80NM0018F0511↗
California Institute of Technology received this contract from Nasa Management Office -- JPL, National Aeronautics and Space Administration: $26.50M 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
- $26.50M
- Potential value
- $76.46M
- 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 80NM0018F0511, data as of Oct 25, 2026, https://spendquery.com/award?id=CONT_AWD_80NM0018F0511_8000_80NM0018D0004_8000
California Institute of Technology: all federal awards · National Aeronautics and Space Administration: spending · Nasa Management Office -- JPL: what it buys · The follow-on: recompete brief
ORBITING CARBON OBSERVATORY-3 85-16363
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
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
12 actions since 2023-04-26. Each is a modification or amendment with the money it added or took back.
| Date | Modification | Kind | Amount | What the agency wrote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-02 | P00033 | Supplemental agreement (work within scope) | -$155.5K | ORBITING CARBON OBSERVATORY-3 85-16363 |
| 2026-03-14 | P00032 | Funding only | $4.64M | ORBITING CARBON OBSERVATORY-3 85-16363 |
| 2026-02-13 | P00031 | Funding only | $500.0K | ORBITING CARBON OBSERVATORY-3 85-16363 |
| 2025-12-03 | P00030 | Funding only | $1.99M | ORBITING CARBON OBSERVATORY-3 85-16363 |
| 2025-07-11 | P00029 | Funding only | $1.45M | ORBITING CARBON OBSERVATORY-3 85-16363 |
| 2025-06-10 | P00028 | Supplemental agreement (work within scope) | $2.11M | ORBITING CARBON OBSERVATORY-3 85-16363 |
| 2025-01-15 | P00027 | Funding only | $1.50M | ORBITING CARBON OBSERVATORY-3 (85-16363) |
| 2024-10-09 | P00026 | Funding only | $2.07M | ORBITING CARBON OBSERVATORY-3 (85-16363) |
| 2024-04-10 | P00025 | Funding only | $5.97M | ORBITING CARBON OBSERVATORY-3 (85-16363) |
| 2024-02-21 | P00024 | Funding only | $690.0K | ORBITING CARBON OBSERVATORY-3 (85-16363) |
| 2023-12-21 | P00023 | Funding only | $381.5K | ORBITING CARBON OBSERVATORY-3 (85-16363) |
| 2023-04-26 | P00022 | Funding only | $5.36M | ORBITING CARBON OBSERVATORY-3 (85-16363) |
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 ↗