Installation of a new Antenna Feed and Low Noise Amplifier

NASA's National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center is seeking to procure the installation of a new Antenna Feed and Low Noise Amplifier through a pre-solicitation notice posted on August 14, 2025. The procurement involves installing a cryo-cooled Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) at a ground station in Kiel, Germany to support the IMAP I-alert mission, with performance to be located at NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center. The contract requirements include installing a 31-X-X-1-1 Cryo Compact LNA Dual X receiver operating in the 7.25-8.5GHz band, designing and installing waterproof housing, building a new antenna feeder, installing a power supply unit, and providing general engineering support. NASA intends to evaluate responses solely to determine whether to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis versus sole source award. Interested organizations must submit their capabilities and qualifications in writing by 4:00 p.m. Central Standard Time on August 18, 2025, with oral communications not acceptable.

This procurement does not utilize any set-aside designations and NASA intends to issue a sole source contract to CALLISTO FRANCE, located at 12 Avenue De Borde Blanche, Villefranche-de-lauragais, Occitanie 31290, France, under FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) authority. The agency has determined that CALLISTO FRANCE is the sole provider of this specialized antenna feed and low noise amplifier installation service. The project is scheduled for completion between August 2025 and February 2025, with installation taking place at the IMAP-IAlert ground station in Kiel, Germany. The procurement falls under NAICS code 334220 for Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing and PSC code 6615 for Automatic Pilot Mechanisms And Airborne Gyro Components. The government intends to acquire these commercial items and services using provisions, clauses, and procedures prescribed in FAR Part 12 and FAR Part 13.