mecㆍviewer v1.4 :: RFP-CubeSat Launch Service.pdf

Commercial in confidence

RFP

Request For Proposal

Launch Service

For KARI CubeSats

June 24, 2016

Korea Aerospace Research Institute

169-84 Gwahak-ro Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34133 South Korea

Commercial In Confidence

RFP

1. Introduction

Korea Aerospace Research Institute (hereinafter referred to as ‘KARI’), which is funded by

government of Republic of Korea (hereinafter referred to as ‘Korea’) has conducted the CubeSat
development  contest  for  domestic  university  students.  KARI  has  a  plan  to  launch  the  CubeSats
finally  selected  in  this  contest  using  launch  service  by  government  fund.  This  Request  For
Proposal  (hereinafter  referred  to  as  ‘RFP’)  document  provides  information  and  guide  for  the
Bidders who want to provide launch service for KARI.

2. Statement of Work

The service of Contractor is to launch the following three (3) CubeSats for KARI and Bidders who

want to be Contractor should propose launch services for all the three (3) CubeSats.

2.1. CubeSats to be Launched

For scientific purpose and new technology demonstration and verification, the CubeSats listed in

the table 1 below will be launched.

Table 1. CubeSats to be launched

No.

Cubesat Name

(Developer)

Mass

Size

Orbit

Tentative

Launch date

SNUGLITE

(Seoul National University)

About 2.1 kg

Near Circular Orbit/
Polar Orbit/
Sun Synchronous orbit/
Altitude: 380~800 km

Q3-Q4

2017

SNUSAT

(Seoul National University)

About 3.6kg

VisionCube

(Korea Aerospace

University)

About 2.8 kg

※ Total mass of CubeSats can be changed a little bit.

2.2. Roles of Contractor

1) Contractor shall launch the CubeSats (refer to section 2.1) with space launch vehicle. The

launch vehicle and the country where the launch will be performed (hereinafter ‘launch
country’) shall be selected for the CubeSats into which any ITAR (International Traffic in Arms
Regulations)/EAR (Export Administration Regulation) regulated components can be installed.

2) Contractor shall provide KARI with CubeSat deployers (P-POD or ISI-POD) for protecting and

separating CubeSats. This includes loan of test deployers to KARI for interface and
environment test with CubeSats in Korea.

3) Contractor shall perform all necessary administrative work for launch, including Export/Import

License and the authorization of Re-Export License from the United States Department of

Commercial In Confidence

RFP

State based on ITAR/EAR (from Korea to launch country via the country of Contractor), which
shal happen in the country of Contractor and the country where the launch shal be
performed.

4) Contractor shall perform integration and test of CubeSats with deployers in the facility of

Contractor.

5) Contractor shal perform the transportation of CubeSats and related equipment from the

facility of Contractor to the launch site where the launch is performed. This includes works of
Export/Import License, the authorization of Re-Export License based on ITAR/EAR, and
customs clearance work.

6) Contractor shal dispatch personnel to the launch site for the launch and perform work

needed for launch including overseeing the integration.

7) Contractor shal request and receive timely and properly the information (including the

information for Re-Export License based on ITAR/EAR) which KARI should provide to
Contractor.

2.3. Roles of KARI

1) KARI shall provide the CubeSats to be launched to Contractor.

2) KARI shall provide timely and properly the information (including the information for Re-

Export License based on ITAR/EAR) which Contractor requests.

3) KARI shall provide CubeSats complying with CubeSat standard.

4) KARI shal perform interface and environment test of CubeSats with the test deployers which

will be loaned by Contractor.

5) KARI shal transport CubeSats from Korea to the company of Contractor. This includes works

of Export/Import License and customs clearance work.

2.4. Responsibility for exceptions

Contractor shall perform the following items and describe the reasons in detail on Proposal if

Contractor can’t do.

1) In case of launch delay, Contractor shall provide the next launch opportunity without the

additional payment.

2) In case of launch failure, Contractor shall provide next launch opportunity within two (2) years

without additional payment.

3) In case that scheduled launch may not be performed by the delay of CubeSat development

of Korea, KARI shall notify Contractor this fact of delay minimum three (3) months before the

Commercial In Confidence

RFP

launch and Contractor shall provide next launch opportunity within one (1) year from the
notification without additional payment.

※ In case that launch day is changed, the date of re-launch shall be decided by mutual
agreement between KARI and Contractor.

