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ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC.

THE PRIMARY ACTIVITIES COVERED BY THIS EFFORT SPAN THE MAJOR PHASES OF THE MISSION BEGINNING WITH FORMULATION THROUGH DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING, AND ENDING ONE YEAR AFTER LAUNCH WITH THE INITIATION OF THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE (JWST) SCIENCE PROGRAM. THESE MAJOR ACTIVITIES ARE SEPARATED INTO THE BASELINE PROGRAM AND SPECIAL STUDIES. THE BASELINE PROGRAM INCLUDES: A. MISSION REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS AND OBSERVATORY/MISSION DESIGN SUPPORT INCLUDING: TRADESTUDY GENERATION, SCIENCE AND OPERATIONS IMPACT ANALYSIS, SCIENCE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SUPPORT, AND DESIGN REFERENCE MISSION ANALYSIS. B. GROUND SEGMENT DEVELOPMENT, TESTING, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS INCLUDING: OPERATIONS SUPPORT OF SI, FGS, ISIM, AND OBSERVATORY INTEGRATION AND TEST (I&T), MISSION SIMULATIONS, AND DOCUMENTATION MAINTENANCE, AS WELL AS LOW COST OPERATIONS CONCEPTS. C. SCIENCE PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION INCLUDING: MISSION PLANNING SUPPORT, SCIENCE PROGRAM DEFINITION SUPPORT, PROPOSAL MANAGEMENT AND USER GRANT ADMINISTRATION, OBSERVER ASSISTANCE, SCIENCE COMMUNITY OUTREACH, AND STAFF RESEARCH. D. COMMISSIONING PERIOD AND ROUTINE SCIENCE OPERATIONS INCLUDING: PROPOSAL GENERATION, OBSERVATION PLANNING AND SCHEDULING, OBSERVING AND USER SUPPORT, DATA PROCESSING AND PRODUCT GENERATION, ARCHIVAL AND DATA DISTRIBUTION SERVICES, CALIBRATION ASSISTANCE AND DATA ANALYSIS, AND ENGINEERING OPERATIONS SUPPORT. E. FLIGHT OPERATIONS INCLUDING: SUBSYSTEM (INCLUDING INSTRUMENTS) HEALTH AND SAFETY MONITORING, COMMAND GENERATION AND UPLOAD, SCHEDULE EXECUTION ASSURANCE, TRENDING, AND ANOMALY INVESTIGATION. F. SUPPORT AND EXECUTION OF THE ON-ORBIT COMMISSIONING PROGRAM. G. GENERATION OF PERFORMANCE, SCIENCE RETURN, AND OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATIONAL REPORTS TO THE JWST PROJECT. H. ASTRONOMICAL COMMUNITY AND GENERAL PUBLIC/EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH. EXAMPLES OF SPECIAL PROJECT ACTIVITIES MAY INCLUDE: A. FOLLOW-ON MISSION STUDIES. B. ENGINEERING NECESSARY TO RESPOND TO NEW JWST PROJECT TASKS.
PIID
NAS503127
Award key
CONT_AWD_NAS503127_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-
Recipient UEI
W1NBN156CYF9
Source as of
Current award value
$1,792,300,6543
Obligated to date
$1,589,272,0702
Potential with options
$1,792,300,6543
Awarding agency
National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Place of performance
Baltimore, Maryland
Set-aside
No set-aside used
Pricing
Cost No Fee
Competition
Not Competed1 offers received
Period of performance
Oct 1, 2003Jun 25, 2027Through Jun 25, 2027 if all options are exercised
Benchmark category
Unclassified

Transaction history

Every action recorded against this award, in the order the government reported them.

