LeoLabs Streaming Conjunction Service (SCS)
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- Solicitation number
- 1332KP24Q0004
- Agency
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Department of Commerce
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 518210 Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services
- PSC
- 7G22 It And Telecom - Network: Satellite And Rf Communications Products (Hw, Perpetual License Software)
- Place of performance
- Suitland, Maryland 20746, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration intends to award a sole source contract to LeoLabs, Inc. for satellite tracking data and conjunction services to protect its low Earth orbit assets from collisions with space debris. NOAA requires improved conjunction assessment in low Earth orbits and will acquire platform dashboard licenses from LeoLabs to access their Streaming Conjunction Service LeoSafe. The period of performance is 12 months beginning January 2024. Interested parties may submit written documentation by December 14th to dispute the sole source determination.
The procurement is set aside as a total small business opportunity. LeoLabs is identified as the only source capable of providing the required satellite tracking and conjunction services. The contract value is estimated at $7.5 million using Simplified Acquisition Procedures. NOAA seeks to acquire platform dashboard licenses for 12 months of conjunction assessment to monitor and avoid collisions among its low Earth orbiting satellites.
Notice text
This is a notice of intent to solicit and award a sole source contract to:
LeoLabs, Inc.
4005 Bohannon Dr
Menlo Park, CA 94025
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS), Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO) has a requirement for satellite-tracking data using phased array radars with conjunction services for low-earth orbit. As space debris continues to increase in OSPO’s satellite operating environment, the OSPO engineering team requires improved conjunction assessment services in low-earth orbits to protect its space assets against collisions with space debris. NOAA will be acquiring platform dashboard licenses from LeoLabs to access their Streaming Conjunction Service (SCS) LeoSafe. LeoLabs is the only commercial source capable of providing satellite-tracking data using phased array radars with conjunction services for low-earth orbit satellites.
The Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority at 41 U.S.C. 1901 - Simplified Acquisition Procedures, using SAP up to $7.5 million as authorized by FAR 13.500(a) – Special Documentation requirements and implemented by FAR 13.501(a). The firm-fixed price commercial services purchase order will have a period of performance of twelve (12) months and performance is anticipated to begin in January 2024.
This notice is not a request for competitive quotes or proposals. However, vendors that have questions regarding the sole source nature of the requirement or vendors that believe they can fully provide the required services may submit substantiating written documentation to the Contracting Officer and Contract Specialist listed below no later than 10:00 AM Eastern Time December 14, 2023. Please indicate in the subject line of your email: “LeoLabs Streaming Conjunction Service”.
Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether, and how, to proceed with the planned sole source acquisition for these requirements. A determination by the Government not to conduct a competitive procurement based on the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| LeoLabs Streaming Conjunction Service (SCS) | Solicitation | |
| LeoLabs Streaming Conjunction Service (SCS) | Pre-Solicitation |
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