※ If Contractor can meet partial y the above items depending on specific conditions, Contractor
should describe the conditions and constraints in the corresponding items in the compliance
table of Proposal document. For example, time limit for the notification of development delay
can be described.

2.5. Payment schedule

Payment will be made in accordance with the table below and it can be adjusted on mutual

agreement at Contract.

Table 2. Payment schedule

No.

Milestone

Price

Expected date

Effective Date of Contract (EDC)

25 %

Q3 2016

Launch Window Reservation

25 %

Q3-Q4 2016

CubeSats Delivery to Launch site

40 %

Q1-Q2 2017

After Launch

10 %

Q3-Q4 2017

Total

100 %

In the case that KARI’s budget is insufficient to launch all the CubeSats, Contractor shal launch

the reduced number of CubeSats correspond to the given budget. In inevitable circumstance the
payment of the Contract can be stopped by KARI’s decision.

3. Procedure of Bidding and Contract

Procedure from the issue of RFP to the Contract will be performed as the following sequences.

3.1. Issue of RFP

KARI will inform formally this bidding on external procurement system of KARI and post this RFP

on it. The companies which reviewed RFP can ask questions to KARI by e-mail and may inform
KARI whether the company wil prepare Proposal or not. Apart from this, draft terms and
conditions suggested by KARI will be sent separately by e-mail, so a bidder who wants to
participate in the bid shall request the terms and conditions with the submission of letter of
intent and the compliance table for the draft Contract shall be included in the Proposal.

3.2. Bidding

Bidders who want the Contract of this service should make a Proposal document and submit it

Commercial In Confidence

RFP

to KARI by post (one (1) original and seven (7) copies).

1) Qualification of Bidder

(1) Bidder shal be manufacturer of launch vehicle or provider of launch service who has

launch service experience of CubeSats.

(2) Bidder shall launch CubeSats which includes United States components complying United

States government’s Export License policy.

*. The qualification of Bidders is solely at KARI's discretion, and any Bidders shal not raise

any objection regarding KARI's decision thereupon.

2) Bid bond

Bid bond is a critical requirement by Korean government regulation. Bidder shall establish a
bid bond for KARI not later than the Bid Closing Date and time and arrive at designated bank
in Korea.

(1) The total amount of the bid bond shal be at least five percent (5%) of the total bidding

price.

(2) The bond shall remain valid until three (3) months after the Bid Closing Date.

(3) The bid bond shal be in the form of an irrevocable letter of credit established by first

class bank and advised to KARI through ‘Woori Bank’ (Daejeon Branch at 29 Munye-ro, Seo-
gu Daejeon, 35241 Korea TEL: +82-42-488-9704, ext. 312).

(4) The bond shall be available by KARI’s draft at sight drawn from the bank, accompanied by

the letter of KARI stating that Bidder has refused to enter into a Contract with the terms
and conditions in the Request for Proposal as amended, if any, that Bidder has hindered the
fair bidding by fraud or misrepresentation, or that Bidder has withdrawn its Proposal after
the Bid Closing Date.

(5) The bid bond shal contain the substantial part of the terms and conditions of the bond,

date of establishment, account, amount, payment terms, and date of expiry, etc.

(6) The bid bond of the Bidders who are not selected as candidates of Contract will be

released  upon  the  instructions  of  KARI  without  interest  promptly  after  the  evaluation  of
Proposal.  The  bid  bond  of  the  candidates  of  Contract  will  be  likewise  released  to  the
corresponding Bidders when KARI decides not to enter into a Contract with them.

3) Bid Closing Date and Time : Please refer to the Bid Summary.

4) Submission items

(1) Proposal (it should be made based upon the development method in section 4)

(2) Attachment 1. Quote (It shall be submitted in a separate sealed envelope.)

Commercial In Confidence

RFP

(3) Attachment 2. Certificates for launch service experience of CubeSats (Name of CubeSat,

Launch Date, Launch Vehicle, Launch Site, etc.)

(4) Any other documents Bidder submits can be attached from Attachment 3.

5) Submission address

Proposal should be hand-carried or sent to the address of section 5 item 1) by overseas

courier.

6) Remark

(1) KARI does not reimburse to the Bidders the cost (including preparation, submittal and any

subsequent clarification or negotiation activities) for the development of Proposal.

