LandIS Community Forum Notice.docx

Landsat Next Instrument Suite (LandIS) Community Forum Notice

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) plans to conduct a Community Forum for the Landsat Next Instrument Suite. The Community Forum event will be held virtually via Microsoft Teams on Monday, April 11, 2022, 1PM-2:30PM Eastern Time (ET). Under an inter-agency agreement between NASA and USGS, Landsat Next will be the follow-on mission to Landsat 8 and 9, and will continue implementation of a robust spaceborne, land imaging system to ensure that necessary data are collected, processed into useful and efficient information products, and are archived and broadly distributed for use by the wide range of interested communities. The Landsat Next Instrument Suite will provide for the instrument(s) to support the Landsat Next mission concept and will provide the complete spectral coverage of the required Landsat Next Visible to Short Wave Infrared (VSWIR) and Thermal Infrared (TIR) spectral bands.

A Sources Sought Synopsis for the Landsat Next Instrument Suite (LandIS) was posted on November 3, 2021.

COMMUNITY FORUM DESCRIPTION:

The LandIS Community Forum is open to firms that are interested in pursuing contracting opportunities on the LandIS procurement, whether they have performed work at NASA or not. All interested parties are encouraged to participate in the Community Forum. Attendance is neither required nor a prerequisite for proposal submission and will not be considered a factor during the evaluation process of any subsequent request for proposal.

No recordings of any kind are permitted of the Community Forum presentation.

COMMUNITY FORUM GOALS

1. Provide industry with a brief overview of the Government’s current vision and objectives for the Landsat Next Mission Architecture

2. Provide a synopsis of the current understanding of the LandIS scope of work.

3. Promote competition and solicit feedback.

4. Provide industry with the opportunity to communicate with the Government early in the procurement process.

NASA encourages interested parties to submit questions and comments in writing to the point of contract listed below. Please submit any questions your company would like to have addressed during the Community Forum meeting by April 1, 2022 5:00PM ET. Questions received during the Community Forum will also be addressed during the meeting. The Government will officially respond to all written questions received before and during Community Forum by posting responses to the SAM.gov announcement.

ONE-ON-ONE SESSIONS

One-On-One Sessions are not planned for this Forum.

ATTENDANCE LIMITATIONS

Attendance at the Community Forum event is strictly limited to five (5) persons per company.

SIGN-UP REQUIREMENTS

An RSVP to the Community Forum is required for participation. To RSVP, please email Wen-Ting Hsieh, at wen-ting.hsieh-1@nasa.gov. Your RSVP email must include the following:

1. Subject line: LandIS Community Forum RSVP

2. Company's name and address

3. The company's attendees’ names (limited to five), titles, telephone numbers, and email addresses.

4. If you do not have access to Microsoft Teams, and would like to participate via teleconference, please include a request for a teleconference number in your email.

5. NASA intends to post all attendees on the interested parties list. If you do not wish to be included on the list, you must indicate that your company does not want to be included.

Email RSVPs for the Community Forum must be received no later than April 1, 2022 5:00PM ET. A confirmation email will be sent to acknowledge your reservation and to provide Teams Internet connection information.

No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation or submit a proposal. If a future solicitation is released, it will be synopsized in the SAM.gov website. It is the potential offeror's responsibility to monitor these sites for the release of any solicitation or synopsis.