Shared Services Center

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center, a civilian sub-agency within NASA, procures goods and services on behalf of NASA centers and commands, managing a broad portfolio of engineering support, specialized equipment, and mission-enabling materials and services.

The Shared Services Center has awarded 71,926 federal contracts totaling $27.06 billion in combined potential value since 2002, with $22.31 billion obligated. Contract activity over the past five years shows 5,856 awards in 2023, 5,721 in 2024, 4,567 in 2025, 2,667 in 2026, and 26 year-to-date in 2027. The portfolio encompasses 9,843 distinct prime contractors. Recent awards span specialized semiconductors, engineering services, software subscriptions, precision hardware, and materials testing. Contract competition is highly fragmented; the top five primes by award count over the last five years hold only 6 percent of recent awards, led by New TECH Solutions, Inc. (532 awards, $27.5 million combined potential value), The Regents of the University of Colorado (298 awards, $180.7 million), and DH Technologies, Inc. (289 awards, $18.9 million). By potential value, the top five hold 3 percent of combined value, with University of Maryland, College Park dominating (234 awards, $251.6 million), followed by The Regents of the University of Colorado (298 awards, $180.7 million) and The Johns Hopkins University (215 awards, $164.6 million). Seventy-six percent of awards carry no set-aside designation; 23 percent are small-business set-asides, with Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, HUBZone, Woman-Owned Small Business, and 8(a) designations representing less than 1 percent each.

The Shared Services Center has obligated $13.46 billion in federal grant dollars across 24,249 grants since 2007, with 1,900 awards in 2023, 2,002 in 2024, 1,558 in 2025, 868 in 2026, and 7 year-to-date in 2027. Grant recipients span 1,380 distinct organizations. Grant competition is fragmented; the top five recipients by award count hold 13 percent of recent awards, led by The Regents of the University of Colorado (328 awards, $148.2 million federal dollars), University of Maryland, College Park (244 awards, $199.2 million), and The Johns Hopkins University (234 awards, $130.2 million). By federal dollars, the top five hold 6 percent of obligated funding, with University of Maryland, College Park leading (244 awards, $199.2 million). Eighty-eight percent of grants are Project Grants; 12 percent are Cooperative Agreements.

Recent contract opportunities include custom semiconductor particle detectors (solicitation 80NSSC27944922Q, due October 26), FAR Spectro Pyrometer sole-source capability statements (80NSSC27943930Q, due October 23), FY27 SIMULIA Wave6 Renewal (80NSSC27947395Q, due October 26), and several small-business set-asides for tubing fittings and installation hardware (80NSSC27947142Q, due October 26), ceramic seal test hardware (80NSSC26946358Q, due October 22), and NASA Leadership Development Program (80NSSC27944226Q, due October 22). Most recent opportunities are special notices seeking capability statements for sole-source awards under commercial-item authority; several are formal solicitations with request-for-quote cycles.