The purpose of this contract is to acquire scientific research services that conceives, develops and applies space, field-deployed (i.e. airborne and in situ) and laboratory based technologies and…

Active Definitive Contract Awarded Last action

Contract number
80GSFC20C0044
Awardee
Awarding agency
Obligated
$484,002,289

Award facts

Opportunity
Contract value 79% obligated
$613,875,000.00 Current and potential, with all options
Completion date 93% complete
Current and potential, with all options
Set-aside
Total Small Business
Competition
Full and Open Competition after exclusion of sources · 2 offers Negotiated Proposal / Quote
Pricing
Cost Plus Fixed Fee
Place of performance
Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
Legislative mandates

Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.

Transactions

Action Obligated Date
Funding Only Action P00129 $8,312,277
Funding Only Action P00128 $12,257,848
Funding Only Action P00127 $5,528,728
Exercise an Option P00126 $1,139,521
Funding Only Action P00125 -$66,616
Funding Only Action P00124 $4,380,558
Funding Only Action P00123 $7,393,948
Other Administrative Action P00122 -$4,524
Funding Only Action P00120 -$1,038,686
Funding Only Action P00119 $9,832,968
Funding Only Action P00118 -$17,642
Funding Only Action P00117 $2,861,465
Funding Only Action P00114 $2,015,864
Other Administrative Action P00113 $0
Other Administrative Action P00112 $0
Other Administrative Action P00111 $0
Funding Only Action P00110 $9,695,014
Funding Only Action P00109 $406,101
Funding Only Action P00108 $5,871,756
Funding Only Action P00107 $9,917,655
Funding Only Action P00106 $5,954,227
Funding Only Action P00105 -$118,522
Funding Only Action P00104 $9,465,744
Funding Only Action P00103 $547,495
Funding Only Action P00102 $3,959,482
Other Administrative Action P00101 · DE-scope action - support for equity and environmental justice program in NASA applied sciences for the sciences and exploration directorate $0
Funding Only Action P00100 $6,531,799
Funding Only Action P00099 $14,106,821
Funding Only Action P00098 $2,844,145
Other Administrative Action P00097 $0
Funding Only Action P00096 -$33,744
Funding Only Action P00095 $1,330,556
Funding Only Action P00094 $244,124
Funding Only Action P00093 $816,001
Funding Only Action P00092 $1,642,293
Funding Only Action P00091 -$33,358
Funding Only Action P00090 $308,523
Funding Only Action P00089 $1,950,839
Funding Only Action P00088 $9,910,548
Funding Only Action P00087 -$22,592
Funding Only Action P00086 $4,445,800
Funding Only Action P00085 $12,511,603
Funding Only Action P00084 $9,573,582
Funding Only Action P00083 $9,345,542
Funding Only Action P00082 $4,064,943
Funding Only Action P00081 $15,255,079
Funding Only Action P00080 $5,087,145
Funding Only Action P00079 $2,126,344
Funding Only Action P00078 $1,702,807
Funding Only Action P00077 $924,190
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About this award

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center awarded a $613.875 million definitive contract to Science Systems and Applications, Inc., a certified women-owned small business, for scientific research services on April 1, 2020, under a total small business set-aside.

The contract, designated cost-plus-fixed-fee pricing, supports research across biospheric, hydrospheric, cryospheric science, geodesy and geophysics, and encompasses activities spanning experiment concept and design through data analysis, modeling, archiving and publications. The originating solicitation identified seven major service categories: science, computing, instrument development, calibration and validation, field campaigns, communications and public outreach. Place of performance is Greenbelt, Maryland.

The ultimate completion date is March 31, 2027. The contract's labor footprint reflects sustained federal investment in Earth science: FY2025 invoicing totaled $72.5 million across 321 FTEs and 668,494 contractor hours, with a derived government-paid rate of $108.45 per hour. The awardee deployed 26 subcontractors contributing 36% of contractor hours in FY2025. The pricing trend shows year-over-year growth from $100.27 per hour (FY2021) through $116.99 per hour (FY2024), moderating to $108.45 per hour in FY2025.

Subcontractors include University of Montana (engineering and scientific support), Mach 33 Engineering LLC (precision hardware and engineering services), and a multi-vendor team spanning Esolutions Consulting LLC, Blackwatch International Corporation, Bart & Associates LLC, Stellar Solutions Inc., and academic and specialized technical providers including Labsphere Inc., Leidos Inc., University of Maryland Baltimore County, and small business vendors in geospatial data, optical systems, and field campaign support.

