KBR wins $350M USGS satellite support recompete
A Landsat's view of the Fagradalsfjall volcanic eruption near Grindavík, Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland. Photo by Gallo Images / USGS/ NASA Landsat data processed by Orbital Horizon
By
Ross Wilkers
The U.S. Geological Survey uses this contract to acquire resources for its centralized imagery sharing hub.
KBR has won a five-year, $350 million contract to continue its technical support services that aid in how the U.S. Geological Survey conducts satellite operations and operates ground systems.
USGS set up the contract to assist its Earth Resources Observation and Science Center, which receives and distributes data acquired from the Landsat satellite constellation that NASA is a partner in. EROS acts as the centralized national archive of remotely sensed images of Earth’s surface.
The agency received eight offers for this recompete and made the award on Friday, according to Federal Procurement Data System records.
KBR inherited the work in 2018 through its $355 million acquisition of Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies, which won the original contract in 2015. A proposal from SGT was selected in 2020 for the current iteration.
USGS has obligated approximately $257.7 million in task order volume to-date against the current contract, which GovTribe data pegs as slated to expire on Dec. 1.
The scope of work covers task areas such as science, data and information, systems operations and maintenance, engineering, satellite data reception and operation, and communications and outreach.
KBR’s responsibilities also include initial scans of aerial photography, long-term data preservation, incorporation of artificial intelligence technologies, scientific applications of satellite remote sensing data and network engineering.