Commercial Aviation Services - Airborne Science Support IDIQ, Snow4Flow EVS-4 Mission
NASA · NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 80ARC026R0007 in this department, oldest first.
- Jun 16, 2026Pre-solicitationOpen
- Jul 31, 2026 · this noticeCombined Synopsis/Solicitation
Next steps for this stage
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- Decide bid or no bid before the response deadline.
- Look at the past winners for likely competitors and teaming partners.
- Follow the opportunity to hear about amendments and the award.
What the notice says
This notice is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services prepared in accordance with FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services, as deviated by the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul class deviations. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Offers are being requested and no separate written solicitation will be issued; the solicitation document attached to this notice is part of this announcement. This notice is being issued as a Request for Proposal under solicitation number 80ARC026R0007 for commercial aviation services in support of NASA airb… (show all)
orne science. NASA Ames Research Center intends to award a single-award, firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity contract for the provision, modification, and operation of a ski-equipped survey aircraft in a science configuration, including flight crew, maintenance, and insurance; support for integration, operation, and deintegration of the Snow4Flow instrument suite; and check, transit, and science flight operations for Arctic geophysical survey campaigns planned in the 2027 through 2029 timeframe. The maximum ordering value is $9,000,000.00 over a four-year ordering period from the date of award, plus a six-month option to extend services under FAR 52.217-8. The guaranteed minimum is $75,000.00. Services are ordered by firm-fixed-price task orders. Task Order 0001 will be issued concurrent with contract award. The provisions and clauses in this Request for Proposal are those in effect through FAC 2026-01 and the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul class deviations. This acquisition is unrestricted. No set-aside applies. The NAICS Code and Size Standard are 481219 and $25.0 million, respectively. The offeror must state in their offer their size status for this acquisition. All responsible sources may submit an offer which must be considered by the agency. Performance is at the Contractor's facilities and at deployed operating locations specified in individual task orders, anticipated to include Alaska (United States), the Yukon Territory and the Canadian High Arctic (Canada), Svalbard (Norway), and Greenland (Kingdom of Denmark). No performance occurs at a NASA installation. Data deliverables are provided free on board (FOB) Destination in accordance with the Contract Data Requirements List. Offers for the services described above are due by 5:00 PM Pacific Time on August 14, 2026, by email to joshua.d.taggart@nasa.gov, and must comply with the Addendum to FAR 52.212-1 (DEVIATION) in the attached solicitation. Offers must include the solicitation number, proposed delivery/performance schedule, discount and payment terms, warranty duration (if applicable), the offeror's taxpayer identification number, identification of any special commercial terms, and must be signed by an authorized company representative. The following clauses and provisions are incorporated; full text of the clauses and provisions may be accessed electronically at: FAR - https://www.acquisition.gov/far-overhaul/far-part-deviation-guide ; NFS - https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/NFS.pdf Offerors must provide the information required by FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Nov 2025) (DEVIATION), which is incorporated by reference. Addenda to FAR 52.212-1 are as follows: Addendum to FAR 52.212-1 (DEVIATION), Proposal Submission Instructions, set forth in the attached solicitation. FAR 52.212-3 and FAR 52.212-5 are Reserved under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul class deviations and do not apply to this acquisition. Offeror representations and certifications are completed in the System for Award Management and are incorporated by paragraph (u) of FAR 52.212-4 (DEVIATION). Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management at the time of offer. FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Nov 2025) (DEVIATION), applies. