Description
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is seeking information from vendors regarding the development of a Mission Operations Center (MOC) for the Landsat 10 mission. The MOC will be responsible for the operation and maintenance of the Landsat 10 spacecraft, as well as the processing and distribution of its data. The USGS is looking for a complete L10 MOC solution that implements the functions described in the RFI announcement and provides an FOT. The solution should consider total lifecycle costs, system maturity, and the ability to implement functionality in the required timeframe to support early product development and mission testing.
Some key points to consider include:
• The MOC RFP will be released after the S/C bus vendor contract has been awarded.
• The USGS is looking for a cost-efficient solution that meets the requirements and schedule within a cost-constrained budget.
• The MOC will be a FISMA Moderate system, and vendors should provide information on how they plan to address security considerations.
• The USGS is interested in hearing about different contracting vehicles and approaches that may provide value to the procurement process.
• Vendors should propose an approach and schedule for phasing the integration of L10 with current L8/9 ops, along with rationale, considering that risks to ongoing flight ops need to be minimized.