Web-Based Space Situational Awareness subscription
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- NE-EB1000-21-00658
- Agency
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Department of Commerce
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 541519 Other Computer Related Services
- Place of performance
- Suitland MD 20746, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
This Special Notice announces the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's intent to negotiate a contract with SpaceNav, LLC for a web-based space situational awareness subscription. The subscription is needed to support the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service Office of Satellite and Product Operations in conducting conjunction analysis and reducing the risk of collisions between NOAA assets and other spacecraft or orbital debris.
The subscription sought in this procurement will enhance the Office of Satellite and Product Operations' ability to analyze low earth orbiting spacecraft events through graphical visualization tools, determine risk more accurately using realistic covariance, and design collision avoidance maneuvers. Interested contractors must provide a web-based space situational awareness solution and be able to perform under the contract between July 1, 2021 and June 30, 2022. As no set-aside is specified, the opportunity is open to all qualified contractors able to meet the requirement. The contracting office will negotiate directly with SpaceNav, LLC to award a contract for this specialized subscription service critical to protecting NOAA's meteorological satellite infrastructure.
Notice text
1) Title. Web-Based Space Situational Awareness subscription.
2) Contract Action. The NOAA Acquisition and Grants Office (AGO) Satellite and Information Acquisition Division (SIAD) located in Silver Spring, MD, proposes to negotiate a contract on the basis of other than full and open competition in support of the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS), Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO). NOAA intends to negotiate a contract with SpaceNav, LLC.
3) Description. NOAA OSPO requires a subscription to Web-Based Space Situational Awareness (WSSA). WSSA is required to reduce the risk of NOAA assets colliding with other spacecraft or orbital debris. Space situational awareness is accomplished by accurately determining and predicting the locations of all of the NOAA assets in space and working with other institutions and agencies to compare these predictions with the locations of other nearby objects. When a close approach is identified and confirmed, appropriate action must be taken by one of the two objects in conflict in order to prevent a collision. Satellite or payload failure due to a collision would have profound impact on domestic and international commerce, possibly threatening lives and property from gaps in critical meteorological data and products.
The WSSA subscription sought in this procurement enhances NOAA OSPO’s ability to conduct conjunction analysis in several ways: (1) Suitability for analysis of Low-Earth Orbiting (LEO) spacecraft events; (2) Numerous graphical tools for analysis visualization; (3) Realistic covariance determination allows for greater resolution of risk assessment by providing probabilities of events based on positional uncertainties; (4) Recommendations for design of collision-avoidance maneuvers. Given the growing numbers of geostationary, low-earth orbiting satellites and space debris, the enhanced capabilities realized by subscription to WSSA is necessary to protect critical meteorological infrastructure.
4) Place of Contract Performance
NOAA National Satellite Operations Facility (NSOF)
4231 Suitland Road
Suitland, MD 20746
5) Delivery Schedule
07/01/2021 – 06/30/2022
6) Contract Number
TBD
7) Contractor
SpaceNav, LLC
2727 Bryant Street, Suite 540
Denver, CO 80211
8) Contracting Office Address
Satellite and Information Acquisition Division
U.S. Department of Commerce/NOAA
1325 East-West Highway SOU6, 11th Floor
Silver Spring Metro Center Building 2 (SSMC2)
Silver Spring, MD 20910
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