Melanie Gipson

Contracting Officer · FA8819 SDA AND COMBAT POWER SZK-LA · Department of Defense

Email	melanie.gipson@spaceforce.mil
Phone	3106539220
On SAM.gov notices	55 since Oct 2022 — 6 in the last 24 months
Last listed	Nov 2026

What they buy

NAICS	Industry	Notices
541715	Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (Except Nanotechnology And Biotechnology)	36
541330	Engineering Services	11
33641	—	2
541720	Research And Development In The Social Sciences And Humanities	1

PSC	Product or service	Notices
R707	SUPPORT- MANAGEMENT: CONTRACT/PROCUREMENT/ACQUISITION SUPPORT	26
1555	SPACE VEHICLES	5
AC13	NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - MILITARY; EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT	5
AC12	NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - MILITARY; APPLIED RESEARCH	1

How they restrict competition

No set-aside stated — 55

What they post

Special Notice — 24
Solicitation — 19
Sources Sought — 12

Recent notices

Space Data Network (SDN) Industry Consortium for Space-to-Space Communications — Solicitation, Nov 2026
Space Data Network (SDN) Mission Operations Center Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) — Solicitation, May 2026
Space Data Network (SDN) Mission Operations Center Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) — Sources Sought, Apr 2026
Space-to-Space (S2S) Communication Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) — Solicitation, Dec 2025
Space-to-Space (S2S) Communication Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) — Solicitation, Nov 2025
FreeSol Broad Agency Annoucement — Solicitation, Jun 2024
FreeSol Broad Agency Annoucement — Solicitation, May 2024

Listed alongside

Emerald Meredith
Tobias Richards
Elizabeth Simkus
Rana Simpson
Valene Krepp
Brandon Villalpando
Leslie Semerena
Melissa H Kasek

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