Contract award
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
GLOBAL-SCALE OBSERVATIONS OF THE LIMB AND DISK (GOLD) MISSION. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE THE PERSONNEL, MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT, AND FACILITIES NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH THE GOLD MISSION AS DESCRIBED IN THE GOLD CONCEPT STUDY REPORT. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE REPORTS, REVIEWS, AND DOCUMENTATION FOR ALL ASPECTS OF THE PROGRAM. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL MANAGE THE ACTIVITIES OF THE SCIENCE TEAM. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL MAINTAIN THE GOLD SCIENCE DATA CENTER (SDC) AT UCF, AND SHALL PERFORM DATA REDUCTION AND ANALYSIS FOR THREE YEARS AFTER THE COMPLETION OF COMMISSIONING THE GOLD INSTRUMENT. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PRESENT THE SCIENTIFIC RESULTS IN PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLISHED PAPERS, AND PROVIDE RAW DATA AND DATA PRODUCTS FOR ARCHIVING TO AN APPROVED DATA ARCHIVE. THE CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALGORITHM DEVELOPMENT AND SCIENCE PLANNING AND ANALYSIS OF MISSION DATA AND THE PUBLICATION OF RESULTS. THE GOLD PROJECT SHALL FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES OF A MISSION OF OPPORTUNITY AND THE GOLD CONTRACT. THE GOLD PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI) SHALL HAVE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT. THE PI SHALL DELEGATE PROJECT MANAGEMENT TASKS TO THE PROJECT MANAGER (PM) AS APPROPRIATE. THE PM SHALL DIRECT THE GOLD PROJECT AND HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR OVERALL TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT OF THE CONTRACT AND ALL SUBCONTRACTS. THE PI/PM SHALL BE THE FOCAL POINT FOR ALL CONTACT WITH THE GOVERNMENT. THE PM AND STAFF SHALL SUPPORT THE PI AS REQUIRED INCLUDING THE SCHEDULING AND COORDINATING OF MEETINGS AND REVIEWS, SCHEDULE CONTROL AND REPORTING, FINANCIAL CONTROL AND REPORTING, SUBCONTRACT MANAGEMENT, CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT AND DOCUMENTATION, PROGRESS REPORTS AND REVIEWS AS WELL AS ALL ANOMALY REPORTING ACTIVITIES.
- PIID
- 80GSFC18C0061
- Award key
- CONT_AWD_80GSFC18C0061_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-
- Recipient UEI
- SPVKK1RC2MZ3
- Source as of
- —
Current award value
$42,900,1063
Obligated to date
$39,796,0422
Potential with options
$51,531,9763
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Place of performance
- Boulder, Colorado
- Set-aside
- No set-aside used
- Pricing
- Cost No Fee
- Competition
- Not Competed1 offers received
- Period of performance
- Mar 1, 2018 — Apr 30, 2027Through Apr 30, 2027 if all options are exercised
- Benchmark category
- Unclassified
Transaction history
Every action recorded against this award, in the order the government reported them.
