Small Spacecraft Prototyping Engineering Development and Integration - Space Solutions (SSPEDI)

The Small Spacecraft Prototyping Engineering Development and Integration - Space Solutions (SSPEDI) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract serves as a comprehensive vehicle for advanced space systems research and development. Awarded by NASA, the contract focuses on innovative approaches in spacecraft technology, encompassing basic and applied research across multiple domain areas. The vehicle covers critical spacecraft subsystems including payloads, buses, ground systems, infrastructure, and launch systems, with capabilities spanning life support, attitude control, guidance, navigation, communications, power, thermal control, propulsion, and structural engineering.

Task orders under this IDIQ have primarily been awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command, with contract values ranging from approximately $95,000 to $6.3 million. Frequent prime contractors include Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Orbital Sciences LLC, Sierra Nevada Corporation, and Maxar Space LLC. The task orders consistently focus on specialized space technology development, such as Space Based Infrared Systems (SBIRS) support, tactical persistence studies, and environmental monitoring for U.S. Strategic Command. Pricing types are predominantly firm fixed price, with occasional cost plus fixed fee arrangements. No small business set-asides were used in the reviewed task orders, and performance locations have included California and Nevada. The IDIQ has a total ceiling of $750 million and was originally awarded on September 18, 2018, with a last order date of September 16, 2023.