Ring Moon System Discipline Node Support Services

Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted

Solicitation number
80GSFC27PDSRMS-1
Agency
Responses due
Set-aside
No set-aside

Opportunity facts

Place of performance
Mountain View, California, United States

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center intends to issue a sole-source contract to SETI Institute for Ring-Moon Systems Discipline Node Support Services, with a capabilities submission deadline of July 16, 2026 at 11:00 AM ET.

The Ring-Moon Systems Discipline Node at SETI Institute will continue ingesting, validating, and curating planetary data while providing discovery and access tools for the scientific community. The contract encompasses planetary mission support, data archival and preservation, data discovery and distribution, data usage services, maintenance of standards and documentation, and provision of services enabling discovery and access to NASA planetary mission data for analysis.

This is not a FAR Part 12 commercial products or services procurement. Interested organizations may submit capabilities and qualifications electronically to Denise Sydnor (denise.y.sydnor@nasa.gov) and Candis Edwards (candis.edwards@nasa.gov) by the July 16 deadline. Submissions will be evaluated solely to determine whether the Government should conduct this acquisition on a competitive basis; the Government retains sole discretion on the competitive determination. NASA Clause 1852.215-84 (Ombudsman) applies; the Center Ombudsman is listed at https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/Procurement-Ombuds-Comp-Advocate-Listing.pdf.

The work falls under NAICS 541715 (Research and Development in Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences) and PSC AJ11 (General Science and Technology R&D Services).

Notice text

NASA/GSFC has a requirement for Ring-Moon Systems Discipline Node Support Services.

NASA/GSFC intends to issue a sole source contract to acquire Ring-Moon Systems Discipline Node Support Services from SETI Institute.

The Ring-Moon Systems (RMS) Discipline Node at the SETI Institute is tasked with continuing its core mission of ingesting, validating, and curating planetary data while providing essential discovery and access tools for the scientific community. The objective of this contract effort is to continue the work of Planet Data System discipline node in the provision of essential planetary mission support, data archival, preservation, discovery, distribution, and data usage services, as well as maintenance of standards and documentation, and provision of the services that enable discovering and accessing NASA planetary mission data for analysis.

The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial product or commercial service using FAR Part 12.    

Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort electronically via email to Denise Sydnor at denise.y.sydnor@nasa.gov and Candis.Edwards@nasa.gov not later than 11:00 AM on July 16, 2026. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct this acquisition on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this acquisition on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the overnment.

NASA 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

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