Aeronautics Government Bids & RFPs

The response date for this RFI is April 23, 2026.

The RFI seeks responses broadly from industry, universities, non-profit organizations, individuals, NASA centers, federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs), university affiliated research centers (UARCs), other U. S. federal, state, local, and tribal government agencies, and the international community.

Respondents are asked to provide a Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) cost estimate in Government Fiscal Year 2026 dollars (FY26).

The deadline for submitting responses to this RFI is April 23, 2026, at 11:59 p. m. Eastern Time.

The RFI seeks responses from U. S. industry, universities, nonprofit organizations, individuals, NASA centers, FFRDCs, and other U. S. federal, state, local, tribal government agencies, as well as the international science community.

The bid notice states that the RFI is open for responses, with the unveiling of the approach to increase lunar landings scheduled for March 24th. The RFI itself does not specify a separate deadline for responses, but the context implies responses should be submitted prior to or around the March 24th date for consideration in informing NASA's approach. on march 24th, the national aeronautics and space administration nasa will be unveiling an unprecedentedapproachto increase lunar landings to a near monthly landing cadence starting in 2027 via thecommercial lunar payloadservices clps initiative.

The bid notice states that NASA will pay for the launch, landing and surface mobility of payloads on the lunar surface. if a payload is selected by nasa to fly on clps, nasa will pay for the launch, landing and surface mobility of payloads on the lunar surface

The bid notice states that NASA is interested in payload teams that are self-funded and can deliver their completed flight units to CLPS and perform their own operations while the payload is on the lunar surface. of greatest interest to nasa would be payload teams that are self funded and can deliver their completed flight units to clps and perform their own operations while the payload is on the lunar surface.

The induction period for the initial units in this order is 365 calendar days from the date of contract award. The government reserves the right to extend this period by an additional insert number of days days, for a total of two years.

The government physically does not have in its possession sufficient, accurate, or legible data to contract with other than the current source.

If you are not an approved source, you must submit, together with your proposal, the information detailed in the NAVSUP WSS source approval brochure, which can be obtained on the internet at https:www. navsup. navy. milbusinessopportunitieshome.

The bid notice does not explicitly state a delivery deadline for the challenge submissions, but mentions that finalists will be selected approximately 3 weeks after the submission deadline, with a live pitch event in June 2026.

The bid notice states that submissions will be evaluated per challenge judge criteria.

The bid notice mentions that venture experts must be U. S. based and will be required to have a minimum of two or more specific expertise areas related to small satellite technology, entrepreneurship, startup experience, or venture capital.

The bid notice indicates that volunteer judges will be required to commit **** hours to the evaluation process in June 2026 and participate in a training call in May 2026.

The bid notice states that up to 3 winners from the pitch event will receive $100,000 each, and up to 2 pitch event runners-up will receive $25,000 each.