Research, Engineering, Mission Integration Services (REMIS)

NASA Johnson Space Center established a Master IDIQ for Research, Engineering, Mission Integration Services (REMIS) on September 6, 2017, but the vehicle closed to new task orders on September 4, 2022 — the ordering period has been closed for nearly four years and no new work can be pursued under this vehicle.

The vehicle supported International Space Station payload development and operations across 50 task orders with a combined potential value of $92.5 million, of which $91.1 million (98 percent) has already been obligated. Recent activity declined sharply: the vehicle averaged two orders per year from 2020 through 2023, then issued only one order in 2024. Completed and ongoing work spans ISS experiment hardware, life-science payloads, propulsion and power subsystems, and sustaining engineering for extended platforms. Representative recent orders include a MEF1 cell culture system ($675,000), advanced plant habitat sustaining engineering ($8.5 million ceiling), rodent research science payload ($29.2 million), animal care facility development ($8.2 million), and technology demonstration of the Redwire greenhouse ($231,000). Pricing has been split between firm fixed price and cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts, with durations typically extending two to six years.

Leidos Inc. holds dominant competitive position with nine orders valued at $45.1 million combined potential value — roughly 49 percent of all awarded value under the vehicle. Redwire Space Technologies, Inc. (four orders, $15.8 million), Oceaneering International Inc. (four orders, $7.2 million), and The Regents of The University of Colorado (seven orders, $4.1 million) round out the top tier. These five firms capture 87 percent of combined potential value. Remaining 11 contractors hold substantially smaller shares. All 50 task orders have funded NASA Johnson Space Center directly; no other federal agencies have placed orders. The vehicle carried no set-aside designations; all work was competed or awarded unrestricted.

NASA/JSC has awarded a Master IDIQ for Research, Engineering, Mission and Integration Services (REMIS). The REMIS functional elements to be performed for this contract include payload Mission Integration and Operations (MI&O), hardware and software design and development, and engineering analyses and services. The MI&O scope of work will consist of science hardware development, science and hardware integration and operations, post-flight operations, and hardware refurbishment. The engineering content will consist of providing engineering products, including Design, Development, Test, & Evaluation (DDT&E) of flight and non-flight hardware and software, build to print hardware, repair, refurbishments, parts buys, and modifications of hardware and software. The contact provides engineering, integration, analyses, prototype development, model development, and testing services.