Commercial Proposal Guidelines

1. general Summary

[Please provide one page summary of the proposal].

2. The Project and the Organisational Structure

2.1 Background and Overview of the Project [Please provide a general description of the project]. 2.2 Project Objectives [Please provide a short list/description of the objectives of the project (e.g. scientific, technical, marketing objectives) and of the benefits that it provides to your customers]. 2.3 Organizational Structure [Please provide the main public information about your company and its partners or parties involved in the venture, if any, e.g. corporate or company status, registered office, brief company history, area of business, number of employees, annual turnover. Please specify also how you and your partners or parties interact in the management of the project].

3. Project Scenario and Project Schedule

3.1 Project Scenario [Please provide a detailed breakdown of the activities that your planned project includes or requires. The activities should be described in chronological order. If your product is to be a payload flying to the ISS, this part of the commercial proposal is crucial, the activities must be described in chronological order, step-by-step and kept separate in 3 different groups: pre-flight, in-flight and post-flight activities]. 3.2 Project Schedule [Please specify the activities and milestones of the project, including the planned duration of each activity and the target period of the year in which you intend to perform the project as well as the planned marketing campaign, if any].

4. Technical Aspects

4.1 Technical data and specifications of the product or service [If your product is to be a payload flying to the ISS, this part of the commercial proposal is crucial. Please indicate first of all whether your payload is a COTS-Commercial-Off-The-Shelf or a CEND-Commercial-Equipment-NewlyDeveloped and whether it is a passive or an active payload. Please specify in the most precise way possible all the...