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General Information

  • Contract Opportunity Type: Solicitation (Updated)
  • Updated Published Date: Mar 10, 2023 10:34 am EST
  • Original Published Date: Feb 21, 2023 03:31 pm EST
  • Updated Date Offers Due: Mar 29, 2023 02:00 pm EDT
  • Original Date Offers Due: Mar 24, 2023 02:00 pm EDT
  • Inactive Policy: Manual
  • Updated Inactive Date: May 01, 2024
  • Original Inactive Date: May 01, 2024
  • Initiative:
    • None

Classification

  • Original Set Aside:
  • Product Service Code: DG10 - IT AND TELECOM - NETWORK AS A SERVICE
  • NAICS Code:
    • 517410 - Satellite Telecommunications
  • Place of Performance:

Description

Amendment 00001:  

Amendment 00001 has been posted.  The purposes of this amendment are as follows: (1) extend the proposal due date; (2) revise Request for Proposal (RFP) Provisions L.19 GSFC 52.215-201 (ALT I) PROPOSAL PREPARATION-GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS (ELECTRONIC PROPOSAL DELIVERY)(MAR 2020), L.24 GSFC 52.215-225 PRICE VOLUME INSTRUCTIONS (JUL 2020), L.26 GSFC 52.215-230 Past Perfonnance Volume (MAR 2020), M.5 GSFC 52.215-325 PRICE EVALUATION FACTOR (NOV 2016); and (3) revise Exhibit B "Near Space Network Services Pricing Model." 

Q&As Batch 1: 

Batch 1 of the Questions and Answers have been posted.

Original Posting:

You are invited to submit a proposal in response to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center’s (GSFC) NSN Services solicitation.  The principal purpose of this requirement is to acquire communication and navigation services for missions in the Near Space region (surface of Earth to 2 million kilometers (km)) for NASA and other federal agencies under two distinct categories:

Category 1 - Near Space Direct-To-Earth (DTE), which covers Direct-to-Earth communication and navigation services for customer missions, spacecraft, or payloads up to 2 million kilometers from Earth.

Category 2 - Near Space Relay, which covers Space Relay communication and navigation services for customer missions, spacecraft, or payloads up to 2 million kilometers from Earth.

The objective is to foster the commercialization of the Near-Space region through increased private sector participation in providing communications and navigation services in the Near Space region, including lunar communications & navigation services (DTE and relay) to support the NASA Artemis program. The Statement of Work, Attachment A, describes the scope of the requirement.

Contact Information

Contracting Office Address

  • GREENBELT MD 20771
  • GREENBELT , MD 20771
  • USA

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