Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) Imager (GXI) Instrument Implementation

This is an amendment to the RFP. Please see amendment 1 attachments for details.

You are invited to submit a proposal in response to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center’s Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) Imager (GXI) Instrument Implementation solicitation. GXI will be manifested on the Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) East and West satellites as the primary instrument of the GeoXO mission.  GeoXO is the follow-on Program to the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R (GOES-R) Series, intended to continue and enhance the GOES-R Series observations for weather forecasting.  GXI is a multi-channel, visible through infrared, passive imaging radiometer used to measure environmental data. The contract scope includes the tasks and deliverables necessary to design, analyze, develop, fabricate, integrate, test, verify, evaluate, support launch, supply and maintain the instrument Ground Support Equipment (GSE), and support Mission Operations at the NOAA Satellite Operations Facility (NSOF).

NASA will conduct this acquisition as a full and open competition. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541330 and the small business size standard is $15M.

This competitive acquisition will result in a Cost-Plus-Award-Fee (CPAF) hardware contract, which includes 3 options for additional instruments, and 4 options for additional value to perform Engineering Studies, valued at $2M per option. 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 anticipated contract award and effective date is February 2023. The contract will be performed offsite at the Contractor’s facilities, and onsite at GSFC and Kennedy Space Center (KSC).

Potential offerors should pay close attention to all solicitation instructions; however, the following requirements list is summarized to assist in proposal development.  Please note that this list is not exhaustive, and the solicitation terms and conditions and provisions in sections L and M take precedence:

1. Be advised, in accordance with provision L.15, Offerors need to encourage their references to submit their Past Performance Questionnaires directly to the Contracting Officer prior to proposal due date.

2. Below is a list of the Source Selection Authority (SSA) and voting members along with their associated NASA GSFC organizational codes, for the Source Evaluation Board (SEB).  The names provided are for informational purposes only and other than the Contracting Officer, Tiffanie Ferrell, these individuals shall not be contacted regarding this acquisition.  The Government may change personnel associated with this acquisition at its discretion.

SSA

Anne L. Kinney, Code 100

Voting Members

Monica Todirita, Code 417

Chris Wheeler, Code 417

Cagatay Aymergen, Code 472

Daniel Lindsey, Code 410

Alexander Krimchansky, Code 590

3. Offerors are required to have a Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code that matches the corporate address submitted with its proposal.

Offerors are encouraged to refer to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provision 52.215-1, INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS–COMPETITIVE ACQUISITION, in particular paragraph (f)(4) which discusses the Government’s right to award a contract without discussions.

In order to control and protect sensitive data owned by the Government and its Contractors, NASA policy required all acquisition-related documents be released in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF).  While the RFP’s Cost Volume exhibits are in PDF format, the Offeror’s Cost Volume proposal shall include completed Cost Volume exhibits in Microsoft Office Excel format with working cell formulas.  Instructions for converting from PDF format to Excel format can be found in the Cost Volume Instructions.

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 Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/pub_library/Omb.html.

This RFP does not commit NASA GSFC to pay any proposal preparation costs, nor does it obligate NASA GSFC to procure or contract for these services.  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.

Proposals submitted in response to this solicitation shall be due no later than September 26, 2022 at 5:00PM EDT.  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 accordance with NFS 1815.201(f), a “Blackout Notice” has been issued to NASA personnel.  All inquiries/communications pertaining to this acquisition shall be directed only to the Contracting Officer listed below.

All questions regarding this RFP should be submitted in writing, electronically to, Contracting Officer, at Tiffanie.c.ferrell@nasa.gov on or before August 30, 2022.  Offerors are encouraged to submit questions as soon as possible for consideration. 

Thank you for your support.  We look forward to receiving your proposals.

You are invited to submit a proposal in response to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center’s Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) Imager (GXI) Instrument Implementation solicitation. GXI will be manifested on the Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) East and West satellites as the primary instrument of the GeoXO mission.  GeoXO is the follow-on Program to the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R (GOES-R) Series, intended to continue and enhance the GOES-R Series observations for weather forecasting.  GXI is a multi-channel, visible through infrared, passive imaging radiometer used to measure environmental data. The contract scope includes the tasks and deliverables necessary to design, analyze, develop, fabricate, integrate, test, verify, evaluate, support launch, supply and maintain the instrument Ground Support Equipment (GSE), and support Mission Operations at the NOAA Satellite Operations Facility (NSOF).

