Skip to content
  • 6,812 federal solicitations are open right now. How many of them are yours?
  • New solicitations are posted every day. The ones you never saw are the ones you cannot win.
  • Stop checking SAM.gov every morning. Let the contracts that fit your business come to you.
  • Tell Abierto what you sell in one sentence. AI reads every open solicitation for you.
  • Deadlines are short. Hear about a solicitation the day it is posted, not the week it closes.
  • Amendments move deadlines. Watch a solicitation and Abierto tells you when it changes.
  • See which contracts in your field are about to end, and who holds them today.
  • Plans from $39 a month. See your matches before you pay.
See plans
AbiertoGet started
Menu

Sources sought

Specialized wooden container

80JSC025PA002

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA Johnson Space Center. Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing.

2 open like this View on SAM.gov Markdown

Awarded

National Stem Cell Foundation Inc.

$3,675,000.00 obligated so far on USAspending

Get the next one like this from National Aeronautics and Space Administration by email, the day it is posted.Find my opportunities

This one was awarded in 2026

2 like it are open now in wood container and pallet manufacturing

Description

As published on SAM.gov.

NASA Johnson Space Center intends to modify contract 80JSC025PA006 for the purpose of adding a requirement for the awarded contractor, Optical Coating Labratories, to build a replacement shipping container so that the required MCAT telescope mirror can be shipped properly and safely to its destination on Ascencion Island.  Given that the current vendor has posession of the mirror, it is keenly aware of the delicate and critical state the mirror is in and can design a mirror that will safely protect the mirror while it is in transport and therefore guarantee the work the vendor has performed on the optical recoating of the mirror surface. Therefore, OCL is the only responsible source available to design and manufacture the required shipping container that will be specific to this mirror.  The Government intends to award this modification under the authority of FAR 13.501 since the value of the modification is less than the simplified acquisition threshold.  A separate procurement is not in the best interest of the Government due to cost and schedule constraints. Questions and/or comments are welcome. 

The contract, on USAspending

Federal procurement data the awarding office reported to FPDS, matched to this solicitation by its number.

Recipient
National Stem Cell Foundation Inc.
UEI
ZZ9KLNTWUN55
CAGE
5FC20
Vendor location
Louisville, KY
Contract
80JSC025PA002, purchase order
Obligated
$3,675,000.00, current value $5,294,059
Actions
8 between February 11, 2025 and July 31, 2026
Competition
Competed Under SAP, 7 offers received
Set-aside reported
No Set Aside Used.
Described as
Design, Development, and Testing of Ground and Flight Unit(S) as Well as Completion of Flight Demonstration(S) on the Iss National Lab (Nl) or a CLD or Other Leo Orbital Platform.
Match
solicitation number 80JSC025PA002 was reused as the contract number; same awarding office 80JSC0 (high confidence)
Record
USAspending award page

Publications

Every notice SAM.gov issued under this solicitation number, oldest first. Each is a separate record on SAM.

  1. January 7, 2026

    Sources sought

    Due January 14, 2026 at 1:00 PM EST. SAM.gov, notice a12d1584dc9a4359b5dc5d4c136bbb36

    1 revisions on SAM
    • January 7, 2026: publish, sources sought

Points of contact