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NASA HEADQUARTERS (HQ) MANAGES THE MARS EXPLORATION PROGRAM (MEP), WHICH SELECTED THE MARS ATMOSPHERE AND VOLATILE EVOLUTION (MAVEN) PROJECT AS A MARS SCOUT MISSION. THE MAVEN PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI) IS DR. BRUCE JAKOSKY, OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, LABORATORY FOR ATMOSPHERIC AND SPACE PHYSICS (LASP) IN BOULDER, CO. THE PI WILL HAVE OVERALL CONTROL OF THE MAVEN PROJECT. HE WILL PROVIDE SCIENCE LEADERSHIP FOR THE MAVEN MISSION AND MANAGE EDUCATION AND PUBLIC OUTREACH. THIS EFFORT APPLIES TO LASP AND COVERS PHASES A, B, C, D, AND E OF THE MAVEN MISSION. UNDER PHASE A OF THIS CONTRACT, THE CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SCHEDULE MANAGEMENT, PROVIDING TECHNICAL PROGRESS REPORTS, AND MISSION REVIEWS. UNDER PHASE B, THE CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SUPPORTING REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS, PROJECT PLANS, PRELIMINARY DESIGN REVIEWS, MONTHLY STATUS REVIEWS, QUARTERLY TEAM MEETINGS, E/PO ACTIVITIES, AND THE PRELIMINARY SCIENCE DATA MANAGEMENT PLAN. UNDER PHASES C AND D, THE CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SUPPORTING MONTHLY STATUS REVIEWS, QUARTERLY TEAM REVIEWS, RESPONDING TO ACTION ITEMS THAT RESULT FROM MEETINGS/REVIEWS, SUPPORTING FORMAL REVIEWS AND LAUNCH SITE ACTIVITIES, AND MANAGEMENT OF E/PO ACTIVITIES. UNDER PHASE E, THE CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING OVERALL MANAGEMENT OF THE MAVEN SCIENCE PROGRAM AND DATA ANALYSIS ACTIVITIES, ENSURING DELIVERY OF MAVEN SCIENCE DATA PRODUCTS, MISSION DOCUMENTATION, AND ANALYTICAL SOFTWARE TOOLS INTO PDS, PARTICIPATING IN ANALYSIS AND RESOLUTION OF SPACECRAFT ANOMALIES, AS NECESSARY, PROVIDING OVERALL MANAGEMENT OF E/PO ACTIVITIES PER E/PO PLAN, PRESENTING SCIENTIFIC RESULTS AT NATIONAL CONFERENCES AND IN SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE, AND PROVIDING CONTRACT CLOSEOUT SUPPORT.

Definitive Contract · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · to The Regents of the University of Colorado (UEI SPVKK1RC2MZ3) · data as of 2026-10-21

Obligated to date$37.36M23 actions

Current value$151.10Mwith options exercised

Period2009-12-23 → 2029-01-31current end date

Passed on$37.22Mto 4 subcontractors

What it is

Product or service: Support- Professional: Engineering/Technical (PSC R425)
Industry: Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (Except Biotechnology) (NAICS 541712)
Contracting office: Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center (80GSFC)
Competition: Full and open competition · 20 offers received
Pricing: Cost no fee
How it was bought: Standalone contract
Solicitation: NNH06ZDA0020
Where the work is: Boulder, CO · district CO-02

Obligations by fiscal year

FY2023$9.45M

FY2024$9.88M

FY2025$9.69M

FY2026$8.34M

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

Subcontractors: where the money went next

4 subawards totaling $37.22M (99.6% of what was obligated), as The Regents of the University of Colorado reported them. Primes report subawards of $30,000 or more; smaller ones and unreported ones aren't here.

Subcontractor	Amount	Subawards	Where	First	Last
Regents of the University of California, the	$28.92M	1	CA	2026-04-30	2026-04-30
Arizona Board of Regents	$2.86M	1	AZ	2026-04-30	2026-04-30
The University of Iowa	$2.76M	1	IA	2026-04-30	2026-04-30
Regents of the University of Michigan	$2.67M	1	MI	2026-09-23	2026-09-23

