F2I_FY24-Q3.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

United States Space Force

Space and Missile Systems Center Commercial Satellite Communications Office

Ft. Meade, Maryland 20755

USSF Commercial Satellite Communications (COMSATCOM) Forecast to Industry

Future Requirements Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-2025

*****PLEASE NOTE*****

The following information is provided to assist industry in preparing for potential Requests for Proposals. Information provided below is based on current known requirements projected for the next 12 months as of April 2024. These requirements are subject to change.

The Future COMSATCOM Services Acquisition (FCSA) provides DoD procurement of satellite communications capability from an approved list of contractors. The FCSA covers three service areas: transponded capacity, subscription services and end-to-end solutions. The first two fall under GSA NAICS code 517410. The third area, for complex commercial SATCOM solutions is covered under an FCSA Complex Commercial SATCOM Solutions (CS3) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract.

COMSATCOM Transponded Capacity (CTC) includes requirements with satellite bandwidth and power only as well as limited engineering services such as link budgets and transmission plans. It allows customer-proposed waveforms and industry-approved solutions to apply leased bandwidth to meet individual requirements. CTC includes monitoring and control of the leased bandwidth and incorporates the option for purchased frequency clearances and licenses.

COMSATCOM Subscription Services (CSS) are for use with fixed satellite services (FSS) or mobile satellite services (MSS). It uses contractor determined waveforms that are billed on a per-use basis (e.g., dollars per minute, dollars per megabyte, or dollars per month). CSS includes rates for vendor-defined network management monitoring engineering, integration, licensing, and operations required to deliver the services.

Complex Commercial SATCOM Solutions (CS3) allows DoD to build large, complex, custom satellite solutions. Solutions include satellite transport (bandwidth), fixed or mobile satellite service, and service-enabling components such as terminals, handsets, and tail circuits with engineering services to integrate, operate, and maintain the solution.

COMSATCOM Satellite Business Solutions (SBS) is an other-than FCSA solution for either FSS or MSS. Prospective acquisitions that are not anticipated to use FCSA solutions may utilize existing BPAs, IDIQs, or will be procured using full and open competition in accordance with any combination of Federal Acquisition Regulations procedures.

ANTICIPATED REQUIREMENTS:

Contract Title: CTC0376 United States Air Force (USAF) Air Combat Command (ACC) Global Hawk (GH) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) COMSATCOM Support Follow-On to Existing Contract: CTC0334 Contracting Office: SSC/CMK Anticipated Request for Quote (RFQ) Release Date: April 2024 Anticipated Award Date: June 2024 Anticipated Effective Date: June 2024 Contract Vehicle: CTC Estimated Lifecycle Value: $12.5 M – $22.5 M Term of Contract: 1-year Base with four 1-year Options Summary: ACC is tasked to supply timely and accurate intelligence information via ACC’S GH UAVs, operating within the assigned area of responsibility, to defend, protect, and secure US and allied interests.

Contract Title: SBS0044 U.S. Army Rotary Wing Contingency COMSATCOM Services Follow-On to Existing Contract: N/A Contracting Office: SSC/CMK Anticipated RFQ Release Date: April 2024 Anticipated Award Date: June 2024 Anticipated Effective Date: July 2024 Contract Vehicle: SBS Estimated Lifecycle Value: $5.0 M - $15.0 M Term of Contract: 1-year Base with four 1-year Options Summary: Provide Mobile Broadband Managed COMSATCOM Service (Ku bandwidth), with cloud-based virtual software-defined networking service in connection with the operation of the H-60 APU Door SATCOM Terminal, providing coverage for area of 250-mile radius around NCR (CONUS).

Contract Title: CTC0381 Arcane Thunder Follow-On to Existing Contract: N/A Contracting Office: SSC/CMK Anticipated RFQ Release Date: May 2024 Anticipated Award Date: July 2024 Anticipated Effective Date: July 2024 Contract Vehicle: CTC Estimated Lifecycle Value: < $1.0 M Term of Contract: Short-term contract Summary: Raw commercial satellite bandwidth to be used for electromagnetic interference (EMI) test, training, and exercises supporting Arcane Thunder 2024.

