Landsat Next (LNext) Spacecraft (SC) Procurement Market Research

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. NO PROPOSALS ARE TO BE SUBMITTED IN RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE.

This notice is issued by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) to solicit responses from interested parties. This document is for information and planning purposes and to allow industry the opportunity to verify reasonableness and feasibility of the requirement, as well as promote competition.

This notice is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited.

The Landsat Next project has made significant progress in updating the governing spacecraft procurement documents based on the inputs received during the Industry Week event in March of 2025. Specifically, the spacecraft Statement of Work (SOW), Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) / Date Items Deliverable (DID), Mission Assurance Requirements (MAR), and the Spacecraft Environmental Requirements Document (SCERD) have all seen notable updates. The updated draft documents are now available through this modified announcement. 

As a follow on to the Industry Week event, spacecraft vendors are welcome to provide additional inputs, comments, and questions regarding these updated documents, to the CO (Tumbapura, Pavi - pavithra.s.tumbapura@nasa.gov) and the COR (Bacon, Charles E. - charles.e.bacon@nasa.gov). 

Important Information: 

• These are DRAFT documents and are subject to change as the Landsat Next project continues to mature its documentation.

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. NO PROPOSALS ARE TO BE SUBMITTED IN RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE.

This notice is issued by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) to solicit responses from interested parties. This document is for information and planning purposes and to allow industry the opportunity to verify reasonableness and feasibility of the requirement, as well as promote competition.

This notice is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited.

The Landsat Next project has made significant progress in updating the governing spacecraft procurement documents based on the inputs received during the Industry Week event in March of 2025. Specifically, the spacecraft Statement of Work (SOW), Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) / Date Items Deliverable (DID), Mission Assurance Requirements (MAR), and the Spacecraft Environmental Requirements Document (SCERD) have all seen notable updates. The updated draft documents are now available through this modified announcement. 

As a follow on to the Industry Week event, spacecraft vendors are welcome to provide additional inputs, comments, and questions regarding these updated documents, to the CO (Tumbapura, Pavi - pavithra.s.tumbapura@nasa.gov) and the COR (Bacon, Charles E. - charles.e.bacon@nasa.gov). 

Important Information: 

• These are DRAFT documents and are subject to change as the Landsat Next project continues to mature its documentation.
• These documents currently reflect a triplet observatory mission architecture. The Landsat Next project is currently assessing alternative mission architectures to support more affordable ways to maintain the continuity of Landsat imagery per the language in the FY26 President’s Budget Request (PBR). Additional changes to these documents are expected once a new mission architecture is announced.

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is hereby soliciting information from potential sources for the development of the Landsat Next (LNext) Spacecraft (SC) triplet constellation of observatories for the LNext Mission; a disaggregated triplet constellation, equally distributed in orbit, that will provide 6-to-9-day revisits at a sun-synchronous altitude of 653 km.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) GSFC is seeking capability statements from all interested parties, including all socioeconomic categories of Small Businesses and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)/Minority Institutions (MI), and members of the underserved communities as defined by Executive Order 13985, Advancing Racial Equity And Support For Underserved Communities Through The Federal Government, for the purposes of determining the appropriate level of competition and/or small business subcontracting goals for LNext SC Procurement. The Government reserves the right to consider a Small, 8(a), Women-owned (WOSB), Service Disabled Veteran (SD-VOSB), Economically Disadvantaged Women-owned Small Business (EDWOSB) or HUBZone business set-aside based on responses received.

The LNext Mission Synopsis documented in Attachment A provides a summary of the mission requirements, mission architecture, and mission operations concept. This document was used in the solicitation for the ongoing Landsat Next SC studies through the Rapid Spacecraft Development Office (RSDO). This market research RFI is to solicit vendors having the capabilites necessary to meet or exceed the stated requirements for the SC, Observatories, and mission documented in Attachment A through a potential Full and Open Competition cost-type contract.

No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on SAM.gov.  Interested firms are responsible for monitoring this website for the release of any solicitation or synopsis.

Vendors having the capabilities necessary to meet or exceed the stated requirements for the LNext spacecraft are invited to submit appropriate documentation, literature, brochures, and references.

Additionally, in support of the Executive Order (EO) 13985, Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government, NASA is seeking to advance equity or remove barriers for members of underserved communities related to this requirement. As defined in the EO, Underserved Communities refers to populations sharing a particular characteristic, as well as geographic communities, that have been systematically denied a full opportunity to participate in aspects of economic, social, and civic life, as exemplified by the list in the preceding definition of "equity." Equity means the consistent and systematic fair, just, and impartial treatment of all individuals, including individuals who belong to underserved communities that have been denied such treatment, such as Black, Latino, and Indigenous and Native American persons, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and other persons of color; members of religious minorities; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) persons; persons with disabilities; persons who live in rural areas; and persons otherwise adversely affected by persistent poverty or inequality.

NASA seeks input in the following areas:

1. To support the requirements identified in this request for information (RFI)/sources sought notification, what barriers or opportunities exist to engage subject matter experts from industry and academia and how can those barriers be overcome? How can underserved communities be leveraged?

2. To support the requirements identified in this RFI, what barriers or opportunities exist to partner with subcontractors that employ members of underserved communities, as defined above?

3. What other recommendations would you make to enhance diversity and inclusion?

4. What should be considered to encourage full participation and contribution of organizations and individuals (e.g., outreach efforts and innovative partnerships) in performance of this requirement?

All responses shall be submitted electronically via email to Andres Castro at andres.c.castro@nasa.gov no later than 3 PM ET on Friday, November 3, 2023.  Please reference Landsat Next Spacecraft Procurement Market Research in any response. 

This synopsis is for information and planning purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited.  Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation.  Respondents deemed fully qualified will be considered in any resultant solicitation for the requirement.