Spacecraft Electrical ?Power Systems (Pre-RFI Market Research)
NASA · NASA MANAGEMENT OFFICE -- JPL
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation SBPO-2610-03092026 in this department, oldest first.
- Sep 1, 2026 · this noticeSources Sought
- Oct 6, 2026Sources SoughtOpen
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
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is reviewing options to find Small Businesses and/or Small Business Joint Ventures or Teams led by a Small Businesses with experience performing the below scope tasks. JPL is seeking information from qualified small businesses with demonstrated experience supporting spacecraft electrical power systems throughout the design, development, analysis, integration, testing, and qualification lifecycle. Relevant capabilities include electrical power systems (EPS), solar arrays, batteries, power electronics and distribution, high-power and high-voltage systems, dire… (show all)
ct-drive architectures, energy storage, and power management and distribution. Experience with solar array performance and degradation and spacecraft power interactions with electric propulsion systems is particularly relevant. If interested in this opportunity, please download and complete the attachment documents and submit to the JPL Small Business Programs Office (SBPO) at smallbusiness.programsoffice@jpl.nasa.gov. Also, JPL will host three webinars on the dates listed below to address questions live. Contract Technical Managers, the Subcontracts Manager, and representatives from the JPL Small Business Programs Office may be in attendance. Webinar registration links are in the �Attachments/Links� section of the SAM.gov pov posting. Tuesday, September 22, 2026, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT Wednesday, September 23, 2026, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT Thursday, September 24, 2026, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT JPL is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) managed by Caltech University in support of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Who won similar work
6 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (NASA), same NAICS 336414.
Single-winner award sizes (6): middle half $24.7M to $64.4M, median $43.2M; range $20.5M to $5.9B.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE San Antonio TX 78238 USA | 2 | $86.4M | Feb 14, 2025 |
| SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. · $SPCX | 1 | $5.9B | Sep 18, 2026 |
| AXIOM SPACE INC | 1 | $65.8M | Jul 31, 2026 |
| UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE Durham NH 03824 USA | 1 | $24.3M | Nov 14, 2024 |
| THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC | 1 | $20.5M | Jan 17, 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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- Sep 18, 2026SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP.$5.9BModification to the SpaceX Commercial Crew Transportation Capabilities (CCtCap) Contract$SPCX: revenue not loaded yet (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 31, 2026AXIOM SPACE INC$65.8MContract Award Notice � Task Order 80JSC026FA082 (xEVAS Contract 80JSC022DA022)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Feb 14, 2025SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE San Antonio TX 78238 USA$60.3MSpace Weather Next L1 Series CoronagraphNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jan 23, 2025SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE San Antonio TX 78238 USA$26.2MSpace Weather Next L1 Series Magnetometer (MAG)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jan 17, 2025THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$20.5MSpace Weather Next L1 Series Suprathermal Ion Sensor (STIS)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Nov 14, 2024UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE Durham NH 03824 USA$24.3MSpace Weather Next L1 Series Solar Wind Plasma Sensor (SWiPS) ProcurementNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 5 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 3 of these past winners lobbied Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) since 2024 (35 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.
- 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.