operational handheld explosive and drug detection systems
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Solicitation from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Due Oct 20, 2026, 3:00 PM (UTC-5), due today.
| Solicitation number | 80NSSC26944182Q |
|---|---|
| Agency | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| Office | NASA Shared Services Center |
| Notice type | Solicitation |
| Set-aside | Small business |
| Trade (NAICS) | Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (334511) |
| Product or service code | 4210 |
| Posted | Oct 19, 2026 |
| Response deadline | Oct 20, 2026, 3:00 PM (UTC-5) (due today) |
| Add the deadline to | Google Calendar · Apple / Outlook (.ics) |
Official notice and attachments
Description
See attached RFQ and SOW
Contracting contact
- McKenzie Hanson · [email protected]
- Karen Artis · [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 334511, a business counts as small if it has no more than 1,350 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.
Notice history
- Oct 7, 2026: Solicitation Due Oct 14, 2026, 3:00 PM (UTC-5)
Companies that win this kind of work
Federal contractors paid for search, detection, navigation, guidance, aeronautical, and nautical system and instrument manufacturing work, who also hold NASA contracts (last 12 months): possible competitors, or partners to team with.
- Lockheed Martin Corporation $368.8 million in this trade
- General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. $244.1 million in this trade
- Raytheon Company $219.0 million in this trade
- Science Applications International Corporation $118.7 million in this trade
- Aerovironment, Inc $80.6 million in this trade
About the buyer
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration awarded $16.3 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.
Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing contracts right now
There are 153 open government contract opportunities in this trade (NAICS 334511), 57 posted in the last 7 days; 31% are set aside for small businesses. The agencies buying the most are Department of the Navy, Defense Logistics Agency and Department of the Air Force. Most of the work with a stated place is in Virginia, Massachusetts and California. A notice in this trade gives a median of 17 days from posting to deadline; this one gives 1 day.
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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- Intelligent Manufacturing Solutions, LLC $6.9 million · Defense Logistics Agency · Oct 19, 2026
- A.G.H. Industries, LLC $194,751 · Defense Logistics Agency · Oct 19, 2026
- Macomb Sheet Metal Inc $37,350 · Defense Logistics Agency · Oct 19, 2026
From the award notices agencies publish.