Final RFP Cover Letter.pdf

Rev.: 05/2026

7/22/2026

Reply to Attn of: NASA Office of Procurement/B103

TO: All Potential Offerors

SUBJECT: Request for Proposal (RFP), Solicitation No. 80LARC26R0002, for

Geostationary Littoral Imaging and Monitoring Radiometer Access to Space

(GLIMR ATS)

You are invited to submit a proposal in response to the National Aeronautics and Space

Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center (LaRC) for the GLIMR ATS solicitation.

The principal purpose of this requirement is to provide GLIMR ATS and related services, to include Spacecraft and Launch Vehicle; Integration Planning; Ground System Design, Integration, Testing, and Readiness; Instrument-Spacecraft Integration, Test, and Pre-Launch

Processing; Spectrum Licensing and orbital slot authorization; Launch and GLIMR In-orbit

Checkout; On-Orbit Spacecraft and Instrument Operations.

NASA will conduct this acquisition as full and open competition. The North American

Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541715 and the Small

Business Size Standard is 1,000 employees.

This competitive acquisition will result in a Firm-fixed Price contract. The contract is anticipated to have a total potential period of performance of 5 years, including a 36-month

Base Period, a 12-month Option Period 1, and a 12-month Option Period 2; however, it is dependent on the potential offeror’s solution.

The anticipated contract award date is in January 2027, with an immediate contract effective date. 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. Potential

Offerors should reference the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) for all citations, clauses, and provisions. Please note that this list is not exhaustive, and the solicitation terms and conditions and provisions in sections L and M take precedence:

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Langley Research Center Hampton, VA 23681-2199

1. 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.

2. NASA LaRC 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:

a. L.8 Anticipated Effective Start Date and Period of Performance was updated to change the assumption of the GLIMR Instrument availability to March

2027.

b. L.9 Proposal Due Date was updated to include the submission of Oral

Presentation Presenters (Volume II) at the same time as Past Performance

(Volume I). Additionally, these volumes are now due within 20 days of RFP release.

c. L.15 Instructions for Past Performance clarified submission of references that fall under a Multiple Award IDIQ, Single Award IDIQ, Blanket Purchase

Agreement, or Classified Contract.

a. Updated required number of references at (b)(1) of this Section.

b. Updated required proposal content at (b)(2) of this Section.

d. L.16 Instructions for Technical Approach/Oral Presentations clarified the use of slides or supporting materials during the oral presentation.

e. L.17 Instructions for Price (a) included the flexibility to propose deviations from the Government Proposed Payment Percentage (column G), or combinations of Milestone Payments and associated Deliverables.

a. Supporting Narrative shall clearly outline and justify proposed changes. Combinations shall not exceed percentages provided by the

Government.

b. Exhibit D was updated based on these changes.

f. L.18 Instructions for Business Proposal included the Disclosure of AI use during contract performance submission at (b) of this Section.

g. M.4.1 Factor 1 – Past Performance clarifies the assessment of pertinence and performance.

h. M.4.2 Factor 2 – Technical Approach/Oral Presentation includes finding definitions at (e) of this Section.

i. Exhibit B was updated to add Document No. MA-04, Supply Chain Visibility

(SCV) Reporting.

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 L.15(c) offerors need to encourage their references to submit their Past Performance Questionnaires directly to the Contracting

Officer within 20 days of the RFP release date with a due date of 2:00PM Eastern

Time (ET) on August 11, 2026.

4. Below is a list of the Source Selection Authority (SSA) and voting members along with their associated NASA LaRC organizational codes, for the Source Evaluation

Board (SEB). The names provided are for informational purposes only and other than the Contracting Officer, Stacy Hollis, and the Contract Specialist, Ashley Korahaes, these individuals must not be contacted regarding this acquisition. The Government may change personnel associated with this acquisition at its discretion.

SSA

Richard Law, LARC A-5

Voting Members

Timothy Bennett, LARC-D2

Justin Hornback, LARC-IN001

Robert Akamine, LARC-D208

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

Offerors are encouraged to refer to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provision

52.212-1, INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS (Deviation Nov

2025), in particular paragraph (d), 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). The Offeror’s Price Volume proposal must include completed

Price Volume exhibits in Microsoft Office Excel format with working cell formulas.

Documents related to this acquisition, including this letter, the solicitation, attachments, exhibits, and any amendments 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 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

This RFP does not commit NASA LaRC to pay any proposal preparation costs, nor does it obligate NASA LaRC 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.

Proposals submitted in response to this solicitation are due no later than 4:00PM ET on

September 4, 2026. 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 Stacy

Hollis, Contracting Officer, and Ashley Korahaes, Contract Specialist at larc-glimr-ats@mail.nasa.gov on or before 2:00PM ET, August 3, 2026. Offerors are encouraged to submit questions as soon as possible for consideration.

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

Stacy Hollis

Contracting Officer mailto:larc-glimr-ats@mail.nasa.gov mailto:larc-glimr-ats@mail.nasa.gov