XEVAS CLIN5 Hardware Production and Delivery Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition Public Release

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

Johnson Space Center (JSC)

JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION (JOFOC)

For Contract 80JSC022DA022 with Axiom Space - Exploration Extravehicular Activity Services (xEVAS), Contract Line-Item Number (CLIN) 5 - Hardware Production and Delivery 1. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.104-1(a)(1) – Identification of the agency and the contracting activity, and specific identification of the document as a “Justification for other than full and open competition.”
This document is a justification for other than full and open competition prepared by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) JSC. The procuring agency is NASA, and the contracting activity is JSC/BL – Lunar and Planetary Exploration Programs Procurement Office.
This justification is prepared pursuant to FAR Subpart 6.103-1(b) and 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1). 2. FAR 6.104-1(a)(2) – The nature and/or description of the action being approved: The xEVAS contract was awarded to procure safe, reliable, and cost-effective EVA services to meet NASA’s EVA availability requirements for the ISS, Artemis and advanced human spaceflight missions. Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Services provide NASA the capability to perform EVAs with the use of contractor-delivered spacesuits, tools and equipment, vehicle interfaces, and support to training and real-time operations. xEVAS was awarded as a multiple-award Indefinite-Delivery-Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract with Firm-FixedPrice (FFP) task orders. Two contracts were awarded on May 31, 2022, to Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace.
This justification provides the rationale for contracting by other than full and open competition to award a new work modification to contract number 80JSC022DA022 with Axiom Space for the addition of CLIN 5 for hardware production and delivery including: development, upgrades, and enhancements; hardware sustaining and maintenance; and repair and refurbishment. Because the xEVAS contract is a service contract, an approved JOFOC is required to add a supply CLIN to the Axiom contract on a sole-source basis. This action enables timely procurement of hardware to maintain mission schedule resilience and continuity during the remaining Period of Performance (PoP), through May 30, 2032. This action supports schedule resilience for Artemis consistent with national policy milestones set forth in Executive Order 14369, “Ensuring American Space Superiority” (return to the Moon by 2028 and initial lunar outpost elements by 2030). Consistent with