GeoXO Spacecraft DRFP Cover Letter F .pdf

Rev.: 8/2020

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD 20771

Reply to Attn of: 172

TO: All Potential Offerors

SUBJECT: Draft Request for Proposal (DRFP), Solicitation No. 80GSFC23R0010, for

Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) Spacecraft Implementation

You are invited to review and comment on the National Aeronautics and Space

Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center’s Geostationary Extended

Observations (GeoXO) Spacecraft Implementation solicitation. The GeoXO Program is procuring spacecraft for the GeoXO series that includes an east, west, and center spacecraft.

The GeoXO spacecraft are three axis stabilized geostationary spacecraft that will support three instruments each. The east and west spacecraft will also support an auxiliary communication payload for the NOAA Data Collection System (DCS) supporting relay, dissemination and commanding. The procurement with the base contract and all options will consist of a total of seven (7) spacecraft – with launches planned for the first six spacecraft and the seventh spacecraft having no current launch date. The contract scope includes the tasks necessary to design, analyze, develop, fabricate, integrate, test, evaluate, and support launch of the GeoXO spacecraft; provide Engineering Development Units (EDUs); supply and maintain the Ground System Equipment (GSE) and simulators; and support the mission operations at the NOAA Satellite Operations Facility (NSOF).

Please note, funding limitations may be stipulated within the Final RFP for Government fiscal years 24-26.

The spacecraft has a risk classification of Class B.

Potential offerors are encouraged to comment on all aspects of the draft solicitation, including the requirements, schedules, proposal instructions, and evaluation approaches, any perceived safety, occupational health, security (including information technology security), environmental, export control, and/or other programmatic risk issues associated with performance of the work.

This competitive acquisition will result in a Cost-Plus-Award-Fee (CPAF) hardware contract, for the development of three spacecraft, and four options for additional spacecraft. The anticipated period of performance for this contract includes support for 10 years of on-orbit operations and 5 years of on-orbit storage, for a total of 15 years for each Flight Model (FM).

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is

336414 and the small business size standard is 1,300 employees.

Section H.13, Special Task Support Requirements of the DRFP specifies that the

Government may order special study tasks under the resultant hardware contract for risk reduction and mitigation activities. The clause includes a plug number of $35,000,000 that each offeror can use for bidding purposes.

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) Date Universal Numbering System (and the transition to the US Government’s unique entity identifier (UEI)): https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/organization/federal-acquisition-service/office-of-systems-management/integrated-award-environment-iae/iae-information-kit/unique-entity-identifier-update

The successful offeror must pass an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) clearance before contract award (See FAR 22.805).

The current planned release date for the Final Request for Proposal (RFP) is on or about mid to late September 2023 with proposals being due approximately 45 calendar days after RFP release.

The anticipated contract award date and effective date is late May 2024. The contract will be performed offsite at the Contractor’s facilities, and onsite at GSFC and Kennedy Space

Center (KSC).

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 order to control and protect sensitive data owned by the Government and its Contractors, NASA policy requires all acquisition-related documents be released in Adobe Portable

Document Format (PDF).

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 from the World Wide Web through the Government-wide point of entry website at www.SAM.gov. Potential Offerors are requested to periodically monitor the websites for updates.

NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) clause 1852.215-84, OMBUDSMAN, is applicable. The

Ombudsman for this acquisition is Raymond “Ray” Rubilotta, Associate Director, raymond.j.rubilotta@nasa.gov, 301-286-5867.

This DRFP is not a solicitation and NASA is not requesting proposals. This DRFP does not commit NASA GSFC to pay any proposal preparation costs, nor does it obligate NASA

GSFC to procure or contract for this requirement. 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.

Any comments regarding the DRFP should be submitted electronically in writing, to Lisa

Mullen, Contracting Officer at Lisa.A.Mullen@nasa.gov no later than August 30, 2023. If a respondent believes their comments contain confidential, proprietary, competition sensitive, or business information, those questions/comments shall be marked appropriately. However, questions that are marked as containing confidential, proprietary, competition sensitive or business information will not be provided a Government response. The Government will consider all comments received in preparation of the Final RFP. To the extent a comment leads the Government to revise the acquisition approach or requirements, the change will be reflected in the Final RFP. Some DRFP questions and comments may receive a posted response to the Government Point of Entry (GPE) if the Contracting Officer determines that a response would facilitate additional understanding of the solicitation. The Government may also respond via the GPE to comments and/or questions received following the issuance of the Final Request for Proposal (RFP).

