Procurement Summary
Country: USA
Summary: CIS Capability Studies IV: Lunar Trunkline Communication Architectures and Mars End-to-End Communication Service Architectures (NextSTEP-3: Appendix C)
Deadline: 06 Aug 2025
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Notice Type: Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 122251290
Document Ref. No.: NextSTEP-3_Omnibus-CIS-Appendix_C
Financier: Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership: Public
Tender Value: Refer Document
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Description
NASA GSFC releases this solicitation under the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships-3 (NextSTEP-3) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) to seek industry led capability studies.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration-s (NASA) long-term vision is a resilient space communication and navigation infrastructure that enables science, exploration, and economic development around Earth, Moon, and Mars. NASA is presently pursuing the creation of an interoperable architecture composed of a mixture of existing NASA assets and commercial networks and services. The long-term goal is to establish a commercial space marketplace that supports a multitude of reliable, robust, and cost-effective commercial service providers in which NASA is one of many customers. NASA intends to advance on this goal by collaborating with commercial industry on innovative solutions based on relevant NASA use cases involving cislunar and Mars communication needs.
The Commercialization, Innovation, and Synergies (CIS) Office-s fourth Capability Studies BAA is seeking industry insights in the following two (2) topic areas:
1. Lunar Trunkline Communication Architectures
2. Mars End-to-End Communication Service Architectures
Proposals must be submitted electronically in accordance with the instructions detailed in Enclosure A, Appendix C, Sections 11 through 13, no later than August 6, 2025, 5:00pm Eastern Time. Offerors may propose on one or both study areas identified in Appendix C. Proposals will be evaluated in accordance with Section 13 of Appendix C. NASA reserves the right to select one, multiple, or none of the proposals for award in response to this Appendix. Detailed study requirements and additional information on the overall acquisition strategy, including participant eligibility, is contained also in Appendix C.
Active Contract Opportunity
Notice ID : NextSTEP-3_Omnibus-CIS-Appendix_C
Related Notice : NextSTEP-3_Omnibus-CIS-Appendix_C
Department/Ind. Agency : NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Sub-tier : NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Office: NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
General Information
Contract Opportunity Type: Solicitation (Original)
Original Published Date: Jul 07, 2025 04:58 pm EDT
Original Date Offers Due: Aug 06, 2025 05:00 pm EDT
Inactive Policy: Manual
Original Inactive Date: Dec 31, 2025
Initiative: None
Classification
Original Set Aside:
Product Service Code: AR12 - SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; APPLIED RESEARCH
NAICS Code: 541715 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
Place of Performance: USA
Documents
Tender Notice
Enclosure-D-Corporate-Contributions.pdf
Enclosure-C-Pricing-Template.pdf
Enclosure-E-Standard-FAR-Patent-and-Data-Rights.pdf
SF33-CIS-BAA.pdf
Enclosure-A-CIS-BAA-IV-Lunar-Trunkline-Mars-End.pdf
Enclosure-B-Model-Contract.pdf