Eastern Range Payload Processing Facility Services

March 13, 2026: The purpose of Amendment 0001 is to provide answers to vendor questions.

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION

A. GENERAL INFORMATION

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 12.6 Streamlined Procedures for Commercial Items while utilizing the solicitation procedures of FAR Part 15 Contracting by Negotiation, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.  Solicitation FA240126R0001 is issued as a Request For Proposals (RFP).

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this acquisition is 541990 and the Small Business Size Standard is $19.5M.

This solicitation is issued using full and open competition procedures; no set-aside will be used; however, small businesses are encouraged to submit proposals.

The solicitation document and incorporated clauses and provisions are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-04.

B. REQUIREMENT INFORMATION

The Space Development Agency (SDA) intends to award one (1) Firm Fixed Price contract for payload processing services in support of 4 launches on the Eastern Launch Range for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 2 Transport Layer (T2TL). The Transport Layer is the communication backbone for the PWSA.  This capability will allow critical information to be transmitted to warfighters across the globe.  As such, it is crucial to the government that the satellites be delivered successfully to orbit.  Payload processing services are critical to this objective.  Therefore, the government intends to procure one (1) instance of PPF services to support the T2TL payload processing and Launch Vehicle (LV) Payload Fairing operations at the Eastern Range in Florida.  These services will support launches on the Space X Falcon 9 launch vehicle.  The Government intends to procure these PPF services as a block buy of time to provide SDA with guaranteed access for satellite processing over the time periods specified with Government flexibility to accommodate mission order as needed.

A Statement of Objectives (SOO) is attached to the solicitation as Attachment 1 and provides the desired outcomes of the services required. Specific satellite vehicle vendors (SVVs) requirement documents (RD) are provided as Attachments 2a and 2b. Additionally, Department of the Air Force (DAF) Emissions Security (EMSEC)/TEMPEST policies are provided as Attachments 2c and 2d.  Offerors are responsible for carefully reviewing the SOO and RDs to understand the full scope of the requirement

1. Schedule of Services:
   1. The Schedule of Services is identified in Attachment 4 – Price Spreadsheet
   2. Acceptance/FOB Point for all CLINs is: DESTINATION
2. Attachments:
   1. Attachment 1 – Statement of Objectives
   2. Attachment 2a, 2b, 2c, and 2d – Reference Documents
   3. Attachment 3 – DD254 (will be issued prior to contract award)
   4. Attachment 4 – Price Spreadsheet
   5. Attachment 5 - Instructions to Offerors Addendum- Commercial Products and Commercial Services 52.212-1
   6. Attachment 6 - Evaluation Addendum—Commercial Products and Commercial Services 52.212-2
   7. Attachment 7 – Individual Subcontracting Plan Template
   8. Attachment 8 - Q and A Matrix Template
   9. Attachment 9 - ER PPF Dates