Snow Data Products
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NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is seeking commercially available airborne lidar and hyperspectral data collection and processing services to support the Terrestrial Hydrology Program’s Snow Program, with the primary goal of generating high-resolution maps of snow depth and snow water equivalent over watershed-scale areas in the western United States. Data must be collected approximately every 12 days and precisely aligned with NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) overpasses to enable validation of L-Band InSAR-based snow water equivalent algorithms. The principal study area is the East and Taylor Basins in Colorado, with potential alternate sites including the Blue River, Tuolumne River, and Truckee River Basins, subject to field accessibility and research priorities. NASA intends to award this acquisition as a sole source contract to Airborne Snow Observatories, Inc., citing statutory authority that only one responsible source can fulfill the unique technical requirements. Interested parties may submit their qualifications to Joel Rivera at joel.rivera@nasa.gov no later than 3:00 PM EST on August 11, 2026, to inform the government’s determination on whether to proceed with full and open competition. The solicitation number is 80GSFC26R0044, classified under NAICS code 541370, and the Ombudsman clause applies to provide oversight for the procurement process.
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NASA/GSFC has a requirement for commercially available flight and airborne lidar and hyperspectral data collection capabilities and processing in support of the NASA Terrestrial Hydrology Program (THP) Snow Program. The THP Snow Program requires high-resolution maps of snow variables, including snow depth and snow water equivalent (SWE), over watershed-scale study areas in the western United States. The contractor shall provide spatially distributed snow variables collected utilizing airborne lidar and hyperspectral instruments. Data collection must occur approximately every 12 days, precisely timed to be coincident with the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) overpasses to help validate SWE algorithms and retrievals using an L-Band InSAR approach. The primary target location is the East and Taylor Basin in Colorado. Alternate potential locations include the Blue River Basin (CO), Tuolumne River Basin (CA), and Truckee River Basin (CA), depending on site conditions, safe field crew access, and ongoing research objectives.
NASA/GSFC intends to issue a sole source contract to acquire the services from Airborne Snow Observatories (ASO), Inc. under the statutory authority of 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1) as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1, "Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements."
Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort electronically via email to Joel Rivera at joel.rivera@nasa.gov no later than 3:00 PM EST on August 11, 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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