Как BO могли скинуть цену? Их же даже не просили об этом
In reaching this conclusion, I considered whether it may be in the Government’s best
interests to engage in price negotiations to seek a lower best and final price from Blue
Origin. However, given NASA’s current and projected HLS budgets, it is my assessment
that such negotiations with Blue Origin, if opened, would not be in good faith. After
accounting for a contract award to SpaceX, the amount of remaining available funding is
so insubstantial that, in my opinion, NASA cannot reasonably ask Blue Origin to lower
its price for the scope of work it has proposed to a figure that would potentially enable
NASA to afford making a contract award to Blue Origin. As specified in section 6.1 of the
BAA, the overall number of Option A awards is dependent upon funding availability; I
do not have enough funding available to even attempt to negotiate a price from Blue
Origin that could potentially enable a contract award. For these reasons, I do not select
Blue Origin’s proposal for an Option A contract award.1