SAM #FA8819(10-2026)

CCS Meadowlands Fleet Sustainment Market Research

The U.S. Space Force is conducting market research for long-term sustainment of its Counter Communications System Meadowlands fleet. - Government buyer: U.S. Space Force, Space Systems Command (SSC), Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power Directorate, at Los Angeles Air Force Base. - Requirement: Sustain, maintain, and provide supporting capabilities for the Counter Communications System (CCS) Meadowlands; the notice identifies CFC/MD3 as the requirement area. This is market research seeking Statements of Capabilities, not a solicitation or award. - Fleet and system: A geographically dispersed fleet expected to include up to 56 systems, with at least 32 anticipated in the future fleet. Meadowlands is a transportable, modular COTS/GOTS satellite communications system supporting UHF, L, C, Ku, and Ka bands. These are fleet estimates, not item quantities for purchase. - Requested support: Hardware and software sustainment; organizational-, intermediate-, and depot-level maintenance; field service and reach-back engineering; technical data and configuration management; reliability and failure analysis; spares, repair-cycle, obsolescence, and supply-chain management; cybersecurity remediation and authorization documentation; transition and continuity planning; workforce and surge support; and Foreign Military Sales support. - Notable requirements: Support is anticipated for deployments in USCENTCOM and USPACOM, with capability to support EUCOM, SOUTHCOM, and NORTHCOM. The work includes addressing COTS obsolescence, counterfeit-part risks, and proprietary or sole-source components, including a photonics-based Frequency Conversion System. Estimated workload security mix is 65% CUI, 15% Secret, 15% TS/SCI, and 5% SAP F. - OEMs and vendors: No OEMs, manufacturers, or vendors are named. No procurement part numbers or specific product quantities are provided. - Potential competitors: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, L3Harris Technologies, Inc., RTX Corporation, and Viasat, Inc. may have relevant defense communications or sustainment capabilities.

Description

This is a Sources Sought. The Space Systems Command (SSC) located at Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, is seeking information in the form of Statements of Capabilities (SOC) from interested parties in support of the SSC, Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power Directorate requirement for the Counter Communications System (CCS) Meadowlands as described below. The Government is conducting market research to inform its Acquisition Strategy.  

The purpose of this notice is to identify potential sources that can meet CFC/MD3’s requirement.  The Government reserves the right to set this acquisition, or portions thereof, aside for small business – to include socially and economically disadvantaged businesses, 8(a) firms, or woman-owned businesses. The Government is seeking contractors interested in and capable of providing all technical and logistical effort required to sustain, maintain, and deliver capabilities to support the CCS Meadowlands system.  

This effort encompasses all technical, logistical, software and hardware efforts required to Sustain CCS Meadowlands systems. 

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