SOURCES SOUGHT
18 -- Request for Information: Space Weather Forward Observatory System Solar Wind Plasma Measurement Instrument - Request for Information
- Notice Date
- 1/26/2018
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 336419
— Other Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Satellite & Information Acquisition Division, SSMC2 11th Floor, 1325 East West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20910
- Solicitation Number
- SP133E18RF-SWFO
- Archive Date
- 2/24/2018
- Point of Contact
- Sarah Waugh, Phone: 206-526-6544
- E-Mail Address
-
sarah.waugh@noaa.gov
(sarah.waugh@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Space Weather Forward Observatory System NOAA is currently performing market research on instruments in support of the Space Weather Forward Observatory (SWFO) Program. The Program will ensure the continuity of solar wind data and coronal mass ejection (CME) imagery, the National Weather Service's highest priority for space weather observations. New sources for solar wind data are required to replace the DSCOVR satellite, whose mission design life ends in 2020 and the extended mission life is projected to be 2024. DSCOVR is stationed at L1 as is planned for the SWFO platforms. NOAA's long-term plans are to provide continuity of measurements with the SWFO Program in the 2024 timeframe. Solar wind data are the sole input for short-term warnings (15-60 minutes) of geomagnetic storms and are input to the NOAA operational Geospace regional models of storm activity. These warnings are critical for the protection of earthbound infrastructures. This RFI is investigating unique and high heritage instruments capable of providing in-situ measurements of the bulk solar wind plasma characteristics at L1 for NOAA's upcoming mission.
- Web Link
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(https://www.fbo.gov/notices/3e6776ec37cd9a336a31f3da84129f31)
- Record
- SN04801600-W 20180128/180126231306-3e6776ec37cd9a336a31f3da84129f31 (fbodaily.com)
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