JSC procurement forecast: Johnson Space Center
Contracts the Johnson Space Center plans to buy, from its published acquisition forecast. Forecasts come out months before a solicitation is posted on SAM.gov, so this is the time to introduce your business and ask how JSC plans to buy the work.
- Planned buys listed
- 12
- Award expected within 6 months
- 4
- Set aside for small business
- 5
- Updated
- Oct 10, 2026
Upcoming JSC contracts, soonest award first
12 listed
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Email me new forecastsMars Exploration Analog (MEA) Behavioral Health Performance (BHP) Training CADMUS (Crew Adaptive Decision-Making Under Stress)
- Award expected
- Q1 FY2027
- Solicitation expected
- Q1 FY2024
- Estimated value
- $501K to $1M
- Set-aside
- Small business
- NAICS
- 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
Description
This research task will develop, validate, and implement a comprehensive training and evaluation system to enhance crew and distributed team decision making under stress during deep space missions. This task is adapted from the principal investigators previously reviewed and approved NASA Human Exploration Research Analog (HERA) Campaign 8 proposal.
Mars Exploration Analog (MEA) Countermeasures for Communication Delays
- Award expected
- Q1 FY2027
- Solicitation expected
- Q1 FY2024
- Estimated value
- $501K to $1M
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
- NAICS
- 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
Description
This task investigates how communication delays during Mars-analog missions affect crew performance and decision-making, and tests countermeasures to mitigate those impacts.
BHP Autonomous Monitoring Externals
- Award expected
- Q1 FY2027
- Solicitation expected
- Q1 FY2024
- Estimated value
- $501K to $1M
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
- NAICS
- 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
Description
A project to develop, locally deploy, and validate a multimodal Digital Phenotyping Model (DPM) for monitoring behavioral and psychiatric changes in crew members during the Mars Exploration Analog (MEA).
Oxygen Generation System
- Award expected
- Q2 FY2027
- Solicitation expected
- Q4 FY2026
- Estimated value
- $2.1M to $5M
- Set-aside
- Small business
- NAICS
- 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
Description
The goal of this AES sponsored project is to develop and test oxygen generation systems that have favorable intrinsic safety characteristics. The goal of this project is to develop an oxygen generation system free of the safety risks associated with hydrogen, where all of the materials in contact with oxygen are oxygen compatible and do not burn.
Mission Enabling Services Contract (MESC) II
- Award expected
- Q4 FY2027
- Solicitation expected
- FY2027
- Estimated value
- $100M to $250M
- Set-aside
- Not decided yet
- NAICS
- 541512 Computer Systems Design Services
Description
The MESC contracting vehicle consists of three parts: two single-award baselines and a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) component. A "baseline" comprises activities that satisfy known, continuous US government requirements that exist independent of another baseline or any task order under the IDIQ vehicle. The two single-award baselines are NAMIS Services and Spaceflight Enabling Services. The multi-award IDIQ component covers new content within the general scope of…
Flown Space Vehicle Multimodal Transportation (MMT) Multiple Award Contract (MAC) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ)
- Award expected
- FY2027
- Solicitation expected
- FY2027
- Estimated value
- $250M to $500M
- Set-aside
- Not decided yet
- NAICS
- 541330 Engineering Services
Description
The anticipated scope of work under the MMT includes, but is not limited to, multimodal transportation services for large aerospace vehicles, spacecraft artifacts, aerospace hardware, flown space hardware, and other specialized Government cargo requiring engineering analysis, transportation planning, preservation measures, specialized rigging systems, infrastructure coordination, regulatory compliance, and coordinated multimodal transportation execution.
Astromaterials Glovebox Systems - Design and Fabrication (A-BOX)
- Award expected
- Q4 FY2027
- Solicitation expected
- Q2 FY2027
- Estimated value
- $20.1M to $50M
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
- NAICS
- 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
Description
The gloveboxes will be of various custom designs and manufactured to Curation standards to main sample pristinity, including use of polycarbonate glass, Viton seals, etc. Different designs will be required for a cold versus non-cold sample gloveboxes and for preliminary examination vs. general processing.
