This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded to Solaero Technologies Corp. by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for $100,446.00 to provide services for the inspection, cleaning, and repair of the PACE Solar Array Panels located at the Goddard Space Flight Center. The award was made on a sole source basis under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) as NASA determined Solaero Technologies Corp. is the only servicer and supplier of the...
This is a $15,004,784.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Solaero Technologies Corp., a manufacturer of solar cells, solar panels, and related components for the aerospace industry. The contract, titled "SSPACE: SPACE SOLAR POWER ADVANCEMENT FOR CONSTELLATION-CLASS EXPANSION STAR", has a period of performance ending on December 19, 2029. Solaero Technologies has previously received prime and subcontract awards from...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order for $149,610.00 to Solaero Technologies Corp, a manufacturer of solar cells, solar panels, and related components for the aerospace industry. The contract is for the delivery of satellite (non-flight) solar panels, and does not have a set-aside designation. Solaero Technologies has received prime contracts and subcontracts from various government agencies, including NASA, the Air Force, and the...
This is a Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center to Thales Alenia Space Espana SA, a foreign-owned, for-profit manufacturer, for the acquisition of four (4) S-Band transponders. Two (2) transponders are for the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem (PACE) project, and two (2) are for the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) project. The contract has a ceiling value of $5,211,815.00 and a final...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order contract valued at $78,000.00 to Solaero Technologies Corp., a manufacturer of solar cells, solar panels, and related components for the aerospace industry. The contract is for the delivery of European Service Module (ESM) solar cell standards to support integration and test activities. This sole-source award was made under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation...
This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the NASA Shared Services Center to DHV Tecnologia Espacial Avanzada Malaguena SL., a for-profit manufacturing company in Spain. The contract, valued at $98,561.21, is for the delivery of solar arrays. The award did not have a set-aside designation. Based on the vendor's prior work for NASA, the solar arrays procured under this contract likely support broader NASA programs and spacecraft, though the specific program details were not...
This is a federal contract award from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Solaero Technologies Corp., a for-profit manufacturer of solar cells, solar panels, and related components for aerospace applications. The contract, valued at $5,439,349.00, is for Solaero to develop advanced solar cell, solar array, and related technologies that will provide greater than 60 kW/m3 stowed power density, greater than 200 W/kg specific power, and improved robustness against natural and man-made...
This is a $1,711,241 firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center to ATK Space Systems LLC, a division of Northrop Grumman Corporation, for the fabrication, testing, inspection, and delivery of one diaphragm propellant tank for the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem (PACE) spacecraft. The contract also includes utilizing an existing propellant tank simulator to perform diaphragm and slosh testing, as well as...
NASA awarded a $1,255,244.83 firm-fixed-price definitive contract to Discovery Semiconductors, Inc., a minority-owned, small disadvantaged business, to provide five variations of short-wave infrared (SWIR) indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) photodiode subassemblies for the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission. The key technical requirement is for the photodiodes to achieve a capacitance less than 11 pF at near photovoltaic operation with a 350 μm active area diameter. Discovery...
This federal contract award to Spectrolab, Inc., a manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells and arrays, is for the provision of solar array panels. The $2,380,731 firm-fixed-price contract was awarded by the U.S. government, with no set-aside designation, and has a period of performance through December 31, 2008. Spectrolab has previously received prime contract awards from NASA and the U.S. Department of Defense to supply solar power generation equipment for spacecraft and satellite...