Space Data Network (SDN) Mission Operations Center Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO)

The Space Data Network (SDN-B) Mission Operations Center Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) seeks a contractor to design, develop, and operate a Government-Owned, Contractor-Operated (GOCO) Mission Operations Center that serves as the central hub for provisioning, orchestrating, and managing a hybrid cloud-on-premises network architecture integrating commercial proliferated low Earth orbit providers, government and commercial transport systems, ground elements, and Space Exchange Points. The MOC must deliver enterprise-wide situational awareness and a unified operational picture across all SDN assets, utilizing a Modular Open Systems Approach to ensure future scalability and interoperability. Performance includes end-to-end service monitoring, user service request processing, network health tracking, and sustainment activities, all while maintaining strict compliance with NIST SP 800-171, DFARS 252.204-7012, and NISPOM requirements for safeguarding Controlled Unclassified Information and classified data. The contractor must support a facility located in El Segundo, California, with access to Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information facilities and personnel clearances, and must implement a robust cybersecurity posture including submission of a System Security Plan, Plan of Action and Milestones, and a verified Supplier Performance Risk System score. The contract is structured as a Firm Fixed Price agreement with a base period of performance of 60 months, supplemented by optional future capability releases, demonstrations, and studies. Payment is tied to milestone-based CLINs for development and deployment, with one cost-reimbursable CLIN for testing and evaluation. Offerors must submit a solution brief not exceeding 15 total pages, divided into a 10-page technical solution and a 5-page combination of schedule, cost, and experience, with proposals due by May 18, 2026, via email to designated contracting officers. Evaluation focuses on technical feasibility, schedule achievability, overall value—including innovation and risk—offering a trade-off approach rather than Lowest Price Technically Acceptable. Offerors must be registered in SAM, possess a valid UEI and CAGE code, and if other than a small business and awarded over $900,000, must submit a subcontracting plan aligned with DoD Small Business goals. Proposals must affirm compliance with data rights limitations, organizational conflict of interest disclosures, and flow-down of cybersecurity requirements to subcontractors, with all submissions required to remain valid for 180 days post-submission.