DRFP L10 80GSFC26R0015 Cover Letter Sgn.pdf

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD 20771 Date: May 18, 2026

Reply to Attn of: Code 178, Earth Sciences

TO: All Potential Offerors

SUBJECT: Draft Request for Proposal (DRFP), Solicitation No. 80GSFC26R0015, for

Landsat10 Spacecraft

You are invited to review and comment on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center’s (GSFC) Landsat 10 Spacecraft draft solicitation.

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.

NASA will conduct this acquisition as a full and open competition. 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 approximately five (5) years and six (6) months to include six

(6) one (1) month options for possible launch delays. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 336414 and the small business size standard is 1,300.

Potential offerors should ensure its company is listed in the online database(s) for the following:

(1) System for award management: https://www.sam.gov/SAM/

(2) U.S. Department of Labor Veterans’ Employment and Training Service, VETS-4212

Reports: https://vets4212.dol.gov/vets4212/

(3) US Government’s unique entity identifier (UEI): https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/organization/federal-acquisition-service/technology-transformation-services/integrated-award-environment-iae/iae-systems-information-kit/unique-entity-identifier-update

The Final Request for Proposal (RFP) is currently expected to be released at the end of June 2026, with proposals due roughly 30 days thereafter

The anticipated contract award and effective date is the end of this calendar year. The contract will be performed offsite at the Contractor’s facilities.

The following additional information is provided to assist in understanding this acquisition:

1. The Government will make available Government Furnished Equipment(GFE) for offsite use at the Contractor’s facility as described in the DRFP.

2. NASA has determined that this acquisition may give rise to a potential organizational conflict of interest (OCI). Offerors should refer to NFS clause NFS clause 1852.237-72 Access to Sensitive Information for information on the OCI plan as a contract compliance document.

3. Disclosure of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Use During Contract Performance. Offerors are required to disclose any intent to propose, or plan to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to perform contract requirements.

4. 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 need to be addressed prior to the submission of proposal files through NASA’s EFSS Box.

5. 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.

6. 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.