Space Power and Reactor Capabilities (SPARC) - Draft Request for Proposals (DRFP)
NASA · NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 80GRC026R0009 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 Space Power and Reactor Capabilities (SPARC) Draft Request for Proposals (DRFP) is hereby issued. Potential offerors are encouraged to review all attached documents beginning with the attachment titled SPARC Draft Request For Proposal (DRFP) Cover Letter which provides summary information regarding this posting.
Who won similar work
8 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER), same NAICS 541715.
Single-winner award sizes (8): middle half $1.3M to $6.2M, median $2.7M; range $340K to $220.5M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| TROY SIERRA JV LLC | 1 | $220.5M | Sep 30, 2025 |
| MOREHEAD SPACE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | 1 | $14.2M | Mar 7, 2025 |
| ELECTRA.AERO INC. | 1 | $3.5M | Nov 13, 2024 |
| AURORA FLIGHT SCIENCES CORPORATION | 1 | $3.3M | Nov 13, 2024 |
| JETZERO, INC. | 1 | $2.2M | Nov 13, 2024 |
| GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORP | 1 | $1.4M | Nov 13, 2024 |
| RTX CORPORATION · $RTX · $68.9B | 1 | $1.2M | Nov 13, 2024 |
| General Electric Company · $GE · $35.3B | 1 | $340K | Sep 29, 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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- $RTX reported $68.9B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 8 past awards, $2.7M, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
- $GE reported $35.3B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 8 past awards, $2.7M, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Sep 30, 2025TROY SIERRA JV LLC$220.5MAward of Test Facility Operations, Maintenance, and Engineering III (TFOME III)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 29, 2025General Electric Company$340K4H-SiC Silicon Carbide (SiC) Integrated Circuit Processing on 100 mm Diameter SiC WafersMateriality: <0.01% of $GE revenue (Low) SEC
- Mar 7, 2025MOREHEAD SPACE TECHNOLOGIES LLC$14.2MSmall Satellite Cross-Link Systems - Contract AwardNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Nov 13, 2024GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORP$1.4MPhase I: AACES 2050 Advanced Aircraft Concepts for Environmental SustainabilityNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Nov 13, 2024RTX CORPORATION$1.2MPhase I: AACES 2050 Advanced Aircraft Concepts for Environmental SustainabilityMateriality: <0.01% of $RTX revenue (Low) SEC
- Nov 13, 2024AURORA FLIGHT SCIENCES CORPORATION$3.3MPhase I: AACES 2050 Advanced Aircraft Concepts for Environmental SustainabilityNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Nov 13, 2024JETZERO, INC.$2.2MPhase I: AACES 2050 Advanced Aircraft Concepts for Environmental SustainabilityNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Nov 13, 2024ELECTRA.AERO INC.$3.5MPhase I: AACES 2050 Advanced Aircraft Concepts for Environmental SustainabilityNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Materiality: one award's value as a share of the winner's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings (or its last fiscal year, as noted when you point at it). Low under 1%, Medium 1 to 5%, High 5% or more. Many awards are paid over several years, so this overstates a single year's share.
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.
- 1 of these past winners lobbied Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) since 2024 (1 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) job
- $346K 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.
- 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.
- 2 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 7 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.