Early Stage Innovation and Partnerships Program Support Services

NASA Shared Services Center established a master BPA on February 2, 2023, to support program operations management, helpdesk operations, strategic planning and execution, organizational design, organizational change management, service design and execution, and stakeholder engagement and outreach for the NASA Early Stage Innovation and Partnerships (ESIP) Program, with ordering authority extending through February 1, 2028.

The vehicle carries a shared ceiling of $47.5 million across all awarded task orders. Thirteen task orders have been issued since April 2023, with $36.4 million in combined potential value obligated to date and $24.3 million currently obligated (67% of combined potential value). Ordering momentum has declined sharply: eight orders were placed in 2023, four in 2024, and one in 2025, indicating substantially reduced activity in the past year. Approximately 18 months of ordering authority remains.

Competition is concentrated among three prime contractors. Bryce Space and Technology holds six orders totaling $21.3 million in combined potential value; Rei Systems holds six orders totaling $12.9 million; Research Triangle Institute holds one order for $2.2 million. Both Bryce and Rei Systems dominate the vehicle equally on order count, with Bryce commanding a slight edge in financial value.

All 13 task orders are placed by NASA Shared Services Center on behalf of the ESIP Program, indicating single-customer demand with no distribution across other agencies. The set-aside mix shows three orders designated unrestricted and two designated total small business; the remaining eight orders lack set-aside designation. Task-order values span from $247,140 to $11.2 million in potential value, with pricing structures split between firm fixed price (dominant), time and materials, and labor hours. Performance periods extend through mid-2028, with most active work concluding by April 2028.

Recent orders focus on prizes, challenges, and crowdsourcing advisory; small spacecraft technology program support; technology transfer and commercialization; SBIR/STTR program operations and strategy; and helpdesk operations. The vehicle serves an internal NASA function rather than a broad customer base, limiting expansion opportunity beyond the ESIP program structure.

Program Operations Management, Helpdesk Operations, Strategic Planning and Execution, Organization Design (OD), Organizational Change Management (OCM), Service Design and Execution, and Stakeholder Engagement and Outreach for the NASA ESIP Program.