HP40 - SLICwave Level 2 PPAL Maintenance

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center has issued a Special Notice for HP40 - SLICwave Level 2 PPAL Maintenance, posted on September 17, 2025. This notice pertains to a sole source procurement for maintenance renewal of the ESA SLICwave database, which is a Gateway Maintenance and Sparing system that NASA purchased in fiscal year 2023. The procurement is intended to be awarded to Integrated Support Systems Inc. in Seneca, South Carolina, under FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) authority as the sole provider of this specific license. The maintenance services will be performed at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, with additional performance at NASA Johnson Space Center. The procurement falls under NAICS Code 513210 (Software Publishers) and involves IT and telecommunications business application software as a service.

The primary purpose of this Special Notice is to announce NASA's intent to issue a sole source contract for maintaining the existing ESA SLICwave database and ensuring its continued operational readiness for NASA and ESA operations. The maintenance contract structure includes a base period from October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026, followed by four one-year option periods covering fiscal years 2027-2030. Interested organizations have until 1:00 p.m. Central Standard Time on September 22, 2025, to submit written capability statements and qualifications to the primary point of contact, Cara Craft at Cara.s.craft@nasa.gov. The government will evaluate these submissions solely to determine whether to conduct the procurement on a competitive basis, though oral communications are not acceptable. While this is currently structured as a sole source procurement, the notice serves as an opportunity for other qualified contractors to demonstrate their capabilities and potentially influence NASA's decision to make the procurement competitive.