Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition: Spacecraft Optical Navigation and Autonomy Modules (Contract 80ARC026C0006)
80ARC026C0006 · NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
A SEARCH, DETECTION, NAVIGATION, GUIDANCE, AERONAUTICAL, AND NAUTICAL SYSTEM AND INSTRUMENT MANUFACTURING solicitation, performed in Palo Alto, CA. AwardCast estimates what this specific solicitation will close for, before you bid.
What's being bought
NASA Ames Research Center awarded Contract 80ARC026C0006 to EraDrive, Inc., 221 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94301 (Unique Entity ID PLUQPL2X6CN3), on September 22, 2026, on a sole-source basis. The contract is a firm-fixed-price definitive commercial contract for two (2) flight-qualified Er
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|---|---|---|---|
| DUNCAN-PARNELL INC | $423K | 1 | 2026-07-02 |
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What is solicitation 80ARC026C0006?
Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition: Spacecraft Optical Navigation and Autonomy Modules (Contract 80ARC026C0006), issued by NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION, under NAICS 334511 (SEARCH, DETECTION, NAVIGATION, GUIDANCE, AERONAUTICAL, AND NAUTICAL SYSTEM AND INSTRUMENT MANUFACTURING), performed in Palo Alto, CA.
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Comparable closed awards in this category ran from $66K to $485K, across 5 awards shown above. Those are historical results, not a forecast for this solicitation.
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