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Commercial Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Destination Contract (CLDC) – ON HOLD

The CLDC acquisition is on hold. NASA has determined that, rather than moving forward at this time with a firm fixed price contract for CLD certification and services, NASA will continue to support U.S. industry’s design and demonstration of CLDs with funded SAAs for the next phase.  After the SAA phase is enabled, NASA anticipates establishing a follow-on certification and services phase to meet government requirements under a FAR based acquisition.   Details regarding the future acquisition will be released in the future. NASA remains committed to enabling sustainable development of commercially owned and operated LEO destinations under the National Aeronautics and Space Act (Space Act), 51 U.S.C. §§ 20101-20164. 

The following link provides additional information regarding the SAA strategy and competition process:  

Commercial Destinations – Development and Demonstration Objectives (C3DO) Space Act Agreement (SAA) Website (link https://www.nasa.gov/johnson/jsc-procurement/c3do )

This CLDC website and related announcements in www.sam.gov will remain accessible for reference purposes.  In addition, NASA will continue to provide technical documents in the CLDC Technical Library site to keep industry up to date on current NASA technical standards that may be relevant to a future acquisition. Please continue to monitor www.sam.gov postings and the Acquisition Website for updates on the release of any CLDC information.  

CLDC Technical Documents Library (https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/3b5b0bcd82e1462998a122448dad4aa3/view )

Please note, the documents/links on the CLDC Acquisition Website listed here are for information and planning purposes only. It does not constitute a Request for Proposal, Invitation for Bid, or Request for Quotation, and it is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to enter a contract.   

No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of a solicitation. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on www.sam.gov. It is each interested party’s responsibility to monitor the www.sam.gov website for the release of any subsequent solicitation or synopsis.

CLDC Links

Points of Contact
Current Information Links
Acquisition Milestone Schedule
Current News and Events

Points of Contact

Name: Rogelio Curiel
Title: Contracting Officer
Phone: 575.524.5191
Email: JSC-CLDC@mail.nasa.gov

Name: Matthew Windemuth
Title: Contract Specialist
Phone: 281.244.6212
Email: JSC-CLDC@mail.nasa.gov

Source Selection Authority (SSA): TBD

Electronic responses are through the sam.gov

Current Information

Request For Information/Sources Sought and Related Documents

Industry Day Communications and Related Documents (April 21, 2025) Updated June 09, 2025 (POSTPONED)

Technical Documents Library (May 1, 2025) Updated August 29, 2025

Preliminary Acquisition Milestone Schedule

The acquisition is on-hold. An updated schedule will be provided once the procurement strategy is developed and approved.

Milestone
TBD
Planned Date
TBD

News and Events

08/29/2025 Posted Modification 2 to the Technical Library.
08/22/2025 Posted Modification 1 to the Technical Library.
08/14/2025 Updated website and link to indicate this acquisition in placed on-hold until further notice.
06/10/2025 Posted Modification 4 to the Industry Day Communication.
05/01/2025 Posted the Technical Library Information.
04/30/2025 Posted Modification 7 to the Development Program Phase 2 Requirements and Safety Technical Interchange Meeting.
04/25/2025 Updated the Industry Day Date on the Schedule to Postponed. Posted Modification 3 to the Industry Day Communication.
04/22/2025 Posted Modification 1 to the Industry Day Communication. Posted Modification 2 to the Industry Day Communication.
04/21/2025 Updated the Milestone Schedule to reflect updated Industry Day date. Posted the Industry Day Communications.
04/09/2025 Updated the Commercial Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Destination Contract (CLDC) Sources Sought and the Industry Day Planned dated.
04/03/2025 Updated the Commercial Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Development Program Phase 2 Requirements and Safety Technical Interchange Meeting (Jan 30, 2025) posting.
04/02/2025 Posted the Sources Sought Synopsis.
03/25/2025 Posted Updated Announcement: Commercial Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Development Program Phase 2 Requirements and Safety Technical Interchange Meeting (Jan 30, 2025) Updated March 21, 2025.
03/11/2025 Posted Announcement: Commercial Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Development Program Phase 2 Requirements and Safety Technical Interchange Meeting (Jan 30, 2025).
02/26/2025 Updated the Schedule to reflect new planned dates.
02/10/2025 Created Website. Posted Request for Information.

Postings to sam.gov and to this website will be made as Industry Day or Pre-Proposal Conference dates are developed. Vendors are able to indicate interest in this opportunity through the Interested Vendors List in each sam.gov posting.  Parties that would like their information posted to the Interested Vendors List in sam.gov shall use the “Add Me To Interested Vendors List” button.  If a vendor would like to be removed from the Interested Vendors List, use the “Remove Me From Interested Vendors” button. 

This website shall be shutdown 30 days after the Final Debriefing or at the end of the protest period, whichever comes later.

Responsible NASA Official:  Rogelio Curiel

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