Request for Proposal

SPACE SETTLEMENT DESIGN COMPETITION

THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

The Foundation Society staff has prepared a detailed description of the requirements it is seeking for this competition. It is a multi-page document, and is very specific about what is desired from the four competing companies.

The Program Book you will be given at the initiation of the Competition will contain a greatly abbreviate version of the RFP. On Saturday morning, after the companies have completed technical and management training in JSC building 9, each of the four companies will be given the full RFP, and your company will have until 7:30 a.m. on Sunday morning (21 hours) to complete your analysis, design, operating plan, cost estimate and schedule, and to assemble a 50-page presentation of your ideas to present to the Judges (The Foundation Society Managers)

The company which develops the most creative set of designs and plans, and has the most advantageous schedule and lowest cost, and meets the most RFP requirement fully, will be selected as the winning company.

The majority of the requirements your company has to satisfy are contained in the RFP, but there is also some information about requirements and special design concerns contained in the other pages of the Program Book, and in the Press Release which is inserted into the Program Book. CAREFULLY STUDY all these materials, as they are placed in the Program Book for a reason.