80NM0023F0042↗

California Institute of Technology received this contract from Nasa Management Office -- JPL, National Aeronautics and Space Administration: $18.62M obligated so far for space r&d services; space flight, research and supporting activities; applied research. It runs to 2027-01-31.

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
$18.62M
Potential value
$23.72M
Ends
2027-01-31

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

Cite this page: SpendQuery, Award 80NM0023F0042, data as of Oct 25, 2026, https://spendquery.com/award?id=CONT_AWD_80NM0023F0042_8000_80NM0018D0004_8000

SENTINEL-6C PREPARATORY PROJECT (89-210199)

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

Obligated to date$18.62M14 actions
Current value$23.72Mwith options exercised
Period2023-08-02 → 2027-01-31current end date

Up for re-bid: ends 2027-01-31. Recompete brief →

What it is

Product or service
Space R&D Services; Space Flight, Research and Supporting Activities; Applied Research (PSC AR12)
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$1.30M
FY2024$6.21M
FY2025$5.41M
FY2026$5.70M

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

14 actions since 2023-08-02. Each is a modification or amendment with the money it added or took back.

DateModificationKindAmountWhat the agency wrote
2026-09-30P00013Supplemental agreement (work within scope)$0SENTINEL-6C PREPARATORY PROJECT (89-210199) NO COST EXTENSION
2026-06-22P00012Funding only$500.0KSENTINEL-6C PREPARATORY PROJECT (89-210199) NO COST EXTENSION
2026-04-06P00011Supplemental agreement (work within scope)$0SENTINEL-6C PREPARATORY PROJECT (89-210199) NO COST EXTENSION
2026-01-10P00010Funding only$2.00MSENTINEL-6C PREPARATORY PROJECT (89-210199) NO COST EXTENSION
2025-12-12P00009Funding only$3.20MSENTINEL-6C PREPARATORY PROJECT (89-210199) NO COST EXTENSION
2025-08-28P00008Supplemental agreement (work within scope)$0SENTINEL-6C PREPARATORY PROJECT (89-210199) NO COST EXTENSION
2025-07-11P00007Funding only$2.41MSENTINEL-6C PREPARATORY PROJECT (89-210199) NO COST EXTENSION
2025-04-04P00006Funding only$1.50MSENTINEL-6C PREPARATORY PROJECT (89-210199) NO COST EXTENSION
2025-03-21P00005Supplemental agreement (work within scope)$1.50MSENTINEL-6C PREPARATORY PROJECT (89-210199) NO COST EXTENSION
2024-12-15P00004Supplemental agreement (work within scope)$0SENTINEL-6C PREPARATORY PROJECT (89-210199) NO COST EXTENSION
2024-09-12P00003Supplemental agreement (work within scope)$0SENTINEL-6C PREPARATORY PROJECT (89-210199)
2024-03-20P00002Funding only$4.21MSENTINEL-6C PREPARATORY PROJECT (89-210199)
2023-12-06P00001Funding only$2.00MSENTINEL-6C PREPARATORY PROJECT (89-210199)
2023-08-020$1.30MSENTINEL-6C PREPARATORY PROJECT (89-210199)

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 ↗