Sources SoughtPosted Aug 20, 2026·Responses due Aug 28, 2026

NOAA NESDIS DISCOS MA-IDIQ

NOAA · DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541330
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
RFI-DISCOS-SIAD-26
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
Not stated
Place
Silver Spring, MD, USA
Contact
Maryann Orellana (maryann.orellana@noaa.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation RFI-DISCOS-SIAD-26 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jul 31, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Aug 20, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Aug 20, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 12, 2026 to Dec 8, 2026, middle of the range Oct 22, 2026.
Measured from 49 past early notices at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Jul 31, 2026).

Next steps for this stage

Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.

  • Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
  • Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
  • Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.

What the notice says

August 20, 2026 - Update All questions received have been answered in the new attachement labeled NOAA NESDIS DISCOS MA-IDIQ - Questions and Answers. Additionally, minor revisions were made to the SSN-RFI document. All revisions are indicated with red text in the new attachement labeled NOAA NESDIS DISCOS MA-IDIQ - SSN_RFI (updated). Response Due Date: 11:00 AM Eastern Time on August 28, 2026 ----------------------------------------------------- This is a combined Sources Sought Notice (SSN) and Request for Information (RFI). The National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service … (show all)

(NESDIS) under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) seeks information from interested parties on capabilities to provide operations, maintenance, sustainment, and new development for NOAA�s Data, Infrastructure, Science, C2, and Operations Services (DISCOS). These include both on-premises and cloud-based infrastructure supporting NOAA�s on-orbit satellite mission operations, science data processing, and mission support systems. NOAA also requests information on approaches to optimize NOAA�s enterprise data operations architecture. This SSN/RFI consists of two parts. Part One (SSN) requests a statement of capabilities for the identified functional areas to conduct market research for a potential future NESDIS Multi-Award, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (MA-IDIQ) contract vehicle to provide DISCOS. Part Two (RFI) requests additional information from vendors interested in providing enterprise data operations services to NESDIS. Additional details are provided in the attachment labeled NOAA NESDIS DISCOS MA-IDIQ - SSN_RFI of this notice. Questions & Interest Form Due Date: 1:00 PM Eastern Time on August 14, 2026 Response Due Date: 11:00 AM Eastern Time on August 28, 2026

Who won similar work

6 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 541330.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
MULTIPLE_AWARDS Silver Spring MD USA1$8.0BSep 2, 2025
CENTURIA CORPORATION1$8.7MJul 30, 2026
General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc. · $GD1$8.1MJul 29, 2026
M2 STRATEGY, INC.1$768KJun 18, 2026
BLACKROCK TECHNICAL SERVICES, LLC1$664KAug 3, 2026
VEREGY LLC1$52KJun 24, 2025

Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in.

Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 6 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.

  • 0 of these past winners lobbied Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) job
  • $349K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Natural Resources, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
  • 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
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Policy around it

Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.

  • 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
  • 304 rules from the department in the last 12 months
  • 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
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Market

For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards.

  • 1 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 4 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.

Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.