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Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods:

(a) By completing items 8 and 15, and returning or (c) By separate letter or electronic communication which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by letter or electronic communication, provided each letter or electronic communication makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor is not is required to sign this document and return copies to the issuing office.

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT 1. CONTRACT ID CODE

2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NUMBER 3. EFFECTIVE DATE 4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQUISITION NUMBER 5. PROJECT NUMBER (If applicable)

7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than Item 6) CODE

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11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers is extended. is not extended.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required) copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted;

13. THIS ITEM APPLIES ONLY TO MODIFICATIONS OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS.

IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NUMBER AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

CHECK ONE A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE CONTRACT ORDER

NUMBER IN ITEM 10A.

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, appropriation data, etc.) SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(b).

C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

D. OTHER (Specify type of modification and authority)

Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

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15A. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print)

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16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)

14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible.)

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This amendment is a result of questions and comments received for the Space Object Commercial Data requirement. Please see continuation sheet for responses to all questions and comments received.

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1. In regard to using SFTP or FTPS, will the vender be required to host the site where data will be located, or will the site be hosted by NOAA where the vendor will routinely upload data?

Preference should be for the vendor to host the data. Observation and other data should be available in a near real time manner, with minimal latencies, through secure message bus technologies, such as Kafka. The data should also be available on request over secure RESTful web services.

2. Can the observation data be provided in UDL JSON format even though the UDL market place isn’t going to be used for data transfer? Is there a preferred format?

Currently all government schema describing space data are restricted (Distribution F or Distribution C). The provider is therefore free to choose a data schema that is available to them. However, the schema-free key-value pair approach used in the UDL is not acceptable, the data must adhere to a particular, well-documented schema. The format used to provide the data may be JSON or similar formats. The provider should supply detailed documentation on this alternative schema. Please note that the Office of Space Commerce may select a particular government schema for the data at a later date.

3. Can the Government clarify what is meant by “…30-day basis over the duration of the agreement…”. Does this mean NOAA prefers to receive tracking data for 50 objects every 30 days as opposed to a bulk upload of archived observations for 600 objects?

Observation and other data should be made available in a near real time fashion as soon as they are available over the 30-day period. This should include both the data on pre-assigned objects as well as the data resulting from tasking (described below).

4. How will the vendor be tasked for the 25% of products that is not archived data? Will a target list be provided?

The preference would be to task sensors in a machine to machine manner using a government provided tasking schema. The provider will be supplied detailed documentation on this approach to tasking outlining the schema. Tasking will be on-demand and will specify a target object for each task. Additionally, routine tracking of a set of objects over the period of performance may be requested.

5. Some of the threshold requirements and objectives in the SOW pertain to radar systems capabilities. Will the Government take into consideration that companies providing an electro-optic solution will not provide radar-specific capabilities from the SOW? With this given, can the Government relax their requirement for no exclusions from the SOW?

The Government will take into consideration that companies providing an electro-optical solution will not provide radar specific capabilities. The Government intends to award multiple purchase orders from this solicitation for electro-optical, radio frequency, and satellite laser ranging data requirements. An offer does not have to provide for all data requirements to be considered for an award.

6. Can the Government prescribe the method and address for delivery for the proposal?

Proposals shall be submitted electronically to the Contract Specialist, Darrin Holland, at darrin.holland@noaa.gov, and to the Contracting Officer, Gion Lalican, at gion.lalican@noaa.gov.

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