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NASA GDC Trailblazer implementation task order fair-opportunity justification

NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center documented a proposed GDC Trailblazer implementation task order and its basis for limiting fair opportunity. - Procurement context: The justification describes a firm-fixed-price task order under NASA’s Suborbital/Hosted Orbital Flight and Payload Integration Services (FO IDIQ 4). - Exception rationale: NASA cites a logical follow-on to a previously competed GDC Trailblazer mission-concept formulation task, stating that the exception supports economy and efficiency. The earlier task evaluated flight providers’ technical capabilities using deliverables reviewed by an interdisciplinary NASA panel. - Task identification: The initial notice identifies T0433, task order 80AFRC27FA003, and underlying contract 80AFRC24DA014. The attachment summary describes the task as T0431; this discrepancy should be verified against the underlying documents. - Scope and pricing: The available summaries do not identify specific hardware, quantities, part numbers, or an estimated price. - Period of performance: The attachment says the estimated period runs “through” but supplies no end date or duration.

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Justification for exception to fair opportunity for the T0433 Geospace Dynamics Constellation Trailblazer (GDC-T) Implementation task order under the NASA Suborbital/ Hosted Orbital Flight and Payload Intergrations Services (FO IDIQ 4) is provided as an attachment to this posting.

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