Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Fairbanks Command and Data Acquisition Station (FCDAS) for Operations and Maintenance Services
Department of Commerce · National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
AI summaryNOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) wants a small business to run the Fairbanks Command and Data Acquisition Station (FCDAS) in Alaska, which operates around the clock. This draft combined synopsis/solicitation (one notice that announces the buy and asks for offers) has a response due date of November 9, 2026, 2:00 PM Eastern (an amendment moved it to Nov 19, 2026, 2:00 PM EST). Only small businesses with an active Facility Clearance (approval to handle classified information) can win; work is a one-month transition, a base year and four option years. More in the summary
A newer version of this notice was posted Oct 27, 2026. It moves the due date from Nov 9, 2026 to Nov 19, 2026, which is the date shown on this page. See the latest version.
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Summary of the version posted Oct 15, 2026. The notice was amended Oct 27, 2026. The due date moved from Nov 9, 2026 to Nov 19, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov. This summary may miss requirements: 3 of 13 attachments weren't read (Attachment J-12 Question and Comment Template.xlsx, Attachment J-2. Price Proposal_Template_FCDAS OM.xlsx and 1 more). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) wants a small business to run the Fairbanks Command and Data Acquisition Station (FCDAS) in Alaska, which operates around the clock. This draft combined synopsis/solicitation (one notice that announces the buy and asks for offers) has a response due date of November 9, 2026, 2:00 PM Eastern. Only small businesses with an active Facility Clearance (approval to handle classified information) can win; work is a one-month transition, a base year and four option years.
Who can bid
- Be a small business concern under NAICS 561210 (the industry code for Facilities Support Services), as a total small business set-aside.
- Hold an active Facility Clearance with the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA); the draft DD Form 254 (Contract Security Classification Specification) sets the level at SECRET.
- Be registered in the National Industrial Security System Increment II (NI2) at the time of award.
How to submit: due November 9, 2026, 2:00 PM Eastern. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (9)
- Serious: Active Facility Clearance required; pass/fail. Firms without an active Facility Clearance are removed from consideration, so small businesses without one cannot bid.
- Worth checking: Draft solicitation; dates may change. The Government says an amendment will follow when the solicitation is approved. The question date and the response due date are described as likely to stay the same, not firm.
- Worth checking: Oral presentation and slide deck required. The Management Approach is judged partly on an oral presentation, which takes extra preparation beyond the written proposal.
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- Worth checking: Fixed staffing mix and union wage rates. The Government's pricing template fixes the staffing and labor mix. Wage determinations say workers covered by the existing collective bargaining agreements (CBAs: union contracts) are paid CBA rates, so pricing must fit those wages.
- Worth checking: Three technicians on shift at all times. Minimum staffing of three operations and maintenance technicians every shift, all year, in Fairbanks, Alaska, with no exceptions for absences.
- Worth checking: Cleared staff needed on every shift. At least one person cleared to Final SECRET must be present on each shift for communications security (COMSEC) work.
- Worth checking: Questions were due Oct 19, 2026. Check the amendments for the agency's answers.
- Worth checking: Technical data for the proposal is not furnished with the solicitation. Section L.11 gives technical library access instructions; you need that access to get the technical data used to respond.
- Minor: Base-period lines marked as option lines. CLINs (contract line item numbers: priced lines of the order) 0002 to 0008 are base-period lines marked as options, so the Government orders them only if it chooses.
Read from the notice and 10 attachments. 3 of 13 not read. Show which files.
