This RFI—not a request for proposal—seeks industry information on capabilities, interest, and options for a solar-observing Space Weather Next Geostationary extreme ultraviolet imager (GRUVI) for a future operational NOAA space weather mission supporting NWS and SWPC forecasts and alerts. The instrument should resolve solar features including coronal holes, filaments/prominences, active regions, CMEs, and X10-class flares, with spectral bands selected to discriminate plasma temperatures and phenomena. Contractor support is needed for a Phase A study because the required capabilities are not currently within the NASA/NOAA workforce, and the government also wants to assess contractor capability to manufacture GRUVI. The government anticipates multiple awards for the Formulation/Risk reduction phase under a planned fixed-price contract, with possible priced or unpriced options and consideration of a contractor-proposed pre-priced option to retire implementation risk. At Phase A conclusion, an industry partner is expected to be ready to enter a System Requirements Review about one month after implementation contract award, followed by a Preliminary Design Review.

NASA-GSFC has issued an RFI, not a request for proposal, seeking vendor interest and capabilities to inform acquisition strategy for a potential future RFP. The effort would include a formulation risk reduction study and ultimately the procurement, development, and fabrication of one GRUVI instrument for the Space Weather GEO Series on behalf of NASA and NOAA. The instrument is anticipated to fly on a SW-designated spacecraft. This RFI is informational only, does not obligate the Government, and respondents will not be reimbursed for response costs. Responses, comments, and questions should be emailed to Kelly Lytton at kelly.r.lytton@nasa.gov.