Disaster Satellite Contingency Operations
Past Recompete Updated
- Agency
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Federal Emergency Management Agency
Department of Homeland Security
- Solicitation expected
- Estimated value
- $5,000,000 to $10,000,000
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Forecast facts
- Anticipated award
- Through
- Acquisition strategy
- Follow-on to Existing Contract
- NAICS code
- 517410 Satellite Telecommunications
- Place of performance
- Multiple
- Forecast number
- F2023064279
- Points of contact
Forecast details come from DHS's Acquisition Planning Forecast System. Agencies' dates and values are estimates.
About this forecast
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is seeking Contingency Satellite Services using existing government-furnished satellite terminal equipment and two ground entry points located in Emmitsburg, MD and San Diego, CA. Key requirements include configuration, maintenance, and engineering support of the ground entry points, dedicated Ku bandwidth to support CONUS, Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands, and the ability to surge services within 24-48 hours to support emerging disaster response and recovery missions. The solicitation is expected to be released in April 2025 with an estimated award date of July 2025.
The estimated award value range is $5,000,000 to $10,000,000. Services will include access to a 24x7x365 TDMA managed network with technical support for 150+ government-furnished mobile satellite terminals, access to commercial internet, and optional public phone service. Optional dedicated backhaul to a Department of Homeland Security point of presence is also included.
Forecast text
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Disaster Emergency Communications Division requires Contingency Satellite Services using existing government-furnished satellite terminal equipment and two ground entry points (GEP). One GEP is located in Emmitsburg, MD, and the other GEP is located in San Diego, CA. Services will consist of the following: 1) Configuration, maintenance, management, troubleshooting, repair as needed, and engineering support of two government-furnished ground entry points, 2) Dedicated, non-preemptable (“private network”) Ku bandwidth to support the Continental United States (CONUS), Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, and the United States (US) Virgin Islands, 3) the ability to surge contingency satellite services capability to rapidly support emerging/expanding disaster Response and Recovery missions within 24-48 hours,4) access to a 24x7x365 Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) managed network with technical support for 150+ government-furnished mobile satellite terminals, access to commercial internet, and optional public phone service, and 5) Optional dedicated backhaul to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) point of presence (POP). This requirement will be solicited as a task order on the General Services Administration (GSA) Complex Commercial SATCOM Solutions (CS3) IDIQ Contract to small businesses.
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