NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Earth Sciences Division: Cloud-Native Data Services for NASA’s Earth-System Modeling Portfolio
Open Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 80NSSC27946568Q
- Agency
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Shared Services Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 518210 Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services
- PSC
- AJ12 General Science And Technology R&D Services; General Science And Technology; Applied Research
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
NASA's Shared Services Center (NSSC) issued a Special Notice stating its intent to award a sole-source contract to Earthmover PBC for a one-year production cloud-native data services engagement, with capability statements due 12:00 p.m. Central Standard Time on November 18, 2026. The notice states that Earthmover PBC is the sole provider and cites FAR 12.102(a) commercial procedures under NAICS 518210 (PSC AJ12). No set-aside is used. NSSC is the procuring center, and performance is at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Earth Sciences Division.
The effort builds on the MERRA-21C cloud-native pilot that ran from April to June 2026. Per the attached SOW, the contractor provides firm fixed-price work to transition the pilot into a production service managing up to 3.5 petabytes of modeling datasets on a zero-copy architecture. Required objectives include ingesting MERRA-2, ECCO, and LIS datasets into a shared virtual catalog, bringing the full MERRA-21C collection under management once GMAO completes production processing, and integrating NASA Cloud Storage with Earthdata Login. The platform carries a 99.5% uptime SLA.
Responses are limited to written capability statements that reference the Notice ID and go to Claire Trudell. Oral communications are not acceptable, and quotes will not be evaluated. The Government retains sole discretion over whether to compete the effort based on responses. Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, applies.
Notice text
SPECIAL NOTICE:
VENDORS MUST REFERENCE THE NOTICE ID WHEN SUBMITTING A CAPABILITY STATEMENT.
NASA/NSSC has a requirement for A one-year production engagement between NASA and Earthmover. It builds on the MERRA-21C cloud-native pilot that ran from April to June 2026.
NASA/NSSC intends to issue a sole source contract to Earthmover PBC under the authority of FAR 12.102(a). It has been determined that Earthmover PBC is the sole provider of A one-year production engagement between NASA and Earthmover. It builds on the MERRA-21C cloud-native pilot that ran from April to June 2026.
NASA/NSSC will be the procuring center for this effort. Performance will be located at NASA/ Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC).
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 518210.
Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort in writing to the identified point of contact not later than 12:00 p.m. Central Standard Time on 11/18/2026. 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. We are currently only requesting Capability Statements.
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:
Claire Trudell
Claire.h.trudell@nasa.gov
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| SATPC0043047 Tab 04 SOW.pdf |
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