INMARSAT Airborne Equipment Set
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 80NSSC27943779Q
- Agency
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Shared Services Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 334511 Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
- PSC
- 7E20 IT and Telecom - End User: Help Desk;Tier 1-2,Workspace,Print,Output,Productivity Tools (HW/Perp SW)
- Place of performance
- Edwards, California 93523, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
NASA's Shared Services Center issued a sole-source justification notice on September 28, 2026, announcing its intent to procure an INMARSAT Airborne Equipment Set from THALES AEROSPACE COMMUNICATIONS FULLERTON INC. under FAR 12.102(a), with a response deadline of October 1, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. Central Standard Time.
The procurement covers satellite communications equipment to support Global Hawk operations at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center, including one SDU-7330 4-channel satellite modem assembly and four DAU-7075 DLNA diplexer/low-noise amplifier units. The SDU-7330 provides four channels of Swift Broadband at data speeds up to 432 kbps with integrated beam steering, GPS engine, 4-port router, and support for multiple service classes. The DAU-7075 units are optimized for Inmarsat L-band connectivity with transmit frequencies of 1626.5–1660.5 MHz and receive frequencies of 1525.0–1559.0 MHz, providing low-noise amplification and filtering for avionics environments per DO-160 standards. Delivery is required by December 31, 2026, to NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center, Building 4876 Warehouse #6, Edwards, California.
Interested organizations may submit written capabilities and qualifications to Tracy Bremer, Procurement Specialist, at tracy.g.bremer@nasa.gov. The Government will evaluate responses solely to determine whether to conduct the procurement competitively; quotes will not be evaluated. NAICS 334511 applies; FAR Part 12 commercial item procedures govern the acquisition.
Notice text
NASA/NSSC has a requirement for INMARSAT Airborne Equipment Set.
NASA/NSSC intends to issue a sole source contract to THALES AEROSPACE COMMUNICATIONS
FULLERTON INC., 1075 W Lambert RD STE A, Brea, California 92821-2944 under the authority of FAR
12.102(a). It has been determined that THALES AEROSPACE COMMUNICATIONS FULLERTON INC. is
the sole provider of INMARSAT Airborne Equipment Set
NASA/NSSC will be the procuring center for this effort. Performance will be located at NASA/ Armstrong
Flight Research Center (AFRC).
The Government intends to acquire Commercial items or services using the provisions, clauses and procedures
prescribed in FAR Part 12 for Commercial
The NAICS Code for this procurement is 334511.
Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort in writing to the
identified point of contact not later than 4:00 p.m. Central Standard Time on 10/1/2026. Such
capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this
procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on
a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the
government.
Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice.
NOTE: Quotes received in response to this notice will NOT be considered and will not be evaluated by
NASA’s Technical End User Team.
NASA FAR Supplement Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this
acquisition can be found at https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/Procurement-Ombuds-Comp-
Advocate-Listing.pdf .
Primary Point of Contact:
Tracy Bremer
Procurement Specialist
tracy.g.bremer@nasa.gov
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| SOW.pdf |
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