On December 23, 2005, Landsat Program Management received a memorandum from the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) revising the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) procurement strategy. As a result, NASA is considering issuing a solicitation for a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract for a free-flyer spacecraft mission. Further, NASA is planning a single award for the development and delivery of a spacecraft, instrument, observatory integration and test, and operational systems/sustaining engineering support. NASA is planning to provide launch services for the observatory and accept delivery on-orbit. The LDCM will have a 5-year mission life with 10-year expendable provisions. In addition, NASA plans to issue the solicitation with an optional requirement for the instrument to observe a portion of the thermal spectrum. It is critical to the Landsat program that the potential for schedule success is maximized. To this end, NASA is considering including financial incentives for a timely delivery. Following a prescribed on-orbit acceptance period, NASA plans to transfer ownership of the observatory and the associated contract to the USGS who will then operate the spacecraft and manage the data. NASA is seeking industry comment regarding this proposed acquisition strategy. Please submit any comments to the NASA Contracting Officer within 5 business days from the date of this notice. Additional opportunity for industry comment will be provided when the draft RFP is released for comment. It is anticipated that the draft RFP will be released in the second quarter of Calendar Year (CY) 2006 and a final RFP in the third quarter of CY 2006.
Point of Contacts
Name: Patricia Dombrowski
Title: Contracting Officer
Phone: (301) 286-0621
Fax: (301)286-0383
Email: Patricia.M.Dombrowski@nasa.gov
Name: B. Faye Johnson
Title: Contracting Officer
Phone: (301) 286-4317
Fax: (301)286-0383
Email: Betty.F.Johnson@nasa.gov
