Doing Business with NASA
Work with NASA to explore and execute innovative, effective, and efficient acquisition business solutions to optimize capabilities and operations that enable NASA’s missions.
NASA Front Door
Step inside and collaborate with us to advance bold ideas.
NASA offers multiple pathways for external organizations and individuals, including industry, academia, non-profits, government agencies, and innovators, to engage with the agency on ideas, assets, and collaborative opportunities that advance mission goals. Whether you are proposing a new concept, exploring the use of NASA real estate, or initiating a partnership through mechanisms such as Space Act Agreements, this entry point provides a clear place to start.
Explore Ways to Work With NASA about NASA Front Door
Current Opportunities
Browse current opportunities published on SAM.gov and more.
Discover contract opportunities, contract awards, subcontract reports, and subcontracting plan reports on the SAM.gov database.
Partnering with NASA
NASA offers 60 years of experience in advanced engineering and testing capabilities, cutting edge research and technology development, and unique assets for use by commercial industries, academic institutions, U.S. government agencies, and international entities.
Unsolicited Proposal Submission
NASA is committed to partnering with a wide variety of domestic and international partners to successfully accomplish its diverse missions, including the Artemis program and future exploration initiatives to the Moon, Mars, and beyond!
Small Businesses Make a Big Difference
The vision of NASA’s Office of Small Business Programs is to promote and integrate all small businesses into the competitive base of contractors that pioneer the future of space exploration, scientific discovery, and aeronautics research. Hundreds of small businesses have contributed to some of NASA’s most premier space exploration missions, from the Space Launch System to the James Webb Space Telescope.
Join the NASA Vendor Database
This database is open to all businesses (large and small) and colleges and universities that desire to work with NASA, as well as NASA employees who wish to view the landscape of prospective vendors.
NASA Brand and Collaborations
Artifact Loans and Transfers
The Artifact Program educates, inspires, and builds connections with NASA through artifact loans and transfers to eligible museums, universities, and schools across the country.
Film and Documentary
NASA participates in feature films, television shows, documentaries, multimedia projects, and interactions with celebrities to amplify NASA’s message and engage global, diverse audiences.
NASA Art Program
The NASA Art Program aims to inspire a new generation to connect with the agency by engaging in the creation of NASA-inspired art in communities across the country.
Strategic Partnerships
Through engagement partnerships and collaborations, NASA reaches and inspires new audiences to engage in the agency's missions and discoveries, and boosts interest in science, technology, engineering, and math.
NASA Brand Center
The Brand Center provides information on appropriate use of NASA images and multimedia, the strict regulations governing use of NASA logos, and more.
Resources
Acquisition Forecast
Annual forecast and semiannual update of expected contract opportunities or classes of contract opportunities.
NASA Research Opportunities
NSPIRES, the official NASA system used to receive, evaluate, and select proposals submitted in response to different types of NASA announcements.
Unsolicited Proposal Submission
Guidance for the preparation and submission of unsolicited proposals.
SBIR and STTR Programs
The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs provide opportunities for small businesses and research institutions to partner with NASA.
Agency Blackout Notices
Information on final requests for proposals.
NASA FAR Supplement
The official version of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) – NASA FAR Supplement (NFS).
NASA Supplier Documentation Requirements for Software Producers
In collaboration with the Office of Chief Information Officer (OCIO), attached is an updated memorandum to the Office of Procurement’s (OP) previously released guidance.
