Delivery Order 80MSFC20D0004-80MSFC22F0165
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- This delivery order, awarded to The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC (APL) by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, carries a ceiling value of $29.5 million and is structured as a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract with a completion date of December 31, 2026. APL, a not-for-profit university-affiliated research center headquartered in Laurel, Maryland, was selected without a set-aside designation, reflecting the specialized and technical nature of the required services. As a...
- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC (APL) was awarded a $31.3 million cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, with an ultimate completion date of April 30, 2026. This delivery order supports planetary science work within NASA's Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS) Program and its constituent projects, as well as NASA's Planetary Exploration Science Technology Office (PESTO). The award was made without set-aside designation on March 9,...
- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC (APL), a not-for-profit university-affiliated research center, was awarded a $2,094,492.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Marshall Space Flight Center. The contract is for a broad scope of aerospace research, development, and engineering support services to assist NASA across its mission directorates. The contract has two main categories of work - essential...
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Marshall Space Flight Center awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order against an existing contract vehicle to The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC (APL) to provide $28.2 million in support services for the Solar-Terrestrial Relations Observatory mission through June 2023. APL will perform work designated under task orders to conduct aerospace research, development, and engineering in areas including space systems...
- NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center awarded The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC (APL) a cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order contract valued at approximately $898.3 million with a completion date of March 31, 2026. This contract supports aerospace research, development, and engineering (ARDES) activities across all of NASA's mission directorates, including work on the Solar Probe Plus and Parker Solar Probe missions. Task orders issued under this vehicle fall within two...
- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC (APL) received a $17,377 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order contract from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center on September 27, 2024, for the Helioswarm SRB RF Communications Project. The work will be performed in Laurel, Maryland, with completion targeted for June 30, 2026. This delivery order was issued under one of APL's existing Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicles, enabling rapid procurement of...
- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC (APL) received a Cost Plus Fixed Fee delivery order contract from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, valued at $1.17 million with a completion date of November 30, 2019. This award, issued October 1, 2009, supports NASA's Discovery, New Frontiers, and Lunar Quest programs through aerospace research, development, and engineering support (ARDES). The contract encompasses two broad task categories: Essential Research Capability work...
- This is a $1,891,819.00 delivery order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Marshall Space Flight Center to The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC (APL), a not-for-profit university-affiliated research center that provides critical contributions to address national security and scientific challenges. The delivery order was awarded under the Aerospace Research, Development, and Engineering Support (ARDES) II contract 80MSFC20D0004. The order...
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Marshall Space Flight Center awarded a Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract to The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC (APL), a not-for-profit university-affiliated research center, for Solar Probe Pre-Phase A Formulation Support. The contract has a potential value of $31,444,197.00 and a completion date of October 31, 2010. The contract was not set aside for any specific business type. As a leading research and development...
- This federal contract award, valued at $395,057.00, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Marshall Space Flight Center to The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC (APL) for supporting the Phase A concept studies for the Spatial/Spectral Imaging of Heliosperic Lyman Alpha (SILHA) mission. The contract is a Cost Plus Fixed Fee Delivery Order, with no set-aside designation, indicating open competition. APL is a not-for-profit university-affiliated...
- 80MSFC20D0004Indefinite Delivery Contract
- 80MSFC20D0004-80MSFC22F0165Delivery Order
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC (APL) was awarded a $1.6M firm fixed-price delivery order by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center on September 19, 2022, for research and development activities related to diffractive solar sailing technology under the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Phase III program. This contract, with performance expected through December 31, 2025, will be executed at APL's facility in Laurel, Maryland. No small business set-aside was utilized in this competitive procurement. APL is a not-for-profit university-affiliated research center and subsidiary of Johns Hopkins University that serves as a critical technical partner to federal defense, national security, and scientific agencies, providing advanced research, development, engineering, and technical services across complex domains including space science and technology maturation. The NIAC Phase III award supports APL's continued development of diffractive solar sail technology, which represents an advanced propulsion concept leveraging diffractive optics to manipulate solar radiation for spacecraft propulsion. Rochester Institute of Technology was engaged as a subcontractor on the effort, with subcontract funding authorized on October 5, 2022. This award reflects NASA's commitment to maturing innovative space propulsion technologies that could enable future deep-space exploration missions, positioning APL's specialized expertise in systems engineering, prototype development, and advanced technical analysis to advance this next-generation solar sail concept toward greater technological readiness.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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ARDES II Contract Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition (March 2024) | ARDESII | National Aeronautics and Space Administration Marshall Space Flight Center | Limited / Sole Source Justification 1/1 | 4/4/24, 10:41 AM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| P00005 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 9/16/25 | |
| P00004 | Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $0 | 4/23/25 | |
| P00003 | Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $0 | 6/26/24 | |
| P00002 | Funding Only Action | $457.4k | 5/22/24 | |
| P00001 | Funding Only Action | $224.8k | 5/8/23 |