Notice ID: M2M-MSFC-0001
- July, 2026 | Synopsis Release
https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/4c48e9f1405941bf96f73c65afe03779/view
NASA’s Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate is seeking innovative ideas from industry partners through a new solicitation appendix under the NextSTEP-3 Omnibus Broad Agency Announcement. Appendix B: Moon Base Demonstrations calls for industry-led demonstrations, risk reduction, and special topic activities that enable an enduring human presence on the lunar surface.
NASA’s Moon Base, located in the lunar South Pole region, will serve as the premier proving ground for deep space exploration, empowering scientific discovery and the development of advanced space technologies. To accelerate phased implementation of the Moon Base, NASA is working with its partners to bridge the gap between technology development and mission operations.
This solicitation seeks industry proposals for concept demonstrations, risk reduction opportunities, and studies that address Moon Base architecture gaps. Awards will focus on the integration, demonstration, and maturation of concepts beyond component technology development.
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and Carlos García-Galán, Moon Base program manager, announced this new opportunity during a discussion with media on Tuesday, June 30. NASA anticipates the solicitation will be posted to the System for Awards Management in early July.
The solicitation’s first directed topic call will be on surface power. Follow-on directed topic calls will solicit innovations in other topic areas listed below.
Solicitation Topics
- Infrastructure
- Power Systems
- Communications & Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (C&PNT)
- Transportation
- Mobility
- Habitation
- Autonomy & Robotics
- Lunar Science
- Concepts of Operations
Relationship to Other Solicitations
Offerors should carefully note the distinction between the recently released NextSTEP Appendix A (Lunar Enabling Infrastructure Accelerator [LEIA]) and NextSTEP Appendix B (Moon Base Demonstrations).
- Appendix A (Technology Development) focuses on early research and component-to-system-level development (typically achieving up to TRL 5 or 6). It is intended for technologies that still require fundamental engineering maturation in laboratory or controlled analog environments.
- Appendix B (Concept Demonstrations) is reserved for system-level integration and lunar demonstrations (TRL 6 and beyond). Technologies proposed under Appendix B must have already completed fundamental proof-of-concept and component development. Proposals here must focus on demonstrating integrated capabilities in relevant ground-based analogs and culminating in flight or lunar surface demonstrations.
