IGS Sources Sought RFI 12.10.25.pdf

Sources Sought: For Ionospheric Ground Sensors (IGS) Sustaining and Engineering Support Request for Information (RFI)

1. Agency/Office: United States Space Force / Space Systems Command (SSC)/Space/Terrestrial Environmental Analysis & Resource Sustainment Branch System Delta 810 - Environment and Tactical Surveillance (SYD 810/ETS).

2. Contracting Office Location: SSC/PKL Peterson SFB, CO

3. Type: Sources Sought

4. Solicitation Number: N/A

5. Date Posted: 11 December 2025

6. Title: Sources Sought: Sources Sought for Ionospheric Ground Sensors (IGS) Sustaining and Engineering Support

7. Product Service Code (PSC): R425

8. NAICS Code: 541330

9. Is this a Recovery and Reinvestment Act Action? No

10. Response Date: 12 January 2026

11. Primary Point of Contact: Mr. Chaz Wisuri, Contracting Officer

12. Secondary Point of Contact: N/A

13. Description: See Purpose/Description below

14. Place of Contract Performance: Up to vendor

15. Set Aside: N/A

16. Archiving Policy: Automatic

17. Allow Vendors to Add/Remove from Interested Vendors? No

18. Allow Vendors to View Interested Vendors List? No

19. Attachments: None

20. Is this package (attachment) sensitive/secure? N/A

I. PURPOSE/DESCRIPTION

1. THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY. This notice does not constitute a commitment by the Government. All information submitted in response to this announcement is voluntary, and the Government will not pay for information requested nor will it compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing information provided to the Government. The Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of submissions or of the information received, or to provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted under this announcement.

The IGS Program Management Office (SSC/SYD 810/ETS) is currently assessing the commercial marketplace's capability and experience to provide maintenance, specialized engineering support, installation, expertise, and sustainment of IGS, which includes both the Next Generation Ionosonde (NEXION) and Ionospheric Scintillation Total Electron Content (TEC) Observer (ISTO). The sustainment and installation of IGS sites are performed at various locations across the globe, which include the following tasks:

• Site surveys for installation of NEXION and ISTO systems

• Spectrum Analysis for IGS sites

• Installation of NEXION and ISTO sites, along with follow-on systems testing

• Cybersecurity compliance and accreditation, in accordance with Risk Management

Framework (RMF) standards

• Periodic maintenance, along with unscheduled maintenance service visits

• Troubleshooting, system problem tracking, resolution, and management

• System hardware and software engineering, production, integration installation and testing, along with technical support

IGS is comprised of NEXION and ISTO; NEXION is an unmanned commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) vertical incidence low-power radar that measures the overhead ionosphere, while ISTO is a network of ground-based passive receivers that monitors scintillation. There are currently operational NEXION and ISTO sites throughout the world that are maintained/sustained, with more sites to be fielded in the future.

Original Sources Sought notice will be posted on the website below:

https://sam.gov

2. The Government is interested in the current availability of commercial companies that can adequately sustain, install, field, and test NEXION and ISTO sites. The following questions for industry response are listed below:

https://sam.gov/

1) Please provide an overview of how your company can provide engineering, sustaining, and installation support for IGS sites (NEXION and ISTO) for designing and installing each type of system.

2) Identify experience in sustaining, maintaining, performing cybersecurity, and fielding IGS sites and/or similar space weather systems that monitor the ionosphere, along with technical documentation (e.g., drawings) and accountability of government furnished equipment.

II. SMALL BUSINESS CONSIDERATION

1. The pertinent NAICS codes for this announcement are 541330.

2. Any business, regardless of size, in this area of expertise is encouraged to provide a response to this sources sought. Responses from small and small disadvantaged businesses are highly encouraged and the Government encourages teaming/partnering.

3. Interested parties desiring to do business with the Space Force shall be registered in the DoD Central Contractor Registry with a CAGE code; and interested parties shall comply with International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR) rules and regulations, as required.

III. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

1. Responses to this sources sought must be received no later than 30 days after this RFI is posted.

Submittals that contain classified, sensitive, or proprietary materials must be coordinated with either the primary or secondary points of contact.

2. Submit your response above or via Adobe PDF file or MS Office Word (2010 or newer) electronic format, 1" margins, Arial font of no smaller than 10-point font, single spaced, six pages maximum (cover page not included). Submit all information as UNCLASSIFIED. Include at a minimum: Company name, points of contact, mailing address, telephone numbers, DUNS number and CAGE Code. Submit all information by email as soft copy only, Attention: Chaz Wisuri, chaz.wisuri@spaceforce.mil, (719)-886- 0805.

NOTE: email submissions are limited to size and type. Please limit submission to 5 Megabytes in size and only non-executable attachments.

3. Response Due Date: 30 days

4. SSC SYD 810/ETS Advisory and Assistance Services (A&AS) support contractors are supporting the Government Program Office on this effort. As such, information submitted in response to this sources sought may be released to individuals who work for the following companies: Odyssey Systems Consulting Group and Tecolote. Please immediately notify the primary point of contact if your company does not consent to the release of proposal information to these company personnel.

5. Questions and Point of Contact: All communications associated with this RFI shall be submitted via email to the Point of Contact: Mr. Chaz Wisuri, chaz.wisuri@spaceforce.mil, (719)-886-0805.

Primary Point of Contact:

Chaz Wisuri, NH-03 Contracting Officer (SSC/PKL) United States Space Force (USSF) Space systems Command (SSC) Chaz.wisuri@spaceforce.mil (719)-886-0805 mailto:Chaz.wisuri@spaceforce.mil