Spacecraft Engineering, Software, Research and Development Services

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Solicitation number
N00173-25-SYN-HH01
Agency
Responses due
Set-aside
No set-aside

Opportunity facts

Place of performance
Washington, District of Columbia 20375, United States

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

The Office of Naval Research is issuing a pre-solicitation notice for "Spacecraft Engineering, Software, Research and Development Services" under RFP #N00173-25-R-HH01, which is planned for release in July 2025. This procurement seeks comprehensive research and development services in the physical and engineering sciences, specifically focused on space flight research and supporting activities. The solicitation will utilize full and open competition procedures with trade-off source selection methods in accordance with FAR Part 15. Evaluation will be conducted using trade-off source selection procedures, and the award will be made in accordance with FAR Subpart 15.101. Interested parties have until July 1, 2025, to submit questions or feedback regarding this pre-solicitation notice, with no phone calls accepted.

This opportunity does not include any set-aside designations and will be competed using full and open competition. The resulting contract will be structured as a cost-plus-fixed-fee, level-of-effort procurement with a five-year period of performance. The anticipated level of effort involves 340,000 total hours across various labor categories, including key personnel, distributed evenly at 68,000 hours per year. No current contractors or incumbents are identified in the notice. The procurement falls under NAICS code 541715 for Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, and all submissions must be made electronically through SAM.gov, with prospective offerors required to register both on the platform and with the System for Award Management.

Notice text

This notice is a ‘Presolicitation Notice’ and does not constitute a request for proposal, request for quote, or invitation for bid. The intent of this notice is to provide the presolicitation notice in accordance with FAR SubPart 5.2 Synopses of Proposed Contract Action in preparation for the anticipated release of a Request for Proposal (RFP).  NRL reserves the right to cancel this acquisition at any time.

RFP #N00173-25-R-HH01, titled “Spacecraft Engineering, Software, Research and Development Services” is planned to be issued in July of 2025 using full and open competition. The solicitation will use trade-off source selection procedures in accordance with FAR Part 15.  Award is anticipated to be made in accordance with FAR SubPart 15.101.

The resulting contract is planned to be issued as a cost-plus-fixed-fee, level-of-effort (LOE) procurement.  The period of performance will be for five (5) years.  The anticipated LOE involved will be a mix of labor categories, to include key personnel, consisting of 340,000 hours for the total period of performance, evenly divided per year.

The North American Industry Code Standard (NAICS) is 541715 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology). The Product Service Code is AR13 Space R&D Services; Space Flight, Research and Supporting Activities; Experimental Development.

Interested parties may submit questions or feedback by the response deadline to the Primary Point of Contact listed above. Phone calls regarding this pre-solicitation notice will not be accepted.

THIS SOLICITATION WILL BE OFFERED IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT ONLY. NO HARD COPIES WILL BE PROVIDED.

Offerors can view and/or download the RFP and attachments at SAM.gov (Contract Opportunities) when the RFP is posted. Interested parties can register under the Interested Parties Vendors list.  Prospective offerors MUST register themselves on the website. Prospective offerors must also be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM in order to participate in this procurement.

Notice history

Notice Type Posted
Spacecraft Engineering, Software, Research and Development Services Latest solicitation Solicitation
This notice Pre-Solicitation
Spacecraft Engineering, Software, Research and Development Services Original Pre-Solicitation

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