Description

The purpose of this contract is to acquire scientific research services that conceives, develops and applies space, field-deployed (i.e. airborne and in situ) and laboratory based technologies and observations of the earth systems.

Subawards

Subcontractor Amount Awarded
University Of Montana THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES THAT CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS AND APPLIES SPACE, FIELD-DEPLOYED (I.E. AIRBORNE AND IN SITU)… $62,933
Mach 33 Engineering LLC THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES THAT CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS AND APPLIES SPACE, FIELD-DEPLOYED (I.E. AIRBORNE AND IN SITU)… $62,294
Esolutions Consulting LLC THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES THAT CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS AND APPLIES SPACE, FIELD-DEPLOYED (I.E. AIRBORNE AND IN SITU)… $207,000
Blackwatch International Corporation THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES THAT CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS AND APPLIES SPACE, FIELD-DEPLOYED (I.E. AIRBORNE AND IN SITU)… $50,323
Bart & Associates, LLC THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES THAT CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS AND APPLIES SPACE, FIELD-DEPLOYED (I.E. AIRBORNE AND IN SITU)… $114,594
Stellar Solutions Inc. THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES THAT CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS AND APPLIES SPACE, FIELD-DEPLOYED (I.E. AIRBORNE AND IN SITU)… $237,393
Stellar Solutions Inc. THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES THAT CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS AND APPLIES SPACE, FIELD-DEPLOYED (I.E. AIRBORNE AND IN SITU)… $48,835
Nova Federal LLC THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES THAT CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS AND APPLIES SPACE, FIELD-DEPLOYED (I.E. AIRBORNE AND IN SITU)… $74,952
Technology For Learning Consortium, Inc. THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES THAT CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS AND APPLIES SPACE, FIELD-DEPLOYED (I.E. AIRBORNE AND IN SITU)… $259,384
Labsphere, Inc. THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES THAT CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS AND APPLIES SPACE, FIELD-DEPLOYED (I.E. AIRBORNE AND IN SITU)… $2,173,671
Labsphere, Inc. THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES THAT CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS AND APPLIES SPACE, FIELD-DEPLOYED (I.E. AIRBORNE AND IN SITU)… $198,212
Leidos, Inc. THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES THAT CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS AND APPLIES SPACE, FIELD-DEPLOYED (I.E. AIRBORNE AND IN SITU)… $1,653,157
Leidos, Inc. THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES THAT CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS AND APPLIES SPACE, FIELD-DEPLOYED (I.E. AIRBORNE AND IN SITU)… $225,000
University Of Maryland Baltimore County THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES THAT CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS AND APPLIES SPACE, FIELD-DEPLOYED (I.E. AIRBORNE AND IN SITU)… $250,000
XP Technologies, Inc. THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES THAT CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS AND APPLIES SPACE, FIELD-DEPLOYED (I.E. AIRBORNE AND IN SITU)… $88,037
Oscar L Colombo THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES THAT CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS AND APPLIES SPACE, FIELD-DEPLOYED (I.E. AIRBORNE AND IN SITU)… $104,995
Goodman Steven Jay THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES THAT CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS AND APPLIES SPACE, FIELD-DEPLOYED (I.E. AIRBORNE AND IN SITU)… $726,437
Loxodrome Consulting LLC THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES THAT CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS AND APPLIES SPACE, FIELD-DEPLOYED (I.E. AIRBORNE AND IN SITU)… $388,974
General Atomics THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES THAT CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS AND APPLIES SPACE, FIELD-DEPLOYED (I.E. AIRBORNE AND IN SITU)… $1,260,828
KBR Wyle Services, LLC THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES THAT CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS AND APPLIES SPACE, FIELD-DEPLOYED (I.E. AIRBORNE AND IN SITU)… $20,690,814
Innovim, LLC THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES THAT CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS AND APPLIES SPACE, FIELD-DEPLOYED (I.E. AIRBORNE AND IN SITU)… $4,915,456
Telophase Corporation THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES THAT CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS AND APPLIES SPACE, FIELD-DEPLOYED (I.E. AIRBORNE AND IN SITU)… $1,223,001
KBR Wyle Services, LLC THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES THAT CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS AND APPLIES SPACE, FIELD-DEPLOYED (I.E. AIRBORNE AND IN SITU)… $35,024,655
Craig Technical Consulting Inc. THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES THAT CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS AND APPLIES SPACE, FIELD-DEPLOYED (I.E. AIRBORNE AND IN SITU)… $883,478