| Mod | Action date | Reason | Obligation | Value at action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Mar 1, 2018 | Initial award | $0.00 | $42,900,106.00 |
| P00001 | Mar 2, 2018 | C | $218,000.00 | $42,900,106.00 |
| P00002 | Jul 23, 2018 | B | $79,301.00 | $42,900,106.00 |
| P00003 | Aug 31, 2018 | H | $1,000,000.00 | $42,900,106.00 |
| P00004 | Sep 28, 2018 | C | $250,384.00 | $42,900,106.00 |
| P00005 | Nov 27, 2018 | C | $3,898,910.00 | $42,900,106.00 |
| P00006 | May 20, 2019 | C | $3,445,090.00 | $42,900,106.00 |
| P00007 | Jan 13, 2020 | C | $1,000,000.00 | $42,900,106.00 |
| P00008 | Mar 10, 2020 | C | $1,501,956.87 | $42,900,106.00 |
| P00009 | Jul 7, 2020 | C | $2,775,085.00 | $42,900,106.00 |
| P00010 | Oct 14, 2020 | M | $0.00 | $42,900,106.00 |
| P00011 | Jan 29, 2021 | M | $851,629.13 | $42,900,106.00 |
| P00012 | Apr 29, 2021 | D | $1,695,422.99 | $42,900,106.00 |
| P00013 | Aug 27, 2021 | C | $2,926,925.00 | $42,900,106.00 |
| P00014 | Oct 20, 2021 | D | $0.00 | $42,900,106.00 |
| P00015 | Dec 3, 2021 | C | $377,559.01 | $42,900,106.00 |
| P00017 | Apr 28, 2022 | D | $1,633,308.61 | $42,900,106.00 |
| P00018 | Aug 29, 2022 | C | $4,042,942.00 | $42,900,106.00 |
| P00019 | May 2, 2023 | C | $3,747,158.14 | $42,900,106.00 |
| P00020 | Jun 5, 2023 | M | $0.00 | $42,900,106.00 |
| P00021 | Jun 22, 2023 | M | $0.00 | $42,900,106.00 |
| P00022 | Nov 16, 2023 | M | $0.00 | $42,900,106.00 |
| P00023 | Mar 7, 2024 | M | $0.00 | $42,900,106.00 |
| P00024 | May 1, 2024 | D | $0.00 | $42,900,106.00 |
| P00025 | May 13, 2024 | Y | $3,546,115.00 | $42,900,106.00 |
| P00026 | Jun 27, 2024 | D | $0.00 | $42,900,106.00 |
| P00027 | Dec 17, 2024 | D | $0.00 | $42,900,106.00 |
| P00028 | Jan 23, 2025 | M | $0.00 | $42,900,106.00 |
| P00029 | Mar 10, 2025 | C | $750,000.00 | $42,900,106.00 |
| P00030 | Mar 12, 2025 | G | $350,000.00 | $42,900,106.00 |
| P00031 | Apr 30, 2025 | M | $0.00 | $42,900,106.00 |
| P00032 | Jun 9, 2025 | C | $400,000.00 | $42,900,106.00 |
| P00033 | Jul 10, 2025 | C | $12,385.00 | $42,900,106.00 |
| P00034 | Jul 29, 2025 | C | $330,000.00 | $42,900,106.00 |
| P00035 | Sep 15, 2025 | C | $1,400,000.00 | $42,900,106.00 |
| P00036 | Mar 26, 2026 | C | $2,378,127.00 | $42,900,106.00 |
| P00037 | Apr 7, 2026 | G | $490,000.00 | $42,900,106.00 |
| P00038 | May 27, 2026 | M | $0.00 | $42,900,106.00 |
| P00039 | Sep 24, 2026 | C | $695,743.00 | $42,900,106.00 |
Provenance
Which source record produced each displayed rollup figure.
| Field | Source | File | Retrieved | Parser | Artifact hash |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| awarding_agency_id | USAspending.gov | — | Sep 26, 2026 | usaspending_contract_csv@2026.08.2 | 95609b8635fa |
| contractor_id | USAspending.gov | — | Sep 26, 2026 | usaspending_contract_csv@2026.08.2 | 95609b8635fa |
| current_award_value | USAspending.gov | — | Sep 26, 2026 | usaspending_contract_csv@2026.08.2 | 95609b8635fa |
| naics_code | USAspending.gov | — | Sep 26, 2026 | usaspending_contract_csv@2026.08.2 | 95609b8635fa |
| potential_award_value | USAspending.gov | — | Sep 26, 2026 | usaspending_contract_csv@2026.08.2 | 95609b8635fa |
| psc_code | USAspending.gov | — | Sep 26, 2026 | usaspending_contract_csv@2026.08.2 | 95609b8635fa |
| total_obligated | USAspending.gov | — | Sep 26, 2026 | usaspending_contract_csv@2026.08.2 | 95609b8635fa |
Sources and method
Figures on this page are computed from public federal award records. Numbers are never estimated or generated; where a figure is withheld, the reason is stated rather than filled in.
This page is a record of one federal award, assembled from the transactions the government published against it. Note 1 describes where the rollup came from. Values are award values, not unit prices.
- 1Rollup values derive from 39 transaction records parsed from USAspending.gov, retrieved Sep 26, 2026 by transform awards@2026.08.1.
- 2Obligations are the sum of signed federal action obligations across all transactions; deobligations are negative and remain negative.
- 3Current and potential award values are taken from the latest reported action, not summed across modifications.