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SAMDAILY.US - ISSUE OF NOVEMBER 20, 2024 SAM #8394
SOURCES SOUGHT

R -- Sources Sought: System Integration and Cloud Management of the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS)

Notice Date

11/18/2024 6:52:28 AM
 

Notice Type

Sources Sought
 

NAICS

541512 — Computer Systems Design Services
 

Contracting Office

DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA SILVER SPRING MD 20910 USA
 

ZIP Code

20910
 

Solicitation Number

NOAA-TraCSS-SI-SS-2025
 

Response Due

12/6/2024 10:00:00 AM
 

Archive Date

12/21/2024
 

Point of Contact

Sayed Hashimi, David Marks
 

E-Mail Address

sayed.hashimi@noaa.gov, david.marks@noaa.gov
(sayed.hashimi@noaa.gov, david.marks@noaa.gov)
 

Description

Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Space Commerce (OSC) --- Sources Sought INTRODUCTION THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ONLY. This Sources Sought is issued solely for information and market research planning purposes; it does not constitute a solicitation or a promise to issue a solicitation. This notice does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service. The Government is not seeking proposals at this time. Respondents are advised that the Government will not pay any costs incurred in response to this notice. All costs associated with responding to this notice will be solely at the interested party�s expense. Not responding to this notice does not preclude participation in any future solicitation. The information provided in this notice is subject to change and is not binding on the Government. All submissions become the property of the Government, and will not be returned. Any information that the vendor considers proprietary should be clearly marked as such. BACKGROUND The NOAA, Office of Space Commerce (OSC), is the principal unit for space commerce policy activities within the Department of Commerce (DOC). Its mission is to foster the conditions for the economic growth and technological advancement of the U.S. commercial space industry. OSC is seeking a commercial System Integrator, including Cloud infrastructure and provisioning services, for the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS). The TraCSS fulfills the 2018 US National Space Council released Space Policy Directive-3 (SPD-3), which instructed the DOC to establish space traffic coordination service for space operators. TraCSS is the Department of Commerce's enterprise solution for ingesting, archiving, processing, and disseminating Space Situational Awareness (SSA) data and products. TraCSS provides conjunction analysis and warning services to satellite owner/operators and will expand its capabilities to encompass appropriate data and services for the launch and entry phases of missions. The system will store data from the Department of Defense, NOAA, commercial SSA data providers, satellite Owner/Operators (O/O). The TraCSS system will operate 24 hours per day, 7 days a week. PURPOSE To identify sources, including small and socioeconomic small business concerns, capable of performing the following capabilities as a PRIME Contractor (as specified in the attached draft PWS): Has previous experience in the space situational awareness/space traffic coordination/space traffic management domain. Has previous experience operating and maintaining IT operations for high impact information system, NIST Special Publication 800-53 Rev. 4 or later and can maintain an Authority to Operate while integrating third-party data and services. Has previous experience with agile development methodology and execution. Is able to provide support for a 24/7 continuous operation. See attached draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) for additional details. RESPONSE DEADLINE AND REQUESTED INFORMATION Vendors are encouraged to submit their response that addresses the capabilities identified above and in the attached PWS via Google Form. The Government welcomes industry comments, questions, and suggestions that will aid in its understanding of industry capabilities and finalizing the PWS. The Government has provided the Google Form questionnaire for streamlining responses. Responses are due no later than 1:00 pm ET, December 6, 2024. Responses should be submitted using the Google Form, available at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1T8Q6qhv2wDZmRfbO1aMUfhiEWAz2eAwaAdolFftgB2w/viewform?edit_requested=true INDUSTRY DISCUSSIONS Some respondents may be asked to provide additional information regarding the matters addressed in this notice. Those respondents will be contacted directly if there is a need for additional information. QUESTIONS Respondents may submit questions regarding this notice to the contact(s) listed below. Responses to questions may be posted on SAM.gov. Please send any questions you may have to the Contracting Officer, David Marks, at david.marks@noaa.gov, and Contract Specialist, Sayed Hashimi, at Sayed.Hashimi@noaa.gov.
 

Web Link

SAM.gov Permalink
(https://sam.gov/opp/96b16851a8ef47c09af1756370a652fb/view)
 

Place of Performance

Address: Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA

Zip Code: 20910

Country: USA
 

Record

SN07268171-F 20241120/241118230108 (samdaily.us)
 

Source

SAM.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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