Space systems and hardware integration for novel experiments (sshine)
Active Indefinite Delivery Contract Awarded Last action
- Contract number
- FA945326DX007
- Awardee
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Vantage Analytical LLC UEI RFCKU47QJQK3
- Awarding agency
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Air Force Research Laboratory
Air Force Materiel Command, Department of Defense
- Task orders
- 3 $2,271,075 obligated
Award facts
- Opportunity
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- Space Systems and Hardware Integration for Novel Experiments (SSHINE) Pre-Solicitation · FA945325RX002 · Posted Jan 11, 2024
- Combined order value
- $116,913,403 Current and potential, with all options
- Last date to order 1% complete
- IDV ceiling <1% used
- $499,000,000.00
- Maximum order
- $150,000,000.00
- Award type
- Single award
- Who can order
- Only the awarding agency
- Contracting staff
- NAICS code
- 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
- Competition
- Full and Open Competition after exclusion of sources · 9 offers Negotiated Proposal / Quote
- Pricing
- Order Dependent (IDV only)
- Legislative mandates
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- Employment Eligibility Verification (E-Verify) FAR subpart 22.18
Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
About this IDV
The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded an indefinite-delivery contract to Vantage Analytical LLC, a total small business awardee, on August 24, 2026, with a $499 million ceiling and a single-award structure. The contract, titled Space Systems and Hardware Integration for Novel Experiments (SSHINE), extends through August 23, 2036.
Work is performed in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The originating solicitation, posted in January 2024, sought research, engineering, and technical management support across mission development, prototyping, assembly, integration, testing, flight operations, and ground systems development for space technology concept development, analysis, demonstration, integration, and evaluation. The contract is structured to support experimental missions of various scales. NAICS codes 541715 and PSC codes R425 and R408 apply.
Three delivery orders were issued under this IDIQ on August 24, 2026. SSHINE TO 2 RJEN, supporting the small satellite portfolio program with a $65.111 million ceiling and cost-no-fee pricing, concludes August 23, 2031. SSHINE TO 1 RJEP, covering prototypes and flight experiments with a $44.526 million ceiling and cost-plus-fixed-fee pricing, also concludes August 23, 2031. SHINE TO 3 RJEX, focused on rapid architecture prototyping and integration development with a $7.275 million ceiling and cost-plus-fixed-fee pricing, completes August 23, 2031. All three orders are total small business set-aside and perform work in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Task orders
Quick answers
Who was awarded contract FA945326DX007?
FA945326DX007 was awarded to Vantage Analytical LLC by Air Force Research Laboratory (Air Force Materiel Command) on August 24, 2026.
How much is contract FA945326DX007 worth?
Orders under FA945326DX007 have obligated $2,271,075. Their combined current value, with exercised options, is $116,913,403. FA945326DX007's own ceiling is $499,000,000. A single order can be worth up to $150,000,000.
How many orders have been placed under contract FA945326DX007?
3 orders have been placed under FA945326DX007, the latest on August 24, 2026.
Who can order from contract FA945326DX007?
FA945326DX007 is a single award indefinite delivery contract. Only the awarding agency can place orders on it.
Was contract FA945326DX007 competed?
The extent of competition for FA945326DX007 was full and open competition after exclusion of sources. The government received 9 offers. It was set aside: Total Small Business.
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