D--Wildfire Imagery Pilot (Muon Space)

This solicitation, numbered 1332KP26R0016, is a combined synopsis and request for proposal issued by NOAA under the Department of Commerce to acquire commercial multi-spectral satellite imagery for wildfire detection, monitoring, and mapping. The acquisition is structured as a Total Small Business Set-Aside under NAICS code 518210, with proposals due by 2:00 PM Eastern Time on April 30, 2026, and questions due by April 20, 2026. The effort is divided into three phases: a one-month preparation phase, a six-month data delivery phase starting June 1, 2026, and a three-month evaluation phase concluding April 1, 2027. Contractors must deliver calibrated Level 1B and Level 1C radiometric data in NetCDF, HDF5, or GeoTIFF formats with minimal latency, no temporal or spatial gaps, and calibration traceable to VIIRS standards. Data must be transmitted securely via HTTPS or SFTP to NOAA’s NESDIS Common Cloud Framework, and all deliverables must comply with CAR 1352.239-72 for IT security. Evaluation will prioritize Technical Capability over Price, assessing the offeror’s demonstrated on-orbit data collection capability, compliance with data formats and security requirements, ability to meet the project timeline, and the identification and mitigation of risks such as launch delays or downlink limitations. Price is secondary but becomes more critical when technical proposals are closely matched. The Government will conduct a best-value trade-off, not a lowest-price technically acceptable award. Offerors must submit proposals in three electronic volumes—Business, Technical (limited to 20 pages), and Price—using specified file formats and size limits, with submissions sent via email to designated NOAA contacts. The contractor retains copyright on publications derived from the data but must grant NOAA a perpetual, non-exclusive, irrevocable license to use, reproduce, and create derivative works from all delivered data. Title to all deliverables passes to the Government upon acceptance, and any End User License Agreements or Terms of Service that require Government indemnification are unenforceable. Invoicing must be done electronically through the Invoice Processing Platform, and payment is subject to FAR and NOAA-specific requirements. The Government is responsible for inspection and acceptance, and the contract includes clauses governing whistleblower rights, anti-kickback procedures, and prohibitions on contingent fees, while explicitly excluding physical packaging