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Space Power and Reactor Capabilities (SPARC) - Presolicitation Synopsis
National Aeronautics and Space Administration · NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER
Respond by: Nov 20, 2026, 5:00 PM UTC−522 days left
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Notice facts
Source: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities public data file
- Solicitation number
- 80GRC026R0009_PS
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Posted
- Oct 27, 2026 · Amended Oct 28, 2026
- Response date
- Respond by Nov 20, 2026, 5:00 PM UTC−5
- Set-aside
- No Set aside used
- NAICS code
- 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
- Product or service code
- AR15
- Place of performance
- Cleveland, OH
- Contracting office
- NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER (80GRC0)CLEVELAND, OH 44135
- Agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Past prime awardees
Source: Award history, not a list of bidders on this notice
Past prime awardees · award history, not a list of bidders on this notice
49 companies held prime contracts from this office under NAICS 541715; 28 of them reported first-tier subawards to companies with NAICS 541715 in FedSub's records.
- BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE · Reported first-tier subawards to 178 companies with NAICS 541715 in FedSub's records (latest Sep 2026).
24 more past prime awardees on Professional
Description
Source: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities public data file
Amendment 1 (October 28, 2026) This posting is hereby amended to correct the title from "Space Power and Reactor Capabilities (SPARC) - Sources Sought Notice" to "Space Power and Reactor Capabilities (SPARC) - Presolicitation Synopsis". Original Posting (October 27, 2026) NASA intends to issue the Space Power and Reactor Capabilities (SPARC) Final Request for Proposals (RFP) via sam.gov on or around November 20, 2026. A Sources Sought Notice for SPARC was posted to sam.gov on August 3, 2026, entitled "Space Power and Reactor Capabilities (SPARC) - Sources Sought Notice" and under Notice ID 80GRC026SPARC. A Draft RFP for SPARC was posted to sam.gov on August 30, 2026, entitled " Space Power and Reactor Capabilities (SPARC) - Draft Request for Proposals (DRFP)" and under Notice ID 80GRC026R0009. Interested parties are highly encouraged to review the Draft RFP posting for information regarding the acquisition including the Industry Day Presentation and Questions and Answers. The Notice ID for the SPARC Final RFP is likely be updated due to it being released in Government Fiscal Year (GFY) 2027. SPARC will be competed as a Multiple-Award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (MAIDIQ) contract to provide for the design, development, analysis, fabrication, assembly, verification, validation, test, evaluation, certification, delivery (ground and/or space), and sustaining maintenance and operations of space nuclear systems, subsystems, hardware, materials, and software. Specifically, SPARC is intended to be NASA's preferred contractual mechanism for the competition and award of task orders related to the Design, Deveopment, Test, and Evaluation (DDT&E) of the Lunar Reactor - 1 (LR-1) system. Concurrent with (and as part of) the competition and award of SPARC, NASA intends to compete the first task order to be awarded under SPARC in the LR-1 Phase 1 Task Order. This task order represents the first step in the development of LR-1 and provides for the following objectives:…
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