Sources Sought: For Ionospheric Ground Sensors (IGS) Sustaining and Engineering Support Request for Information (RFI)
Dept of Defense · DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE
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- Response deadline
- Jan 12, 2026, 7:00 PM EST
- Posted
- Dec 11, 2025
- Solicitation
- FA8815-26-R-0001
- Set-aside
- None listed
- Place of performance
- USA
- Contracting office
- FA8815 SUSTAINMENT SN SSC/PKL · PETERSON SFB · CO
- Source
- SAM.gov · updated Jul 5, 2026
Description
The Ionospheric Ground Sensors (IGS) Program Management Office is currently assessing the commercial marketplace's capability and experience to provide maintenance, specialized engineering support, installation, expertise, and sustainment of IGS, which includes both the Next Generation Ionosonde (NEXION) and Ionospheric Scintillation Total Electron Content (TEC) Observer (ISTO). The sustainment and installation of IGS sites are performed at various locations across the globe, which include the following tasks: �Site surveys for installation of NEXION and ISTO systems �Spectrum Analysis for IGS sites �Installation of NEXION and ISTO sites, along with follow-on systems testing �Cybersecurity compliance and accreditation, in accordance with Risk ManagementFramework (RMF) standards �Periodic maintenance, along with unscheduled maintenance service visits �Troubleshooting, system problem tracking, resolution, and management �System hardware and software engineering, production, integration installation and testing,along with technical support
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Typical award size
$1.37M
Middle of the pack for similar past awards
Most similar awards fall between $291,442 and $4.96M
Who has won work like this
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- 1THE MITRE CORPORATION3 awards$2.34B
- 2MANTECH ADVANCED SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC.4 awards$1.43B
- 3SMARTRONIX, LLC2 awards$1.42B
- 4NOBLIS, INC.12 awards$674.44M
- 5SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION56 awards$644.77M
- 6HII MISSION TECHNOLOGIES CORP2 awards$450.16M
- 7LS TECHNOLOGIES LLC27 awards$447.71M
- 8KEYLOGIC, LLC2 awards$434.40M
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Intelligence only — not legal advice or a guarantee of award. Always verify requirements on the official SAM.gov notice. Past award amounts are public history, not a suggested bid or prediction. Notice ID 90e7ca847b5240fe9bc7d9506d8b3cee.