80GSFC26R0015 _ L10 Final Cover Letter.pdf

Rev.: 06/2026

7/14/2026

Reply to Attn of: GSFC Code 178, Earth and Planetary Sciences

TO: All Potential Offerors

SUBJECT: Request for Proposal (RFP), Solicitation No. 80GSFC26R0015 for Landsat 10 Spacecraft

You are invited to submit a proposal in response to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center’s (GSFC) Landsat 10 Spacecraft solicitation. The principal purpose of this requirement is to provide the Landsat 10 Spacecraft and related services for the Landsat Project.

NASA will conduct this acquisition as a full and open competition. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 336414 and the small business size standard is 1300.

This competitive acquisition will result in a Firm-fixed Price / Time and Materials contract.

The contract will have a total potential period of performance of five (5) years and nine (9) months to include six (6) one (1) month options for possible launch delays.

The anticipated contract award and effective date is December 30, 2026. The contract will be performed offsite at the Contractor’s facilities.

Potential offerors should pay close attention to all solicitation instructions; however, the following requirements list is summarized to assist in proposal development. Please note that this list is not exhaustive, and the solicitation terms and conditions and provisions in FAR 52.212-1:

1. NASA has determined that this acquisition may give rise to a potential organizational conflict of interest (OCI). Offerors should refer to instructions/provision(s) in Attachment T and reference to NASA clause 1852.237-72 Access to Sensitive Information that references the OCI plan as a contract compliance document.

2. NASA GSFC appreciates the comments received in response to the release of the Draft

RFP. These comments resulted in improvements to the quality and content of the overall RFP. Offerors should review the RFP in its entirety, as its content has changed from the Draft RFP version. The following list identifies some areas where significant changes or clarifications have been made from the Draft RFP to this final RFP that may not have been addressed in the Draft RFP questions and responses;

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD 20771

• Attachment A - L10 Statement of Work (SOW) o The SOW has been updated in response to some of the comments received on the

Draft Request for Proposal (DRFP). These changes include clarifications and further definition in instrument accommodations, mission assurance implementation, mission readiness execution, spacecraft design, and observatory level testing. Additional changes implemented in this document allow the Landsat 10 spacecraft to better align with commercial procurement.

• Attachment B - L10 Spacecraft Contract Requirements Document List (CDRL) and Data Item Descriptions (DID) o Changes clarified the reporting requirements for contractor Configuration Control

Boards (CCBs).

• Attachment C – L10 Spacecraft Requirements Document (SC SRD) o Removed specific NASA standards from multiple shall statements to allow vendors to utilize internal processes in addition to multiple other minor changes.

• Attachment D - L10 Spacecraft to LandIS Interface Requirements Document (SCIRD) o Clarification regarding parameters for Instrument Mounted Spacecraft Components

(IMSC) interfaces.

• Attachment F – L10 Observatory Environmental Requirements Document (ObsERD)

(previously titled L10 SC Environment Requirement Document) o Deleted the 1000 hours of powered on time requirement to be more in line with commercial practices.

• Attachment H - L10 Spacecraft Deliverable Items List (DIL) o Updates made to simulator quantities and delivery schedule.

• Attachment Q – LandIS Simplified Mechanical Interface Control Drawing (MICD) o Change to envelope specification.

• Attachment S - Major Payment Events, Performance Based Schedule, and Completion

Criteria (formerly Attachment T) o Time of delivery Incentive: The Government added a $1,000,000 incentive for the completion of the Landsat 10 Spacecraft on or before the delivery date proposed in accordance with SOW Section 4.1.1.

• Enclosure 6 – Government Owned Direct to Earth (G-DTE) Services User's Guide (UG) Baseline o New enclosure added

• 80GSFC26R0015 Landsat 10 Final RFP Terms and Conditions o Added NFS 1852.245-80 Government Property Management Information o Updated Organizational Conflicts of Interest (OCI) language under FAR

52.212-1 Addendum – Instructions to Offerors o Revised evaluation criteria

Editorial changes made to the following list

• Attachment G - L10 Landsat Spacecraft Simulator Requirements Document (SC Sim

RD)

• Enclosure 2 - L10 SC Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP)

• Enclosure 3 - L10 Design Reference Case – DRC-18 Definition

This list is not intended to cover all changes nor describe all RFP requirements. Offerors should carefully review the RFP in its entirety.

3. Be advised, in accordance with provision FAR 52.212-1, offerors need to encourage their references to submit their Past Performance Questionnaires directly to the Contracting Officer prior to proposal due date.

