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[i]The agency made the determination in a low-key [URL=https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&tab=core&id=36ebf3fc4d57c88b6bd8c94d1806dfb9&_cview=0]Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition[/URL] document published late July 19 on a procurement website, linked a special notice issued May 30 that stated that NASA intended to use an existing Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships 2 (NextSTEP-2) program to procure the habitation module... In the July 19 justification, NASA said it concluded Northrop Grumman was the only company that could provide a "minimal habitation module" on the agency's desired schedule. "NGIS was the only NextSTEP-2 contractor with a module design and the production and tooling resources capable of meeting the 2024 deadline," the document stated. NASA reached that conclusion, it stated, based on three factors. One is that Northrop's proposed habitation module is based on its Cygnus cargo spacecraft, which is in active production. The second was that the company had made sufficient progress on major changes to the Cygnus needed for use as a habitation module, including the addition of radial docking ports and body-mounted radiators. A final factor is that the small size of the module enables it to be launched on commercial launch vehicles with existing payload fairings.[/i]
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