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General Federal Contracts — May 04, 2026

General Federal Contracts

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1 total filings analysed

Executive Summary

This digest covers one General Federal contract totaling $351,035,113 in obligations, with a 0/1 defense/civilian split entirely allocated to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. ALCYON TECHNICAL SERVICES (ATS) JV, LLC, an SBA Certified 8(a) Joint Venture and Economically Disadvantaged Women Owned Small Business, received the award for systems engineering services (NAICS 541712, PSC R425).

The neutral signal (3/10 strength, 2/10 materiality) reflects the contract's advanced stage, with $246,907,027 outlayed and $7,385,356,524 in subawards across 2690 transactions under this cost-plus-fixed-fee 8(a) set-aside. Dominant agency theme is NASA civilian space systems R&D support. Highest-conviction signal is neutral execution stability for Alcyon amid low pricing risk. Key watch item is end date compliance (2023-11-30) and subawards execution.

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Investment Signals (1)

  • ALCYON TECHNICAL SERVICES (ATS) JV, LLC $7.38B Subawards Under $351M NASA Contract (LOW)

    2690 subawards totaling $7,385,356,524 have flowed from the $351,035,113 NASA Goddard systems engineering contract, far exceeding the prime obligation and signaling robust downstream activity in space R&D.

Risk Flags (1)

  • Execution [LOW RISK]

    ALCYON TECHNICAL SERVICES (ATS) JV, LLC NASA Goddard contract faces potential end date compliance risk after 2023-11-30, with only $246,907,027 outlayed of $351,035,113 obligated.

Opportunities (2)

  • ALCYON TECHNICAL SERVICES (ATS) JV, LLC benefits from 8(a) competed set-aside positioning in NASA Goddard systems engineering (NAICS 541712), supporting ~$43M annual revenue estimate over 8-year period.

  • $246,907,027 outlayed progress in NASA civilian space R&D contract indicates steady execution for ALCYON TECHNICAL SERVICES (ATS) JV, LLC.

Sector Themes (1)

  • $351,035,113 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to ALCYON TECHNICAL SERVICES (ATS) JV, LLC for mission and instrument systems engineering (PSC R425) at Goddard SFC, with $246.9M outlayed and $7.38B subawards.

Watch List (2)

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    {"entity"=>"ALCYON TECHNICAL SERVICES (ATS) JV, LLC", "reason"=>"Track $246,907,027 outlayed of $351,035,113 total obligation and low pricing risk in NASA Goddard contract.", "trigger"=>"remaining obligation exercise or 2023-11-30 end date compliance"}

  • 👁

    {"entity"=>"NASA space subcontractors", "reason"=>"$7,385,356,524 subawards across 2690 transactions under ALCYON NASA contract.", "trigger"=>"subawards execution updates"}

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