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ICESat-2 Mission Operations Contract

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NASA has awarded the ICESat-2 Mission Operations Center Support contract to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation under a cost-plus award-fee structure. The current contract, valued at approximately 28.9 million dollars, focuses on critical mission operations including data processing, mission planning, flight software maintenance, and the delivery of science and engineering data products to study climate change effects on frozen regions. The work is primarily performed at the contractor's facility in Dulles, Virginia. This opportunity is identified as a likely recompete with a potential end date of November 14, 2026. While the current award was not competed, the medium confidence level for a future recompete suggests a potential opening for new bidders. The contract is managed by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and involves comprehensive support for the ICESat-2 mission, including orbit and attitude determination and Solid State Recorder management.

General Info

Northrop Grumman supports NASA ICESat-2 mission operations for 28.9 million dollars until 2026.

Agency

National Aeronautics And Space Administration → NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

NAICS

517919 - All Other Telecommunications

Place of Performance

Sterling, VA, 20166, USA

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Timeline

PostedMay 14

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Organization & Contact Information

AgencyNational Aeronautics And Space Administration → NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Contacts1 person available

OfficeGREENBELT, MD, 20771, USA

Organization / AgencyNational Aeronautics And Space Administration → NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Office AddressGREENBELT, MD, 20771, USA

Contacts

Andres Castro

contact@example.gov

+1 (555) 000-0000

Full Description

Predicted recompete opportunity based on federal award data.
Current Contract: 80GSFC22CA018 Incumbent: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION Contract Value: $28,984,214 Potential End Date: 2026-11-14T00:00:00.000Z Competition: NOT COMPETED Pricing: COST PLUS AWARD FEE Classification: recompete-likely (Confidence: medium - 50/100)
NASA has awarded the Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation-2 (ICESat-2) Mission Operations Center Support contract to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation of Dulles, Virginia. The contract action was not awarded competitively. The redacted JOFOC is attached. This is a cost-plus award-fee contract that includes a nine-month base period and four one-year options with a total contract value of $33,348,387. The four-year, nine-month period of performance begins Monday, Feb 14. The work will be performed at the contractor's facility in Dulles, Virginia. Under this follow-on contract, Northrup Grumman Space Systems will continue to provide ICESat-2 mission operations; data processing and analysis; mission planning; commanding; Solid State Recorder management and monitoring; orbit and attitude determination and control; flight software maintenance; anomaly identification and resolution; and delivery of science and engineering data products. NASA's ICESat-2 mission, launched in 2018, allows scientists to investigate why and how much of the frozen parts of our world are changing as a result of climate change. All ICESat-2 data are housed and managed at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC). For information about ICESat-2, visit: https://icesat.gsfc.nasa.gov/icesat2/