Special NoticePosted Oct 15, 2026·Responses due Oct 29, 2026

RPOC-V Ceiling Increase

NASA · NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541330
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
80JSC023DA007
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
R425
Place
Houston, TX, USA
Contact
Kyle Thacker (david.k.thacker@nasa.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 80JSC023DA007 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Oct 15, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Dec 2, 2026 to May 20, 2027, middle of the range Feb 19, 2027.
Measured from 23 past early notices at National Aeronautics and Space Administration that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Oct 15, 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

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) / Johnson Space Center (JSC) for International Space Station (ISS) intends to award a sole source cost-plus fixed-fee contract modification to increase the contract ceiling on 80JSC0-23-DA007. NASA JSC has a requirement to provide engineering support services (research, analysis, design, development, integration, verification, test, evaluation, and operations support) supporting Guidance, Navigation and Control (GN&C), system engineering, and rendezvous proximity operations, and capture (RPOC) activities for ongoing support of agency mission… (show all)

s. NAICS: 541330 Awarded to: Odyssey Space Research, LLC Expiration Date: January 31, 2028 The Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only the above-mentioned source under the authority of FAR 6.103-1. Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. This announcement fulfills the synopsis requirements under FAR 5.2. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS, NOR DOES IT RESTRICT THE GOVERNMENT AS TO THE ULTIMATE ACQUISITION APPROACH. However, all responsible sources may submit an exception to the intent to purchase on a sole basis, which shall be considered by the Government if received by the response due date as specified in this notice. The contract action will increase the ceiling by $50,000,000. The period of performance remains unchanged by this modification. Written capability statement to this synopsis shall contain sufficient documentation to establish a bona fide capability to fulfill the requirement. Respondents must at a minimum: Include Points of contact, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers. Include Capability � how your service/product meets the requirement Shall be submitted via email ONLY as a Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF attachment, no later than 15 calendar days from the date of this synopsis to David Thacker and Irelita Jones at david.k.thacker@nasa.gov and irelita.c.jones@nasa.gov not later than 5PM CDT. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon response to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. NASA will not be responsible for any costs incurred by interested parties in responding to this notice. The Government is not obligated to and will not pay for any information received from potential sources as a result of this synopsis. 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. This is a modification to the notice entilted "Notice of intent to increase ceiling for existing RPOC-V IDIQ", which was posted Jun 09, 2026. You are notified that the following changes are made: The attachement - Justification for other than full and open competition (JOFOC) 80JSC022DA034 - RPOC-V has been posted. The due date for responses is not extended. Offerers are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitaiton and any amendments. Potential offeror are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any)

Who won similar work

5 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER), same product/service code (PSC) R425.

Single-winner award sizes (5): middle half $150.0M to $450.5M, median $266.0M; range $65.8M to $1.8B.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
ASCEND AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGY, LLC1$1.8BSep 10, 2025
BARRIOS TECHNOLOGY, LLC1$450.5MAug 14, 2025
SIERRA LOBO INC1$266.0MApr 24, 2026
MACLEAN ENGINEERING & APPLIED TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.1$150.0MJul 3, 2025
AXIOM SPACE INC1$65.8MJul 31, 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.

Latest awards

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.

  • 1 of these past winners lobbied Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) since 2024 (10 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.

  • 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
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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. 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
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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.