Space News by Jeff Foust — April 13, 2020
SpaceX won a NASA contract to deliver cargo to the lunar Gateway by offering what the agency determined to be the most effective solution and at the lowest price.
NASA announced March 27 that it awarded SpaceX for a Gateway Logistics Services (GLS) contract to deliver cargo to the lunar Gateway. The agency did not disclose specific contract terms, but said that the overall program had at maximum value of $7 billion over 15 years.
At the time of the announcement, NASA did not reveal the other bidders for the contract. However, in a source selection statement released by NASA April 9, the agency said that Boeing, Northrop Grumman and Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) all submitted proposals, along with SpaceX, for the program.
The evaluation was based on three factors: mission suitability, past performance and price. Mission suitability, in turn, was based on technical approach, management plan and small business utilization, with technical approach the most important. Price was the most important factor in the final evaluation, approximately equal to the combination of mission suitability and past performance.
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