NASA will conduct this acquisition as a full and open competition. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541330 and the small business size standard is $15M.

This competitive acquisition will result in a Cost-Plus-Award-Fee (CPAF) hardware contract, which includes 3 options for additional instruments, and 4 options for additional value to perform Engineering Studies, valued at $2M per option. 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 anticipated contract award and effective date is February 2023. The contract will be performed offsite at the Contractor’s facilities, and onsite at GSFC and Kennedy Space Center (KSC).

Potential offerors should pay close attention to all solicitation instructions; however, the following requirements list is summarized to assist in proposal development.  Please note that this list is not exhaustive, and the solicitation terms and conditions and provisions in sections L and M take precedence:

1. Be advised, in accordance with provision L.15, Offerors need to encourage their references to submit their Past Performance Questionnaires directly to the Contracting Officer prior to proposal due date.

2. Below is a list of the Source Selection Authority (SSA) and voting members along with their associated NASA GSFC organizational codes, for the Source Evaluation Board (SEB).  The names provided are for informational purposes only and other than the Contracting Officer, Tiffanie Ferrell, these individuals shall not be contacted regarding this acquisition.  The Government may change personnel associated with this acquisition at its discretion.

SSA

Anne L. Kinney, Code 100

Voting Members

Monica Todirita, Code 417

Chris Wheeler, Code 417

Cagatay Aymergen, Code 472

Daniel Lindsey, Code 410

Alexander Krimchansky, Code 590

3. Offerors are required to have a Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code that matches the corporate address submitted with its proposal.

Offerors are encouraged to refer to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provision 52.215-1, INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS–COMPETITIVE ACQUISITION, in particular paragraph (f)(4) which discusses the Government’s right to award a contract without discussions.

In order to control and protect sensitive data owned by the Government and its Contractors, NASA policy required all acquisition-related documents be released in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF).  While the RFP’s Cost Volume exhibits are in PDF format, the Offeror’s Cost Volume proposal shall include completed Cost Volume exhibits in Microsoft Office Excel format with working cell formulas.  Instructions for converting from PDF format to Excel format can be found in the Cost Volume Instructions.

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 Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/pub_library/Omb.html.

This RFP does not commit NASA GSFC to pay any proposal preparation costs, nor does it obligate NASA GSFC to procure or contract for these services.  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.

Proposals submitted in response to this solicitation shall be due no later than September 26, 2022 at 5:00PM EDT.  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 accordance with NFS 1815.201(f), a “Blackout Notice” has been issued to NASA personnel.  All inquiries/communications pertaining to this acquisition shall be directed only to the Contracting Officer listed below.

All questions regarding this RFP should be submitted in writing, electronically to, Contracting Officer, at Tiffanie.c.ferrell@nasa.gov on or before August 30, 2022.  Offerors are encouraged to submit questions as soon as possible for consideration. 

Thank you for your support.  We look forward to receiving your proposals.

The purpose of this update is to post responses to questions received in response to the GXI Instrument Implementation Draft RFP.

You are invited to review and comment on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center’s Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) Imager (GXI) Instrument Implementation solicitation.  GXI will be manifested on the GeoXO East and West satellites as the primary instrument of the GeoXO mission.  GeoXO is the follow-on Program to the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R (GOES-R) Series, intended to continue and enhance the GOES-R Series observations for weather forecasting.  GXI is a multi-channel, visible through infrared, passive imaging radiometer used to measure environmental data. The contract scope includes the tasks and deliverables necessary to design, analyze, develop, fabricate, integrate, test, verify, evaluate, support launch, supply and maintain the instrument Ground Support Equipment (GSE), and support Mission Operations at the NOAA Satellite Operations Facility (NSOF). The Statement of Work, Attachment A, describes the scope of the requirement.

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 procurement will result in a Cost-Plus-Award-Fee (CPAF) hardware contract, which includes 3 options for additional instruments. 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 541330 and the small business size standard is $15M.

The current planned release date for the Final Request for Proposal (RFP) is on or about August 2022 with proposals being due 30 calendar days after RFP release.

