SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. - AWARD FEE INCENTIVE FOR PERIOD 4

PIID: FA881125FB005

Signed Date: Nov 7, 2025Effective Date: Aug 12, 2023End Date: Closes in 523 days

Award $

$36.6M

Vendor

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP.

NAICS

481212

Signed Date

Nov 7, 2025

Key Details

Dollars Obligated

$36.6M

Base & All Options

$18.8M

Awarding Agency

Department of Defense

Awarding Sub-Agency

Department of the Air Force

NAICS Code

481212 - NONSCHEDULED CHARTERED FREIGHT AIR TRANSPORTATION

Product Service Code

V126 - TRANSPORTATION/TRAVEL/RELOCATION- TRANSPORTATION: SPACE TRANSPORTATION/LAUNCH

Extent Competed

FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

Place of Performance

HAWTHORNE, CA, 902506844, CD-CA-43

Description

AWARD FEE INCENTIVE FOR PERIOD 4

Context & Analysis

On Nov 7, 2025, Department of Defense obligated $36,600,000 to SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. for award fee incentive for period 4. The award is classified under NAICS 481212 — NONSCHEDULED CHARTERED FREIGHT AIR TRANSPORTATION and issued as a firm fixed price contract. Competition extent: full and open competition. Performance is located in HAWTHORNE, CA. The contract is scheduled through Mar 31, 2028 — approximately 17 months remaining. This award is one of several similar procurements from Department of Defense under NAICS 481212 — related awards are listed below.

Market context

Recompete outlook: Ends Mar 31, 2028, in 17 months. Recompete signal as of Oct 18, 2026: 49/100, combining time to the end date, the incumbent's history with this agency, whether the award was competed, and its size.
Competition: Competed. 98% of 111 awards in this market (Department of Defense awards in NAICS 481212 over the last 3 years) were competed; median 3 offers.
Award size: At $36.6M, this award is larger than three in four of the 107 priced Department of Defense awards in NAICS 481212 over the last 3 years (median $717K).
Incumbent at this agency: SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. has 10 other awards from Department of Defense, totalling $860.0M, in 2025.
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