Development of Additional Payload Processing Capability on North Wallops Island at Wallops Flight Facility
- Client
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- RFP Number
- EXTRA-75591
- Posted
- —
- Category
- Professional, Consulting, Administrative or Management Support Services
- Budget
- Looking for Proposals
- NAICS
- 53
- Set-aside
- No Set aside used
- Contact
- Philip Smith
Description
AI GeneratedThe government authority in Wallops Island, VA, requires a vendor to provide an additional payload processing service. The buyer needs the vendor to develop additional payload processing capability at its flight facility. Perform the required work offsite. To qualify for this opportunity, bidders must be an onshore, USA-only organization. The buyer has not specified a fixed budget and is currently looking for proposals. The source text does not state any evaluation criteria, submission deadlines, or other key-date details.
Key solicitation details
AI-extracted from RFI-WFF-North+PayloadProcessing-2026.pdf. Confirm against the original documents before bidding.
NASA Wallops Flight Facility is seeking information from U.S. domestic entities regarding the potential development of advanced payload processing facilities on approximately 15 acres on North Wallops Island. The initiative aims to enable high-throughput payload integration, testing, and processing capabilities to support mega-constellation operations. Eligible respondents include U.S. federal and state governmental entities and U.S. Commercial Providers.
- Issued by
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) / Wallops Flight Facility (WFF)
- Due Date
- October 30, 2026
- How to submit
- Electronic
- Submission details
- Submit via email in PDF format with subject line RFI-WFF-PayloadProcessing-2026, maximum 10 pages, Times New Roman size 12 font.
- Place of performance
- North Wallops Island at Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia
Scope of work
- Development of additional payload processing capability
- High-throughput payload integration, testing, and processing capabilities
- Development, operation, and maintenance of payload processing infrastructure
Minimum qualifications
- U.S. domestic entities, including federal and state governmental entities
- U.S. Commercial Providers as defined in the Space Commerce Act (51 U.S.C. 50101(7))
- Ability to comply with NASA policies related to access, security, and facility utilization
Documents to include with the bid
- RFI Response (up to 10 pages)
Official SAM.gov notice
- Solicitation number
- RFI-WFF-PayloadProcessing-2026
- Agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Buying office
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Notice type
- Special Notice
- Responses due
- Oct 30, 2026, 5:00 PM ET
- Posted on SAM.gov
- Aug 25, 2026
- NAICS
- 53
- Set-aside
- No Set aside used
- Place of performance
- Wallops Island, VA, 23337
- Contracting contact
- Philip Smith
Philip.H.Smith@nasa.gov - Additional contact
- Christina Williams, Center POC
Christina.L.Williams@nasa.gov
Read the official notice description
**SEE ATTACHMENT FOR FULL ANNOUNCEMENT** NASA's Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) is administratively assigned as a subset of the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and, as such, is conducting market research to gauge interest in potential opportunities to expand payload processing infrastructure at WFF in Wallops Island, Virginia. **SEE ATTACHMENT FOR FULL ANNOUNCEMENT**
Source: SAM.gov contract opportunities data (U.S. federal public data).
Incumbent
No incumbent history found for this requirement. The notice does not cite a current contract, and no earlier award from this buying office matches it.
Source: USAspending.gov federal award data (U.S. federal public data). A contract is called the incumbent only when the notice or its documents cite it by number.
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