The anticipated contract award and effective date is February 2023. The contract will be performed offsite at the Contractor’s facilities, and onsite at GSFC and Kennedy Space Center (KSC).

The following additional information is provided to assist in understanding this acquisition:

1. 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 https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/Procurement-Ombuds-Comp-Advocate-Listing.pdf.

This DRFP is not a solicitation and NASA GSFC is not requesting proposals.  This DRFP does not commit GSFCto pay any proposal preparation costs, nor does it obligate GSFCto 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 Tiffanie Ferrell, Contracting Officer, at Tiffanie.c.ferrell@nasa.gov, within 14 days calendar days after the release of this DRFP. 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 Request for Proposal (RFP).  To the extent a comment leads the Government to revise the acquisition approach or requirements, the change will be reflected in the RFP.

You are invited to review and comment on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center’s Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) Imager (GXI) Instrument Implementation solicitation.  GXI will be manifested on the GeoXO East and West satellites as the primary instrument of the GeoXO mission.  GeoXO is the follow-on Program to the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R (GOES-R) Series, intended to continue and enhance the GOES-R Series observations for weather forecasting.  GXI is a multi-channel, visible through infrared, passive imaging radiometer used to measure environmental data. The contract scope includes the tasks and deliverables necessary to design, analyze, develop, fabricate, integrate, test, verify, evaluate, support launch, supply and maintain the instrument Ground Support Equipment (GSE), and support Mission Operations at the NOAA Satellite Operations Facility (NSOF). The Statement of Work, Attachment A, describes the scope of the requirement.

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 procurement will result in a Cost-Plus-Award-Fee (CPAF) hardware contract, which includes 3 options for additional instruments. 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 541330 and the small business size standard is $15M.

The current planned release date for the Final Request for Proposal (RFP) is on or about August 2022 with proposals being due 30 calendar days after RFP release.

The anticipated contract award and effective date is February 2023. The contract will be performed offsite at the Contractor’s facilities, and onsite at GSFC and Kennedy Space Center (KSC).

The following additional information is provided to assist in understanding this acquisition:

1. 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 https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/Procurement-Ombuds-Comp-Advocate-Listing.pdf.

This DRFP is not a solicitation and NASA GSFC is not requesting proposals.  This DRFP does not commit GSFCto pay any proposal preparation costs, nor does it obligate GSFCto 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 Tiffanie Ferrell, Contracting Officer, at Tiffanie.c.ferrell@nasa.gov, within 14 days calendar days after the release of this DRFP. 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 Request for Proposal (RFP).  To the extent a comment leads the Government to revise the acquisition approach or requirements, the change will be reflected in the RFP.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) Program. This new procurement is for the implementation phase of the GeoXO Imager (GXI) instrument.

The GXI is a multi-channel, visible through infrared, passive imaging radiometer used to measure environmental data. The contract scope includes the tasks and deliverables necessary to design, analyze, develop, fabricate, integrate, test, verify, evaluate, support launch, supply and maintain the instrument Ground Support Equipment (GSE), and support Mission Operations at the NOAA Satellite Operations Facility (NSOF).

This procurement will be conducted as a full and open competition. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code and Size Standard are 541330 and $15M, respectively.

It is anticipated that this competitive procurement will result in a Cost-Plus-Award-Fee (CPAF) hardware contract, which includes 3 options for additional instruments.  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 anticipated contract award date is February 2023.

The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12

This synopsis shall serve as the pre-solicitation notice for the Draft RFP as well as the Final RFP.

The anticipated release of the Draft RFP is on or about June 2022; and the anticipated release of the Final RFP is July 2022. Once the Draft RFP is issued, industry will be requested to submit questions in writing by the date specified in the Draft RFP. The Government will not accept proposals in response to the Draft RFP. When the Final RFP is issued, all responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency.

The Government anticipates issuing a modification to this synopsis when the Draft RFP and RFP becomes available.

NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/pub_library/Omb.html.

If a solicitation is released, then it and any additional documents will be available on www.Sam.gov. 

Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor this website for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any). 

All contractual and technical questions must be submitted electronically via email to tiffanie.c.ferrell@nasa.gov no later than 15 days from posting date. Telephone questions will not be accepted.