REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI): TERRA, AQUA, AND AURA (TAA) MISSIONS

Amendment #1: The response date is extended and adds a new PDF file under Attachments called “2ndTAAEmail”, which is a copy a NSPIRES email sent to SMD List Serv subscribers . NASA is exploring partnerships with external organizations for the operations and data collection of Earth Science satellite missions to enable more impactful exploitation of NASA resources and to advance the commercial remote sensing industry.

This RFI specifically seeks information on interest in the Terra, Aqua, and/or Aura missions and information on potential innovative partnership arrangements to maintain one or more of these on-orbit missions.

Depending on the responses to this RFI, NASA may 1) proceed to have discussions with individual respondents or 2) release an Announcement for Partnership Proposals (AFPP) to compete this opportunity with NASA under a reimbursable or non-reimbursable (no exchange of funds) Space Act Agreement, or both 1 and 2. Any resultant agreement(s) from this RFI or potential future AFPP will define the full roles and responsibilities of NASA and the selected Partner(s).

On or after the publication date of this SAM.gov special notice, the full, final text for this Request for Information will be available for download from the NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System (NSPIRES) at https://nspires.nasaprs.com by searching on the SAM notice ID (called a solicitation number on NSPIRES) or via the link provided below. NASA may periodically update the NSPIRES landing page to add other documents such as questions and answers or to revise and amend this RFI.

To stay up to date Interested parties must visit NSPIRES regularly to ensure that they have the latest information available. The attached PDF file entitled “1stEmail” is a copy of the text of an email NSPIRES sent to Science Mission Directorate (SMD) List Serv subscribers and includes other important dates not shown on this SAM.gov landing page.

After downloading and carefully reading the full text from NSPIRES, by email only address questions (or other comments) with a subject line to read “TAA RFI” to the listed point(s) of contact.