NASA Open Innovation Services 2 (NOIS2)
Ended Master IDIQ Awarded
- Federal agency
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Johnson Space Center
- Awardees
- 32
- Task orders
- 196
- Obligated
- $78,531,436
Vehicle facts
- Opportunity
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- NASA Open Innovation Services 2 (NOIS2) Pre-Solicitation · 80JSC020R0030 · Posted Apr 9, 2019
- 80JSC020R0044, 80JSC020R0004, 80JSC022R0004 Solicitation numbers
- Agency
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- Johnson Space Center National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Combined task order value
- $79,639,226 Current and potential, with all options
- Last date to order 100% complete
- Shared ceiling 45% used
- $175,000,000.00
- Predecessor
- NASA Open Innovation Services (NOIS)
- Successor
IDV award and task order details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
About this vehicle
NASA Johnson Space Center established this Master IDIQ on June 4, 2020, with a shared ceiling of $175 million to procure crowd-based solutions including challenges, prize competitions, freelance projects, micro-task projects, and other crowd-sourcing methods. The vehicle's ordering period closed on June 3, 2025; a successor vehicle, NASA Open Innovation Services 3, was awarded on June 5, 2025.
The vehicle is no longer active for new orders. Through its five-year lifecycle, it generated 196 task orders with a combined potential value of $79.7 million, of which $78.5 million (99 percent) has been obligated. Annual ordering peaked in 2023 at 55 orders before declining to 38 in 2024 and 10 in the final six months of 2025.
Awarded task orders reveal a mission-diverse portfolio spanning space exploration, biomedical research, environmental science, and software development. Recent delivery orders include challenges for navigation solutions at the lunar south pole, in-space polymer recycling, incapacitated crew rescue, and HHS Lyme disease innovation; market surveys for arterial blood pressure monitors, exploration exercise capability, and deep-space health research platforms; freelance support for NASA discovery teams and project coordination; and software development contracts including a $1.61 million order for NASA Agency Front Door development.
Competition concentrates among specialized crowdsourcing platforms. Luminary Labs LLC leads by potential value at $25.2 million across five orders, followed by Herox, PBC at $16.2 million across 28 orders and The Common Pool LLC at $8.3 million across four orders. Yet2.Com, Inc. leads by order count at 31 orders ($1.3 million combined potential value), with Herox second at 28 orders and Freelancer International PTY LTD third at 22 orders. These five firms account for 58 percent of all task orders and 77 percent of combined potential value; the remaining 23 firms split the long tail.
All 196 task orders funded NASA Johnson Space Center exclusively. Set-aside activity was minimal: 194 orders carried no set-aside, while 2 orders were designated for total small business.
Task-order values range from $400 to $15.39 million, with most individual orders falling between $20,000 and $500,000. The largest order, NOIS2-105 Magnetic Challenge Phase 4, reached $15.39 million. Typical durations extend from six months to three years, with firm fixed-price structures universal across the portfolio.
Description
The scope of the NOIS2 contract includes the ability to solicit crowd-based solutions via contracts with multiple awardees using their commercial approaches. Solutions include Crowd-Based Challenges and Prize Competitions, Crowd-Based Freelance Projects, Crowd-Based Micro-Task Projects, and Other Crowd-Based Methods.
IDV awards
Show all 32
Latest task orders
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Latest 25 of 196 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Top awardees by obligations
| Rank | Awardee | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luminary Labs LLC | $25,247,092 | 32% |
| 2 | Herox, PBC | $15,652,338 | 20% |
| 3 | The Common Pool LLC | $7,873,594 | 10% |
| 4 | Freelancer International PTY LTD | $6,123,399 | 8% |
| 5 | Drivendata, LLC | $5,372,900 | 7% |
| 6 | Ensemble Government Services, LLC | $5,229,388 | 7% |
| 7 | Crowdplat, Inc. | $2,744,450 | 3% |
| 8 | Blue Clarity LLC | $1,750,500 | 2% |
| 9 | Accenture Federal Services LLC | $1,610,451 | 2% |
| 10 | Wipro Appiro, Inc. | $1,528,049 | 2% |
Top funding agencies by obligations
| Rank | Funding agency | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $78,531,436 | 100% |
Obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2026 | -$2,600 |
| FY2025 | $4,864,611 |
| FY2024 | $19,348,555 |
| FY2023 | $26,304,693 |
| FY2022 | $13,599,946 |
| FY2021 | $12,133,933 |
| FY2020 | $2,870,968 |
Quick answers
What is the NOIS2 contract vehicle?
NASA Open Innovation Services 2 (NOIS2) is an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle run by Johnson Space Center (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), awarded on June 4, 2020.
Which companies hold NOIS2?
32 companies hold NOIS2's IDV awards, one each. The latest went to Communo Corp on April 18, 2022. The awardees whose task orders obligated the most are Luminary Labs LLC, Herox, PBC and The Common Pool LLC.
How much has been spent through NOIS2?
196 task orders have been placed under NOIS2, obligating $78,531,436. Their combined current value, with exercised options, is $79,639,226.
What is the shared ceiling of NOIS2?
NOIS2's shared ceiling is $175,000,000; its task orders have used 45% of it.
Which agencies use NOIS2 the most?
The departments whose task orders under NOIS2 obligated the most are National Aeronautics and Space Administration ($78,531,436).
How much was obligated through NOIS2 in fiscal year 2025?
Task orders under NOIS2 obligated $4,864,611 in fiscal year 2025.
What came before and after NOIS2?
NOIS2 succeeded NASA Open Innovation Services (NOIS). It was followed by NASA Open Innovation Services 3 (NOIS3).
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