# SAM #AFRC_FOP_FY26-02

NASA GDC Trailblazer implementation task order fair-opportunity justification

**Buyer:** NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center
**Posted:** November 10, 2026
**Identifier:** AFRC_FOP_FY26-02
**NAICS:** 481212, 541715

NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center documented a proposed GDC Trailblazer implementation task order and its basis for limiting fair opportunity.
- **Procurement context:** The justification describes a firm-fixed-price task order under NASA’s Suborbital/Hosted Orbital Flight and Payload Integration Services (FO IDIQ 4).
- **Exception rationale:** NASA cites a logical follow-on to a previously competed GDC Trailblazer mission-concept formulation task, stating that the exception supports economy and efficiency. The earlier task evaluated flight providers’ technical capabilities using deliverables reviewed by an interdisciplinary NASA panel.
- **Task identification:** The initial notice identifies T0433, task order 80AFRC27FA003, and underlying contract 80AFRC24DA014. The attachment summary describes the task as T0431; this discrepancy should be verified against the underlying documents.
- **Scope and pricing:** The available summaries do not identify specific hardware, quantities, part numbers, or an estimated price.
- **Period of performance:** The attachment says the estimated period runs “through” but supplies no end date or duration.

### Description

<p>Justification for exception to fair opportunity for the T0433 Geospace Dynamics Constellation Trailblazer (GDC-T) Implementation&nbsp;task order under the NASA Suborbital/ Hosted Orbital Flight and Payload Intergrations Services (FO IDIQ 4) is provided as an attachment to this posting.</p>

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