Procurement Summary
Country : USA
Summary : NASA Search and Rescue System Support Contract
Deadline : 05 Jun 2025
Other Information
Notice Type : Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 119562840
Document Ref. No. : 80GSFC25R7024
Financier : Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership : Public
Tender Value : Refer Document
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Description
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Code 176.1, Office for Program Support, intends to negotiate solely with Techno-Sciences, Inc. (TSi), located in Lanham, MD for services and products related to the research, development, procurement, integration, delivery, testing, operations, maintenance, sustainment, upgrade, and replacement of search and rescue (SAR) systems, hardware, software, and technologies for NASA Local User Terminal (LUT) (Medium Earth Orbit (MEO), Low Earth Orbit/Medium Earth Orbit (LEO/MEO), and Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) and SAR Mission Control Center (MCC)) operations. This action is in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1), as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1, “Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements”.
NASA GSFC requires improvements to beacon location processing, implementation of two-way communications with beacons, improvements to satellite scheduling and coordination, improvements in system reliability, availability and resiliency, improvements in beacon data analysis, distribution, and interface control; automated ground system performance monitoring, automated satellite performance monitoring; customization of LEO/MEO/GEO LUT and MCC functions and interfaces to meet the requirements of NASA and Human Space Flight (HSF) support.
It is critical the contractor delivering the hardware and software support required has a full understanding of existing SAR systems, hardware, software, and technologies for NASA LEO/MEO/GEO LUT and SAR MCC operations. This includes the integrated TSi-proprietary software used for beacon geo-locating/reporting representative of operational Search and Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking (SARSAT) Medium Earth Orbit Local User Terminals (MEOLUTs) and Geostationary Orbit Local User Terminals (GEOLUTs). This proprietary software package is required for elements of ...
Active Contract Opportunity
Notice ID : 80GSFC25R7024
Related Notice
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: Sources Sought (Original)
Original Published Date: May 21, 2025 11:16 am EDT
Original Response Date: Jun 05, 2025 04:00 pm EDT
Inactive Policy: Manual
Original Inactive Date: Oct 31, 2025
Initiative: None
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NAICS Code: 334511 - Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
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