Special NoticePosted Aug 27, 2026·Responses due Sep 11, 2026

Launch Vehicle Probabilistic Reliability Risk Analysis Services

NASA · NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541511
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
80KSC026QA002
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
AR13
Place
Redondo Beach, CA, USA
Contact
Allyson Grooms (allyson.grooms@nasa.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 80KSC026QA002 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 27, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 14, 2026 to Apr 1, 2027, middle of the range Jan 1, 2027.
Measured from 23 past early notices at National Aeronautics and Space Administration that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Aug 27, 2026).

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

NASA/KSC has a requirement for Event Sequence Diagrams (ESD) populated with nuclear launch vehicles� accident failure scenario and outcome services. NASA/KSC intends to issue a sole source Blanket Purchase Agreement to acquire these services from Advanced Systems Concepts Associates (ASCA) as they have developed their own proprietary process and mission specific ESDs based on their database of all launches for all launch vehicles worldwide; a unique capability unknown to be had by any other company or organization. Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to pe… (show all)

rform the effort electronically via email to Allyson Grooms and allyson.grooms@nasa.gov no later than 12:00 PM EST on September 11, 2026. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct this acquisition on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this acquisition on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. 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

Who won similar work

2 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (NASA), same NAICS 541511.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
MACLEAN ENGINEERING & APPLIED TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.1$150.0MJul 3, 2025
MEDICAL INFORMATICS ENGINEERING, INCORPORATED1$2.4MApr 21, 2025

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Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 2 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
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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
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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
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