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Development of Additional Payload Processing Capability on North Wallops Island at Wallops Flight Facility

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RFI-WFF-PayloadProcessing-2026Federal

Response Deadline10/30/2026, 09:00:00 PM UTC

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Agency

National Aeronautics And Space AdministrationView Agency

NAICS

53 - Real Estate and Rental and Leasing

Place of Performance

Wallops Island, VA, 23337, USA

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RFI-WFF-North+PayloadProcessing-2026.pdf

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PostedAug 25

special-notice

Response DeadlineOct 30

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10/30/2026, 09:00:00 PM UTCin 2 months

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AgencyNational Aeronautics And Space Administration

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OfficeUSA

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National Aeronautics And Space Administration

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Philip Smith

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Christina Williams Center POC

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**SEE ATTACHMENT FOR FULL ANNOUNCEMENT**

NASA's Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) is administratively assigned as a subset of the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and, as such, is conducting market research to gauge interest in potential opportunities to expand payload processing infrastructure at WFF in Wallops Island, Virginia.

**SEE ATTACHMENT FOR FULL ANNOUNCEMENT**

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