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The Space Force Commercial Satellite Communications Office last week released a provisional schedule for the COMSATCOM services the Defense Department will be seeking in calendar year 2025.
The 18 potential Future COMSATCOM Services Acquisition and COMSATCOM Satellite Business Solutions contracts -- which are subject to change as DOD requirements change -- are related to transponded capacity, subscription services or Complex COMSATCOM solutions.
The schedule provides anticipated request for quote release dates and award dates for the various requested services as well as estimated life-cycle values ranging from less than $300,000 to more than $900 million.
Services will be requested in various areas of responsibility, including the Americas, Africa and the Indo-Pacific, as well as for global operations.
Transponded capacity services would include satellite and bandwidth power requirements.
Subscription services would use contractor-determined waveforms billed on a per-use basis.
Complex COMSATCOM solutions could include satellite transport bandwidth, service-enabling components and other maintenance efforts to allow DOD to “build large, complex and custom satellite solutions,” according to the notice.