Deployable hopper for extreme lunar surface access. Develop and demonstrate a small robotic hopper, deployed as a secondary payload from the nova-C lander, that can provide access to extreme…
Ended Definitive Contract Awarded Last action
- Contract number
- 80LARC21C0007
- Awardee
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Intuitive Machines, LLC UEI HQHKENU27Y83
- Awarding agency
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Langley Research Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Obligated
- $40,595,337
Award facts
- Opportunity
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- 80HQTR20NOA01 Solicitation number
- Deployable Hopper for Extreme Lunar Surface Access Award Notice · Posted Mar 23, 2021
- Space technology research, development, demonstration, and infusion-2020 Pre-Solicitation · Posted Sep 18, 2019
- Contract value 100% obligated
- $40,595,337.00 Current and potential, with all options
- Completion date 100% complete
- Current and potential, with all options
- Contracting staff
- NAICS code
- 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
- Competition
- Full and Open Competition · 31 offers Negotiated Proposal / Quote
- Pricing
- Firm Fixed Price
- Place of performance
- Houston, TX 77058, USA
- Legislative mandates
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- Employment Eligibility Verification (E-Verify) FAR subpart 22.18
- Service Contract Inventory FAR subpart 4.17
Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
Transactions
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| Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | -$981,731 | |
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| Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | -$57,559 | |
| Funding Only Action | $7,910,583 | |
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| Funding Only Action | $10,408,655 | |
| Funding Only Action | $6,245,193 | |
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| Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $4,163,462 | |
| Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $8,743,255 | |
| Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $0 | |
| Original award | $4,163,479 |
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About this award
NASA's Langley Research Center awarded a $40.6M firm fixed-price contract to Intuitive Machines, LLC to develop and demonstrate a deployable robotic hopper for lunar surface exploration. The hopper will be deployed as a secondary payload from the Nova-C lunar lander and is designed to provide access to extreme environments and locations of scientific interest on the lunar surface. This effort supports NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) Game Changing Technologies and Flight Opportunities program, which funds innovative technologies that advance the agency's exploration objectives. The contract was awarded without a set-aside designation on March 1, 2021, with an ultimate completion date of October 1, 2025, and will be performed in Houston, Texas.
Intuitive Machines is well-positioned to execute this effort given its established expertise in lunar payload transportation and surface operations. The Houston-based company has demonstrated consistent capability through multiple NASA contracts, including Commercial Lunar Payload Services task orders and a $4.6B Lunar Terrain Vehicle Services indefinite delivery contract with NASA's Johnson Space Center. The hopper development represents a critical capability gap for lunar exploration by enabling access to scientifically valuable but physically challenging terrain, complementing the company's broader portfolio of lunar mobility and logistics solutions that support NASA's sustainable lunar exploration strategy.
Description
Deployable hopper for extreme lunar surface access. Develop and demonstrate a small robotic hopper, deployed as a secondary payload from the nova-C lander, that can provide access to extreme environments and locations of interest on the lunar surface
Quick answers
Who was awarded contract 80LARC21C0007?
80LARC21C0007 was awarded to Intuitive Machines, LLC by Langley Research Center (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) on March 1, 2021.
How much is contract 80LARC21C0007 worth?
The government has obligated $40,595,337 on 80LARC21C0007.
Was contract 80LARC21C0007 competed?
The extent of competition for 80LARC21C0007 was full and open competition. The government received 31 offers.
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