80NM0018F0439↗

California Institute of Technology received this contract from Nasa Management Office -- JPL, National Aeronautics and Space Administration: $37.57M obligated so far for r&d- space: science/applications (applied research/exploratory development). It runs to 2028-09-30.

Key facts · data as of Oct 25, 2026

Recipient
California Institute of Technology
Awarding agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Contracting office
Nasa Management Office -- JPL (80NM00)
Obligated to date
$37.57M
Potential value
$92.32M
Ends
2028-09-30

Source: USAspending.gov prime award records (obligations: money committed, not outlays), data as of Oct 25, 2026.

Cite this page: SpendQuery, Award 80NM0018F0439, data as of Oct 25, 2026, https://spendquery.com/award?id=CONT_AWD_80NM0018F0439_8000_80NM0018D0004_8000

MARS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 60-17814

Delivery Order · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · to California Institute of Technology (UEI YC1YP79BFD19) · data as of 2026-10-25

Obligated to date$37.57M27 actions
Current value$92.32Mwith options exercised
Period2018-10-01 → 2028-09-30current end date

Up for re-bid: ends 2028-09-30. Recompete brief →

What it is

Product or service
R&D- Space: Science/Applications (Applied Research/Exploratory Development) (PSC AR22)
Industry
Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (Except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) (NAICS 541715)
Contracting office
Nasa Management Office -- JPL (80NM00)
Competition
Not competed
Pricing
Cost plus fixed fee
How it was bought
Single-award IDIQ · under 80NM0018D0004
Where the work is
Los Angeles, CA · district CA-28

Obligations by fiscal year

FY2023$742.0K
FY2024$1.57M
FY2025$18.99M
FY2026$16.26M

SpendQuery holds FY2023 on; earlier years are on USAspending.gov.

Subcontractors: where the money went next

No subawards reported for this award. Primes report subawards of $30,000 or more; many awards have none.

Every action

27 actions since 2022-10-17. Each is a modification or amendment with the money it added or took back.

DateModificationKindAmountWhat the agency wrote
2026-09-29P00051Funding only$37.1KMARS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT (40-1781)
2026-09-01P00050Funding only$1.35MMARS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT (40-1781)
2026-07-15P00049Funding only$1.23MMARS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT (40-1781)
2026-05-18P00048Funding only$314.0KMARS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT (40-1781)
2026-04-27P00047Funding only$6.50MMARS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT (40-1781)
2026-04-08P00046Funding only$1.50MMARS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT (40-1781)
2026-03-25P00045Funding only$4.53MMARS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT (40-1781)
2026-03-16P00044Funding only$47.0KMARS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT (40-1781)
2026-02-17P00043Funding only$300.0KMARS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT (40-1781)
2026-01-20P00042Funding only$50.0KMARS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT (40-1781)
2025-12-22P00041Funding only$35.0KMARS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT (40-1781)
2025-11-25P00040Funding only$375.0KMARS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT (40-1781)
2025-07-01P00039Funding only$4.51MMARS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT (40-1781)
2025-06-26P00038Supplemental agreement (work within scope)$0MARS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT (40-1781)
2025-05-22P00037Funding only$5.50MMARS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT (40-1781).
2025-01-06P00036Funding only$4.98MMARS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT (40-1781)
2024-10-15P00035Funding only$4.00MMARS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT (40-1781)
2024-07-30P00034Supplemental agreement (work within scope)$0MARS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT (40-1781)
2024-04-01P00033Funding only$825.1KMARS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT (60-1781)
2024-02-15P00032Funding only$328.0KMARS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT (60-1781)
2023-12-07P00031Funding only$285.7KMARS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT (60-1781)
2023-10-17P00030Funding only$128.3KMARS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT (60-1781)
2023-06-23P00029Funding only$101.0KMARS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT (60-1781)
2023-03-08P00028Funding only$425.0KMARS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT (60-1781)
2023-01-27P00027Funding only$72.0KMARS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT (60-1781)
2023-01-05P00026Funding only$54.0KMARS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT (60-1781)
2022-10-17P00025Funding only$90.0KMARS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT (60-1781)

Source: USAspending.gov prime award transactions and FSRS subaward reports, as loaded by SpendQuery (data as of 2026-10-25). Amounts are obligations (money committed), not outlays. The official record on USAspending.gov ↗