The largest single subawards

Date	To	Amount	For
2026-04-30	Regents of the University of California, the	$28.92M	-PROVIDE SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS AND INPUT INTO DEVELOPING OBSERVING PLANS AND SEQUENCES. -PARTICIPATE IN DEFINING MODEL ANALYSIS THAT ARE PERTINENT TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE MAVEN SCIENCE GOALS. -PARTICIPATE IN PROJECT…
2026-04-30	University of Arizona	$2.86M	ROGER YELLE WILL PARTICIPATE IN PLANNING ACTIVITIES DURING PHASE C/D FOR MAVEN. -PROVIDE SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS AND INPUT INTO DEVELOPING OBSERVING PLANS AND SEQUENCES. -PARTICIPATING IN PROJECT REVIEWS AS APPROPRIATE,…
2026-04-30	The University of Iowa	$2.76M	PROF. HALEKAS WILL SERVE AS THE INSTRUMENT LEAD FOR THE SOLAR WIND ION ANALYZER (SWIA) ON THE MAVEN SPACECRAFT FOR THE DURATION OF THE MAVEN EXTENDED MISSION. AS INSTRUMENT LEAD, PROF. HALEKAS HAS THE PRIMARY RESPONSIB…

Every action

23 actions since 2022-12-08. Each is a modification or amendment with the money it added or took back.

Date	Modification	Kind	Amount	What the agency wrote
2026-09-04	96	Funding only	$1.35M	THE PURPOSE OF THIS MODIFICATION IS TO ADD INCREMENTAL FUNDS NASA HEADQUARTERS (HQ) MANAGES THE MARS EXPLORATION PROGRAM (MEP), WHICH SELECTED THE MARS ATMOSPHERE AND VOLATILE EVOLUTION (MAVEN) PROJECT AS A MARS SCOUT MISSION. THE MAVEN PRINCIPAL…
2026-06-25	95	Funding only	$12.4K	THE PURPOSE OF THIS MODIFICATION IS TO ADD INCREMENTAL FUNDS NASA HEADQUARTERS (HQ) MANAGES THE MARS EXPLORATION PROGRAM (MEP), WHICH SELECTED THE MARS ATMOSPHERE AND VOLATILE EVOLUTION (MAVEN) PROJECT AS A MARS SCOUT MISSION. THE MAVEN PRINCIPAL…
2026-06-23	94	Supplemental agreement (work within scope)	$0	THE PURPOSE OF THIS MODIFICATION IS TO ADD CLAUSE 52.222-90 NASA HEADQUARTERS (HQ) MANAGES THE MARS EXPLORATION PROGRAM (MEP), WHICH SELECTED THE MARS ATMOSPHERE AND VOLATILE EVOLUTION (MAVEN) PROJECT AS A MARS SCOUT MISSION. THE MAVEN PRINCIPAL…
2026-02-23	93	Funding only	$2.27M	THE PURPOSE OF THIS MODIFICATION IS TO ADD INCREMENTAL FUNDS NASA HEADQUARTERS (HQ) MANAGES THE MARS EXPLORATION PROGRAM (MEP), WHICH SELECTED THE MARS ATMOSPHERE AND VOLATILE EVOLUTION (MAVEN) PROJECT AS A MARS SCOUT MISSION. THE MAVEN PRINCIPAL…
2026-01-28	92	Option exercised	$0	THE PURPOSE OF THIS MODIFICATION IS TO EXERCISE THE OPTION TO EXTEND THE POP FOR 3 YEARS NASA HEADQUARTERS (HQ) MANAGES THE MARS EXPLORATION PROGRAM (MEP), WHICH SELECTED THE MARS ATMOSPHERE AND VOLATILE EVOLUTION (MAVEN) PROJECT AS A MARS SCOUT MISSION.…
2025-12-16	91	Funding only	$2.70M	THE PURPOSE OF THIS MODIFICATION IS TO ADD INCREMENTAL FUNDING NASA HEADQUARTERS (HQ) MANAGES THE MARS EXPLORATION PROGRAM (MEP), WHICH SELECTED THE MARS ATMOSPHERE AND VOLATILE EVOLUTION (MAVEN) PROJECT AS A MARS SCOUT MISSION. THE MAVEN PRINCIPAL…
2025-11-25	90	Administrative change	$2.00M	THE PURPOSE OF THIS MODIFICATION IS TO UPDATE CLAUSE G.9 GSFC 52.242-90 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT REPORTING & ADD INCREMENTAL FUNDING NASA HEADQUARTERS (HQ) MANAGES THE MARS EXPLORATION PROGRAM (MEP), WHICH SELECTED THE MARS ATMOSPHERE AND VOLATILE EVOLUTION…

Source: USAspending.gov prime award transactions and FSRS subaward reports, as loaded by SpendQuery (data as of 2026-10-21). Amounts are obligations (money committed), not outlays. The official record on USAspending.gov ↗

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