Commercial and Military Satellite Communications Operations Support (COSMOS) - POSTPONE Industry Day

14 March 2025

COSMOS Industry Conference & One-on-Ones – Postponed Until Further Notice      

Due to the recent executive orders and budget uncertainties, the Government postpones the COSMOS Industry Conference and One-on-ones until further notice.   

The Government intends to release a DRAFT PWS of the COSMOS requirement; however, this has been tentatively pushed out to May 2025.   

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27 February 2025

COSMOS Presolicitation & Industry Conference Notice 

The Government will host a three-day Industry Conference from 25-27 March 2025 for the Commercial and Military Satellite Communications Operations Support (COSMOS) acquisition. This effort will be the follow-on contract to the Wideband Satellite Communications Operations and Technical Support II (WSOTS II) contract. If your company plans on attending the general session and/or scheduling an appointment for a one-on-one session, please submit a completed COSMOS Industry Conference Vendor Registration form COB 17 Mar 2025 to: 

Ms. Christina Ming, COSMOS CO: christina.ming.2@spaceforce.mil

Ms. Carol Rogers, COSMOS PM: carol.rogers.3@spaceforce.mil 
 

General Session is from 0900 – 1200 on 25 March 2025 and will be held at the Radisson Hotel Colorado Springs in the Ballroom. While the One-On-One sessions (info below) will be limited to 3 individuals per time slot – the General Session is open to All Registrants. Note the maximum capacity of the Ballroom is 100 participants.   

Check-in for the General Session starts at 0830 in the Ballroom

Location: Radisson Hotel Colorado Springs Airport

1645 N. Newport Road

Colorado Springs, CO 80916

Phone: 719-597-7000

Proposed Schedule of Events (Vendor will receive a complete agenda upon registration)

25 March 2025 (Morning) – Briefings on Mission and Requirements

25 March 2025 (Afternoon) – One-on-One sessions

26 – 27 March 2025 – One-on-One sessions

One-on-One sessions will be at the Radisson Hotel Colorado Springs in the Blue Spruce Executive Conference Room.  Appointment times are limited to 40 minutes and no more than 3 individuals per time slot.  We will make an attempt to accommodate your desired one-on-one time slot however the schedule is at the discretion of the Government. Ground rules and one-on-one times will be sent with your registration confirmation. We will accept late registrations however considerations for preferred one-on-one time slots will be given to early registrants. 

Attachments: 

1. COSMOS Industry Conference Announcement 

2. COSMOS Industry Conference Agenda

3. COSMOS Industry Conference Vendor Registeration

4. COSMOS Synopsis_Presolicitation Notice

DRAFT COSMOS IDIQ PWS and DRAFT Task Order 1 PWS:

Available on or after 10 Mar 2025 

These documents are Controlled Unclassified Information and will require Contractors to have an active Joint Certification Program status and approved DD2345. Additional instructions to request the DRAFT PWSs will be posted to Sam.gov on or after 10 March 2025.

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6 Nov 2024 

Change COSMOS RFI 1 Submission Date as follows: 

FROM: 18 Nov 2024 at 1000 MDT

TO: 2 Dec 2024 at 1000 MST

See COSMOS RFI 1 Description and COSMOS RFI1_Atch 6_v005 for changes. 

All other items listed within the RFI 1 and attached remain unchanged. 

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25 Oct 2024

Commercial and Military Satellite Communications Operations Support (COSMOS)

RFI #1:  Request for Capability Package and Initial Questionnaire

THIS NOTICE IS ISSUED AS A RFI ANNOUNCEMENT FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES.

This notice DOES NOT constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP), Request for Quotation (RFQ), Invitation for Bid (IFB), or solicitation, nor does it represent any commitment by the Government. Since this is a RFI announcement, no evaluation letters and/or results will be issued to the respondents. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this announcement. No telephone calls will be accepted requesting a bid package or solicitation. A solicitation does not presently exist. SpOC/SAIO will not accept or acknowledge emails over 5MB, brochures, samples, catalogs, and any other marketing solicitation information. 

This RFI is for market research and planning purposes only. Information received will assist the United States Space Force’s (USSF) Space Acquisitions and Integration Office (SAIO) in determining the best acquisition strategy for award consideration of continued non-commercial, non-personal services for the Commercial and Military Satellite Communications Operations Support (COSMOS) requirement. This requirement will be follow-on contract for the Wideband Satellite Communications Operations and Technical Support II (WSOTS II) contract. COSMOS will retain the current WSOTS II efforts in providing support to Space Operations Command (SpOC), Space Delta 8 (DEL 8), 53rd Space Operations Squadron (53 SOPS) and the Satellite Communications Office (SATCOM Office). The current contract, Wideband Satellite Communication Operation and Technical Support (WSOTS) II, with Procurement Instrument Identifier of W9126019C0001 is forecasted to end 31 Jan 2027. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this requirement is 517810 – All Other Telecommunications, and PSC Code is DG11 It and Telecom - Network: Satellite Communications and Telecom Access Services, Size Std - $40M

This is not a request for proposal.  Your response to this RFI is strictly voluntary and will be used by the USSF SAIO to further its market research and future contract strategy planning.

Vendors may submit their capability packages and responses to the attached Microsoft excel Initial Questionnaire (see Atch 3) directly to the Government's Points of Contact listed in this announcement by no later than 18 Nov 2024 at 1000 MDT. Limit your capability package to not more than fifteen (15) single sided pages. This can be in Microsoft Word or PDF.  Please provide responses to the Government's Questions only in Atch 3 the Microsoft Excel version.

Vendors may also submit recommendations and/or questions in regard to the attached PDF version, DRAFT WSOTS II PWS (predecessor contract) to the Government’s POCs on or before the closing time on this RFI. Again, please only submit these questions in Atch 3 Microsoft Excel version. 

The Government will then provide all questions and answers from this Initial Questionnaire to include the DRAFT WSOTS II PWS on or before 23 Dec 2024 via sam.gov.

Please note that the DRAFT WSOTS II PWS and Appendix 2 (Atch 1 & Atch 2) include Export Control, Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), Controlled Technical Data, and other sensitive documents. To access these documents, please refer to Atch 6, COSMOS RFI 1 v004, PDF version of this RFI for instructions on how to gain access to the Atch 1, CUI DRAFT WSOTS II PWS, and Atch 2, CUI DRAFT WSOTS II, Appendix 2.

Attachments: 

1. CUI DRAFT WSOTS II PWS Version 5. 
2. CUI DRAFT WSOTS II PWS, Appendix 2.  
3. Vendor's Responses (PDF and Mircosoft Excel) 
4. DoDI 5200.48 
5. J3 JCP Guide 
6. COSMOS RFI 1 v005.