SURFACE POWER EXCHANGE CONNECTOR (SPEC)
- Award expected
- Q4 FY2027
- Solicitation expected
- Q1 FY2027
- Estimated value
- $2.1M to $5M
- Set-aside
- Not decided yet
- NAICS
- 541330 Engineering Services
Description
The Surface Power Exchange Connector and supported hardware would establish a common interface for power exchange from an Electrical Power System to a Electrical Power Consuming Equipment. This supports the hardware definition requirements to ensure that diverse lunar surface assets, including the Pressurized Rover, Lunar Terrain Vehicle, Fission Surface Power, and habitats can reliably exchange energy using a common "plug-and-play" architecture. Nominally, a vehicle fixed mounted side of the c…
Next generation NanoSIMS HR instrument with Cryogenic capability
- Award expected
- Q4 FY2027
- Solicitation expected
- Q4 FY2027
- Estimated value
- $251K to $500K
- Set-aside
- Small business
- NAICS
- 927110 Space Research and Technology
Description
It will allow new types of analyses to be made, such as isotopic study of soluble organics and fluid inclusions, and extend our measurements to finer grains that are currently inaccessible. The advanced capabilities of the NanoSIMS HR will likely enable the discovery of new types of presolar and nebular grains. Such studies of Ryugu samples, as well as future return samples, using the NanoSIMS HR would revolutionize our understanding of the material that seeded our solar system, the first forme…
Strategic Professional Engineering Assessment Contract (SPEAC) III
- Award expected
- Q4 FY2027
- Solicitation expected
- Q1 FY2027
- Estimated value
- $250M to $500M
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
- NAICS
- 927110 Space Research and Technology
Description
Exploration Architecture, Integration, and Science (EAIS) Directorate and other customers require continued support for independent programmatic and institutional reviews and assessments in the areas of: Independent cost, schedule, technical risk assessments, and safety and mission assurance, and definition and interpretation of high level organizational engineering performance requirements.
Rendezvous, Proximity Operations and Capture (RPOC) VI
- Award expected
- Q1 FY2028
- Solicitation expected
- Q2 FY2027
- Estimated value
- $50.1M to $100M
- Set-aside
- Small business
- NAICS
- 541330 Engineering Services
Description
Tasks encompass the program architecture definition, analysis and development, as well as the entire spacecraft definition and development process including requirements development, concept development, technology development, system design, system and vehicle evaluation, system and vehicle test, verification, integration and operations support. Examples of tasks to support these systems includes the development of analysis tools, including modeling of space vehicles, vehicle subsystems, dynam…
Human Health and Institutional Management Support Contract (HHIMS) 4
- Award expected
- Q2 FY2028
- Solicitation expected
- Q4 FY2027
- Estimated value
- $10.1M to $20M
- Set-aside
- Small business
- NAICS
- 541990 All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Description
Provide board and panel services, configuration management/data management, and conference support to the Human Health and Performance Directorate.
What JSC plans to buy
NAICS codes on JSC's upcoming forecast entries:
| Code | Industry | Planned |
|---|---|---|
| 541715 | Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | 4 |
| 541330 | Engineering Services | 3 |
| 927110 | Space Research and Technology | 2 |
| 334516 | Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing | 1 |
| 541512 | Computer Systems Design Services | 1 |
| 541990 | All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 1 |
Frequently asked questions
What is an agency procurement forecast?
A procurement (or acquisition) forecast is an agency's list of contracts it plans to buy in the coming months, published before the solicitation is posted on SAM.gov. Agencies publish them so small businesses can prepare. Each entry usually gives the work, the NAICS code, an estimated value range, the expected solicitation or award quarter and whether it may be set aside.
How should a small business use a forecast?
Pick the planned buys in your NAICS codes, then introduce your business to the agency's small business specialist or program office with a short email and your capability statement. Ask how they plan to buy it: set-aside, contract vehicle and timing. Then watch SAM.gov for a sources sought notice or draft solicitation, which often comes first. Contacting JSC early, while the requirement is still being planned, is when you can still influence a set-aside decision.
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They are estimates. Dates shown as a quarter or fiscal year are the agency's own (the federal fiscal year starts October 1, so Q1 FY2027 is October to December 2026). Values are ranges. Buys slip, change set-aside or are dropped, and some are never posted. Treat a forecast as an early signal, not a promise.
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