NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I Fiscal Year 2025
NASA's Fiscal Year 2025 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I Solicitation seeks innovative research and development proposals from small businesses to create disruptive technologies that can benefit NASA missions, other government agencies, and commercial markets. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is specifically targeting early-stage, equity-free research projects across multiple technology areas aligned with its mission directorates. Eligible companies must be U.S.-based small businesses with 500 or fewer employees, registered in SAM.gov under specific NAICS codes, and capable of performing at least 67% of proposed work in-house. Proposals will be evaluated across seven key criteria, with NASA benefits receiving the highest weight at 30%, followed by technical risk at 20%, and other factors including project plan, team ability, state-of-the-art advancement, and commercial potential. The solicitation requires submission through NASA's ProSAMS system by March 10, 2025, at 5:00 PM ET, with companies limited to submitting a maximum of 5 proposals and receiving up to 3 awards.
The solicitation is set aside exclusively for small businesses and offers Phase I awards of up to $150,000 for 6-month projects, with potential follow-on Phase II awards of up to $850,000 for 24-month periods. An optional Technical and Business Assistance (TABA) supplement of $6,500 is available, and selected companies may also participate in the NSF I-Corps program with additional funding of up to $10,000. Principal investigators must be primarily employed by the small business, and subcontracting is limited to 33% of the total project work. The research topics span NASA's Aeronautics, Space Technology, Science, and Exploration/Space Operations mission directorates, with specific subtopics detailed in the solicitation's Chapter 9. Companies must complete registration in SAM.gov, the SBIR Firm Registry, and ProSAMS, and will be required to disclose foreign affiliations as part of the proposal process.
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1/7/25, 8:54 AM Commercial Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Development Program Phase 2 Requirements and Safety Technical Interchange Meeting
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Johnson Space Center has issued a Special Notice for the Commercial Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Development Program Phase 2 Requirements and Safety Technical Interchange Meeting. As NASA prepares for the retirement of the International Space Station at the end of the decade, the agency is seeking to support private industry's capability to maintain a continuous U.S. presence in low-Earth orbit. The Special Notice outlines NASA's multiphase strategy to encourage the development of new low-Earth orbit space destinations and supporting systems from private industry. These systems may include comprehensive end-to-end services such as in-orbit destinations, visiting vehicles, launch vehicles, and ground systems. NASA anticipates that Commercial LEO Destination (CLD) providers will be U.S. Commercial Providers as defined in 51 USC 50101(7).
The purpose of this Technical Interchange Meeting (TIM) is to invite industry to discuss NASA's draft concepts on Destination Requirements and Safety, with a focus on safety best practices and lessons learned from NASA's Human Spaceflight Programs. The three-day event will be held from January 28-30, 2025, at the Gilruth Center in Houston, TX, with space limited to a maximum of 5 in-person attendees per company and no virtual attendance option. NASA is requesting industry feedback on two key documents: CLDP-REQ-1130 (Requirements and Standards) and CLDP-REQ-3102 (Hazard Analysis and Safety Process Requirements). Interested parties must RSVP by January 24, 2025, by emailing jsc-dl-cldp-rsvp@mail.nasa.gov with specific company and attendee details. Response forms for CLDP-REQ-3102 are due by February 14, 2025, at 5:00 PM Central time. Potential one-on-one sessions with NASA personnel may be available in March 2025 after feedback is received. The ultimate goal is to maintain open communications with the private sector to develop safe, reliable, innovative, and cost-effective space destination capabilities.
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1/16/25, 5:09 PM NASA Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I Fiscal Year 2025 Solicitation
NASA is seeking innovative Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I research proposals for fiscal year 2025 through this solicitation. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration aims to stimulate technological innovation in the private sector by supporting small businesses developing disruptive technologies with potential applications in NASA programs, other government agencies, and commercial markets. Eligible proposers must be U.S.-based small businesses with 500 or fewer employees, partnering with a research institution where the small business performs at least 40% of the work and the research institution performs at least 30%. Proposals will be evaluated across seven key criteria, with NASA benefits weighted most heavily at 30%, followed by technical risk at 20%, project plan at 15%, team ability at 15%, advancing state of the art at 10%, commercial potential at 5%, and submission quality at 5%. The solicitation was posted on January 7, 2025, with proposals due by March 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM ET through NASA's ProSAMS submission system.
This opportunity is designated as a total small business set-aside, focusing on fostering participation of socially and economically disadvantaged persons and women-owned small businesses. Phase I awards will provide up to $150,000 for a 13-month performance period, with optional supplemental funding of $6,500 for Technical and Business Assistance and up to $25,000 for I-Corps training. Successful proposers may be eligible for subsequent Phase II funding of up to $850,000 for 24-month projects. Companies are limited to submitting a maximum of 5 proposals, and all proposers must complete registration in SAM.gov under NAICS codes 541713 or 541715 and the STTR Firm Registry. The research will cover multiple technology areas including communications, autonomous systems, manufacturing, and power systems, with the ultimate goal of increasing commercial applications of research results and facilitating technology transfer between small businesses and research institutions.
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1/7/25, 9:01 AM Southwest Research Institute (SWRI) 5 Year Extension
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) has a requirement for the continuation of Contract
NNG04EB99C with the Southwest Research Institute (SWRI) for a continuation of the Magnetospheric MultiScale (MMS) mission.
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6/2/21, 11:22 AM Space Flight Systems Development and Operations Contract III (SpaceDOC III) Final RFP
Original Posting: March 16, 2023
NASA Glenn Research Center hereby issues a Request for Proposal for the SpaceDOC III requirement. The principal purpose of this requirement is to deliver technology development hardware and software, space flight hardware and software, ground support equipment, spares, operational support and research data. As such, the contractor shall be responsible for the definition, design, development, analysis, fabrication, assembly, test, verification, delivery, and/or operation of space flight systems, associated support systems and equipment, and related ground development activities, that include research and technology developments and demonstrations. This contract scope can support all NASA GRC work content as described above and all NASA mission directorates as well as other agreements NASA has with other government agencies and non-government organizations.
The following Attachments have been included with this posting:
SpaceDOC III Final RFP Cover Letter
SpaceDOC III Final RFP
SF33
J.1-A Statement of Work
J.1-B Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL)
J.1-C Government Furnished Property (GFP) List
J.1-D Installation-Accountable Government Property (IAGP) List
J.1-J IT Security Applicable Documents List
J.1-L NF 533M
J.1-M NF 533
J.2-A Representative Orders, Attachments J.2-A-1, J.2-A-2, J.2-A-3, and J.2-A-4
J.2-B Past Performance Questionnaire
J.2-D Cost/Price Forms
J.2-E SpaceDOC II Historical Statements of Work – Orders
J.2-F Labor Categories and Descriptions
J.2-I Instructions for Setting Up a Box Account
NASA will conduct this acquisition as a small business set-aside competition. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541715 - for businesses operating in the engineering research and development sector (except for nanotechnology and biotechnology) and the small business size standard is 1,000 employees.
It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor this website for the release of amendments (if any). Potential offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).
All questions regarding this RFP should be submitted in writing, electronically to Paige Foreman, Contracting Officer, at paige.e.foreman@nasa.gov on or before 5:00 PM ET on March 29, 2023. Questions and comments in response to this solicitation may result in an amendment to this posting.
Proposals submitted in response to this solicitation shall be due no later than 5:00 PM ET on May 3, 2023.
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3/16/23, 11:52 AM