Enhanced Polar System Control and Planning Segment and Payload Sustainment
Awarded Limited / Sole Source Justification Posted
- Solicitation number
- 24-01
- Agency
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Space and Missile Systems Center
Air Force Space Command, Department of Defense
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- Contract number
- FA8823-25-R-B001
- NAICS code
- 541330 Engineering Services
- Place of performance
- Colorado Springs, Colorado 80916, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of the Air Force Space Command Space and Missile Systems Center issued a Justification and Approval (J&A) for Other Than Full and Open Competition to award a sole-source contract to Northrop Grumman for the sustainment of the Enhanced Polar System (EPS) Command and Planning Segment (CAPS) and Payload Sustainment (ECPS). Northrop Grumman is the Original Equipment Manufacturer for the legacy EPS payload and CAPS, as well as the modifications, and possesses the unique technical data rights, infrastructure, and expertise required to perform this work. The contract will have a 1-year base period, four 1-year options, and a 6-month extension, with a total estimated value of $90.84 million. The J&A states that award to any other source would result in substantial duplication of cost ($1.014B-$1.022B) and unacceptable delays of 7.5 years.
Notice text
The ECPS Program Office, SSC/CGM, Peterson SFB, Colorado received sole source justification to sustain the Enhanced Polar System (EPS) Control and Planning Segment (CAPS) and Payload Sustainment (ECPS), which enables planning, telemetry, and control of secure Extremely High Frequency (EHF) eXtended Data Rate (XDR) communications in the North Polar Region.
The approved J&A is for the follow-on contract to the current EPS CAPS Sustainment (ECS) contract, FA8823-20-C-0005, that concludes on 22 February 2025. The Government intends to award a contract for five years (one year base period with four one-year options). If all options are exercised, the period of performance would be from 23 February 2025 through 22 Feb 2030.
EPS payloads are currently hosted on a classified space segment which includes a ground element for space vehicle command and control. The EPS ground segments include a Northern Tier SATCOM Gateway located at Clear SFS, AK that provides DoDIN connectivity via the Camp Roberts Teleport, a payload control and mission planning element located at Schriever SFB, CO, and an out-of-band telemetry and command capability through a controlled interface. Security clearance required, at a minimum, is SECRET and will require access to COMSEC to include the prime to have a COMSEC account.
Awarded contract FA8823-25-R-B001 to unknown vendor for unknown amount on 2025-02-23.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| ECPS JA.pdf |
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