ModAction dateReasonObligationValue at action
0Jun 6, 2003Initial award$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
1Oct 1, 2003M$2,500,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
2Oct 1, 2003M$1,850,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
23Feb 17, 2005C$10,482,013.00$1,792,300,653.65
24Mar 22, 2005B$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
25Apr 5, 2005C$3,500,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
27Jul 1, 2005M$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
29Jul 27, 2005C$600,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
30Sep 14, 2005C$897,404.00$1,792,300,653.65
33Oct 12, 2005C$1,150,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
34Nov 15, 2005C$300,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
35Nov 30, 2005M$302,500.00$1,792,300,653.65
36Dec 14, 2005C$500,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
37Jan 6, 2006C$1,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
38Feb 16, 2006C$225,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
39Mar 1, 2006C$2,716,660.00$1,792,300,653.65
40May 22, 2006C$80,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
41Jun 22, 2006M$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
42Jun 28, 2006C$1,937,340.00$1,792,300,653.65
43Jul 19, 2006C$50,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
44Jul 31, 2006B$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
45Sep 14, 2006C$37,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
46Sep 20, 2006C$765,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
47Nov 29, 2006C$662,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
48Nov 30, 2006C$175,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
49Dec 7, 2006C$726,200.00$1,792,300,653.65
50Jan 5, 2007M$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
52Jan 16, 2007C$1,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
53Feb 23, 2007C$600,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
54Mar 20, 2007C$3,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
55Jun 7, 2007B$261,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
56Jun 14, 2007M$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
57Jul 3, 2007C$500,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
58Jul 19, 2007C$75,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
59Jul 31, 2007C$1,567,500.00$1,792,300,653.65
60Aug 21, 2007C$208,466.00$1,792,300,653.65
61Sep 20, 2007C$25,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
62Oct 10, 2007C$88,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
63Oct 12, 2007C$1,600,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
64Nov 15, 2007C$282,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
65Nov 21, 2007M$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
66Nov 27, 2007C$700,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
67Dec 13, 2007C$800,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
68Jan 3, 2008C$1,173,444.00$1,792,300,653.65
69Jan 29, 2008C$9,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
70Mar 17, 2008C$480,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
71Mar 25, 2008C$99,357.00$1,792,300,653.65
72Apr 22, 2008C$332,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
73May 20, 2008B$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
74May 22, 2008M$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
75Jul 1, 2008C$3,009,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
76Aug 28, 2008C$42,441.30$1,792,300,653.65
77Sep 25, 2008C$53,732.28$1,792,300,653.65
78Sep 30, 2008C$8,635.26$1,792,300,653.65
79Oct 29, 2008B$2,500,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
80Dec 11, 2008C$3,200,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
81Dec 18, 2008C$200,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
82Feb 2, 2009C$85,700.00$1,792,300,653.65
83Mar 9, 2009C$500,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
84Mar 13, 2009C$750,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
85Mar 20, 2009C$1,980,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
86Apr 22, 2009C$3,199,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
87Jun 16, 2009M$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
88Jun 29, 2009C$500,098.00$1,792,300,653.65
89Jul 9, 2009C$6,474,300.00$1,792,300,653.65
90Oct 8, 2009C$157,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
91Oct 29, 2009M$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
92Nov 2, 2009C$1,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
93Nov 9, 2009C$1,216,598.68$1,792,300,653.65
94Dec 3, 2009C$1,200,482.00$1,792,300,653.65
95Dec 28, 2009C$2,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
96Jan 15, 2010C$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
97Jan 22, 2010C$3,300,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
98Feb 26, 2010M$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
99Mar 23, 2010C$12,997,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
100Apr 8, 2010B$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
101Jun 8, 2010M$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
102Aug 5, 2010C$1,083,369.00$1,792,300,653.65
103Sep 29, 2010C$500,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
104Oct 1, 2010C$2,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
105Oct 7, 2010C$2,642,300.00$1,792,300,653.65
106Nov 22, 2010C$810,000.48$1,792,300,653.65
107Dec 2, 2010M$1,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
108Dec 13, 2010C$2,300,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
109Jan 4, 2011C$1,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
110Jan 21, 2011C$1,231,295.00$1,792,300,653.65
111Feb 9, 2011C$2,350,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
112Feb 24, 2011C$2,900,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
113Mar 24, 2011C$2,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
114May 2, 2011C$1,100,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
115May 19, 2011C$465,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
