Final Encl A ITSMP.pdf

This document provides details on a forthcoming federal contract opportunity for the implementation of the Geostationary Extended Observations Sounder instrument. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center plans to issue a Request for Proposal for the design, development, fabrication, integration, calibration, testing, evaluation, launch support, and 15 years of operations and storage for one flight model instrument and options for an additional flight model and a spare. The anticipated contract value is over $22.5 million. The draft RFP is expected to release in December 2022 with questions due 15 days later, and the final RFP is planned for January to February 2023. The contract award date is anticipated for late August 2023. The opportunity is open to all responsible sources.