REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE - THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DESIGN, DEVELOP, AND DELIVER AN INSTRUMENT FOR THE LUNAR SURFACE ELECTROMAGNETICS EXPERIMENT AT NIGHT.

PIID: 80MSFC23CA015

Signed Date: Oct 20, 2025Effective Date: Aug 17, 2022End Date: Closes in 338 days

Award $

$14.8M

Vendor

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE

NAICS

541715

Signed Date

Oct 20, 2025

Key Details

Dollars Obligated

$14.8M

Base & All Options

Awarding Agency

Awarding Sub-Agency

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NAICS Code

Product Service Code

AR12 - SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; APPLIED RESEARCH

Extent Competed

NOT COMPETED

Number of Offers

Place of Performance

BERKELEY, CA, 947101749, CD-CA-12

THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DESIGN, DEVELOP, AND DELIVER AN INSTRUMENT FOR THE LUNAR SURFACE ELECTROMAGNETICS EXPERIMENT AT NIGHT.

On Oct 20, 2025, National Aeronautics and Space Administration obligated $14,762,323 to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE for the contractor shall design, develop, and deliver an instrument for the lunar surface electromagnetics experiment at night.. The award is classified under NAICS 541715 — RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY) and issued as a cost no fee contract. Competition extent: not competed with 1 offer received. The procurement used a NO SET ASIDE USED. set-aside. Performance is located in BERKELEY, CA. The contract is scheduled through Sep 30, 2027 — approximately 11 months remaining.

Recompete outlook: Ends Sep 30, 2027, in 11 months. Recompete signal as of Oct 21, 2026: 63/100, combining time to the end date, the incumbent's history with this agency, whether the award was competed, and its size.
Competition: Not competed. 67% of 923 awards in this market (National Aeronautics and Space Administration awards in NAICS 541715 over the last 3 years) were competed; median 500 offers.
Award size: At $14.8M, this award is larger than three in four of the 1772 priced National Aeronautics and Space Administration awards in NAICS 541715 over the last 3 years (median $850K).
Incumbent at this agency: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE has 6 other awards from National Aeronautics and Space Administration, totalling $363.9M, 2021–2026.
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