NASA FFRDC at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Competitive Procurement Request for Information (RFI) / Sources Sought Notice (SSN)
NASA · NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation FFRDC-26-RFI-SSN in this department, oldest first.
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 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is hereby soliciting information regarding potential sources for a new competitive procurement for the management and operation of NASA�s Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. NASA is also seeking input regarding potential procurement strategies. See the attachment titled "2026 08 03 FFRDC RFI-SSN" for complete details.
Who won similar work
29 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (NASA), same NAICS 541715.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc. | 2 | $3.6M | Jul 7, 2025 |
| ASCEND AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGY, LLC | 1 | $1.8B | Sep 10, 2025 |
| BASTION TECHNOIOGIES INC | 1 | $488.0M | Dec 16, 2025 |
| BARRIOS TECHNOLOGY, LLC | 1 | $450.5M | Aug 14, 2025 |
| ARES TECHNICAL SERVICES CORPORATION | 1 | $400.0M | Aug 7, 2026 |
| SIERRA LOBO INC | 1 | $266.0M | Apr 24, 2026 |
| TROY SIERRA JV LLC | 1 | $220.5M | Sep 30, 2025 |
| New Rights Group, Inc. | 1 | $75.9M | May 4, 2026 |
| MILLENNIUM ENGINEERING AND INTEGRATION SERVICES, LLC | 1 | $58.6M | Apr 6, 2026 |
| University of Wisconsin System Madison WI 53715 USA | 1 | $24.0M | Sep 8, 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.
- 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)
- Apr 24, 2026SIERRA LOBO INC$266.0MTest Evaluation and Support Team 3 (TEST3) Period of Performance Extension
- Apr 6, 2026MILLENNIUM ENGINEERING AND INTEGRATION SERVICES, LLC$58.6MProject and Engineering Support Services II (PESS II) Extension
- Dec 16, 2025BASTION TECHNOIOGIES INC$488.0MSafety and Mission Assurance Services (SMAS) II
- Sep 30, 2025TROY SIERRA JV LLC$220.5MAward of Test Facility Operations, Maintenance, and Engineering III (TFOME III)
- Sep 29, 2025General Electric Company$340K4H-SiC Silicon Carbide (SiC) Integrated Circuit Processing on 100 mm Diameter SiC Wafers
- Sep 29, 2025UNIVERSITY OF UTAH Salt Lake City UT 84112 USA$580KThe Development of Diffractive Filter Array (DFA) for Hyperspectral Diffractive Imaging Spectrometer (DRISM) Application
- Sep 16, 2025JACKSON BOND ENTERPRISES, LLC$970K10m Pathfinder FTPS
- Sep 10, 2025ASCEND AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGY, LLC$1.8BContract for Organizing Spaceflight Mission Operations and Systems (COSMOS)
Competitive landscape
For the 8 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.
- 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.