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation is the lowest-priced, technically acceptable offer. The evaluation factors are Factor 1, Technical Acceptability, rated Acceptable or Unacceptable, and Factor 2, Price, as set forth in the attached solicitation. There are no tradeoffs and no credit is given for exceeding acceptability standards. FAR 52.212-4, Terms and Conditions - Commercial Products and Commercial Services (Nov 2025) (DEVIATION), is applicable. Addenda to FAR 52.212-4 are as follows: Addendum to FAR 52.212-4 (DEVIATION), set forth in the attached solicitation. Additional contract requirements, terms, and conditions are set forth in the attached solicitation and its attachments: Attachment J-1, Statement of Work; Attachment J-2, Contract Data Requirements List and Data Requirements Descriptions; and Attachment J-3, Pricing Tables. Task Order 0001 Attachments 1 through 3 (Statement of Work; Contract Data Requirements List; Payment Milestone Schedule) are included in this solicitation and will be incorporated into Task Order 0001 at award. NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at: https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/Procurement-Ombuds-Comp-Advocate-Listing.pdf This posting, in addition to any attached documents, will be available on www.SAM.gov. Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of this combined synopsis/solicitation and amendments (if any). Prospective offerors are encouraged to notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. All contractual and technical questions must be submitted electronically via email to Joshua D. Taggart, Contracting Officer, joshua.d.taggart@nasa.gov, not later than 5:00 PM Pacific Time on August 7, 2026. Telephone questions will not be accepted. Answers of general applicability will be posted as amendments to this notice. Responses to this combined synopsis/solicitation must be received via email no later than 5:00 PM Pacific Time on August 14, 2026. The Government is not responsible for any failure attributable to the transmission or receipt of documents submitted using electronic means, including the missing of any established deadlines. Failure to submit a complete electronic proposal by the due date and time specified for this Request for Proposal will result in the proposal being considered late and will be handled in accordance with FAR 52.212-1 (DEVIATION), Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
Who won similar work
171 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (NASA), any industry: a loose match.
Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amentum Technology, Inc. · $AMTM | 2 | $1.2B | May 20, 2026 |
| ARES TECHNICAL SERVICES CORPORATION | 2 | $739.8M | Aug 7, 2026 |
| SIERRA LOBO INC | 2 | $548.2M | Apr 24, 2026 |
| AECOM TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC. | 2 | $87.0M | Aug 20, 2025 |
| SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE San Antonio TX 78238 USA | 2 | $86.4M | Feb 14, 2025 |
| The Regents of the University of Colorado Boulder CO 80309 USA | 2 | $40.3M | Oct 6, 2026 |
| SIERRA SPACE CORP | 2 | $26.3M | Jan 8, 2026 |
| ASCA, INC | 2 | $10.6M | Oct 2, 2026 |
| Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc. | 2 | $3.6M | Jul 7, 2025 |
| SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. | 1 | $5.9B | Sep 18, 2026 |
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.
- Oct 13, 2026FEI COMPANY$1.7MThermoFisher Helios 5 CX Purchase
- Oct 8, 2026OMITRON, INC.$23.5MOrbital Safety Analysis Support Services (OSASS) Award
- Oct 6, 2026LINDE INC.$33.1MRequest For Proposal (RFP) NASA Agency-wide Acquisition of Nitrogen and Oxygen 4 (NANO 4)
- Oct 6, 2026The Regents of the University of Colorado Boulder CO 80309 USA$25.3MTotal and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor-2 (TSIS-2) Mission Operations and Data Processing
- Oct 2, 2026MODULATE SPACE CORPORATION$38.0MAWARD - 5G System for Lunar Surface Communications Evaluation and Radio Propagation Measurements
- Oct 2, 2026ASCA, INC$10.0MASCA Blanket Purchase Agreement
- Sep 30, 2026SKYMARK REFUELERS LLC$397K3K Dual Compartment/Dual Pumping GSE Refueling Truck
- Sep 24, 2026GLOBAL ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS, INC.$5.6MTropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) Extended Operations Host Contract
- Sep 18, 2026INTERNATIONAL AEROSPACE COATINGS INC$317KAward Notice for Aircraft Painting
- Sep 18, 2026SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP.$5.9BModification to the SpaceX Commercial Crew Transportation Capabilities (CCtCap) Contract
Competitive landscape
For the 8 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 2 of these past winners lobbied Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) since 2024 (11 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) job
- $46K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
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.
- 8 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 16 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
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 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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.