Forecast intelligence
NASA: what's coming up before the RFP
Before the NASA posts a formal solicitation, it tips its hand — through Sources Sought, Presolicitation, and Special Notices. These are the early signals of NASA work that's coming, drawn live from SAM.gov, so you can position before your competition sees the RFP.
What's Coming Up/NASA
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How to read this
These are pre-solicitation signals, not formal NASA forecasts. The NASA publishes Sources Sought, Presolicitation, and Special Notices while it's still researching and planning — weeks or months before the formal RFP. We surface them as a leading indicator of demand: a way to spot, shape, and prepare for NASA work before it becomes a deadline-driven competition. Always confirm the specifics against the source notice on SAM.gov.
What the NASA is planning to buy
Early NASA demand by sector
Pre-solicitation activity from the NASA, rolled up by NAICS sector — where this agency's demand is building. Click any to jump into that market within the NASA.
Just signalled by the NASA
The latest NASA early notices
The most recent pre-solicitation notices from the NASA. Each links to the full notice — get in early.
Notice of Intent to Sole Source Technical Support for Legacy Aircraft Engine
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Notice of Intent to Sole Source Engine Testing & Support
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA Protective Services Contract -South Region (NPSC-SR) II
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Heidelberg Write Head Purchase
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space Power and Reactor Capabilities (SPARC) - Draft Request for Proposals (DRFP)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
ONGOING ENGINEERING SUPPORT
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
REGLINK REGOLITH - AFSD MATERIAL BEHAVIOR STUDY
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA Fire Services Contract (NFSC) II
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Service and repair of ARES Rheometer
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Project Engineering, Manufacturing, and Science Services (PEMSS)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
VA One Software
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
EKO Solar Tracker System
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Kistler Charge Amplifier System Purchase
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
MASTERCAM SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Why getting in early wins NASA contracts
- Responding to a NASA Sources Sought can shape the requirement — and the set-aside — in your favour before it's locked.
- Presolicitation notices buy you weeks to build the right team and capture plan, instead of scrambling at RFP release.
- Special Notices and NASA industry days put you in front of the contracting officer while the field is still small.
- By the time the formal NASA RFP posts, the firms that engaged early already have the relationships and the inside track.
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Methodology. "Coming up" signals are notices whose SAM.gov notice type is Sources Sought, Presolicitation, or Special Notice — the early stages an agency posts while researching and planning a procurement. NASA notices are matched on the agency name across department and parent-org fields, so figures are a close approximation rather than an exact org-chart roll-up. They are leading indicators of buying intent, not formal agency procurement forecasts, and not every signal becomes a solicitation. Counts are of the live US federal opportunity corpus WinAContract tracks, sourced from SAM.gov and refreshed daily. As of June 2026. Always verify any specific notice against the source on SAM.gov.