- Draft Sol_1332KP26R0041 10.15.2026.pdf (read)
- Attachment J-1. PWS - FCDAS OM_FINAL.pdf (read)
- Attachment J-9. Managed Personal Property and Capital Equipment List.pdf (read)
- Attachment J-6. General Teamsters Local 959 CBA effective June 1, 2026.pdf (read)
- Attachment J-5. Fairbanks Joint Craft Council (FJCC) Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) effective June 1, 2026 (1).pdf (read)
- Attachment J-4. Contract Security Classification Specification, DD Form 254 (DRAFT).pdf (read)
- Attachment J-11. Past Performance Relevancy Surveys.docx (read)
- Attachment J-10. Past Performance Questionnaire.docx (read)
- Attachment J-8 SCA WD for Unions 2017-0746 Rev. 16.pdf (read)
- Attachment J-7. Service Contract Wage Determination 2015-5683 Rev. 28.pdf (read)
- Attachment J-12 Question and Comment Template.xlsx: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
- Attachment J-2. Price Proposal_Template_FCDAS OM.xlsx: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
- Attachment J-3. Overtime Labor Hours Breakout Worksheet_FCDAS OM.xlsx: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Keep FCDAS running 24 hours a day, every day of the year, including bad weather and emergencies; the station averages about 135 satellite contacts a day.
- Staff the control room around the clock with at least three operations and maintenance technicians on shift at all times, with no exceptions for planned or unplanned absences.
- Maintain ground system equipment (antennas, network and support equipment), plus facilities, information technology, environmental/safety/health, property and logistics, and armed security guard services.
- Support the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) and Lagrange 1 (L1) missions, including taking over primary command and control within 20 minutes of an outage at another ground station.
- Keep at least one staff member cleared to Final SECRET on every shift for communications security (COMSEC) duties such as loading cryptographic keys.
- Report equipment problems in an Equipment Status Report within 30 minutes of detection, and log daily activity in the Ground System Operations and Maintenance Summary.
- During the May 2027 transition, update the building operating plan within 30 days after performance starts, inspect all equipment and buildings, and submit an initial deficiency list.
- Optional lines the Government may order: skilled trades, information technology, site support, security, operations, other direct costs and Government-directed overtime.
- Contract type
- Performance-based commercial services contract (Part 12 combined synopsis/solicitation). Main lines are firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work costs); other direct costs and Government-directed overtime lines are time-and-materials (T&M: paid for hours and materials used).
- Period of performance
- Transition phase May 1, 2027 to May 31, 2027; base period June 1, 2027 to May 31, 2028; four one-year option periods running to May 31, 2032. That is about 5 years and 1 month, plus a possible service extension under the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clause 52.217-8.
- Place of performance
- Fairbanks Command and Data Acquisition Station, 1300 Eisele Road, Fairbanks, AK 99712 (SAM.gov: Fairbanks, AK, USA)
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Best value tradeoff: three non-price factors plus price. Non-price factors combined are about equal to price, and the Government may pay more for a stronger proposal.
- Offers due
- November 9, 2026, 2:00 PM Eastern (from the version posted Oct 15, 2026; amended since)
What they'll judge offers on
- Technical Approach (written proposal)
- Management Approach (oral presentation with slide deck plus written proposal): staffing, labor relations, operational coverage, transition and contingency planning; active Facility Clearance is graded pass/fail
- Past Performance (written proposal, Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) records, questionnaires and other sources)
- Price (evaluated for reasonableness and unbalanced pricing, not scored)
What to include when you submit
- Send questions and any request to change a term by 3:00 PM ET on October 23, 2026, by email to the Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer, using the Questions and Comments Template (Attachment J-12) and naming the RFP number and the section.
- Prove an active Facility Clearance in the Management Approach; it is graded pass/fail.
- Give an oral presentation and a slide deck; the slides must match what you present.
- Price using the Government's pricing template (Attachment J-2) and the overtime hours worksheet (Attachment J-3); the price proposal must include the documents listed in Section L.6.9.
- Ask each past performance reference to email Past Performance Questionnaire (Attachment J-10) to the Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer, from the reference's own email address, with the subject line: 1332KP26R0041– Past Performance Questionnaire Submission for <Company Name>.
- For each contract you want counted for past performance, fill in the Past Performance Relevancy Survey (Attachment J-11); the response must not exceed page 2.
- Follow Section L of the solicitation; proposals that do not meet it may be excluded.
