NASA has awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company for the formulation phase to perform design and risk reduction for the Solar Imaging Suite (SIS). The SIS will fly on the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES)-R Series scheduled for launch in 2012. The GOES satellites are managed and operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
The SIS will monitor solar activity for the GOES-R Series of geo-synchronous satellites to replace and augment the current GOES-N series of space weather instruments. Under the terms of the firm fixed price contract, the company will study both the minimum SIS operational requirements, as well as goal requirements.
The period of performance of the contract is 18 months, and the firm fixed price is $6M. The principal work will be performed at Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center, Palo Alto, CA. Additional work will be performed at the following subcontractor facilities including, the University of Colorado, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) in Boulder, Colo., and at the Naval Research Laboratory, in Washington, DC.
The GOES Program is managed by NOAA, which establishes requirements, provides funding, and distributes environmental data for the United States. NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., procures and manages the acquisition of the GOES satellites for NOAA.
For information concerning this procurement, please contact the Contract Specialist, Don Bossé, 301/286-4472 or the Contracting Officer, Tammy Seidel, 301/286-8124. The GOES-R Series Project Manager for this procurement is Michael Donnelly, 301/286-1627.
For more information on the GOES satellites, go to:
http://goespoes.gsfc.nasa.gov/
http://www.osd.noaa.gov/GOES/
Space Weather information can be found at: http://www.sec.noaa.gov
