : NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Office: NASA HEADQUARTERS
General Information
Contract Opportunity Type: Special Notice (Updated)
All Dates/Times are: (UTC-04:00) EASTERN STANDARD TIME, NEW YORK, USA
Updated Published Date: Aug 09, 2024 05:18 pm EDT
Original Published Date: Aug 09, 2024 04:33 pm EDT
Updated Response Date: Sep 02, 2024 11:59 pm EDT
Original Response Date: Sep 02, 2024 11:59 pm EDT
Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date
Updated Inactive Date: Sep 17, 2024
Original Inactive Date: Sep 17, 2024
Initiative: None

Classification
Original Set Aside:

Product Service Code: AR11 - SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH
NAICS Code: 54171 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences

Place of Performance:

Documents

 Tender Notice

VIPER-PIP-final-1.pdf

Andrews_NASAUSGS_OffWorldResources2024-As-present.pdf