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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) Office of Projects, Planning, and Analysis (OPPA) is seeking interes... The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) Office of Projects, Planning, and Analysis (OPPA) is seeking interested parties for the requirement described in the attached Sources Sought Notice, Performance Work Statement, and SAN Overview. Interested contractors are requested to follow directions provided in the attached Sources Sought Notice to indicate their interests. NOAA seeks a contractor to support OPPA's requirement for the Space Weather Follow-On (SWFO) Antenna Network (SAN) for the Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange Point 1 (SWFO-L1) observatory. The Government will rely upon the Contractor to design, integrate, and deliver: - One antenna to NOAA owned site in Wallops, VA and one antenna at NOAA owned site in Fairmont, WV. Each antenna will provide S-band commanding capability to the SWFO-L1 observatory, S-band downlink capability from the SWFO-L1 observatory, X-band downlink capability from the SWFO-L1 observatory, and S-band ranging capability to the SWFO-L1 observatory; - Two to four antenna(s) located outside of the continental United States (OCONUS) that provides X-band downlink capability from the SWFO-L1 observatory and/or global data acquisition for X-band data from the SWFO-L1 observatory that meets NOAA requirements regarding global coverage, availability, latency, and IT security; antenna or data acquisition service capabilities must include terrestrial data routing from the OCONUS sites to NOAA’s N-Wave network; - A single management interface between SAN and NOAA’s Command and Control (C2) system for SWFO-L1 such that operators at NOAA Satellite Operations Facility (NSOF) can use C2 Human Machine Interface (HMI) to schedule antennas, track antenna status, and track data delivery statistics; - Space-Ground communications (e.g. modems, front-end processors), terrestrial data transport, and associated test equipment necessary to support bi-directional communications between the C2 system and the SWFO-L1 observatory via the antenna stations; between the C2 system and the SWFO-L1 observatory simulators; and between the C2 system and the SWFO-L1 observatory while conducting SWFO-L1 observatory development and pre-launch activities. The Government may rely upon the Contractor to have capability to deliver (inclusion in the awarded contract will be dependent upon economic and schedule feasibility): - An S-band ranging service capability in the southern hemisphere. A Request for Information was previously posted for this requirement under Notice ID NOAA-SWFO-ANTENNA-RFI at https://beta.sam.gov/opp/2fde33bde28748499df01cab2801b9bd/view