Training Purchase: Space Vehicle Mechanisms: Elements of Successful Design
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 80NSSC26940492Q
- Agency
-
Shared Services Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 611430 Professional and Management Development Training
- PSC
- U099 Education/Training- Other
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
NASA's Shared Services Center issued a sole-source justification notice on August 14, 2026, for a training procurement titled "Space Vehicle Mechanisms: Elements of Successful Design," with a capability statement deadline of August 18, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. Central Time. The agency intends to award a commercial item contract to Kaplan Associates Incorporated under FAR 12.102(a), but will consider written capability statements from other qualified vendors to determine whether to conduct the procurement on a competitive basis.
The training consists of a three-day course scheduled for August 25–27, 2026, at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, for 20 students. The contractor must deliver instruction covering design, analysis, and integration of space vehicle mechanisms—including bearings, motors, feedback devices, and high-performance materials—with emphasis on practical design examples, margin evaluations, reliability analyses, and digital simulations. Deliverables include course delivery and printed course notes for all attendees.
Interested organizations must submit capability statements in writing, referencing the notice ID, to Cody Guidry, Procurement Specialist II, at cody.d.guidry@nasa.gov. Oral communications and quotes will not be accepted. The procurement is classified under NAICS 611430 (Professional and Management Development Training) and PSC U099 (Education/Training–Other). NASA FAR Supplement Clause 1852.215-84 (Ombudsman) applies; the Center Ombudsman listing is available at the NASA procurement website.
Notice text
VENDORS MUST REFERENCE THE NOTICE ID WHEN SUBMITTING A CAPABILITY STATEMENT.
Synopsis:
NASA/NSSC has a requirement for Training Purchase: Space Vehicle Mechanisms: Elements of Successful Design
NASA/NSSC intends to issue a sole source contract to KAPLAN ASSOCIATES INCORPORATED: 8029 RISING RIDGE RD | BETHESDA, MD 20817 under the authority of FAR 12.102(a). It has been determined that KAPLAN ASSOCIATES INCORPORATED is the sole provider of Training Purchase: Space Vehicle Mechanisms: Elements of Successful Design
NASA/NSSC will be the procuring center for this effort. Performance will be located at NASA/ Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC).
The Government intends to acquire Commercial items or services using the provisions, clauses and procedures prescribed in FAR Part 12 for Commercial
The NAICS Code for this procurement is 611430.
Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort in writing to the identified point of contact not later than 3:00 p.m. Central Standard Time on 8/18/2026. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the government.
Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice.
NOTE: Quotes received in response to this notice will NOT be considered and will not be evaluated by NASA’s Technical End User Team.
NASA FAR Supplement 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 .
Primary Point of Contact:
Cody Guidry
Procurement Specialist II
Cody.d.guidry@nasa.gov
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| SATPC0042294 TAB 07 SOW PRINTED.pdf |
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