Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Active Master IDIQ Awarded
- Federal agency
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Johnson Space Center
+ 1 more agency
- Awardees
- 14
- Task orders
- 37
- Obligated
- $1,661,288,857
Vehicle facts
- Opportunity
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- 80HQTR18R0011R Solicitation number
- Agencies
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- Johnson Space Center National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Headquarters National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Combined task order value
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- $2,111,022,474 Current, with exercised options
- $2,718,417,306 Potential, with all options
- Last date to order 79% complete
- Shared ceiling 64% used
- $2,600,000,000.00
IDV award and task order details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
About this vehicle
NASA Johnson Space Center awarded the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) Master IDIQ on November 29, 2018, with ordering authority extending through November 27, 2028—approximately two years and four months of active procurement time remaining. The vehicle carries a shared ceiling of $2.6 billion and funds end-to-end payload services between Earth and the lunar surface, including launch vehicles, lunar lander spacecraft, lunar surface systems, Earth re-entry vehicles, and associated resources for NASA Headquarters' Science, Human Exploration and Operations, and Space Technology Mission Directorates.
All 37 awarded task orders are unrestricted competitive procurements with no set-aside designations. The vehicle shows accelerating ordering momentum: one order in 2022, two in 2023, three in 2024, eight in 2025, and seven through mid-2026. The combined task-order portfolio carries a potential value of $2.75 billion, with $1.52 billion already obligated (55 percent). NASA Johnson Space Center funds 36 of 37 orders; Glenn Research Center placed one order worth $18.6 million.
Four prime contractors dominate the award count: Intuitive Machines (9 orders, $587.6 million potential value), Firefly Aerospace (7 orders, $746.1 million), Astrobotic Technology (6 orders, $717.2 million), and Blue Origin (4 orders, $543.1 million). These top four account for 76 percent of task orders. By potential value, Firefly, Astrobotic, Intuitive Machines, and Blue Origin together represent 97 percent of the combined portfolio value; the long tail includes Masten Space Systems and nine other smaller primes.
Task orders span study-phase work ($50,000 to roughly $2 million ceiling per order) through large operational missions. Representative vehicles include the VIPER rover delivery (TO 20A, $317.9 million ceiling), Polar Resource Ice-Mining Experiment-1 (PRIME-1, $62.2 million ceiling), and recent mid-2026 awards with ceilings near $150 million for mission design finalization and long-lead procurement. Performance periods extend from near-term (through 2024–2025 for study work) to multi-year operational deliveries (through 2030–2031 for surface operations). All task orders use Firm Fixed Price contracting.
Description
The purpose of this IDIQ is to provide end-to-end payload services between the Earth and lunar surface for NASA Headquarters' Science, Human Exploration and Operations and Science Technology Mission Directorates. The contractors shall provide all activities necessary to safely integrate, accommodate, transport, and operate NASA Payloads using contractor provide assets, including launch vehicles, lunar lander spacecraft, lunar surface systems, Earth re-entry vehicles and associated resources.
IDV awards
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Latest task orders
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Top awardees by obligations
| Rank | Awardee | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Firefly Aerospace Inc. | $474,639,194 | 29% |
| 2 | Astrobotic Technology Inc. | $463,712,783 | 28% |
| 3 | Intuitive Machines, LLC | $436,218,425 | 26% |
| 4 | Blue Origin, LLC | $175,340,212 | 11% |
| 5 | Masten Space Systems Inc. | $66,126,824 | 4% |
| 6 | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. | $43,314,148 | 3% |
| 7 | Blue Origin Washington, LLC | $1,205,310 | <1% |
| 8 | Lockheed Martin Corp | $656,962 | <1% |
| 9 | Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc. | $25,000 | <1% |
| 10 | Space Exploration Technologies Corp. | $25,000 | <1% |
Top funding agencies by obligations
| Rank | Funding agency | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $1,661,288,857 | 100% |
Obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2026 | $407,629,135 |
| FY2025 | $115,881,326 |
| FY2024 | $199,282,876 |
| FY2023 | $198,767,643 |
| FY2022 | $246,407,508 |
| FY2021 | $247,353,002 |
| FY2020 | $175,114,489 |
| FY2019 | $59,162,874 |
Quick answers
What is the CLPS contract vehicle?
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) is an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle run by Johnson Space Center (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) and Headquarters (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), awarded on November 29, 2018.
Which companies hold CLPS?
14 companies hold CLPS's IDV awards, one each. The latest went to Blue Origin, LLC on November 15, 2019. The awardees whose task orders obligated the most are Firefly Aerospace Inc., Astrobotic Technology Inc. and Intuitive Machines, LLC.
How much has been spent through CLPS?
37 task orders have been placed under CLPS, obligating $1,661,288,857. Their combined current value, with exercised options, is $2,111,022,474.
What is the shared ceiling of CLPS?
CLPS's shared ceiling is $2,600,000,000; its task orders have used 64% of it.
Which agencies use CLPS the most?
The departments whose task orders under CLPS obligated the most are National Aeronautics and Space Administration ($1,661,288,857).
How much was obligated through CLPS in fiscal year 2025?
Task orders under CLPS obligated $115,881,326 in fiscal year 2025.
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