Contract

Astrophysics Science Operations Support

Agency: NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION / NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Location: GREENBELT, MD
Amount: Amount not listed
Deadline: Closes in 11 days (Jul 29, 2026)
Posted: Jul 15, 2026
Set-aside: None (open competition)

What this contract is for

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. NO PROPOSALS ARE TO BE SUBMITTED IN RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE. This notice is issued by the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) to post a draft Statement of Work to solicit responses from interested parties. This document is for information and planning purposes and to allow industry the opportunity to verify reasonableness and feasibility of the requirement, as well as promote competition. NASA/ Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is hereby soliciting information from potential sources for a potential requirement for astrophysics science operations support (ASOS) of its flagship Astrophysics missions: Hubble Space Telescope, James Webb Space Telescope and Roman Space Telescope. This requirement includes managing the scientific observations proposal selection process, scheduling observations, building event and command timelines for onboard the spacecraft, calibrating the science instruments, processing science data, archiving that data, enabling science community access to the data, providing a Roman cloud-based science data analysis platform, and managing the research award funding to the astronomical community. The requirement also includes sustaining engineering of the associated ground systems, performing mission-specific communications (outreach), and operations and sustainment of the Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes (MAST). The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) GSFC is seeking capability statements from all interested parties, including all socioeconomic categories of Small Businesses (SB) and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)/Minority Institutions (MI) for the purposes of determining the appropriate level of competition and/or small business subcontracting goals for astrophysics scien...

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