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Source Selection Information – see FAR 2.101 and 3.104

SINGLE SOURCE DETERMINATION USING

SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES (SAP)

FOR AN ACTION NOT EXCEEDING THE SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION THRESHOLD

(AUTHORITY: FAR 13.106-1(b)(1))

NEEB1000-20-00078

1. Agency and contracting activity. Department of Commerce, NOAA Acquisition and Grants Office (AGO), National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS), and the Office of Satellite and Products Operations (OSPO).

2. Description of supplies or services required to meet agency needs (including the estimated value).

Award of a firm, fixed price purchase order on a brand name basis to support NOAA’s Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO). The brand name requirement relates to the Streaming Conjunction Service as listed in the table below. The brand name portion of the requirement has an estimated value of $ .

The period of performance is 12 months from date of award.

Item Description Item Number Quantity

LEO Labs Streaming Conjunction Service (SCS), (3) platform dashboard Logins

12 1

3. Identification of the single source or the brand name to be solicited.

LEO Labs, Inc.

PO Box 998 Menlo Park, CA 94026 Tel: 571-313-9710

4. Supporting rationale. Only one source or brand name is reasonably available as detailed below:

Other - Only one source is capable

The Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO) is mandated to protect its high-valued satellite assets that support the Department of Commerce’s Primary Mission Essential Functions (PMEFs) to provide critical Environmental weather data to support weather forecasting. As space debris continues to increase in OSPO’s satellite operating environment, the OSPO engineering team requires improved conjunction assessment services in low-earth orbits to protecting its space assets against collisions with space debris. LEO Labs will provide satellite-tracking data using their phased array radars with

(Insert PR/RFQ number, as applicable)

Source Selection Information – see FAR 2.101 and 3.104 conjunction services. No other commercial provider provides this unique satellite protection service for low-earth orbits.

5. Market Research.

This is a sole source service requirement. This is going to be used to test other capabilities for satellite data dissemination against current products, to be used to evaluate better capabilities and cost.

6. Technical/Requirements Representative Certification

I certify that this requirement constitutes the Government’s minimum needs and the supporting data provided herein is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Rich Coley Date Technical POC

7. Determination (Required)

I hereby determine that the circumstances of this action deem only one source is reasonably available. This determination is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Lori Smith Contracting Officer Date