# Space Weather Observations Antenna Network Commercial Services

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/rfiswosancommercialsvcs2025

- Solicitation number: RFI-SWO-SANCommercialSvcs-2025
- Notice type: Sources sought
- Status: Closed. Deadline was February 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM EST
- Department: Department of Commerce
- Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Contracting office: Department of Commerce NOAA (1332KP)
- First posted: January 22, 2025
- Last posted: February 5, 2025
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/9bdd0426b8e441f68b4220d2b222d426/view

## Description

**Update:** Answers to vendor questions is now posted.

Response due date remains Feb 13, 2025 01:00 PM EST. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service (NESDIS), Office of Space Weather Observations (SWO), SWO Antenna Network (SAN) program is soliciting information through this Request for Information (RFI) to survey vendor capabilities in preparation for a possible future release of one or more Request(s) for Proposal (RFP) to provide low latency, global telemetry, and tracking services to support the NOAA SWO continuity observing missions stations at Earth-Sun Lagrange point 1 (L1). Ground Station as a Service (GSaaS) is required for two missions over the next decade: ?

**SWFO-L1 Mission:** The Space Weather Follow On – L1 (SWFO-L1) is a single satellite mission launching no earlier than September 2025 with a nominal 5-year design life potentially extended to ten years. ?

**SOL Mission:** The Space weather Observations at L1 (SOL) is dual-satellite project planned for launches in 2029 (SOL-A) and 2032 (SOL-B) each will have a nominal 5.5-year design life potentially extended to 10.5 years. In previous notices, the SOL satellites were identified as the “L1 Series”. Please see attachment for additional details concerning the question/comment deadline and submission instructions.

## Publications

- January 22, 2025: Sources sought, due February 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM EST. Notice 0790079f061c4015a54746ae282addea. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/0790079f061c4015a54746ae282addea/view
- February 5, 2025: Sources sought, due February 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM EST. Notice 9bdd0426b8e441f68b4220d2b222d426. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/9bdd0426b8e441f68b4220d2b222d426/view

## Points of contact

- Suzanna Espinoza, Suzanna.Espinoza@noaa.gov, 3016281343

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Source: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities bulk extract. Confirm deadlines on SAM.gov before responding. Cite https://abierto.us/opportunities/rfiswosancommercialsvcs2025.