Contract · Federal
Space Data Network (SDN) Industry Consortium for Space-to-Space Communications
DEPT OF DEFENSE / DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE El Segundo, CA
- Status Closes in 11 days
- Amount Amount not listed
- Set-aside No Set aside used
Scope
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Purpose and Program Background The Space Systems Command’s Space Data Network Backbone (SDN-B) program office is fielding a proliferated, integrated, vendor-diverse space-to-space communications mesh in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) leveraging commercial product baselines from across the industrial base.
This mesh forms the critical communications backbone of the Space Data Network (SDN).
SDN-B has established the Space Data Network (SDN) Industry Consortium to cultivate a collaborative public-private partnership focused on addressing high-priority technical integration and architectural challenges across the proliferated LEO (pLEO) space-to-space communications mesh.
This announcement is an open, one-step call for white papers to serve as market intelligence, informing the Government of the capabilities of the industrial base to meet current and future SDN requirements.
Based on this market intelligence, the Government may onboard individual companies into the SDN consortium.
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Consortium Construct & Terms of Participation Agreement Mechanism: Selected industry members will enter the consortium as Associate Members under a $0-value Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) executed pursuant to 10 U.S.C. § 4022.
Scope of Engagement: Consortium members will participate in regular collaborative forums, technical working groups, and architectural interchange meetings chaired by the Government.
Activities include technical interoperability assessments, standards formulation, risk reduction discussions, and multi-vendor on-ramp coordination.
Agreements & Non-Disclosure: Participating organizations will be required to execute Associate Contractor Agreements (ACAs) and implement Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) and proprietary information protection strategies to enable cross-industry and...
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Timeline
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Posted
Nov 10, 2026
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Status
Closing soon
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