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Special Notice

Announcement for Partnership Proposals: Atmospheric Exploration Observatory

NASA HEADQUARTERS · Washington, District of Columbia, 20546

Response status

Due in 89 days

Dec 2, 2026, 9:00 PM UTC

Responses remain open.

Posted
Sep 2, 2026
Archive date
Dec 17, 2026
SAM status
Active

Answer-first brief

What the source record says

  • NASA HEADQUARTERS published this special notice.
  • Competition is listed as No Set aside used.
  • The place of performance is Washington, District of Columbia.

Procurement identity

Notice ID
60e46e33abfb49ae81c59fba28e3d853
Solicitation
NNH26ZDA015L
Base type
Special Notice
Version
1 of 1

Solicitation facts

Structured fields from the current SAM notice version. A dash means the source did not publish a value.

Notice type
Special Notice
Solicitation number
NNH26ZDA015L
NAICS
Set-aside
No Set aside used
Set-aside code
Posted
Sep 2, 2026
Responses due
Dec 2, 2026, 9:00 PM UTC
Archive date
Dec 17, 2026
Archive type
auto15
Base type
Special Notice
Organization type
OFFICE
Benchmark category
Category confidence
Category source
Last seen
Sep 5, 2026

Buyer and place

Office hierarchy and place of performance as published.

Department code
Subagency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Subagency code
Office
NASA HEADQUARTERS
Organization path
Organization path codes
Office address
WASHINGTON, DC, 20546, USA
Place of performance
Washington, District of Columbia, 20546
City code
State
District of Columbia
State code
DC
Postal code
20546
Country

Points of contact

Contact details from the current notice version.

Notice description

Source text reproduced without an AI summary.

NASA�s Science Mission Directorate (SMD), Earth Science Division (ESD), is inviting innovative partnership proposals for the Atmospheric Exploration Observatory to explore collaborative opportunities for hardware utilization. NASA is exploring partnerships with external organizations to enable more impactful exploitation of NASA resources and to advance the commercial remote sensing industry. This Announcement for Partnership Proposals (AFPP) invites proposals for innovative partnerships for atmospheric exploration. This AFPP envisions one or more partnerships to complete the former GeoCarb instrument, integrate the instrument with a spacecraft, launch, operate, and share its unique data with clear benefits to the selected partner(s). On or after the publication date of this SAM.gov special notice, the full, final text for this AFPP will be available for download from the NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System (NSPIRES) at https://nspires.nasaprs.com by searching on the SAM notice ID (called a solicitation number on NSPIRES) or via the link provided below. NASA may periodically update the submission website, including announcing meetings with log-on details for interested parties. It is the responsibility of interested parties and the proposer to stay up to date with that website and ensure that they have the latest information available. All meetings and forums will be virtual.

Comparable award range

Historical award values for work matched by the fixed rubric—not an estimate of this opportunity.

Low end (p25)$344,824
Median$875,452
High end (p75)$1,795,925
Comparable awards
50
Median
$875,452
Computed
Sep 5, 2026
Rubric
comparables@2026.08.1
Comparable award values describe completed contracts. They do not state the government's budget and are not a bid recommendation.

Comparable awards

The match score is decomposed so each comparison can be challenged.

