November 29, 2016
Bid Summary
< RFP No. KARI-2016-0871 >
Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) invites sealed bids from eligible Bidders for CAS500 Launch
Services.
The following is an outline of the requirements, so potential Bidders are requested to carefully review the
following instructions and to submit their Proposals in accordance with the guidelines and requirements as
contained in the RFP.
1. Main Scope
. Purpose: KARI seeks best qualified bidders who provide a launch service and any other necessary work for the
purpose of launching CAS500 satellites into the target orbit.
☞ For further details, please refer to the RFP document.
. Estimated Budget: Total USD 60,000,000.00
(CAS 500-1: USD 30,000,000.00, CAS 500-2: USD 30,000,000.00)
. Method of Contract: a limited competitive bid (Negotiation)
. Evaluation of Proposal
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First, an initial evaluation of the Proposal except price, the evaluation committee will select the Qualified
Bidders compliant with the requirements of the RFP.
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Second, after selection of the Qualified Bidders, the price proposal of the Qualified Bidders only will be
opened for price evaluation.
2. Qualification of Bidder
. Bidder shall have knowledge and direct experience of providing successful launch services into low Earth orbit
and shall be in possession of the necessary licenses to act as a launch service provider in effect as of the Bid
Closing Date.
. Written commitments from both the launch vehicle providers (including government, if applicable) and
manufacturers for each stage and fairing, who are in possession of the necessary license in effect as of
the Bid Closing Date, are required for the assurance of furnishing the proposed launch vehicle
designated for CAS500-1 and CAS500-2 to the Bidder three (3) days prior to the Bid Closing Date.
Bidder shall also submit the approval documents from a relevant government for the use of the launch
site and related launch facilities three (3) days prior to the Bid Closing Date.
※ The above evidence document shall be sent by e-mail according to Article 9. Point of contact for
bidding in this Bid summary.
. The proposed launch vehicle shall be able to launch CAS500 which includes U.S. components at the proposed
launch site. The proposed launch service shall meet the US government export control policy.
. The qualifying statement for the above requirements and supporting materials shall be provided in the Proposal.
Additional qualifying evidence may be requested to substantiate Bidder’s claim during the evaluation.
. The qualification of Bidders is solely the KARI evaluation committee’s decision which will be approved by
Korean government, and any Bidder shall not raise any objection regarding the proposal evaluation
committee’s decision thereupon.
3. Registration of Intent
. Registration: submittal by formal letter of intent
. Bidders shall inform KARI of their intent a period of two (2) weeks and 18:00 Korean local time from
the
public notice. A registration of intent shall be made to the address indicated in the RFP 2.4.5 Point of Contact
by email, post, courier or fax. If a Bidder fails to submit the formal letter of intent within above time period,
the Bidder shall be regarded as nonparticipation.
4. Distribution of RFP Documents and Submittal of Proposal
. Distribution of RFP Documents: by means of email for registered bidders, Bidders shall inform KARI of
the receipt of RFP within 24 hours.
. Bidders shall visit Procurement Team of KARI to submit Proposal or send Proposal to Procurement
Team of KARI by courier before Bid Closing Date and Time. A designee who has a power of attorney
signed by Bidder and a certified identification of his own may visit KARI and submit Proposal on behalf of the
Bidder.
. Bidders shall submit one (1) original and eleven (11) copies of the Proposal. Electronic files (preferably in PDF
format) of the Proposal shall be additionally submitted in the form of CD-ROM or USB memory stick. In case
of any discrepancies between the hard copy and soft copy, the hard copy shall prevail.
. Proposals shall be valid for one (1) year from the Bid Closing Date. It can be extended up to one (1) more year
with KARI’s written notice. Any changes in the price may be updated for the extended period.
. The Bid currency is only USD.
. The proposal shall be made in English.
5. Bid Closing Date and Time
. Bid closing Date and Time: January 25, 2017 15:00 Korean Local Time
※ The proposal submitted after the designated date and time shall be considered as invalid.
6. Bid Bond
. Bidder shall establish a bid bond in favor of KARI before the Bid Closing Date and Time.
. The total amount of the bid bond shall be at least five (5) percent of total bid value and shall be valid for at
least six (6) months.
. Bid bond Establishment Method and Bid Bond Return shall refer to the RFP 2.7. Bid Bond.
7. Evaluation of Proposal
. Evaluation of technical part: 80 point, evaluation of price: 20 point
. Unless otherwise specified herein, any necessary standards and procedures for the execution of the Contract
shall be in accordance with the “Standards of Execution of Contract by Negotiation” (the Ministry of Strategy
and Finance’s established rules on contracts) and the RFP.
. According to the “Standards of Execution of Contract by Negotiation” and the RFP, both technical part and
price part are evaluated. Through the evaluation, a Bidder who gets score exceeding eighty five percent (85%)
of score in technical part will be selected as Qualified Bidder. After the evaluation of technical proposal, the
Qualified Bidders shall be evaluated by price part for CAS500-1 (10) and CAS500-2 (10) from the total 20 point
of price part. And then, the Qualified Bidder’ technical part evaluation score and bidding price evaluation score
are put together. Top scorer will be the Successful Bidder and the Qualified Bidders’ rank will be selected
based on the ranking of total score (if the total score is the same, the Bidder with higher score in technical part
is preferred to others).
. The Qualified Bidders may attend the evaluation of price proposal on the date and time informed by email, in
case a designee who has a power of attorney signed by Qualified Bidders attend above process, he or she shall
submit a power of attorney letter and a certified identification to KARI. If Qualified Bidders or a designee
could not attend the evaluation of price proposal, a person who is not connected to this bidding but KARI’s
employee will attend the evaluation of price proposal.
※ Currency shall be applied to the first Exchange Rate of Korea Exchange Bank on the date of the
evaluation for the price.
8. Remarks
. Bidder shall be responsible for any and all disadvantages arising from insufficien understanding of the
Bid summary and RFP documents or any error it makes in preparing any of proposals.
. All documents submitted in response to the RFP shall become the property of KARI and will be retained by
KARI. Bidder may withdraw its Proposal at any time before the Bid Closing Date and Time. Withdrawal shall
be made in writing, and shall be received by KARI before the Bid Closing Date and Time.
. If KARI may find that Bidder has hindered the fair bidding by fraud or misrepresentation, KARI can terminate
the Contract.
. Expenses incurred by Bidder in connection with the preparation, submission, and any subsequent clarification
or negotiation activities are for its own account and will not be reimbursed by KARI.
. The RFP and Contract shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the Republic of
Korea.
9. Point of contact for bidding
For further details, please refer to the RFP Documents
Contractual matters
Technical matters
Procurement Team
Korea Aerospace Research Institute
169-84 Gwahak-ro, Yuseong-Gu,
Daejeon, 34133 Korea
Tel : +82-42-860-2613, Fax : +82-42-860-2666
E-mail : jncho@kari.re.kr (Jung-Nam Cho)
CAS500 Systems Engineering & Integration Team
Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)
169-84 Gwahak-ro, Yuseong-Gu
Daejeon, 34133 Korea
Tel : +82-42-860-2033
E-mail : cyhan@kari.re.kr (Cho-Young Han)
