Sources SoughtPosted Sep 1, 2026·Responses due Oct 2, 2026

Chemical and Electric Propulsion Systems (Pre-RFI Market Research)

NASA · NASA MANAGEMENT OFFICE -- JPL

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
336414
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
SBPO-2610-01092026
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
Not stated
Place
Pasadena, CA, USA
Contact
JPL Small Business Programs Office (smallbusiness.programsoffice@jpl.nasa.gov)
…Open on SAM.gov
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation SBPO-2610-01092026 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 1, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
  • Oct 6, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 19, 2026 to Apr 6, 2027, middle of the range Jan 6, 2027.
Measured from 23 past early notices at National Aeronautics and Space Administration that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Sep 1, 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

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is reviewing options to find Small Businesses and/or Small Business Joint Ventures or Teams led by a Small Businesses with experience performing the below scope tasks. JPL is seeking information from qualified small businesses with demonstrated experience supporting spacecraft chemical and electric propulsion systems throughout the design, development, integration, test, qualification, and flight-readiness lifecycle. Relevant capabilities may include propulsion system architecture and requirements, thruster and feed-system design, propulsion subsystem engine… (show all)

ering, modeling and simulation, power processing and propellant systems, hardware fabrication and assembly support, environmental and performance testing, failure analysis, and verification. Experience with electric propulsion technologies such as Hall thrusters, plasma diagnostics, vacuum facilities, and spacecraft�plume interaction testing is particularly relevant. If interested in this opportunity, please download and complete the attachment documents and submit to the JPL Small Business Programs Office (SBPO) at smallbusiness.programsoffice@jpl.nasa.gov. Also, JPL will host three webinars on the dates listed below to address questions live. Contract Technical Managers, the Subcontracts Manager, and representatives from the JPL Small Business Programs Office may be in attendance. Webinar registration links are in the �Attachments/Links� section of the SAM.gov posting. Monday, September 14, 2026, 10:00 - 11:00 AM PT Tuesday, September 15, 2026, 10:00 - 11:00 AM PT Thursday, September 17, 2026, 10:00 - 11:00 AM PT JPL is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) managed by Caltech University in support of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Who won similar work

6 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (NASA), same NAICS 336414.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE San Antonio TX 78238 USA2$86.4MFeb 14, 2025
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. · $SPCX1$5.9BSep 18, 2026
AXIOM SPACE INC1$65.8MJul 31, 2026
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE Durham NH 03824 USA1$24.3MNov 14, 2024
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC1$20.5MJan 17, 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.

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.

  • 3 of these past winners lobbied Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) since 2024 (35 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.

  • 1 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.