Terrapulse, Inc. THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES THAT CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS AND APPLIES SPACE, FIELD-DEPLOYED (I.E. AIRBORNE AND IN SITU)… $482,700
Charles Wayne Wright THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES THAT CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS AND APPLIES SPACE, FIELD-DEPLOYED (I.E. AIRBORNE AND IN SITU)… $291,713
Design Interface Inc. THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES THAT CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS AND APPLIES SPACE, FIELD-DEPLOYED (I.E. AIRBORNE AND IN SITU)… $2,505,756
Trigg-Davies Consulting LTD THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES THAT CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS AND APPLIES SPACE, FIELD-DEPLOYED (I.E. AIRBORNE AND IN SITU)… $1,237,747
Genesis Engineering Solutions, Inc. THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES THAT CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS AND APPLIES SPACE, FIELD-DEPLOYED (I.E. AIRBORNE AND IN SITU)… $1,485,682
Fibertek, Inc. THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES THAT CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS AND APPLIES SPACE, FIELD-DEPLOYED (I.E. AIRBORNE AND IN SITU)… $12,082,317
Odysea LLC THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES THAT CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS AND APPLIES SPACE, FIELD-DEPLOYED (I.E. AIRBORNE AND IN SITU)… $1,984,289
Libration Systems Management Inc. THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES THAT CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS AND APPLIES SPACE, FIELD-DEPLOYED (I.E. AIRBORNE AND IN SITU)… $5,871,758
Global Science & Technology, LLC THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES THAT CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS AND APPLIES SPACE, FIELD-DEPLOYED (I.E. AIRBORNE AND IN SITU)… $58,365,895
Science Applications International Corporation THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES THAT CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS AND APPLIES SPACE, FIELD-DEPLOYED (I.E. AIRBORNE AND IN SITU)… $40,197,547
Global Science & Technology, LLC THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES THAT CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS AND APPLIES SPACE, FIELD-DEPLOYED (I.E. AIRBORNE AND IN SITU)… $35,273,579
Go2Q PTY LTD THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES THAT CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS AND APPLIES SPACE, FIELD-DEPLOYED (I.E. AIRBORNE AND IN SITU)… $1,082,954
Hexagon US Federal, Inc. THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES THAT CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS AND APPLIES SPACE, FIELD-DEPLOYED (I.E. AIRBORNE AND IN SITU)… $807,965
Fibertek, Inc. THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES THAT CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS AND APPLIES SPACE, FIELD-DEPLOYED (I.E. AIRBORNE AND IN SITU)… $8,273,596
Technology For Learning Consortium, Inc. THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES THAT CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS AND APPLIES SPACE, FIELD-DEPLOYED (I.E. AIRBORNE AND IN SITU)… $152,989
Geothinktank, LLC THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES THAT CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS AND APPLIES SPACE, FIELD-DEPLOYED (I.E. AIRBORNE AND IN SITU)… $5,908,954
Libration Systems Management Inc. THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES THAT CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS AND APPLIES SPACE, FIELD-DEPLOYED (I.E. AIRBORNE AND IN SITU)… $5,100,950
Genesis Engineering Solutions, Inc. THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES THAT CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS AND APPLIES SPACE, FIELD-DEPLOYED (I.E. AIRBORNE AND IN SITU)… $1,300,934
Geothinktank, LLC THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES THAT CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS AND APPLIES SPACE, FIELD-DEPLOYED (I.E. AIRBORNE AND IN SITU)… $3,806,420
Raytheon Company THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES THAT CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS AND APPLIES SPACE, FIELD-DEPLOYED (I.E. AIRBORNE AND IN SITU)… $161,472
Technology For Learning Consortium, Inc. THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO ACQUIRE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES THAT CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS AND APPLIES SPACE, FIELD-DEPLOYED (I.E. AIRBORNE AND IN SITU)… $230,549
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Quick answers

Who was awarded contract 80GSFC20C0044?

80GSFC20C0044 was awarded to Science Systems And Applications, Inc. by Goddard Space Center (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) on April 1, 2020.

How much is contract 80GSFC20C0044 worth?

The government has obligated $484,002,289 on 80GSFC20C0044. Its current value, with exercised options, is $613,875,000.

Was contract 80GSFC20C0044 competed?

The extent of competition for 80GSFC20C0044 was full and open competition after exclusion of sources. The government received 2 offers. It was set aside: Total Small Business.

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