SubSignal / Opportunities / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
When the National Aeronautics and Space Administration awards a contract over $750,000 to a large business, federal acquisition rules require that contractor to file a small business subcontracting plan — a written commitment to subcontract part of the work to small businesses. These are 5 such awards, worth $94.4M in total.
A subcontracting plan is a legal obligation on the prime, not an open solicitation. Nobody will contact you. The window that matters is the first few weeks after award, while the prime is still assembling its team — here is how the rule works.
| Prime contractor | Work | Award | Plan type | Start |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kiewit Infrastructure South CO | Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction | $90.3M | Individual Subcontract Plan | Jul 31, 2026 |
| The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | $1.3M | Individual Subcontract Plan | Aug 5, 2026 |
| California Institute of Technology | Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | $1.0M | Individual Subcontract Plan | Aug 5, 2026 |
| Lockheed Martin Corporation | Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | $1000K | Individual Subcontract Plan | Aug 7, 2026 |
| California Institute of Technology | Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | $770K | Individual Subcontract Plan | Aug 6, 2026 |
Federal contract awards are published on USASpending.gov, and each record carries a field stating whether the award requires a subcontracting plan. SubSignal reads that field, keeps only the awards where the answer is yes, and drops everything else — awards below the threshold, awards to small businesses that are exempt, and awards the contracting officer marked as having no subcontracting possibilities. What is left is a list of large companies with a live obligation to find small business partners. This page rebuilds every time the feed refreshes.