Sources Sought: For Ionospheric Ground Sensors (IGS) Sustaining and Engineering Support Request for Information (RFI)

The Ionospheric Ground Sensors (IGS) Program Management Office is currently assessing the commercial marketplace's capability and experience to provide maintenance, specialized engineering support, installation, expertise, and sustainment of IGS, which includes both the Next Generation Ionosonde (NEXION) and Ionospheric Scintillation Total Electron Content (TEC) Observer (ISTO).

The sustainment and installation of IGS sites are performed at various locations across the globe, which include the following tasks: •Site surveys for installation of NEXION and ISTO systems •Spectrum Analysis for IGS sites •Installation of NEXION and ISTO sites, along with follow-on systems testing •Cybersecurity compliance and accreditation, in accordance with Risk ManagementFramework (RMF) standards •Periodic maintenance, along with unscheduled maintenance service visits •Troubleshooting, system problem tracking, resolution, and management •System hardware and software engineering, production, integration installation and testing,along with technical support