# Space Weather Next L1 Series Coronagraph Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/80gsfc24r0009 - Solicitation number: 80GSFC24R0009 - Notice type: Award notice (first published as special notice) - Status: Awarded to Southwest Research Institute for $60,285,745.00 - Department: National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Contracting office: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (80GSFC) - NAICS: 336414 Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing - Product or service code: AR14 Space R&D Services; Space Flight, Research And Supporting Activities; R&D Administrative Expenses - Place of performance: Greenbelt, Maryland - County: Prince George's County (FIPS 24033). https://abierto.us/counties/prince-george-s-county-md-24033 - City: Greenbelt. https://abierto.us/cities/greenbelt-md-2434775 - First posted: January 19, 2024 - Last posted: February 14, 2025 - SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/587824a3fdcc4c989180e04a988a9c6f/view ## Description Amendment No. 4 is being posted. *Additional Questions and Answers are being published with this posting. *Amendment No. 3 has been published under this annoucement. Please utilize these updated files as referenced in the most recent SF-30.* You are invited to submit a proposal in response to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center’s Space Weather L1 Series Coronagraph solicitation. The principal purpose of this requirement is to provide three (3) flight Coronagraph instruments for NASA and NOAA's Space Weather Next L1 Series Mission. NASA will conduct this acquisition as a full and open competition. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 336414 and the small business size standard is 1,300 employees. This competitive procurement will result in the award of a Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) type completion type contract with technical milestone incentives. The contract will have an anticipated period of performance from contract award through operational handover to NOAA of the instruments plus fifteen (15) months, after launch of the second mission including successfully launched, post launch evaluation, calibration, data validation, and on-orbit anomaly investigations. The first flight unit shall be delivered by December 2027, the second by June 2029 and the third unit is a spare flight unit for the first two missions. The anticipated contract award date is October of 2024, with a TBD contract effective date. The contract will be performed offsite at the Contractor’s facilities. Potential offerors should pay close attention to all solicitation instructions; however, the following requirements list is summarized to assist in proposal development. 1. The Government will make available existing Government Furnished Property (GFP) for offsite use at the Contractor’s facility. 2. Offerors are required to have a Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code that matches the corporate address submitted with its proposal. Offerors are encouraged to refer to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provision 52.215-1, INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS–COMPETITIVE ACQUISITION, in particular paragraph (f)(4) which discusses the Government’s right to award a contract without discussions. In order to control and protect sensitive data owned by the Government and its Contractors, NASA policy required all acquisition-related documents be released in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). Documents related to this acquisition, including this letter, the solicitation, attachments, exhibits, any amendments and links to online reference/technical/Offerors’ library will be attainable electronically from the World Wide Web through the Government-wide point of entry website at www.SAM.gov. Potential Offerors are requested to periodically monitor the websites for updates. NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) clause 1852.215-84, OMBUDSMAN, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/pub_library/Omb.html. This RFP does not commit NASA Goddard Space Flight Center to pay any proposal preparation costs, nor does it obligate NASA Goddard Space Flight Center to procure or contract for these services. This request is not an authorization to proceed and does not authorize payment for any charges incurred by the offeror for performing any of the work called for in this solicitation. Proposals submitted in response to this solicitation shall be due no later than April 22, 2024 All questions regarding this RFP should be submitted in writing, electronically to Jonathan Diggs, Contracting Officer, at Jonathan.w.diggs@nasa.gov on or before March 25, 2024. Offerors are encouraged to submit questions as soon as possible for consideration. Thank you for your support. We look forward to receiving your proposals. ## Award on USAspending - Recipient: Southwest Research Institute (UEI PB11V1KH3KV4) - Contract: 80GSFC25CA023, definitive contract - Obligated: $37,800,000.00, current value $60,285,745 - Competition: Full and Open Competition, 4 offers received - Link: award number 80GSFC25CA023 equals the contract number; same awarding office 80GSFC (high confidence) - Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_80GSFC25CA023_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-/ ## Publications - January 19, 2024: Special notice, due February 2, 2024 at 12:00 PM EST. Notice a3cb5c363a9a4e0fbd90106bdb89920e. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/a3cb5c363a9a4e0fbd90106bdb89920e/view - February 14, 2024: Special notice, due February 2, 2024 at 12:00 PM EST. Notice e958c0a274454466b9b5ea37ed8d66ec. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/e958c0a274454466b9b5ea37ed8d66ec/view - March 8, 2024: Solicitation, due April 22, 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT. Notice 8f1b5a33202441e193d1c9b81c09bb56. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/8f1b5a33202441e193d1c9b81c09bb56/view - March 11, 2024: Solicitation, due April 22, 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT. Notice 85082fe6d7234d1d8fea378fc219ce23. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/85082fe6d7234d1d8fea378fc219ce23/view - March 11, 2024: Solicitation, due April 22, 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT. Notice 8d649331d2c94821ba63421bc70b93d1. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/8d649331d2c94821ba63421bc70b93d1/view - March 11, 2024: Solicitation, due April 22, 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT. Notice c3d9b073449247e5babb8a2f652a74ee. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/c3d9b073449247e5babb8a2f652a74ee/view - March 13, 2024: Solicitation, due April 22, 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT. Notice 84619872d91b43cc9c1b317a0be7cf78. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/84619872d91b43cc9c1b317a0be7cf78/view - March 20, 2024: Solicitation, due April 22, 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT. Notice 41c61ebf4513419ebf8afe10a53c20fd. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/41c61ebf4513419ebf8afe10a53c20fd/view - March 25, 2024: Solicitation, due April 22, 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT. Notice c69f8093fdcf4212b2e144f17167b4f9. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/c69f8093fdcf4212b2e144f17167b4f9/view - March 28, 2024: Solicitation, due April 22, 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT. Notice 745d3e133add44db9cfc0ea1a4215863. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/745d3e133add44db9cfc0ea1a4215863/view - April 5, 2024: Solicitation, due April 22, 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT. Notice 2be23c1b68214db69ddde1ecfc09ed27. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/2be23c1b68214db69ddde1ecfc09ed27/view - April 16, 2024: Solicitation, due April 22, 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT. Notice 15a286547eff4fcc96bc9901916f3622. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/15a286547eff4fcc96bc9901916f3622/view - September 25, 2024: Solicitation, due April 22, 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT. Notice b2da524b74164c69b15a146a8f6e8844. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/b2da524b74164c69b15a146a8f6e8844/view - September 25, 2024: Solicitation, due April 22, 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT. Notice c123370c01a347f6b68c3fc3f847179c. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/c123370c01a347f6b68c3fc3f847179c/view - February 14, 2025: Award notice. Notice 587824a3fdcc4c989180e04a988a9c6f. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/587824a3fdcc4c989180e04a988a9c6f/view ## Points of contact - Ana Luta, ana.c.luta@nasa.gov, 7034478196 - Jonathan W. Diggs, jonathan.w.diggs@nasa.gov --- Source: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities bulk extract and USAspending.gov award data. Confirm deadlines on SAM.gov before responding. Cite https://abierto.us/opportunities/80gsfc24r0009.