Lisa Mullen

Contracting Officer

Enclosure to this Cover Letter:

Reference Chart

Acronym List

Draft RFP 80GSFC23R0010

ACRONYM LIST GEOXO SPACECRAFT DRFP

ACX GeoXO Atmospheric Composition Instrument BOL Beginning of Life

C3S Command, Control, and Communications Segment CBU Consolidated Back-Up

CDA Command and Data Acquisition

CDAS Command and Data Acquisition Stations (CDAS) CDR Critical Design Review

CDRL Contract Data Requirements List CIL Critical Items List COR Contracting Officer’s Representative

CPT Comprehensive Performance Test CSCI Computer Software Configuration Item

CUI Controlled unclassified information

CWBS Contract Work Breakdown Structure

DCPC DCS Platform Commanding

DCPR DCS Platform Relay

DCS Data Collection System

DID Data Item Description

DMR Design Modification Review

DOORS Dynamic Object Oriented Requirements System

EEE Electrical, Electronic, Electro-mechanical EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone

EGSE Electrical Ground Support Equipment EMC Electromagnetic Compatibility

EMI Electromagnetic Interference

EOMP End of Mission Plan

ESD Electrostatic Discharge

ETE End-to-End

EVM Earned Value Management F&PS Functional and Performance Specification

FM Flight Model FMEA/FMECA Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analysis

FOD Foreign Object Debris

FOR Flight Operations Review

FPGA Field Programmable Gate Array

FRR Flight Readiness Review

FSDE Flight Software Development Environment FTA Fault Tree Analysis

GeoXO Geostationary eXtended Observations

GIRD General Interface Requirements Document GPA Ground Processing Algorithm

GPDS Ground Processing Demonstration System

GSE Ground Support Equipment GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center GSRT Goddard Systems Review Team

GXI GeoXO Imager GXS GeoXO Sounder HAR Hardware Acceptance Review

I&T Integration and Test IBR Integrated Baseline Review

ICD Interface Control Document IHS Instrument Hardware Simulator IMS Integrated Master Schedule

INR Image Navigation and Registration

IRR Instrument Receiving Review

ISAR Instrument Safety Assessment Report ISS Instrument Software Simulator IV&V Independent Verification and Validation

KSC Kennedy Space Center LMX GeoXO Lightning Mapper LOR Launch and Orbit Raising

LPD Launch Planning Date LPT Limited Performance Test LRR Launch Readiness Review

LSP Launch Services Program

MA Mission Assurance

MAID Master Action Item Database

MAT Mission Allowable Temperature

MCDR Mission Critical Design Review

MGSE Mechanical Ground Support Equipment MIUL Materials Identification and Usage List MOM Mission Operations Manager MOR Mission Operations Review

MOST Mission Operations Support Team

MPDR Mission Preliminary Design Review

MRB Material Review Board

MRR Manufacturing Readiness Review

MUA Materials Usage Agreement NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology

NSOF NOAA Satellite Operational Facility

OCX GeoXO Ocean Color Instrument ODAR Orbital Debris Assessment Report ORR Operational Readiness Review

PCB Printed Circuit Board

PDR Preliminary Design Review

PER Pre-Environmental Review

PFM Proto-Flight Model

PLAR Post Launch Assessment Review

PLT Post-launch Test PMO Project Management Office

PMSR Project Management Status Review

PRAD Payload Resource Allocation Document PSR Pre-Storage/Ship Review

RFA Request for Action

S3 Satellite Software Simulator SCMAR Spacecraft Mission Assurance Requirements

SCTS Spacecraft Command and Telemetry Simulator SDR System Definition Review

SHS Spacecraft Hardware Simulator SIIS Spacecraft to Instrument Interface Simulator SIR System Integration Review

SMA Safety and Mission Assurance

SMS Simulator Matrix Switch

SOW Statement of Work

SPVP System Performance Verification Plan

SRR System Requirements Review SS Space Segment SWAR Software Acceptance Review

SWCDR Software Critical Design Review

SWPDR Software Preliminary Design Review SWTRR Software Test Readiness Review TB Thermal Balance

TDAS Test Data Analysis System

TDR Test Data Review

TIM Technical Interchange Meeting

TRL Technology Readiness Level TRR Test Readiness Review

UIID Unique Instrument Interface Document V&V Verification and Validation