# Mission Support for Satellite Ground Station Operations and spacecraft command and control

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/n0017326synhh02

- Solicitation number: N00173-26-SYN-HH02
- Notice type: Presolicitation
- Status: Closed. Deadline was June 20, 2026 at 12:00 PM EDT
- Department: Department of the Navy
- Agency: Department of the Navy
- Contracting office: Naval Research Laboratory (N00173)
- NAICS: 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Product or service code: AJ15 General Science & Technology R&D Svcs; General Science & Technology; R&D Facilities & Maj Equip
- Set-aside: Total small business set-aside
- Place of performance: Welcome, Maryland
- County: Charles County (FIPS 24017). https://abierto.us/counties/charles-county-md-24017
- First posted: June 5, 2026
- Last posted: June 5, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/17a05c83fb304045a06da501e3b3a704/view

## Description

This notice is a ‘Presolicitation Notice’ and does not constitute a request for proposal, request for quote, or invitation for bid. The intent of this notice is to provide the presolicitation notice in accordance with RFO SubPart 5.1 Synopses of Proposed Contract Action in preparation for the anticipated release of a Request for Proposal (RFP). NRL reserves the right to cancel this acquisition at any time.

As a result of market research, RFP #N00173-26-R-HH02, titled “Mission and Facilities Support for BPTF” is planned to be issued in June of 2026 and will be competed via a 100% small business set-aside competition. The solicitation is planned to use highest technically rated with a fair and reasonable price approach source selection procedures in accordance with RFO Part 15. The resulting contract is planned to be a single award, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) with a five (5) year ordering period.

Cost-plus-fixed-fee (CPFF), level-of-effort (LOE) task orders are anticipated to be issued against the base IDIQ. The anticipated LOE involved will be a mix of labor categories, to include key personnel, consisting of 480,000 hours for the total period of performance, evenly divided per year. The North American Industry Code Standard (NAICS) is 541715 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology).

The Product Service Code is AJ15 - General Science & Technology R&D Services; General Science & Technology; R&D Facilities & Major Equipment. Interested parties may submit questions or feedback by the response deadline to the Primary Point of Contact listed above. Phone calls regarding this pre-solicitation notice will not be accepted. THIS SOLICITATION WILL BE OFFERED IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT ONLY. NO HARD COPIES WILL BE PROVIDED.

Offerors can view and/or download the RFP and attachments at SAM.gov (Contract Opportunities) when the RFP is posted. Interested parties can register under the Interested Parties Vendors list. Prospective offerors MUST register themselves on the website. Prospective offerors must also be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM in order to participate in this procurement.

## Publications

- June 5, 2026: Presolicitation, due June 20, 2026 at 12:00 PM EDT. Notice 17a05c83fb304045a06da501e3b3a704. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/17a05c83fb304045a06da501e3b3a704/view

## Points of contact

- Helena Hudson, helena.k.hudson2.civ@us.navy.mil
- Graham Irby, Graham.D.Irby.civ@us.navy.mil, 2029231377

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