After award, you must have
- Staff the contract with U.S. persons, with at least one Final SECRET cleared person on every shift for COMSEC duties. From Attachment J-4. Contract Security Classification Specification, DD Form 254 (DRAFT).pdf:
Contractor personnel performing or assigned under this contract must be U.S. persons.
Current contractor
No incumbent is named as such. The attached union agreements and Attachment J-8 name NetCentric Technology, LLC as the employer at FCDAS under CBAs running June 1, 2026 to May 31, 2029. The evaluation text also mentions "incumbent capture strategies".
Not in the notice text
- Sections B through L of the draft solicitation (pricing schedule, proposal instructions in L.6.6 to L.6.9 and L.11, and clauses) are in Draft Sol_1332KP26R0041 10.15.2026.pdf on SAM.gov; check that file for how to submit, page limits and the oral presentation. Attachment J-2 (price template), J-3 (overtime worksheet) and J-12 (question template) are attached but not read.
- How and where to submit the proposal (email or portal) and any page limits.
- When and how the oral presentation is held.
- Quantity and unit for each CLIN, and the Government's estimate: not in the text read.
- How to get Technical Library access (Section L.11) and what it requires.
- What counts as relevant past work (Section L.6.8) and how many contracts to send.
- Which of the two wage determinations (2017-0746 Rev. 16 for union-covered work, 2015-5683 Rev. 28) applies to each position.
Eligibility and how to respond
- Set aside for small businesses: only a business that counts as small under this notice's NAICS code can bid as the prime contractor. The notice also names requirements: More open small business set-asides under NAICS 561210
- The notice mentions a security clearance. Check who needs one, and whether you must hold it by the time offers are due.
- How and where to submit is in the notice text and its attachments on SAM.gov.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 15, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- Dept of Commerce NOAA, Silver Spring, MD
- Product/service code
- DG11 · IT and Telecom – Network: Satellite Communications and Telecom Access Services
- Business type
- Facilities, janitorial & grounds (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 561210)
- Versions
3 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 27, 2026 · Amendment 0002Due Nov 19, 2026 (changed)
- Oct 22, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Nov 9, 2026
- Oct 15, 2026 · Combined Synopsis/Solicitation (this version)Due Nov 9, 2026
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
- How to respond to a solicitation (8 steps)
- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
- Set-aside contracts explained
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
Amendment 2: The purpose of this amendment is to update the Oral Presentation schedule, time slots, and slot selection process, extend the deadline for Technical Library access requests, and extend the proposal submission due date. Amendment 1: The purpose of this amendment is to formally transition the previously posted draft Combined Synopsis/Solicitation into an approved, final, and binding solicitation, remove the draft RFP disclaimer, update submission instructions for Attachment J-10, reiterate key schedule milestones, and confirm that all published deadlines remain unchanged. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products or commercial services prepared in accordance with part 12. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Offers are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation number 1332KP26R0041 is issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP) for Fairbanks Command and Data Acquisition Station (FCDAS) for Operations and Maintenance Services. This acquisition is set-aside for small business concerns. This solicitation incorporates provisions and clauses by reference. The full text of provisions and clauses may be accessed electronically at www.acquisition.gov. The following information is incorporated in the attached RFP: A list of line-item number(s) and items, quantities, and units of measure (including options) Description of requirements for the items to be acquired Date(s) and place(s) of delivery and acceptance and f.o.b. point (see part 47). A list of solicitation provisions that apply to the acquisition (see 12.205(a)). A list of contract clauses that apply to the acquisition (see 12.205(b)). The date, time, and place for receipt of offer and point of contact. Other additional information required by 5.101(c). Please refer to Section L.11 Technical Library Access Instructions of the Attached RFP for technical data required to respond will not be furnished as part of the solicitation All responsible sources may submit a quotation, bid, or proposal, as appropriate, which will be considered by the agency. Offerors must meet hold an active Facility Clearance with Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) in order to be eligible for award.
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