This federal contract award (80NSSC19M0163) was made by the Shared Services Center, a civilian government agency, to the SETI Institute, a non-profit research organization. The $3,029,470.00 Cooperative Agreement is for the development of the Extraterrestrial Regolith Analyzer (XTRA), which will provide quantitative mineralogy and elemental composition analysis of lunar soil samples. The contract has no set-aside designation, indicating the SETI Institute was selected based on technical expertise. This award may be related to the SETI Institute's work supporting NASA's Office of Planetary Protection, as the organization has experience providing technical services to ensure compliance with planetary protection protocols for space exploration activities.