About this opportunity
AI summaryThe Jet Propulsion Laboratory seeks information from qualified small businesses, small business joint ventures, or small business-led teams experienced in supporting spacecraft chemical and electric propulsion systems across the full lifecycle. Relevant capabilities include propulsion architecture, thruster and feed-system design, modeling and simulation, power processing, fabrication, testing, failure analysis, and electric propulsion technologies like Hall thrusters. Eligible respondents must meet the NAICS code 336414 size standard of 1,300 employees and possess capabilities across all specified scope tasks. Interested parties must complete the capability attachment and email it to [email protected] with "Chemical and Electric Propulsion Systems Capabilities" in the subject line. JPL will host three informational webinars on September 14, September 15, and September 17, 2026, from 10:00 to 11:00 AM PT.
Scope of work
- Design, development, integration, test, qualification, and flight-readiness lifecycle of chemical and/or electric propulsion systems
- Propulsion system architecture and requirements
- Thruster and feed-system design
- Propulsion subsystem engineering, modeling and simulation
- Power processing and propellant systems
- Propulsion hardware fabrication and assembly support
- Environmental performance and testing
- Failure analysis and verification
Minimum qualifications
- Experience and capabilities in all 10 listed scope tasks
- Small business under NAICS code 336414 size standard of 1,300 employees
Documents to include with your response
- Completed Company Information sheet including CAGE/UEI and socioeconomic classifications
- Completed Scope Tasks capability chart
- Past Performance #1 details
- Past Performance #2 details
- Past Performance #3 details
Key dates
- Webinar
- Monday, September 14, 2026, 10:00 - 11:00 AM PT
- Webinar
- Tuesday, September 15, 2026, 10:00 - 11:00 AM PT
- Webinar
- Thursday, September 17, 2026, 10:00 - 11:00 AM PT
How to submit
- Method
- Instructions
- Submit completed attachment documents to the JPL Small Business Programs Office with Chemical and Electric Propulsion Systems Capabilities in the subject line
Contract details
- Set-aside / preference
- Small Businesses and/or Small Business Joint Ventures or Teams led by a Small Businesses
- Funding
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Federal notice details
- Solicitation number
- SBPO-2610-01092026
- Agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Buying office
- Nasa Management Office -- JPL
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Responses due
- Nov 13, 2026, 6:00 PM ET
- Posted on SAM.gov
- Oct 29, 2026
- NAICS
- 336414 · Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing
- Set-aside
- No Set aside used
- Place of performance
- Pasadena, CA, 91101
- Contracting contact
- JPL Small Business Programs Office
smallbusiness.programsoffice@jpl.nasa.gov
Source: SAM.gov. Read the official notice for the complete description and current instructions.
Incumbent and award research
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.
Market context
Awards in the same category (Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing). This is not this requirement's award history.
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Top vendors in this category: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NAICS 336414, since Oct 1, 2024
95 contract awards in this NAICS over the period.
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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.