Flight Dynamic Support Services (FDSS III) Extension
Closed Special Notice Posted
A later notice was posted: the Limited / Sole Source Justification from .
- Solicitation number
- 80GSFC19C0072A
- Agency
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Goddard Space Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 541330 Engineering Services
- Place of performance
- Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center has issued a special notice regarding a sole source contract extension for Flight Dynamics Support Services (FDSS III) with OPR, LLC. The notice has undergone multiple revisions since its initial posting on May 9, 2025, with the most recent correction on August 8, 2025, extending the contract period to eighteen months through April 30, 2027. The FDSS III contract provides comprehensive flight dynamics support services to the Engineering and Technology Directorate's Mission and Systems Analysis Division at GSFC. This includes support for spacecraft mission design, orbit estimation, trajectory analysis, flight dynamics modeling, and ground system development across all phases of space missions. The current contract is structured as a Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) Single-Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) arrangement under contract number 80GSFC19C0072.
The primary purpose of this special notice is to inform potential contractors that NASA intends to extend the existing contract on a sole source basis under FAR 6.302-1, citing that only one responsible source can satisfy the agency's requirements. The extension will allow for continuation of mission-critical services while NASA develops its future acquisition strategy and prepares for a competitive follow-on contract. Interested organizations must submit their capabilities and qualifications electronically to Maria McNamee and Claudia Canales no later than 4:30 PM EST on August 21, 2025. These submissions will be evaluated solely to determine whether the acquisition should be conducted on a competitive basis, though the final decision remains at the government's discretion. The opportunity is set aside for total small business participation, and the government has specified that it does not intend to acquire commercial items under FAR Part 12. All interested parties must demonstrate their qualifications to perform complex flight dynamics support services for NASA's space missions and ground systems.
Notice text
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Update #4 · Latest ·
8/08/2025 Correction: 18 months extension of contract through April 30, 2027.
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) issued a notice on July 7, 2025, with its intent to issue a sole source twelve (12) month contract extension for the Flight Dynamics Support Services (FDSS III) currently contracted with OPR, LLC. There is an update to the contract extension period. NASA/GSFC intends to extend the current contract's effective ordering period by eighteen (18) months versus the previously stated twelve (12) months. The extension will allow for continued performance and continuation of mission critical services under the FDSS III contract through April 30, 2027, which will allow time for the future acquisition strategy to be established.
The current contract is a Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF), Single-Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, 80GSFC19C0072. The rationale supporting this sole source award to OPR, LLC is in accordance with 41 U.S.C 3304(a)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1 “Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.”
The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12.
Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort electronically via email to Maria McNamee, maria.l.mcnamee@nasa.gov and Claudia Canales, claudia.canales-1@nasa.gov not later than 4:30PM EST on August 21, 2025. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct this acquisition on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this acquisition on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government.
NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at : https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/Procurement-Ombuds-Comp-Advocate-Listing.pdf .
Update #3 ·
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) issued a notice on July 7, 2025, with its intent to issue a sole source twelve (12) month contract extension for the Flight Dynamics Support Services (FDSS III) currently contracted with OPR, LLC. There is an update to the contract extension period. NASA/GSFC intends to extend the current contract's effective ordering period by eighteen (18) months versus the previously stated twelve (12) months. The extension will allow for continued performance and continuation of mission critical services under the FDSS III contract through April 30, 2026, which will allow time for the future acquisition strategy to be established.
The current contract is a Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF), Single-Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, 80GSFC19C0072. The rationale supporting this sole source award to OPR, LLC is in accordance with 41 U.S.C 3304(a)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1 “Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.”
The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12.
Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort electronically via email to Maria McNamee, maria.l.mcnamee@nasa.gov and Claudia Canales, claudia.canales-1@nasa.gov not later than 4:30PM EST on August 21, 2025. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct this acquisition on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this acquisition on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government.
NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at : https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/Procurement-Ombuds-Comp-Advocate-Listing.pdf .
Update #2 ·
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) has a requirement for Flight Dynamics Support Services (FDSS III) that provides flight dynamics support services to, and related service support for, the Engineering and Technology Directorate’s Mission and Systems Analysis Division throughout GSFC as required, for the study, design, development, fabrication, integration, testing, verification and operations of spaceflight, airborne and ground system hardware and software, including development and validation of new technologies to enable future space and science missions.
NASA/GSFC intends to issue a sole source contract extension to acquire the services from OPR, LLC. NASA/GSFC intends to extend the current contract’s effective ordering period by an additional twelve months. The extension will allow for continued performance and continuation of mission critical services under the FDSS III contract through October 31, 2026, by which time the follow-on, competitive contract is expected to be awarded. This is a Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF), Single-Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, 80GSFC19C0072. The rationale supporting this sole source award to OPR, LLC is in accordance with 41 U.S.C 3304(a)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1 “Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.”
The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12.
Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort electronically via email to Teresa Shaw, Teresa.S.Shaw@nasa.gov not later than 4:30PM EST on July 21, 2025. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct this acquisition on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this acquisition on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government.
NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at : https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/Procurement-Ombuds-Comp-Advocate-Listing.pdf
Update #1 ·
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) has a requirement for Flight Dynamics Support Services (FDSS III) that provides flight dynamics support services to, and related service support for, the Engineering and Technology Directorate’s Mission and Systems Analysis Division throughout GSFC as required, for the study, design, development, fabrication, integration, testing, verification and operations of spaceflight, airborne and ground system hardware and software, including development and validation of new technologies to enable future space and science missions.
NASA/GSFC intends to issue a sole source contract extension to acquire the services from OPR, LLC. NASA/GSFC intends to extend the current contract’s effective ordering period by an additional twelve months. The extension will allow for continued performance and continuation of mission critical services under the FDSS III contract through October 30, 2026, by which time the follow-on, competitive contract is expected to be awarded. This is a Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF), Single-Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, 80GSFC19C0072. The rationale supporting this sole source award to OPR, LLC is in accordance with 41 U.S.C 3304(a)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1 “Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.”
The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12.
Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort electronically via email to Teresa Shaw, Teresa.S.Shaw@nasa.gov not later than 4:30PM EST on May 24, 2025. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct this acquisition on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this acquisition on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government.
NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at : https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/Procurement-Ombuds-Comp-Advocate-Listing.pdf
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| 80GSFC19C0072 -FDSS III - SOW_mdc.pdf |
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| JOFOC for Flight Dynamics Support Services (FDSS III) Contract Extension | Limited / Sole Source Justification | |
| This notice | Special Notice |
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