Contract Title: CTC0378 JSEC Bandwidth Management Support to Program Manager (PM) Tactical Network (TN) Follow-On to Existing Contract: CTC0308 Contracting Office: SSC/CMK Anticipated RFQ Release Date: May 2024 Anticipated Award Date: August 2024 Anticipated Effective Date: November 2024 Contract Vehicle: CTC Estimated Lifecycle Value: $18.0 M - $28.0 M Term of Contract: 1-year Base with four 1-year Options Summary: Ku-bandwidth to support PM TN with coverage over CONUS (contiguous 48).

Contract Title: CSS0127 Strategic Satellite Communications System Service Support of the Defense Video and Imagery Distribution System (DVIDS) Operations Hub Follow-On to Existing Contract: CTC0313 Contracting Office: SSC/CMK Anticipated RFQ Release Date: June 2024 Anticipated Award Date: TBD Anticipated Effective Date: TBD Contract Vehicle: CSS Estimated Lifecycle Value: < $6.9 M Term of Contract: 1-year Base with four 1-year Options Summary: A total of 7.3 Mbps Ku-band space segment is required over CONUS.

Contract Title: SBS0039 United States Marine Corps (USMC) Enterprise Commercial Satellite Services (MECS2) Follow-On to Existing Contract: CS30002 Contracting Office: SSC/CMK Anticipated RFQ Release Date: July 2024 Anticipated Award Date: February 2025 Anticipated Effective Date: March 2025 Contract Vehicle: SBS Estimated Lifecycle Value: $495.0 M - $505.0 M Term of Contract: 1-year Base with six 1-year Options Summary: Follow-on will provide the ability to obtain satellite bandwidth in all commercially available frequency bands providing global coverage in five (5) regions; to provide Worldwide Internet Protocol (IP) Reach-back Service which includes commercial teleports and terrestrial connectivity to the Marine Corps Enterprise Network (MCEN).

Contract Title: CS30022 National Guard Bureau C4I Satellite Services Follow-On to Existing Contract: CS30010 Contracting Office: SSC/CMK Anticipated RFQ Release Date: August 2024 Anticipated Award Date: December 2024 Anticipated Effective Date: May 2025 Contract Vehicle: CS3 Estimated Lifecycle Value: $45.0 M - $55.0 M Term of Contract: TBD Summary: Ku-band satellite capacity and commercial teleport hosted services for C4I systems.

Contract Title: CTC0383 USCENTCOM COMSATCOM Support Follow-on Follow-On to Existing Contract: CTC0327 Contracting Office: TBD Anticipated RFQ Release Date: August 2024 Anticipated Award Date: February 2025 Anticipated Effective Date: February 2025 Contract Vehicle: CTC Estimated Lifecycle Value: $89.0 M - $99.0 M Term of Contract: 1-year Base with four 1-year Options Summary: 250 MHz of Ku-band capacity supporting USCENTCOM network architecture and contingency mission requirements.

Contract Title: CTC0382 USCENTCOM COMSATCOM Support Follow-on Follow-On to Existing Contract: CTC0326 Contracting Office: TBD Anticipated RFQ Release Date: August 2024 Anticipated Award Date: February 2025 Anticipated Effective Date: March 2025 Contract Vehicle: CTC Estimated Lifecycle Value: $58.0 M - $68.0 M Term of Contract: 1-year Base with four 1-year Options Summary: 288 MHz Ku-band capacity supporting USCENTCOM network architecture and contingency mission requirements.

Contract Title: SBS0042 Senior Leader Airborne Command and Control Communications Systems Services Follow-On to Existing IDIQ: SBS0020 and SBS0019 Contracting Office: SSC/CMK Anticipated RFQ Release Date: September 2024 Anticipated Award Date: April 2025 Anticipated Effective Date: May 2025 Contract Vehicle: SBS Estimated Lifecycle Value: $880.0 M - $890.0 M Term of Contract: 1-year Base with six 1-year Options Summary: Global satellite service subscriptions for Senior Leader Aircraft across any required spectrum or orbital constellation (multi-orbit solutions), with terrestrial links to designated Government Points of Presence (PoP), technical support services, television services, spectrum licensing and Host Nation Agreement (HNA) support, and network operations center (NOC) support, integrated on-board Network Management and Mission Planning software suite, and to acquire and integrate new technologies as they become available during the contract life cycle.

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