With this Request for Proposals (RFP), the Canadian Space Agency’s (CSA) plans to award a contract to identify a mission concept for high-resolution measurement of terrestrial snow water equivalent.
The activity has the following objectives:
Identify and analyze payloads to meet operational requirements for terrestrial snow mass measurements perform trade-offs and identify best options.
Develop mission concepts to meet primary requirements for snow mass measurements and assess the feasibility to meet the secondary mission objectives related to sea ice, land ice and ocean vector winds measurements.
Identify key Canadian technologies and propose a mission development plan.
Examine alternate options as preparatory work for a preliminary business case.
Period of the Contract
The period of the contract will be for approximately 13 months commencing on the day of contract award. (October 2016)
