NASA Operation and Maintenance of the NASA Federally Funded Research and Development Center at Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA requires Operation and Maintenance of the NASA Federally Funded Research and Development Center at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena California.

Solicitation Summary

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has a continuing requirement for the Operation and Maintenance of the NASA Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC).

Solicitation in a Nutshell

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Details
Agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Solicitation Number 80NM0025SS001
Status Pre-RFP
Solicitation Date 08/2026 (Estimate)
Award Date 05/2027 (Estimate)
Contract Ceiling Value $30.000,000,000
Competition Type  Full and Open / Unrestricted
Type of Award  IDIQ – Agency Specific
Primary Requirement  Operations & Maintenance
Duration TBD
Contract Type  Cost Plus Fixed Fee,Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity
No. of Expected Awards N/A
NAICS Code(s):
541715

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
Size Standard: 1000 Employees except 1500 Employees for Aircraft, Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts, 1250 Employees for Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment and 1300 Employees for Guided Missiles and Space Vehicles, Their Propulsion Units and Propulsion Parts
Place of Performance:
  • Pasadena, California, United States
Opportunity Website: https://sam.gov/opp/9efc387491e24c7ebaaed647d5b8bd9d/view

Requirements

  • Manage limited to highly complex or first-in kind deep space and Earth orbiting exploration and science missions and instruments, including mission concept development, design, project management, systems engineering, and mission operations, particularly for those missions requiring: deep space communication and navigation; integration of radioisotope power systems; entry, descent, and landing on planetary surfaces; mobility on planetary surfaces; survival in extreme environments; and/or advanced Earth, Planetary and/or Astrophysical remote sensing, as well as space research and technology development
  • Potential sources will be required to enable scientific exploration by developing and maintaining the technical skills and infrastructure necessary to carry out projects in Earth orbit or deep space, and involves spacecrafts sent as orbiters to the Moon or other planetary bodies, robotic landers, rovers, and scientific observatories on permanent space trajectories or on sample return missions
  • Although instrument observations from and in space will be the primary tools for such explorations, investigations, science programs, ground-based research, and laboratory experiments shall also be required for successful mission development and execution
  • A broad range of hardware and software engineering, scientific analysis, deep-space telemetry data acquisition capability, and management effort are also implicit in space mission assignments
  • This support includes project tasks involving:
    • Autonomous deep-space and earth-orbiting spacecraft or major subsystems
    • Experiments, instruments, or other devices which may be carried as payload on spacecrafts and aircrafts in missions managed by others
    • Ground based systems
    • Advanced technology research and development that enable and enhance new space missions, shorten the mission development cycle, and speed the use of observation, model, and research results in the planning of future and the operation of current missions and systems
    • NASA-sponsored research and analysis programs that carry out a program of competed and peer-reviewed basic and applied research and technology development in space and Earth sciences

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