Hypobaric Chamber Pilot Studies
NASA · NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 80JSC026Q0006 in this department, oldest first.
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 products and commercial services prepared in accordance with the FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; offers are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The Government reserves the right to make multiple awards from this RFQ. This notice is being issued as a Request for Quotations (RFQ) under solicitation number 80JSC026Q0006 for pilot chamber testing facilities capable of performing hypobaric Decompression Sickness (DCS)… (show all)
studies. The facilities are to perform three test days, collecting and recording data each day as they would for a research protocol. Please reference Attachment A - Statement of Work for mor details. The provisions and clauses in the RFQ are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Certification (FAC) Number 2026-01. The NAICS Code and Size Standard are 541714 and 1000 employees, 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. The following clauses and provisions are incorporated; full text of the clauses and provisions may be accessed electronically at: FAR - FAR Overhaul - Part 52 | Acquisition.GOV 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, September 2023, which is incorporated by reference. FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Products and Commercial Services, November 2021. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the offer responsible, whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors are in descending order of importance and must be used to evaluate offers: technical acceptability, past performance, and price. FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Products and Commercial Services, (November 2023). All offerors shall reference the additional submission requirements in Attachment D - Additional Submission Criteria dated 07/15/2026. 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 combination 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 Tracy.L.Quintanilla@nasa.gov, and Katelyn.R.Jaime@nasa.gov, not later than July 29, 2026, 1:00 p.m. Central Time. Telephone questions will not be accepted. Responses to this combined synopsis/solicitation must be received via e-mail to Tracy.L.Quintanilla@nasa.gov, and Katelyn.R.Jaime@nasa.gov, no later than 1:00 p.m. Central Time, on September 10, 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 quote by the due date and time specified for this RFQ must result in the proposal being considered late and must be handled in accordance with FAR 52.212-1(c)(2).
Who won similar work
29 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (NASA), same industry group (NAICS 5417).
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc. | 2 | $3.6M | Jul 7, 2025 |
| ASCEND AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGY, LLC | 1 | $1.8B | Sep 10, 2025 |
| BASTION TECHNOIOGIES INC | 1 | $488.0M | Dec 16, 2025 |
| BARRIOS TECHNOLOGY, LLC | 1 | $450.5M | Aug 14, 2025 |
| ARES TECHNICAL SERVICES CORPORATION | 1 | $400.0M | Aug 7, 2026 |
| SIERRA LOBO INC | 1 | $266.0M | Apr 24, 2026 |
| TROY SIERRA JV LLC | 1 | $220.5M | Sep 30, 2025 |
| New Rights Group, Inc. | 1 | $75.9M | May 4, 2026 |
| MILLENNIUM ENGINEERING AND INTEGRATION SERVICES, LLC | 1 | $58.6M | Apr 6, 2026 |
| University of Wisconsin System Madison WI 53715 USA | 1 | $24.0M | Sep 8, 2025 |
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.
- Aug 7, 2026ARES TECHNICAL SERVICES CORPORATION$400.0MConsolidated Program Support Services Program Planning & Control II (CPSS PP&C II)
- May 4, 2026New Rights Group, Inc.$75.9MNEXT GENERATION SCALABLE DATA ENGINEERING, OPERATIONS, AND INFORMATICS SUPPORT FOR OPEN SCIENCE (NEXT GEN)
- Apr 24, 2026SIERRA LOBO INC$266.0MTest Evaluation and Support Team 3 (TEST3) Period of Performance Extension
- Apr 6, 2026MILLENNIUM ENGINEERING AND INTEGRATION SERVICES, LLC$58.6MProject and Engineering Support Services II (PESS II) Extension
- Dec 16, 2025BASTION TECHNOIOGIES INC$488.0MSafety and Mission Assurance Services (SMAS) II
- Sep 30, 2025TROY SIERRA JV LLC$220.5MAward of Test Facility Operations, Maintenance, and Engineering III (TFOME III)
- Sep 29, 2025General Electric Company$340K4H-SiC Silicon Carbide (SiC) Integrated Circuit Processing on 100 mm Diameter SiC Wafers
- Sep 29, 2025UNIVERSITY OF UTAH Salt Lake City UT 84112 USA$580KThe Development of Diffractive Filter Array (DFA) for Hyperspectral Diffractive Imaging Spectrometer (DRISM) Application
- Sep 16, 2025JACKSON BOND ENTERPRISES, LLC$970K10m Pathfinder FTPS
- Sep 10, 2025ASCEND AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGY, LLC$1.8BContract for Organizing Spaceflight Mission Operations and Systems (COSMOS)
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.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 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.
- 0 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.
- 0 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.