Preliminary Request for Design Proposal (RFP)
- Date: 2 January 2028
- Re: "Bellevistat" Space Settlement Contract
Introduction
This is a request by the Foundation Society for contractors to
propose the design, development, construction, and operations
planning of the second space settlement in Earth orbit.
For planning purposes, the Foundation Society has selected
"Bellevistat" as the name of this settlement. Proposals may
suggest alternate names for this community, within the Foundation
Society's established naming convention that requires the name to
begin with the letter "B" and end with the suffix
"at".
Format and Schedule
Only entries from registered teams are eligible to advance
in the Competition.
Submit proposals in the English language, on paper, with a 40-page
limit.Copies of each proposal must be received no later than March
12, 2008.
This is a preliminary Request for Proposal (RFP). Your proposal
is expected to include all of the items identified in the Statement
of Work. Proposals must meet more detailed requirements described in
the Final RFP, which will be sent to each team that submits a completed
Registration Form. You must register to receive
the complete and final RFP.
Statement of Work
- Basic Requirements -- The contractor will describe the
design, development, and construction of the Bellevistat space settlement
community in Earth orbit.
- Structural Design -- Bellevistat must provide a safe and
pleasant living and working environment for 18,000 full-time
residents, plus an additional transient population, not to exceed
1000 at any time, of business and official visitors, guests of
residents, and vacationers. The design must specify allocation of
interior "down surfaces", with areas designated to show residential, industrial,
commercial, agricultural, and other uses.
- Operations and Infrastructure -- Identify an orbital
location and the reasons for its selection. The proposed Bellevistat
design will show elements of basic
infrastructure required for the activities of the settlement's
residents, including food production, electrical power generation,
internal and external communication systems, internal transportation
system(s), atmosphere/climate/weather control, household and
industrial solid waste management, water management, and day/night
cycle provisions.
- Human Factors -- Bellevistat communities will provide
facilities for services that residents could expect in a comfortable
modern community environment, variety and quantity of consumables and other
supplies, and public areas designed with open space and consideration
of psychological factors. Provide designs of typical residential
homes, clearly showing room sizes. Spacesuit designs will be required
for work outside of pressurized settlement volumes.
- Automation Design and Services -- Specify number and types
of computers, servers, software, network
devices, and robots required for Bellevistat's facility,
community, and business operations. Show robot designs, clearly
indicating their dimensions. Specify automation systems for
maintenance, repair, and safety functions, including backup systems
and contingency plans for failures. Specify automation systems to
enhance livability in the community, productivity in work environments,
and convenience in residences.
- Schedule and Cost -- The proposal will include a schedule
for development and occupation of Bellevistat, and costs for design
through construction phases of the schedule.
- Business Development -- Bellevistat will host a variety of
commercial and industrial ventures. The original configuration must,
however, accommodate three major business pursuits: extraterrestrial
materials harvesting and refining, space manufacturing, and tourism.
