Request for White Paper Proposal-NEMO (Amendment 1)

NESDIS Enterprise Mission Operations (NEMO)
Other Transaction Authority (OTA)

Project Competitive Announcement
Request for Project Proposal (RPP)

RPP No.: 2027-NESDIS-BB-0001

Title:
NESDIS Enterprise Mission Operations (NEMO)
Issued by:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Acquisition and Grants Office (AGO)
Satellite Information and Acquisition Division (SIAD)

SSMC 2, BLDG 02

1325 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910

PROPOSAL RESPONSE DATE: October 26, 2026 at 12:00PM ET

INTRODUCTION

OBJECTIVES

HOW CAN YOU PARTICIPATE?

PROCESS AND BASIS FOR EVALUATION

Phase I: Request for White Papers (RWP)
Phase II: Final Down-Select

APPENDIX 001: STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES

APPENDIX 002: PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS AND DISCLAIMERS

APPENDIX 003: PHASE SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Phase I: White Paper Format
Phase II: Final Down-Select Format

INTRODUCTION

The National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Services (NESDIS) within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), seeks to enter into one or more Other Transaction Agreements (OTAs) pursuant to the authority granted under Section 301 of the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017 (15 U.S.C. 8531) as amended by the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018, here-to-forward referred to as “the Act”, as amended by Section 503 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Amendments Act of 2020 (Pub. L. No. 116-259, title V, § 503, 134 Stat. 1153 (2020)). The purpose of the OTA is to identify and implement new and innovative approaches to satellite mission operations that can lower the cost of observations used to meet NOAA’s mission requirements, while including new, value-added technological advancements. The Government is interested in approaches that enable the transitioning of operational responsibilities for both the current operational fleet (Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS), Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES)-R, and Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1), as well as solutions that support the transition and operations of future satellite constellations (Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) and Space Weather Observations (SWO)).
Under Section 301 (d) of the Act, “In order to enhance the effectiveness of data and satellite systems used by NOAA to meet its missions, the Under Secretary may enter into and perform such transaction agreements on such terms as the Under Secretary considers