Landsat 10 Spacecraft Procurement | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | NAICS 336414
⚠ Important Legal Notice
This DRFP is not a solicitation and NASA is not requesting proposals. This DRFP does not commit NASA GSFC to pay any proposal preparation costs, nor does it obligate NASA GSFC to procure or contract for this requirement. This request is not an authorization to proceed and does not authorize payment for any charges incurred by the offeror for performing any of the work called for in this solicitation.
Executive Summary
NASA is procuring the Landsat 10 Spacecraft and related services through a Firm-fixed Price/Time and Materials contract. The contract has a potential performance period of approximately five years and six months.
Key Requirements (Verbatim Excerpts)
- NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) clause 1852.215-84, OMBUDSMAN, is applicable. The Ombudsman for this acquisition is Eric Newman, 240-313-8320.
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Scope & Requirements
The principal purpose of this requirement is to provide Landsat 10 Spacecraft and related services for the Landsat Project. The contractor shall provide the following scope of work requirements as follows:
- Design, engineering analyses, development, fabrication, integration, test and evaluation of a single spacecraft (SC) build; perform and support Mission Readiness activities; Integration and test of the LandIS instrument to the spacecraft; perform observatory integration and test program; support ground readiness testing and mission simulations; delivery to launch site; perform launch site activities; perform and support launch and commissioning activities prior to handover for the Landsat 10 observatory.
- Engineering/ Impact Analysis will be initiated as required to help resolve payload interface issues found as work under the contract proceeds, provide input to risk mitigations, and provide input to requirements changes, as needed.
Potential offerors may comment on all aspects of the draft solicitation but are encouraged to focus on areas such as the terms and conditions, evaluation criteria, gate criteria, and Exhibits 1-5. Potential offerors are also encouraged to review the SC wide band system requirements as this subsystem has been updated to be compatible with commercially available systems.
The period of performance for this contract will be from contract award, expected 12/31/2026, to a Launch Readiness Date (LRD) of no later than (NLT) December 2031, plus 100 days of nominal commissioning activities. The offerors are expected to propose a spacecraft development schedule, including observatory Integration & Test (I&T), within the following constraints, 1) instrument availability no earlier than (NET) 9/20/29 and 2) observatory Pre-Ship Review (PSR) at LRD minus 7 months. The duration of time between the observatory PSR and LRD is a mix of project-held Funded Schedule Margin (FSM) and launch site activities.
Compliance & Qualifications
- NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) clause 1852.215-84, OMBUDSMAN, is applicable.
How to Prepare Your Bid
- Ensure your company is registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) and has a valid Unique Entity Identifier (UEI).
- Review the draft solicitation thoroughly, focusing on the terms and conditions and evaluation criteria.
- Prepare to disclose any intent to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) in your proposal, as this is a requirement.
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