{"id":25433,"date":"2020-11-18T19:27:02","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T19:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/11\/18\/space-force-to-announced-new-prototyping-consortium-manager-by-end-of-year\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:08:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:08:17","slug":"space-force-to-announced-new-prototyping-consortium-manager-by-end-of-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/space\/2020\/11\/18\/space-force-to-announced-new-prototyping-consortium-manager-by-end-of-year\/","title":{"rendered":"US Space Force changes timeline for hiring a prototyping consortium manager"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Initially anticipated in August 2020, the U.S. Space Force now expects to award a contract for management of its relatively new prototyping organization \u2014 the Space Enterprise Consortium \u2014 by the end of the year, according to the head of the Space and Missile Systems Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Advanced Technology Institute received a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/c2-comms\/satellites\/2017\/12\/07\/dod-awards-100m-for-space-related-tech-prototypes\/\" target=_blank>$100 million contract in 2017<\/a> to manage the consortium through November 2022. Despite \u2014 or perhaps due to \u2014 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2019\/09\/30\/is-rapid-prototyping-the-key-to-space\/\" target=_blank>Space Enterprise Consortium\u2019s early success in rapidly doling out prototyping contracts<\/a>, the Space and Missile Systems Center wants to revamp the organization with a bigger budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe effort has been so successful that we\u2019ve got a follow-on effort coming on. We\u2019re calling it SpEC Reloaded. SpEC Reloaded, we hope to award later this year,\u201d SMC head Lt. Gen. John Thompson said during the Ascend virtual conference Nov. 18. \u201cAnd that\u2019ll be a 10-year period of performance with a $12 billion ceiling on that particular contract vehicle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SpEC has grown rapidly as one of the Air Force\u2019s \u2014 and now the Space Force\u2019s \u2014 primary mechanisms to bring in nontraditional vendors and facilitate rapid prototyping efforts. The organization allows Space Force organizations like the Space Rapid Capabilities Office or the intelligence community\u2019s National Reconnaissance Office to quickly connect with vendors that want to build prototypes for national security space systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since its inauspicious beginnings in 2017, the consortium has welcomed 430 members and awarded more than 80 contracts worth almost $900 million all together. Rapid prototyping efforts range from building <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/c2-comms\/satellites\/2019\/05\/29\/air-force-wants-to-expand-tactical-data-network-to-space\/\" target=_blank>a space vehicle with a Link 16 payload<\/a> to a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2019\/12\/31\/more-than-a-testbed-how-an-experimental-satellite-will-help-the-war-fighter\/\" target=_blank>navigation satellite that will inform future GPS designs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unlike traditional acquisition organizations, SpEC relies on the other transaction authority contract vehicle for its rapid prototyping awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OTAs allow \u201cus to get on contract much faster than traditional approaches,\u201d Thompson said. \u201cIn addition, the vehicle really lowers the bar for nontraditional contractors to become part of national security space efforts, makes it easier for them to get in the door. In fact, 350 of those 430 members of the consortium are really nontraditional contractors or academic organizations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SMC initially put out a request for information in August 2019, expressing its interest in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2019\/08\/26\/after-two-years-the-air-force-is-rethinking-this-space-contract\/\" target=_blank>re-competing the consortium with an increased focus on cybersecurity<\/a> and a far larger ceiling for awards. Proposals for the actual solicitation were due in April 2020. According to that solicitation, the consortium manager award was expected to be issued in August, with the consortium issuing its first award in November. 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