Landsat 10 Spacecraft

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center seeks design, development, fabrication, integration, testing, and delivery of the Landsat 10 Observatory spacecraft, with proposals due August 31, 2026, at 1:00 PM EST. The procurement is a Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) set-aside, specifically for Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB) firms.

Place of performance is Greenbelt, Maryland. The spacecraft will operate in a 653-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit carrying the government-furnished Landsat Instrument Suite (LandIS), a 26-band whiskbroom imaging instrument. The contractor must deliver the observatory with a Launch Readiness Date no later than December 2031, plus 100 days of commissioning. The NAICS code is 336414 (Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing) with a small business size standard of 1,300 employees. The contract is structured as firm-fixed-price with time-and-materials elements for engineering support, employing performance-based milestone payments outlined in Attachment S. A fixed $1 million incentive applies for on-time spacecraft completion. The contract includes six optional one-month launch delay CLINs at firm-fixed prices. Government fiscal year funding is capped at GFY27 (20%), GFY28 (30%), GFY29 (15%), GFY30 (15%), GFY31 (10%), and GFY32 (10%) of total spacecraft base period cost. Anticipated award is December 30, 2026. The spacecraft bus must demonstrate at least three years of operational heritage, accommodate Earth-observation payloads of at least 200 kilograms, operate at altitudes between 500 and 2,000 kilometers, and support instrument orbital average power of at least 250 watts. Amendment 1 (July 28) extended the due date from August 13 to August 31 and added Exhibit 7 (Spacecraft Contractor Standards). Amendment 2 added electronic submission requirements via NASA's Enterprise File Sharing and Sync Box (EFSS Box), with proposals notified to pavithra.s.tumbapura@nasa.gov at least 48 hours before submission. Proposals must be submitted in Microsoft Office Excel format with working cell formulas for pricing. Technical questions are due 14 calendar days after RFP release. The solicitation incorporates extensive technical requirements documented in 26 attachments covering spacecraft and instrument interface specifications, environmental verification standards, simulator requirements, data requirements, quality assurance surveillance, and contractor standards addressing contamination control, electrical systems, mechanical design, software, and cybersecurity compliance including NIST SP 800-171 for unclassified IT resources.