OSASS Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition signed- Redacted

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (GSFC)

JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

(JOFOC)

FOR ORBITAL SAFETY ANALYSIS (OSA) SUPPORT

SERVICES (OSASS) 80GSFC24CA009

1. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.303-2(b)(1) – Identification of the agency and the contracting activity, and specific identification of the document as a “Justification for other than full and open competition.”
This document is a justification for other than full and open competition prepared by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC).
The procuring agency is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the contracting activity is Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). 2. FAR 6.303-2(b)(2) – The nature and/or description of the action being approved: This justification provides the rationale for contracting by other than full and open competition to award a sole-source contract with Omitron, Inc. for Orbital Safety Analysis (OSA) support for conjunction assessment-related operations activities for NASA, for both human space flight (HSF) and non-HSF, and for partner missions. 3. FAR 6.303-2(b)(3) – A description of the supplies or services required, to meet the Agency’s needs (including the estimated value):
In support of conjunction assessment and collision avoidance for NASA, the contractor will provide conjunction assessment screening services for all NASA uncrewed spacecraft, provide support of human spaceflight activities, and provide orbital safety analysis support to the Department of Commerce (DOC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Space Commerce. Activities include performing screening of protected assets against the space object catalog (classified and unclassified portions), performing scripting and other analysis using catalog data, supporting launch and reentry activities, and supporting breakups and other events in addition to ensuring all personnel will be trained on all applicable mission systems required to perform OSA duties, inclusive of future missions. Support is provided from the classified facilities belonging to the United States Space Force (USSF) Space Delta 2, including those at Vandenberg Space Force Base used by the 18th Space Defense Squadron (18 SDS) and those at Dahlgren Naval Station used by the 19th Space Defense Squadron (19 SDS). Additional support is required to update the Space Delta 2 operational conjunction assessment software, Astrodynamics Support Workstation (ASW),