Network Extension for User Continuity and Sustainability (NEXUS) Ka-Band Backward-Compatible Relay Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) NextSTEP-3 Appendix E - Final Solicitation
NASA · NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation SCAN-MSFC-0001 in this department, oldest first.
- Apr 9, 2026SolicitationOpen
- Apr 9, 2026SolicitationOpen
- Apr 10, 2026SolicitationOpen
- Apr 21, 2026SolicitationOpen
- May 13, 2026SolicitationOpen
- May 22, 2026SolicitationOpen
- Jun 4, 2026 · this noticeSolicitation
- Jun 18, 2026SolicitationOpen
- Jun 22, 2026SolicitationOpen
- Jun 22, 2026SolicitationOpen
- Jun 29, 2026SolicitationOpen
- Jun 29, 2026SolicitationOpen
- Jul 6, 2026SolicitationOpen
- Jul 13, 2026SolicitationOpen
- Jul 13, 2026SolicitationOpen
- Jul 16, 2026SolicitationOpen
- Jul 29, 2026SolicitationOpen
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- 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.
Who won similar work
3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER), same NAICS 541715.
Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $237.9M to $444.0M, median $400.0M; range $75.9M to $488.0M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| BASTION TECHNOIOGIES INC | 1 | $488.0M | Dec 16, 2025 |
| ARES TECHNICAL SERVICES CORPORATION | 1 | $400.0M | Aug 7, 2026 |
| New Rights Group, Inc. | 1 | $75.9M | May 4, 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.
- 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)
- Dec 16, 2025BASTION TECHNOIOGIES INC$488.0MSafety and Mission Assurance Services (SMAS) II
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.
- 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. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 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.