4. Below is a list of the Source Selection Authority (SSA) and voting members along with their associated NASA GSFC organizational codes, for the Source Evaluation Board (SEB). The names provided are for informational purposes only and other than the Contracting Officer, Pavi Tumbapura, these individuals must not be contacted regarding this acquisition. The Government may change personnel associated with this acquisition at its discretion.

Source Selection Authority Cathy Richardson, Code 400 Voting Members Cagatay Aymergen, Code 426 Angela Russo, Code 593 Michael Silber, Code 383 Evan Webb, Code 533 Baran Shain, Code 472

5. Offerors are required to have a Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code that matches the corporate address submitted with its proposal.

6. The period of performance for this contract will be from contract award, expected 12/30/2026, 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.

7. Offerors shall structure their proposal in a manner that does not exceed the Government Fiscal Year funding limits listed in the Landsat 10 Spacecraft Funding Profile below.

The offerors are invited and encouraged to provide feedback on the funding profile.

Government Fiscal Year

CLIN GFY27 GFY28 GFY29 GFY30 GFY31 GFY32 Total

Funding (% of Total SC Base Period Cost)

1 20% 30% 15% 15% 10% 10% 100%

Offerors are encouraged to refer to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provision 52.212-1, INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS, in particular paragraph (g), which states that the Government intends to evaluate offers and award a contract without discussions with offerors.

In order to control and protect sensitive data owned by the Government and its Contractors, NASA policy required all acquisition-related documents be released in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). While the RFP’s Price Volume exhibits are in PDF format, the Offeror’s Price Volume proposal must include completed Price Volume exhibits in Microsoft Office Excel format with working cell formulas. Instructions for converting from PDF format to Excel format can be found in FAR 52.212-1.

Documents related to this acquisition, including this letter, the solicitation, attachments, exhibits, any amendments and links to online reference/technical/bidders library will be attainable electronically through the Government-wide point of entry website at www.SAM.gov. Potential offerors are requested to periodically monitor the websites for updates.

NFS 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/Procurement-Ombuds-Comp- Advocate-Listing.pdf

This RFP does not commit NASA GSFC to pay any proposal preparation costs, nor does it obligate NASA GSFC to procure or contract for these services. 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.

https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/Procurement-Ombuds-Comp-Advocate-Listing.pdf https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/Procurement-Ombuds-Comp-Advocate-Listing.pdf

Proposals submitted in response to this solicitation are due no later than August 13, 2026, 1:00 PM EST. Proposals for this solicitation are required to be submitted through NASA’s Enterprise File Sharing and Sync Box (EFSS Box), a FedRAMP Moderate certified platform.

Potential offerors, especially those that have not previously submitted a proposal utilizing NASA’s EFSS Box, are encouraged to review the solicitation instruction entitled “Electronic Proposal Delivery - Proposal Marking and Delivery Through NASA’s EFSS Box” which provides instructions related to the submission of proposal via EFSS Box. Offerors are encouraged to check with their corporate IT staff to determine if there are firewall restrictions that would need to be addressed prior to the submission of proposal files through NASA’s EFSS Box.

In accordance with NFS CG 1815.11(i), a “Blackout Notice” has been issued to NASA personnel. All inquiries/communications pertaining to this acquisition must be directed only at the Contracting Officer listed below.

All questions regarding this RFP should be submitted in writing, electronically to Pavi Tumbapura, Contracting Officer, at Pavithra.S.Tumbapura@nasa.gov on or before 14 calendar days after RFP release. Offerors are encouraged to submit questions as soon as possible for consideration.

Thank you for your support. We look forward to receiving your proposals.

Pavi Tumbapura Contracting Officer Enclosed:

Enclosure 1 - L10 Mission Synopsis Rev Enclosure 2 - L10 Observatory Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan Rev Enclosure 3 - L10 Design Reference Case - DRC-18 Definition Enclosure 4 - L10 Geometric Error Budget (GEB) Enclosure 5 - Geometric Budget (GEB) Support Presentation Enclosure 6 - Government Owned Direct To Earth (G-DTE) Services Users Guide (UG) Baseline Exhibit 1 - L10 Pricing Template Exhibit 2 - L10 Spacecraft and Observatory Environmental Testing Matrix Fill-in Exhibit 3 - L10 Spacecraft Master Equipment List (MEL) Fill In Exhibit 4 - L10 Gate Criteria Fill In Rev Exhibit 5 - L10 Spacecraft Specifications Fill-in Exhibit 6 - L10 Past Performance Questionnaire R Exhibit 7 - Spacecraft Contractor Standards mailto:Pavithra.S.Tumbapura@nasa.gov