About this opportunity
AI summaryThe Jet Propulsion Laboratory conducts market research to identify small businesses, small business joint ventures, or small business-led teams capable of supporting spacecraft electrical power systems. The scope encompasses the full design, development, analysis, integration, testing, and qualification lifecycle across ten technical areas, including EPS architecture, power electronics, high-voltage solar arrays, energy storage, power management and distribution, radiation analysis, modeling, and electric propulsion power interactions. Eligible respondents must qualify as small businesses under NAICS code 336414 with a size standard of 1,300 employees and possess experience in all ten listed scope tasks. Interested parties must complete the capability questionnaire, provide at least three relevant past performance examples, and email their submissions with the subject line "Spacecraft Electrical Power Systems Capabilities" to [email protected]. JPL is also hosting three live informational webinars on September 22, September 23, and September 24, 2026.
Scope of work
- Spacecraft electrical power system architecture and requirements
- Power electronics and direct-drive system design and analysis
- High-voltage solar array design, analysis, performance, and degradation
- Energy storage and battery system design and analysis
- Power management and distribution engineering
- Electrical power system component selection and analysis
- Radiation and environmental analysis of spacecraft power systems
- Power system hardware integration, system-level testing, and qualification
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 form
- Completed Scope Tasks capabilities chart
- 3 or more examples of relevant past performance
Key dates
- Webinar
- Tuesday, September 22, 2026, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
- Webinar
- Wednesday, September 23, 2026, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
- Webinar
- Thursday, September 24, 2026, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
How to submit
- Method
- Instructions
- Submit completed attachment documents to the Small Business Programs Office with Spacecraft Electrical Power Systems Capabilities in the subject line; past performance can be in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, or PDF format as separate attachments
Contract details
- Set-aside / preference
- Small Business
- Funding
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Federal notice details
- Solicitation number
- SBPO-2610-03092026
- 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.
Recent similar awards: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NAICS 336414, performed in CA
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|---|---|---|
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| MILLENNIUM SPACE SYSTEMS, INC.80ARC022CA001 · MISSION OPERATIONS SUPPORT FOR AQUILLA II SPACECRAFT | $25.5M | Sep 30, 2027 |
| GENERAL ATOMICS80GSFC20C0093 · TO PROVIDE SPACECRAFT DEVELOPMENT & TEST OBSERVATORY I&T OBSERVATORY TESTING SHIPMENT TO T | $48.0M | May 30, 2027 |
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.
- 1. THE BOEING COMPANY$2.7B
- 2. SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP.$1.6B
- 3. BLUE ORIGIN, LLC$666.3M
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- 5. AXIOM SPACE INC$354.1M
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.