170 Composite Cylinders for KSC SCAPE Operations
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Solicitation from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Due Nov 4, 2026, 2:30 PM (UTC-6), 6 days left.
| Solicitation number | 80NSSC27948373Q |
|---|---|
| Agency | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| Office | NASA Shared Services Center |
| Notice type | Solicitation |
| Set-aside | Small business |
| Trade (NAICS) | Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (334516) |
| Product or service code | 6640 |
| Posted | Oct 28, 2026 |
| Response deadline | Nov 4, 2026, 2:30 PM (UTC-6) (6 days left) |
| Add the deadline to | Google Calendar · Apple / Outlook (.ics) |
Bid documents (3)
- TAB 10 Request for Quotations Open Market Template PRINTED 129 KB
- TAB 10 Statement of Work PRINTED 92 KB
- Tab 10 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS PRINTED 63 KB
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Description
See the attached RFQ, statement of work, and questions and answers sheet. All vendors submitting a proposal or additional questions need to reference 80NssC27948373Q in the subject line of the email.
Contracting contact
- Cody Guidry · [email protected]
As published on the official notice. Ask questions in writing and before any questions deadline the notice sets.
Is your business small enough?
For NAICS 334516, a business counts as small if it has no more than 1,000 employees (SBA size standard). This notice is set aside, so only businesses under that size, or in the named program, can bid. SBA table, current as of Oct 15, 2026.
Companies that win this kind of work
Federal contractors paid for analytical laboratory instrument manufacturing work, who also hold NASA contracts (last 12 months): possible competitors, or partners to team with.
- Agilent Technologies Inc $31.0 million in this trade
- Thermo Electron North America LLC $21.7 million in this trade
- Illumina, Inc. $16.3 million in this trade
- Waters Technologies Corporation $12.7 million in this trade
- Pendar Technologies LLC $11.2 million in this trade
About the buyer
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration awarded $16.6 billion in contracts in the last 12 months; its biggest suppliers were California Institute Of Technology, The Boeing Company and Blue Origin, LLC. See what NASA is buying now.
Who can bid: Small Business set-aside
Total and partial small business set-asides are open to any business under the SBA size standard for the notice's NAICS code.
All open Small Business set-asides.
Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing contracts right now
There are 75 open government contract opportunities in this trade (NAICS 334516), 35 posted in the last 7 days; 39% are set aside for small businesses. The agencies buying the most are Department of Veterans Affairs, National Institutes of Health and Department of the Navy. Most of the work with a stated place is in Maryland, Florida and Ohio. A notice in this trade gives a median of 14 days from posting to deadline; this one gives 7 days.
All open analytical laboratory instrument manufacturing contracts
Coming up in this trade
Planned contracts from the agencies' procurement forecasts, often months before a solicitation. Plans can change.
Recent awards in this trade
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- Hologic Sales And Service, LLC $58,190 · Department of Veterans Affairs · Oct 8, 2026
From the award notices agencies publish.