JOFOC GOES-NOP Instruments_FE-Flattened_Redacted.pdf

This is a Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition (JOFOC) for a sole source contract award. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Acquisition and Grants Office, Satellite and Information Acquisition Division, proposes to award a five-year contract to L3Harris Technologies, Inc. for long-term engineering anomaly support of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-NOP series Imager and Sounder instruments. The contract will support GOES-NOP spacecraft operations under the NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) Office of Satellite Products and Operations.

The engineering support services include maintaining Imager and Sounder instrument operations through spacecraft decommissioning and reorbit activities, providing remediation recommendations for operational deficiencies, researching root causes of on-orbit anomalies, developing alterations to minimize instrument performance degradation, and conducting research and development as directed by NOAA. The performance period consists of a base period from September 21, 2026 to September 20, 2027, followed by four one-year option periods extending through September 20, 2031. The total estimated contract value, including the base and all options, is redacted. L3Harris is deemed the sole source based on proprietary ownership of instrument designs, exclusive access to classified technical information, specialized expertise in anomalous engineering support, and over twenty years of experience supporting the GOES-NOP program under the prior contract 1332KP20CNAA0086. The justification documents that market research confirmed no other vendors possess the required proprietary data and technical expertise to perform this specialized requirement.