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NASA · NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
NASA is planning to buy "Request for Information _ Creation of The United States Space Academy". This is an early notice: it is not taking bids yet. The work is in Washington, DC, USA. Responses are due Nov 16, 2026. In the last 2 years, similar work (matched on the agency only, a loose match) went to 10 or more companies, usually for about $3.9M per award. An award is expected between November 2026 and April 2027.
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Every notice posted under solicitation NASA-USSA-RFI in this department, oldest first.
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ce sector. Through this Request for Information (RFI), NASA invites each State to submit one official State-sponsored response prepared by a �Responding Entity� and coordinated and formally endorsed by a State Selecting Official. The Governor must designate both the Responding Entity and the State Selecting Official in writing. The response should provide information to support NASA�s assessment of potential locations and operating solutions for the United States Space Academy (USSA). That assessment will inform NASA�s recommendation to the Commission. NASA�s objectives for this announcement are to: Identify potential locations for the permanent establishment of the USSA campus, including a groundbreaking no later than 2027. Identify interim solutions that may allow the USSA to begin instruction in 2028 and facilitate a smooth transition to a permanent campus by 2031. Explore the estimated costs of establishing the USSA and potential state, local, and other non-Federal partnerships that could support its establishment. Information obtained through this RFI will be used by NASA and the Commission to develop the recommended process for selecting the Academy�s permanent physical location, which will be reported to the President for decision. A separate announcement for formal proposals may be issued at a later date. PLEASE NOTE: If there are issues with file submission please email hq-nasa-ussa@mail.nasa.gov. We will respond and provide a box link to upload files. UPDATES MADE AS OF 11.2.26: Additional Question and Answers Document attached. UPDATES MADE AS OF 10.9.26: RFI extended until November 16, 2026. UPDATES MADE AS OF 10.7.26: Updated Question and Answers Document attached. UPDATES MADE AS OF 10.2.26: Question and Answers Document attached.
173 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (NASA), any industry: a loose match.
Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.
Single-winner award sizes (122): middle half $795K to $25.2M, median $3.9M; range $26K to $1.8B.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE San Antonio TX 78238 USA | 3 | $106.3M | Nov 2, 2026 |
| Amentum Technology, Inc. · $AMTM · $14.1B | 2 | $1.2B | May 20, 2026 |
| ARES TECHNICAL SERVICES CORPORATION | 2 | $739.8M | Aug 7, 2026 |
| SIERRA LOBO INC | 2 | $548.2M | Apr 24, 2026 |
| The Regents of the University of Colorado Boulder CO 80309 USA | 2 | $40.3M | Oct 6, 2026 |
| SIERRA SPACE CORP | 2 | $26.3M | Jan 8, 2026 |
| AECOM TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC. | 2 | $12.0M + 1 shared | Aug 20, 2025 |
| ASCA, INC | 2 | $10.6M | Oct 2, 2026 |
| AVENGER AEROSPACE SOLUTIONS INC | 2 | $5.3M | Oct 29, 2026 |
| Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc. | 2 | $3.6M | Jul 7, 2025 |
Value counts new single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling (same contract, or the same office, day and amount); that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Contract modifications are not new awards and are not added in either (1 here). Notices whose amount is a placeholder such as $999,999,999 are not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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, including the subsidiaries a company lists in its SEC filings. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.