Spacecraft Chemical and Electric Propulsion Capabilities

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is seeking capability information from small businesses and qualifying small-business teams experienced with spacecraft chemical and electric propulsion systems across the design, development, integration, testing, qualification, and flight-readiness lifecycle.

United States of America > NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION > NASA MANAGEMENT OFFICE -- JPL (JET PROPULSION LABORATORY)


General
Open (active)
SBPO-2610-01092026
Oct 02, 2026 12:00 PM
Sep 01, 2026 08:16 PM
Sources Sought
Federal
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smallbusiness.programsoffice@jpl.nasa.gov
4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA, USA
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Description

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory is conducting sources-sought market research to identify small businesses, small-business joint ventures, and teams led by small businesses with experience supporting spacecraft chemical and electric propulsion systems throughout the design, development, integration, test, qualification, and flight-readiness lifecycle. Relevant capabilities include propulsion architecture and requirements, thruster and feed-system design, subsystem engineering, modeling and simulation, power processing and propellant systems, hardware fabrication and assembly support, environmental and performance testing, failure analysis, and verification. Particularly relevant experience includes Hall thrusters, plasma diagnostics, vacuum facilities, and spacecraft-plume interaction testing. Interested companies must complete the provided capabilities questionnaire, including company information, socioeconomic classifications, teaming information, capability responses for ten scope areas, and up to three past-performance examples, then submit it by email. This is market research only; the notice states that there is no commitment to issue a subsequent RFI or RFP.

Classification Codes
NAICS336414Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing
PSC2845Rocket Engines and Components
Smart Codes
spacecraft propulsion systemselectric propulsion testingpropulsion systems engineering
Specifications
Service
Timeline
Sep 1, 2026-Published Date
Sep 14, 2026-Propulsion Systems Webinar (optional)
Registration link is provided in the posting's attachments/links section.
Sep 15, 2026-Propulsion Systems Webinar (optional)
Registration link is provided in the posting's attachments/links section.
Sep 17, 2026-Propulsion Systems Webinar (optional)
Registration link is provided in the posting's attachments/links section.
Oct 2, 2026-Response Due Date
Oct 17, 2026-Inactive Date
Requirements
Informational
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