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Opportunity updated June 11, 2026, to attach Pre-solicitation charts and Received to date Questions and Answers. _____________________________________________________________________ Draft RFP updated and attached on May 26, 2026, to revise provision L.7, Presolicitiaton Conference. _____________________________________________________________________ You are invited to review and comment on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center (LaRC)’s GLIMR ATS draft solicitation. The principal purpose of this requirement is to provide GLIMR ATS and related services, to include Spacecraft and Launch Vehicle; Integration Planning; Ground System Design, Integration, Testing, and Readiness; Instrument-Spacecraft Integration, Test, and Pre-Launch Processing; Spectrum Licensing and orbital slot authorization; Launch and GLIMR In-orbit Checkout; On-Orbit Spacecraft and Instrument Operations. Potential offerors are encouraged to comment on all aspects of the draft solicitation, including the requirements, schedules, proposal instructions, evaluation approaches, small business goals, any perceived safety, occupational health, security (including information technology security), environmental, export control, and/or other programmatic risk issues associated with performance of the work. Additional areas of emphasis that NASA is seeking feedback on include: a. Requirements Documents (Exhibits A, B and C) i. Inclusion of Payload Operations (Exhibit A – Statement of Work (SOW) 6.3.1.1) ii. Cost driving and/or unrealistic requirements b. Technical Approach/Oral Presentation (Reference Section L.16) i. Clarity on allowable Attendees ii. Clarity on anticipated Format c. Small Business Participation (L.18 (b)) i. Clarity of establishing and utilizing Small Business Subcontracting d. Method of Evaluation (Section M) i. Past Performance ii. Technical Approach/Oral Presentation NASA will conduct this acquisition under full and open competition. This competitive acquisition will result in a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Contract with Milestone based payments. The potential period of performance is anticipated to be a total of five (5) years, including a three (3) year Base Period, a one (1) year Option Period 1, and a one (1) year Option Period 2; however, is dependent on the potential offeror’s solution. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541715 and the small business size standard is 1,000 employees. Potential offerors should ensure its company is listed in the online database(s) for the following: (1)System for award management: https://www.sam.gov/SAM/ (2)U.S. Department of Labor Veterans’ Employment and Training Service, VETS-4212Reports: https://vets4212.dol.gov/vets4212/ (3)US Government’s unique entity identifier (UEI): https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/organization/federal-acquisition-service/technology-transformation-services/integrated-award-environment-iae/iae-systems-information-kit/unique-entity-identifier-update The current planned release date for the Final Request for Proposal (RFP) is on or about late July 2026, with proposals due approximately 45 calendar days later. Past Performance (Volume I) submission will be due approximately 15 calendar days after RFP release, with the remaining submission due approximately 30 calendar days after Volume I submission. The anticipated contract effective date is Mid-January 2027. The contract will be performed offsite at the Contractor’s facilities. The following additional information is provided to assist in understanding this acquisition: 1.After release of the DRFP, the GLIMR ATS Pre-solicitation Conference is anticipated to be held on June 3, 2026, as indicated at provision L.7 of this DRFP. Notice will be posted on the acquisition website noted below. Potential offerors are encouraged to submit questions and feedback prior to the conference being held. Live questions will not be permitted during the conference. 2.Final questions/comments are requested in response to this DRFP no later than June 22, 2026, at 3:00PM Eastern Standard Time. 3.Disclosure of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Use During Contract Performance. Offerors are required to disclose any intent to propose, or plan to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to perform contract requirements. 4.Proposals for this solicitation are required to be submitted through NASA’s Enterprise File Sharing and Sync Box (EFSS Box), a FedRAMP Moderate certified platform. Potential offerors, especially those that have not previously submitted a proposal utilizing NASA’s EFSS Box, are encouraged to review the solicitation instruction entitled“Electronic Proposal Delivery - Proposal Marking and Delivery Through NASA’s EFSS Box” which provides instructions related to the submission of proposal via EFSS Box. Offerors are encouraged to check with their corporate IT staff to determine if there are firewall restrictions that need to be addressed prior to the submissio