Draft RFP - Mars Telecommunications Network (MTN)

The solicitation seeks a prime or subcontractor to provide end‑to‑end mission services for a spacecraft program, including system design and analysis, integration, assembly and test, launch support, and project management. Offerors must price the effort based on identified material assumptions such as spacecraft configuration, Government‑furnished equipment, launch‑vehicle responsibility, and frequency‑coordination responsibility, and must disclose any exceptions, deviations, or conditional assumptions. Past performance will be evaluated against customer‑satisfaction, technical, schedule, cost, and management criteria, with additional weight on contract administration, occupational health and safety, security, subcontracting‑plan goals, and small‑disadvantaged‑business participation. The award will be competitive and may be based on technical, cost/price, or other specified factors. The contract incorporates mandatory security and compliance requirements. Offerors must address the potential Organizational Conflict of Interest (FAR 9.5) and submit the Commercial Artificial Intelligence Risk and Impact Assessment (CAIRIA) and the Commercial IT Authorization Report. Within 30 days of contract award, a comprehensive IT Security Management Plan (per NFS 1852.204‑76) must be delivered for NASA approval, covering unclassified IT security, Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management, and required training for personnel in sensitive positions. A full subcontractor listing, an IT security point‑of‑contact, and annual reporting on security plans and employee assignments are also required. Finally, the contractor must implement a requirements‑flow‑down and validation process that traces high‑level Mars Telecommunications Network (MTN) objectives (Attachment B) through all system, subsystem, and component requirements, ensuring traceability, verifiability, and achievability.

Notice ID

bc4112f45b80462cac07516b28f28a70

Solicitation Number

80GSFC26R0011

NAICS Code

517410

Classification Code

DG10