Request for Information (RFI) for NOAA GEONETCast Tender - 127075649

Procurement Summary

Country: USA

Summary: Request for Information (RFI) for NOAA GEONETCast Americas (GNC-A) C-BAND Spectrum

Deadline: 10 Oct 2025

Posting Date: 26 Sep 2025

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Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 127075649

Document Ref. No.: RFI-GNC-A-2025

Competition: ICB

Financier: Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership: Public

Tender Value: Refer Document

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Description
Introduction
This is a Request for Information (RFI) and not a solicitation: Request for Quotations (RFQ) or Request for Proposals (RFP). The Satellite and Information Acquisition Division (SIAD) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)-s Acquisition and Grants Office (AGO) is conducting market research on the behalf of The Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS), Office of Space and Product Operations (OSPO) and is issuing this Request for Information (RFI) to gain further market research on current industry technical solutions in order to develop a technical roadmap, understand cost tradeoffs and risks associated with the loss of C-Band frequencies used by GEONETCast America (GNC-A) resulting from the auctioning of the C-Band spectrum under passed Law H.R. 1: One Big Beautiful Bill Act (see sect 40002).
From the law: “...completing a system of competitive bidding not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act for not less than 100 megahertz in the band between 3.98 gigahertz and 4.2 gigahertz from legislation.” Therefore, the auction shall be complete not later than July 4, 2027
GEONETCast Americas is a NOAA/NESDIS program that provides commercial, low-cost satellite broadcast public service, providing near real time distributed space based, air borne and in situ data, metadata and weather products to users in the Western Hemisphere. Without mitigation to the loss of C-Band frequencies in the United States used by GNC-A, disruption to the GNC-A Program objectives may result in data loss to users, existing hardware obsolescence, and potential impact on NOAA-s mission to protect life and property.
This RFI is issued solely for informational and planning purposes and does not constitute a RFQ/RFP, is not a commitment for a RFQ/RFP in the future, and it is not considered to be a comm...
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Notice ID : RFI-GNC-A-2025

Related Notice

Department/Ind. Agency : COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF

Sub-tier : NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION

Office: DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA

General Information

Contract Opportunity Type: Sources Sought (Original)

Original Published Date: Sep 25, 2025 01:28 pm EDT

Original Response Date: Oct 10, 2025 03:00 pm EDT

Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date

Original Inactive Date: Oct 25, 2025

Initiative: None
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NAICS Code: 517410 - Satellite Telecommunications
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