Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) Extended Operations Host Contract
NASA · NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 80LARC26C0002 in this department, oldest first.
- Sep 24, 2026 · this noticeAward NoticeGLOBAL ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS, INC. · $5.6M
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Note the winner and the end of the period of performance for the recompete.
- Follow the agency to see the next notice for this work.
What the notice says
The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.103-1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements, based on the justification outlined in the attached.
Who won similar work
4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (NASA), same NAICS 517410.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| INTUITIVE MACHINES, LLC · $LUNR | 1 | $4.8B | Jan 15, 2025 |
| KONGSBERG SATELLITE SERVICES AS Tromsoe 9011 NOR | 1 | $4.8B | Jan 16, 2025 |
| SSC SPACE US INC | 1 | $4.8B | Jan 15, 2025 |
| VIASAT INC · $VSAT | 1 | $4.8B | Jan 16, 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.
- Jan 16, 2025KONGSBERG SATELLITE SERVICES AS Tromsoe 9011 NOR$4.8BNear Space Network Services - Contract Award (Kongsberg Satellite Services AS)
- Jan 16, 2025VIASAT INC$4.8BNear Space Network Services - Contract Award (Viasat, Inc.)
- Jan 15, 2025INTUITIVE MACHINES, LLC$4.8BNear Space Network Services - Contract Award (Intuitive Machines, LLC)
- Jan 15, 2025SSC SPACE US INC$4.8BNear Space Network Services - Contract Award (SSC Space US, Inc.)
Competitive landscape
For the 4 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 (11 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) job
- $13K 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.
- 2 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 13 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.