116May 23, 2011C$4,285,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
117Jun 21, 2011B$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
118Jun 23, 2011M$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
119Jun 29, 2011C$5,200,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
120Aug 22, 2011C$3,305,695.00$1,792,300,653.65
121Sep 6, 2011C$2,900,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
122Sep 27, 2011C$1,700,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
123Nov 16, 2011C$2,600,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
124Dec 16, 2011B$3,037,953.00$1,792,300,653.65
125Jan 25, 2012C$8,700,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
126Apr 6, 2012M$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
127Apr 12, 2012C$15,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
128Jun 20, 2012C$2,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
129Jul 13, 2012C$2,500,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
130Aug 16, 2012C$5,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
131Dec 6, 2012C$7,100,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
132Feb 20, 2013B$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
133Mar 20, 2013C$4,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
134Apr 15, 2013C$4,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
135May 20, 2013C$4,106,500.00$1,792,300,653.65
136Jun 12, 2013B$6,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
137Aug 27, 2013C$5,922,672.00$1,792,300,653.65
138Sep 23, 2013C$8,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
139Dec 2, 2013C$7,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
140Jan 13, 2014M$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
141Jan 24, 2014B$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
142Feb 11, 2014C$3,900,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
143Mar 10, 2014C$23,069,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
144Jun 4, 2014B$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
145Jul 29, 2014C$7,354,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
146Sep 25, 2014C$3,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
147Oct 16, 2014C$10,300,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
149Dec 4, 2014C$6,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
150Jan 8, 2015C$5,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
151Jan 29, 2015C$6,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
152Feb 9, 2015C$15,767,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
148Mar 3, 2015D$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
153May 21, 2015C$17,078,400.00$1,792,300,653.65
154Jun 24, 2015M$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
155Jul 21, 2015C$2,030,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
156Sep 16, 2015C$4,976,413.00$1,792,300,653.65
157Oct 16, 2015C$8,700,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
158Dec 7, 2015C$3,250,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
159Dec 22, 2015C$4,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
160Jan 15, 2016C$7,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
161Feb 3, 2016M$6,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
162Feb 12, 2016D$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
163Mar 2, 2016C$22,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
164Jun 23, 2016C$12,360,893.00$1,792,300,653.65
165Sep 16, 2016C$9,624,466.00$1,792,300,653.65
166Oct 11, 2016B$15,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
167Dec 22, 2016C$23,300,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
168Mar 16, 2017B$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
169Mar 28, 2017C$24,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
170May 2, 2017M$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
171Jun 1, 2017M$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
172Jul 18, 2017M$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
173Jul 19, 2017C$14,638,198.00$1,792,300,653.65
174Sep 18, 2017D$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
175Sep 21, 2017C$15,020,973.00$1,792,300,653.65
176Nov 2, 2017C$18,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
177Dec 21, 2017C$10,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
178Feb 22, 2018M$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
180Mar 26, 2018C$31,124,871.00$1,792,300,653.65
179Apr 3, 2018L$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
181Apr 17, 2018B$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
182Aug 2, 2018C$10,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
183Sep 11, 2018C$85,100,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
184Oct 1, 2018M$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
185Nov 26, 2018B$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
186Nov 26, 2018B$10,820,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
187Dec 11, 2018B$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
188Feb 13, 2019C$17,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
189Jul 16, 2019M$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
190Jul 31, 2019C$70,728.56$1,792,300,653.65
191Sep 13, 2019C$37,838,958.00$1,792,300,653.65
192Jan 15, 2020C$11,266,751.00$1,792,300,653.65
193Apr 23, 2020B$38,733,249.00$1,792,300,653.65
194Aug 31, 2020M$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
195Sep 9, 2020B$75,075,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
196Nov 13, 2020B$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
197Jan 11, 2021B$423,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
198Mar 25, 2021Y$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
199May 3, 2021B$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
200Jun 17, 2021C$20,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
201Aug 6, 2021M$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
202Sep 15, 2021M$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
203Sep 28, 2021C$35,886,694.44$1,792,300,653.65