(2) KARI does not have any duty or responsibility for the Proposal submitted

(3) Contents of RFP and Proposal should be maintained confidential y.

(4) The Proposal documents presented by Bidders become the property of KARI and are not

returned to Bidder.

(5) Proposal shal be valid for six (6) months from the Bid Closing Date and, upon KARI’s

request, shall be extended for another six (6) months.

(6) Bidder may withdraw its Proposal at any time before the Bid Closing Date and time in

writing.

3.3. Selection of Contractor

1) KARI will evaluate on its own authority the Proposals that Bidders submitted until the due

date and inform those candidates who may become a Contractor.

2) According to the priorities of Contract candidates, KARI of its own authority wil select a

Contractor by negotiating with the candidate of the highest priority about the price and
adjustment for the proposed scope of works.

3) Negotiation with the highest priority shall be conducted in KARI in 15 days. If needed, upto

another ten (10) days can be extended.

4) If the negotiation breaks down with the candidate of the highest priority, KARI will negotiate

with the next priority of candidates.

5) Major evaluation factors of RFP are the price, Proposal conformance, launch service

experience, launch reliability and performance capability. Percentages of evaluation factors are
as follows.

Commercial In Confidence

RFP

Table 3. Evaluation factors

Part

Evaluation factor

Description

Percent.

Technical

part

Proposal Conformance

Conformance of Proposal with RFP

70 %

Launch experience

Launch services experience of CubeSats

and general satellites

Launch reliability

Launch success rate of launch vehicle and

launch site

Performance capability

Size and awareness of company

Price Part

Price of service

Low price of service

30 %

Total

100 %

3.4. Contract

1) Expected date for Contract : about 1~2 months after bid closing date

2) This RFP and Contract fol ow the Korean laws and the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board

in Seoul of Korea adjusts dispute if it arises.

4. Development of Proposal

1) Bidder should develop Proposal only as the format presented at Attachment 1.
2) Proposal should use English language and SI units and currency should be expressed in U.S.

dollars.

3) Bidder shall propose the launch vehicle for CubeSats launch and information related to the

launch vehicle, for instance, launch success rate, launch site and so forth.

4) As the Attachment 1 of Proposal, Quote should be submitted but the detailed items and their

prices should be described in free format of Bidder.

5) As the Attachment 2 of Proposal, Certificates for launch service experience of CubeSats

(Name of CubeSat, Launch Date, Launch Vehicle, Launch Site, etc.).

6) Documents which supplement Proposal can be attached in free format of Bidder from

Attachment 3. The examples are as following.

(1) Company brochure
(2) Experience and carrier in launch service
(3) Certificates for government approvals (e.g. export licenses)
(4) Information (including launch success rate) of Launch Vehicles and launch date proposed

Commercial In Confidence

RFP

(5) Optional services
(6) Terms and conditions for Contract

5. Pricing Requirements

1) Any Price or rate proposed by Bidders shal be firm and fixed, not subject to change for price

escalation for the entire period of the Contract.

2) Any kinds of taxes and duties arising in connection with Bidder’s work under this RFP and

under the eventual Contract shall be the Bidder’s responsibility, except for the customs duties
levied in Korea.

3) The price shal be inclusive of any cost or charge incurred due to delivery of any equipment,

hardware, software or documentation to KARI or its designated point of delivery.

6. Contact Information

In the contact information table below, the person of item 1) is for administration part and the

persons of item 2) and 3) are for technical part.

Table 4. Contact information

No.

Name

Position

E-mail

Telephone

Fax.

Won-Suk LEE

Senior

Administrator

wsl@kari.re.kr

+82-42-

860-2406

+82-42-

860-2666

Han, Sanghyuck

Senior

Researcher

shan@kari.re.kr

+82-42-

860-3764

+82-42-

870-3980

Gong, Hyeon

Cheol

Program

Manager

hcgong@kari.re.kr

+82-42-

860-2497

+82-42-

870-3980

Table 4. (continued)

No.

Division

Address

Procurement Team,
Management Head Office

Korea Aerospace Research Institute
(KARI)
169-84 Gwahak-ro Yuseong-Gu,
Daejeon, 34133, South Korea

Future Aerospace Technology Team,
Convergence Technology Research Head
Office

Future Aerospace Technology Team,
Convergence Technology Research Head

Commercial In Confidence

RFP

Office

7. Attachments

1) Proposal format
2) CubeSat contest information brochure

The end.