Near Space Network Services - Final RFP

Amendment 00007: The purpose of this amendment is to remove all Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) requirements from the solicitation pursuant to Executive Order titled, "Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions", dated January 20, 2025. (

NOTE: THIS AMENDMENT DOES NOT RE-OPEN THE SOLICITATION FOR NSN SERVICES ON-RAMPING NOR DOES IT REQUEST PROPOSALS OR ANY RESPONSES.

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Amendment 00004, 00005 & 00006: Issued to request proposal revisions Q&As Batch 6: Batch 6 of the Questions and Answers have been posted.

Amendment 00003:

Amendment 00003 has been posted. The purposes of this amendment are to extend the proposal due date, and to replace Request for Proposal (RFP) Clause H.10 "SUBCATEGORY 2.2 CAPABILITY VALIDATION TASK ORDERS - ORDERING PROCESS AND FIRM FIXED PRICES" with a new Clause H.10 “CAPABILITY VALIDATION TASK ORDERS - ORDERING PROCESS AND FIRM FIXED PRICES." Q&As Batch 5: Batch 5 of the Questions and Answers have been posted.

Amendment 00002:

Amendment 00002 has been posted. The purposes of this amendment are as follows:

(1) extend the proposal due date;

(2) revise Request for Proposal (RFP) Clauses H.8 GSFC 52.227-93 APPLICABILITY OF RIGHTS IN DATA - SPECIAL WORKS (MAR 2008);

(3) revise RFP Provision L.25 TECHNICAL ACCEPTABILITY STANDARDS VOLUME;

(4) incorporate a revised Attachment A and update Clause J.1;

(5) replace RFP Enclosure BB.2 with an updated version; and (6) revise the Lunar Relay Services Requirements Document.

Q&As Batch 4: Batch 4 of the Questions and Answers have been posted.

Q&As Batch 3: Batch 3 of the Questions and Answers have been posted.

Q&As Batch 2: Batch 2 of the Questions and Answers have been posted.

Amendment 00001:

Amendment 00001 has been posted. The purposes of this amendment are as follows:

(1) extend the proposal due date;

(2) revise Request for Proposal (RFP) Provisions L.19 GSFC 52.215-201 (ALT I) PROPOSAL PREPARATION-GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS (ELECTRONIC PROPOSAL DELIVERY)(MAR 2020), L.24 GSFC 52.215-225 PRICE VOLUME INSTRUCTIONS (JUL 2020), L.26 GSFC 52.215-230 Past Perfonnance Volume (MAR 2020), M.5 GSFC 52.215-325 PRICE EVALUATION FACTOR (NOV 2016); and (3) revise Exhibit B "Near Space Network Services Pricing Model." Q&As Batch 1: Batch 1 of the Questions and Answers have been posted.

Original Posting: You are invited to submit a proposal in response to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center’s (GSFC) NSN Services solicitation.

The principal purpose of this requirement is to acquire communication and navigation services for missions in the Near Space region (surface of Earth to 2 million kilometers (km)) for NASA and other federal agencies under two distinct categories: Category 1 - Near Space Direct-To-Earth (DTE), which covers Direct-to-Earth communication and navigation services for customer missions, spacecraft, or payloads up to 2 million kilometers from Earth.

Category 2 - Near Space Relay, which covers Space Relay communication and navigation services for customer missions, spacecraft, or payloads up to 2 million kilometers from Earth. The objective is to foster the commercialization of the Near-Space region through increased private sector participation in providing communications and navigation services in the Near Space region, including lunar communications & navigation services (DTE and relay) to support the NASA Artemis program. The Statement of Work, Attachment A, describes the scope of the requirement.