NASA Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) and Evaluation of Data in Support of Sustainable Land Imaging (SLI) Commercialization
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NASA Headquarters is pursuing a sole-source contract under FAR Part 12 with EarthDaily Analytics USA, Inc. to acquire commercial satellite data and related services in support of the Sustainable Land Imaging Commercialization Project, a joint endeavor with the U.S. Geological Survey aimed at enhancing the Landsat terrestrial record. The contract requires the delivery of 100,000 scenes of multispectral/short-wave infrared data and 10,000 scenes of multispectral data, combining new acquisitions and archived imagery, alongside processing pipeline enhancements, data reprocessing, and development of new capabilities. The data must meet strict scientific standards, including spatial resolution of 10 meters or better, spectral band compatibility with Landsat, and alignment with USGS Analysis Ready Data and NASA Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel standards to enable high-quality surface reflectance, surface temperature, vegetation indices, and evapotranspiration products. All deliverables must include robust metadata, uncertainty characterizations, quality flags, and AI-ready formats, and must integrate seamlessly into NASA and USGS cloud-based systems at EROS and the Earth Science Data Systems. The contract has a one-year performance period with an initial 12- to 18-month evaluation phase, and data will be delivered digitally to federal cloud environments, omitting any physical packaging or shipping requirements. Compliance with U.S. commercial remote sensing policy and licensing obligations is mandatory, and the contractor must participate in monthly technical meetings and provide training and APIs for system integration. The acquisition is justified under 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1) as there is only one responsible source capable of meeting the unique technical and operational requirements. Responses to this presolicitation must be submitted via email to Kimberly Hooten by 5:00 PM ET on August 6, 2026, solely to inform the government’s decision on whether to proceed with a competitive acquisition, with no formal pricing or line-item details provided at this stage. The contracting office is in Washington, D.C., with the primary place of performance in Maple Grove, Minnesota, and the Ombudsman clause applies for dispute resolution.
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Maple Grove, MN, 55369, USASet-Aside
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NASA/HQ has a requirement for Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) and Evaluation of Data in support of Sustainable Land Imaging (SLI) Commercialization Project, a joint initiative between NASA and United States Geological Survey (USGS) effort to enhance the Landsat terrestrial record by integrating commercial Earth Observation (EO) data, increasing revisit frequency, improving spatial resolution, and enable Landsat science-quality grade surface reflectance (SR), surface temperature (ST), and higher-level biophysical products (e.g., vegetation indices, evapotranspiration) from integrated public-private datasets.
The contract for the SLI Commercialization project requires a combined 100,000 scenes of Multi-spectral/Short-wave Infrared (MS/SWIR) between New Acquisition and Archive, a combined 10,000 scenes of MS between New Acquisition and Archive, processing pipeline improvements and data reprocessing based on new requirements services, and new capabilities development services.
NASA/HQ intends to issue a sole-source contract to acquire the services from EarthDaily Analytics USA, Inc. under 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.103-1, Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.
The Government intends to acquire a commercial product or service using FAR Part 12.
Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort electronically via email to Kim Hooten, kimberly.a.hooten@nasa.gov not later than 5:00 pm ET on August 6th, 2026. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct this acquisition on a competitive basis. A decision by the Government not to compete this acquisition on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government.
NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at : https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/Procurement-Ombuds-Comp-Advocate-Listing.pdf
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