AwardContractorValueAwardedScoreWhy it matched
THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS .WITH THE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE NECESSTHE AEROSPACE CORPORATION$898,923.83Mar 31, 202650Same product and service code (25), Same buying agency (10), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
NASA HQ MOON TO MARS PROGRAM OFFICE ENGINEERING AND PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORTTHE AEROSPACE CORPORATION$86,401.07May 29, 202650Same product and service code (25), Same buying agency (10), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND INTEGRATION (STUI) FOR THE EXPLORATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT MISSION THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION$875,452.16Jun 15, 202650Same product and service code (25), Same buying agency (10), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
MISSIONS AND PROGRAMS ASSESSMENT DIVISION SUPPORTTHE AEROSPACE CORPORATION$1,303,507.96Mar 27, 202650Same product and service code (25), Same buying agency (10), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
ON-SITE PROGRAMMATIC AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES FOR SPACE TECHNOLOGY MISSION DIRECTORATHE AEROSPACE CORPORATION$1,082,858.61Jul 16, 202650Same product and service code (25), Same buying agency (10), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
ON-SITE PROGRAMMATIC AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES FOR SPACE TECHNOLOGY MISSION DIRECTORATHE AEROSPACE CORPORATION$608,117.10Jun 23, 202650Same product and service code (25), Same buying agency (10), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
CONSORTIUM FOR SPACE MOBILITY AND ISAM CAPABILITIES (COSMIC) MANAGEMENT AND SYSTEMS ENGINETHE AEROSPACE CORPORATION$1,080,577.34Feb 27, 202650Same product and service code (25), Same buying agency (10), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
ENGINEERING PROGRAM PLANNING SUPPORT FOR THE MOON TO MARS PROGRAM OFFICE (M2MPO) OF THE EXTHE AEROSPACE CORPORATION$1,734,641.67Apr 14, 202650Same product and service code (25), Same buying agency (10), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE (SMD), EARTH SCIENCE DIVISION (ESD) CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT WTHE AEROSPACE CORPORATION$260,570.69Mar 10, 202650Same product and service code (25), Same buying agency (10), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
SPACE OPERATIONS MISSION DIRECTORATE (SOMD) OBJECTIVES AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT SUPPORTTHE AEROSPACE CORPORATION$219,179.10Apr 14, 202650Same product and service code (25), Same buying agency (10), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
ON-SITE PROGRAMMATIC AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES FOR SPACE TECHNOLOGY MISSION DIRECTORATHE AEROSPACE CORPORATION$96,744.63May 7, 202650Same product and service code (25), Same buying agency (10), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
NASA MOON TO MARS (M2M) PROGRAM OFFICE ENGINEERING AND PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT.THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION$1,349,903.48May 20, 202650Same product and service code (25), Same buying agency (10), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
EXPLORATION ARCHITECTURE SUPPORT FOR EXPLORATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT MISSION DIRECTORATE (THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION$2,828,067.34May 29, 202650Same product and service code (25), Same buying agency (10), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
SPACE COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION (SCAN) PROGRAM CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SUPPORTTHE AEROSPACE CORPORATION$981,700.59Aug 25, 202650Same product and service code (25), Same buying agency (10), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
OSMA MISSION AND PROGRAM ASSESSMENT DIVISION SUPPORT MPADTHE AEROSPACE CORPORATION$716,782.22May 9, 202346Same product and service code (25), Same buying agency (10), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (3)
THIS CALL PROVIDES FOR REPAIRS, MAINTENANCE, ALTERATIONS, AND ELECTRICAL CONSUMPTION TO NATWO INDEPENDENCE HANA OW, LLC$7,000,000.00May 5, 202346Same product and service code (25), Same buying agency (10), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (3)
FLIGHT DEMONSTRATION OF A REUSABLE SUBORBITAL VEHICLE FOR TERRESTRIAL TESTING OF LANDING TASTROBOTIC TECHNOLOGY INC$9,999,630.00Jun 16, 202642Same product and service code (25), Same buying agency (10), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
THE CONTRACTOR MUST PROVIDE ENGINEERING/SCIENTIFIC SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF SPECTRUM MANAGEMTHE AEROSPACE CORPORATION$319,550.56Jun 10, 202642Same product and service code (25), Same buying agency (10), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
ADVANCED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (VOLT)THE BOEING COMPANY$594,283.00Mar 24, 202642Same product and service code (25), Same buying agency (10), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH TEMPERATURE RECHARGEABLE BATTERY TECHNOLOGY TO MEET VENUSIAN SURFACE PADVANCED THERMAL BATTERIES INC$636,173.24Mar 26, 202642Same product and service code (25), Same buying agency (10), Recent enough to be relevant (7)

Record provenance

Field-level lineage for the current opportunity version.

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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.

Comparable awards are scored on benchmark category, product and service code, industry code, buyer, place, recency, and contract type. Rubric version comparables@2026.08.1.

  1. 1Notice fields come from the SAM.gov contract opportunities record last seen Sep 5, 2026. SAM.gov remains authoritative.
  2. 2Computed from 50 completed federal awards using comparables@2026.08.1, as of Sep 5, 2026. Award values are neither unit prices nor a forecast.

Note 1 covers the solicitation record; note 2 covers the comparable range. No synthetic FAQ or inferred solicitation value is published.