NASA open innovation services 3 is crowdsourcing services and/or products to multiple NASA centers and other government agencies in support of NASA's center of excellence for collaborative innovation
Active Awarded Last action
- Contract number
- 80JSC025D0051
- Awardee
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Herox, PBC UEI Z68DMYNJTFV8
- Awarding agency
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Johnson Space Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Task orders
- 12 $7,217,445 obligated
Award facts
- Opportunity
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- NASA Open Innovation Services 3 (NOIS3) Pre-Solicitation · 80JSC024R0004 · Posted Feb 16, 2024
- Combined order value
- $7,217,445 Current and potential, with all options
- Last date to order 69% complete
- IDV ceiling 2% used
- $474,988,000.00
- Maximum order
- $474,988,000.00
- Award type
- Multiple award
- Who can order
- All agencies
- NAICS code
- 541990 All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- PSC
- R499 Support- Professional: Other
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
- Competition
- Full and Open Competition · 53 offers Negotiated Proposal / Quote
- Pricing
- Order Dependent (IDV only)
Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
About this IDV
NASA's Johnson Space Center awarded a $474.988 million GWAC to Herox, PBC on June 5, 2025, authorizing the company to deliver crowdsourcing and open innovation services governmentwide to multiple federal agencies. NOIS3 is a multiple-award vehicle that enables NASA and other agencies to procure crowd-based solutions through task orders, with an ultimate completion date of May 31, 2027.
The contract carries no set-aside designation and operates on an unrestricted basis. Performance is conducted at Herox's facilities in Dover and Stanton, Delaware. The contract authorizes a comprehensive range of crowd-based methodologies including challenges, prize competitions, freelance projects, and micro-task initiatives to address federal mission requirements across science, technology, research, and infrastructure challenges.
Recent task-order activity under NOIS3 spans multiple agencies and program areas. NASA's Johnson Space Center has issued orders for the Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) Partnership Learning Annual Notification 2026 ($1.49 million, awarded February 26, 2026), the Rock and Roll with NASA Challenge ($275,000, August 15, 2025), and Supplements, Facts First: A Digital Adventure for Every Age Challenge ($103,800, September 17, 2025). The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has commissioned the Seal Team Fix Challenge Phases 2 and 3 ($400,000, December 18, 2025) and Detecting Subsurface Cracks in Embankments Competition ($549,900, November 19, 2025). The National Institutes of Health issued an order for the Complement-ARIE New Approach Methodologies Reduction-to-Practice Challenge ($643,881, September 11, 2025). The originating pre-solicitation, posted February 16, 2024, sought capability statements from interested parties to solicit crowd-based solutions through multiple awardees using commercial approaches to innovation challenges across federal government priorities.
Task orders
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Transactions
| Action | Obligated | Date |
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| Other Administrative Action | $0 | |
| Original award | $0 |
Quick answers
Who was awarded contract 80JSC025D0051?
80JSC025D0051 was awarded to Herox, PBC by Johnson Space Center (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) on June 5, 2025.
How much is contract 80JSC025D0051 worth?
Orders under 80JSC025D0051 have obligated $7,217,445. 80JSC025D0051's own ceiling is $474,988,000. A single order can be worth up to $474,988,000.
How many orders have been placed under contract 80JSC025D0051?
12 orders have been placed under 80JSC025D0051, the latest on September 14, 2026.
Who can order from contract 80JSC025D0051?
80JSC025D0051 is a multiple award government wide acquisition contract (GWAC). All agencies can place orders on it.
Is contract 80JSC025D0051 part of a contract vehicle?
Yes. 80JSC025D0051 is part of NASA Open Innovation Services 3 (NOIS3).
Was contract 80JSC025D0051 competed?
The extent of competition for 80JSC025D0051 was full and open competition. The government received 53 offers.
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