204Oct 12, 2021B$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
205Oct 22, 2021M$1,334,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
206Jan 26, 2022C$3,028,487.00$1,792,300,653.65
207Jan 31, 2022M$19,900,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
208Apr 20, 2022M$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
209May 16, 2022B$21,512,981.00$1,792,300,653.65
273Jun 2, 2022C$19,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
210Jun 30, 2022C$20,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
211Jul 21, 2022M$15,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
212Sep 14, 2022M$25,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
213Sep 23, 2022C$39,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
214Oct 18, 2022D$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
215Dec 9, 2022M$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
216Dec 29, 2022M$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
217Mar 2, 2023M$25,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
218May 23, 2023M$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
219May 24, 2023M$23,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
220Jul 7, 2023M$131,593.96$1,792,300,653.65
221Jul 12, 2023C$113,688.00$1,792,300,653.65
222Aug 8, 2023M$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
223Aug 29, 2023M$25,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
224Aug 29, 2023C$30,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
225Sep 19, 2023C$1,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
226Oct 25, 2023M$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
227Jan 10, 2024M$10,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
228Jan 23, 2024C$25,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
229Feb 27, 2024M$10,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
230Apr 30, 2024M$3,200,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
231May 16, 2024M$25,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
232Jun 4, 2024M$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
233Jul 8, 2024M$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
234Jul 17, 2024M$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
235Jul 31, 2024A$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
236Aug 2, 2024M$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
237Aug 9, 2024C$794,014.98$1,792,300,653.65
238Aug 9, 2024C$71,639,538.00$1,792,300,653.65
239Aug 15, 2024M$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
240Sep 12, 2024M$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
241Sep 19, 2024M$7,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
242Oct 4, 2024M$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
243Dec 13, 2024B$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
244Dec 19, 2024C$12,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
245Jan 28, 2025M$15,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
246Jan 28, 2025C$8,900,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
247Feb 27, 2025M$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
248Mar 11, 2025C$12,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
249Mar 25, 2025M$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
250Apr 16, 2025M$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
251Apr 23, 2025M$10,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
252Apr 29, 2025M$12,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
253Apr 30, 2025M$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
254May 2, 2025C$7,250,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
255May 30, 2025C$5,872.00$1,792,300,653.65
256Jun 10, 2025L$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
257Jun 11, 2025C$35,056,408.07$1,792,300,653.65
258Jun 27, 2025C$10,136,584.00$1,792,300,653.65
259Jul 18, 2025C$10,121,913.00$1,792,300,653.65
260Sep 11, 2025M$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
261Sep 11, 2025C$20,721,329.11$1,792,300,653.65
262Dec 2, 2025C$20,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
263Jan 13, 2026M$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
264Jan 21, 2026M$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
265Jan 27, 2026C$13,100,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
266Feb 9, 2026D$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
267Feb 19, 2026C$15,020,483.00$1,792,300,653.65
268Mar 19, 2026D$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
269Mar 26, 2026C$16,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
270May 13, 2026M$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
271May 19, 2026B$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
272May 22, 2026C$30,000,000.00$1,792,300,653.65
274Jun 11, 2026M$0.00$1,792,300,653.65
275Jun 11, 2026C$264,521.37$1,792,300,653.65
276Jul 30, 2026C$39,960,405.37$1,792,300,653.65

Provenance

Which source record produced each displayed rollup figure.

FieldSourceFileRetrievedParserArtifact hash
awarding_agency_idUSAspending.govAug 10, 2026usaspending_contract_csv@2026.08.211bd8e835184
contractor_idUSAspending.govAug 10, 2026usaspending_contract_csv@2026.08.211bd8e835184
current_award_valueUSAspending.govAug 10, 2026usaspending_contract_csv@2026.08.211bd8e835184
naics_codeUSAspending.govAug 10, 2026usaspending_contract_csv@2026.08.211bd8e835184
potential_award_valueUSAspending.govAug 10, 2026usaspending_contract_csv@2026.08.211bd8e835184
psc_codeUSAspending.govAug 10, 2026usaspending_contract_csv@2026.08.211bd8e835184
total_obligatedUSAspending.govAug 10, 2026usaspending_contract_csv@2026.08.211bd8e835184

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.

  1. 1Rollup values derive from 252 transaction records parsed from USAspending.gov, retrieved Aug 10, 2026 by transform awards@2026.08.1.
  2. 2Obligations are the sum of signed federal action obligations across all transactions; deobligations are negative and remain negative.
  3. 3Current and potential award values are taken from the latest reported action, not summed across modifications.