The primary objectives of the Arclight Project are Expansion and Enrichment of Existing NASA Data Assets; Expanded Innovation and Commercialization Measures; and Evaluation and Measurement
NASA · NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 80NSSC26938583Q in this department, oldest first.
- Aug 25, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
- Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
- Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.
What the notice says
Synopsis: NASA/NSSC has a requirement for the Arclight Project are Expansion and Enrichment of Existing NASA Data Assets; Expanded Innovation and Commercialization Measures; and Evaluation and Measurement. NASA/NSSC intends to issue a sole source contract to ARCLIGHT ANALYTICS, LLC under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i). It has been determined that ARCLIGHT ANALYTICS, LLC is the sole provider of the Arclight Project are Expansion and Enrichment of Existing NASA Data Assets; Expanded Innovation and Commercialization Measures; and Evaluation and Measurement. NASA/NSSC will be the procuring… (show all)
center for this effort. Performance will be located at NASA/ Ames Research Center (ARC). The NAICS Code for this procurement is 541611. Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort in writing to the identified point of contact not later than 4:00 p.m. Central Standard Time on August 28th, 2026. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. FAR 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions-Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Items) (Mar 2016) is hereby incorporated by reference. NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/pub_library/Omb.html . Primary Point of Contact: McKenzie Hanson Procurement Specialist McKenzie.M.Hanson@nasa.gov
Who won similar work
3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (NASA), same industry group (NAICS 5416).
Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $26.5M to $58.1M, median $48.1M; range $4.9M to $68.1M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| RED CEDAR MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS II LLC | 1 | $68.1M | Aug 26, 2025 |
| Bastion Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $48.1M | Nov 22, 2024 |
| THE BOEING COMPANY · $BA · $77.8B | 1 | $4.9M | Aug 14, 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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- $BA reported $77.8B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 3 past awards, $48.1M, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Aug 14, 2026THE BOEING COMPANY$4.9MBoeing - Santa Susana Field LaboratoryMateriality: <0.01% of $BA revenue (Low) SEC
- Aug 26, 2025RED CEDAR MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS II LLC$68.1MJoint Safety Health Institutional Facilities Team (JSHIFT) 80LARC25R7001No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Nov 22, 2024Bastion Technologies, Inc.$48.1MCenter Occupational Safety, Health, Medical, System Safety and Mission Assurance Contract (COSMC)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Materiality: one award's value as a share of the winner's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings (or its last fiscal year, as noted when you point at it). Low under 1%, Medium 1 to 5%, High 5% or more. Many awards are paid over several years, so this overstates a single year's share.
Competitive landscape
For the 3 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 1 of these past winners lobbied Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) since 2024 (10 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) job
- $337K 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. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 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.