NASA has announced the addition of a new program element to ROSES-2024 entitled C.26 Rapid Mission Design Studies for Mars Sample Return. No Notices of Intent or Step-1 Proposals are requested. Proposals are due May 17, 2024.

Only for-profit U.S. organizations are eligible to submit proposals to this program element, but there are no restrictions on the types of organizations that may participate as subawardees.

C.26 Rapid Mission Design Studies for Mars Sample Return solicits industry proposals to carry out rapid studies of mission designs and mission elements capable of delivering samples collected by the Mars Perseverance rover from the surface of Mars to Earth. The short URL for this opportunity is: https://go.nasa.gov/rasmsr24.

Awards for studies will be firm-fixed-price 90-day contracts. Proposal content is significantly simplified from ROSES standard proposals. An optional Industry Day / Bidders Conference will be held via WebEx on April 22, 2024, at 1 pm EDT. Find information on how to connect in Section 4.9 “Industry Day / Bidders Conference” in the program element file on the NSPIRES page for C.26 Rapid Mission Design Studies for Mars Sample Return at https://go.nasa.gov/rasmsr24.