Definitive Contract 80MSFC26C0004
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- The University of Colorado, through its Office of Contracts and Grants Division, was awarded a delivery order valued at approximately $5.0 million by NASA's Langley Research Center on December 20, 2024, with completion targeted for February 28, 2026. This cost-plus-no-fee delivery order provides additional support for assembly, integration, alignment, testing, characterization, calibration, verification, and environmental qualification of the LIBERA flight instrument at the payload system level....
- This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Center to The Regents of the University of Colorado, doing business as the University of Colorado Office of Contracts and Grants Division, for a "DUST ACCELERATOR" project. The contract has a ceiling value of $25,000.00 and a completion date of July 30, 2019. It was awarded on September 29, 2016 without any set-aside designation. The University of...
- This federal contract award, valued at $650,000.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Regents of the University of Colorado, doing business as the University of Colorado. The contract is a grant for research and has no set-aside designation. The award supports close collaboration to build confidence in modeling the lunar surface, with the goal of extrapolating the modeling work to parameter ranges not attainable through experiments. This research...
- This is a $350,000 grant contract awarded to The Regents of the University of Colorado (CU) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to execute a balanced science program. The contract requires CU to develop a target-user focused approach to applied programs in areas such as Earth science applications, space weather, planetary defense, and space situational awareness. It also involves CU participating as a key partner in NASA's exploration initiative, focusing on scientific...
- The University of Colorado, through its Office of Contracts and Grants, was awarded a delivery order valued at $164,474 by NASA's Langley Research Center on November 6, 2024. This cost-no-fee contract, with completion targeted for March 31, 2026, requires the university to conduct three total dress rehearsals designed to mitigate risk associated with an extended storage period. The work will be performed in Boulder, Colorado, and no set-aside designation was used for this competitive award. This...
- This is a $3,750,667.40 cooperative agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Regents of the University of Colorado, doing business as the University of Colorado Office of Contracts and Grants Division. The contract is for the Institute for Modeling Plasmas, Atmospheres, and Cosmic Dust (IMPACT), with a period of performance through October 14, 2025. The University of Colorado is a U.S. state government entity and accredited public research university...
- This is a $643,911.97 firm fixed-price delivery order contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Johnson Space Center to the Regents of the University of Colorado, doing business as the University of Colorado Office of Contracts and Grants Division. The contract is for the implementation of the Aerosol Characterization Payload Mini Instrument and Samplers, with a performance period through February 20, 2027. The University of Colorado is a U.S. state...
- This federal contract award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Regents of the University of Colorado, doing business as the University of Colorado, is to develop and advance the flight readiness of the Electrostatic Dust Analyzer (EDA) instrument. The EDA will be used to explore electrostatic dust transport phenomena on the lunar surface, in order to understand its role in shaping the properties of the lunar regolith. The $2,993,466.91 grant will raise the...
- This federal contract award, valued at $146,673.00, was granted to The Regents of the University of Colorado (CU), doing business as the University of Colorado, by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to contribute to science, technology, and exploration research goals aligned with NASA's 2022 Strategic Plan. The contract is a grant for research with no set-aside designation, and the ultimate completion date is March 11, 2026. As a prominent public research university with...
- The Regents of the University of Colorado, doing business as the University of Colorado, has been awarded a $170,986 grant by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to contribute to NASA's Surface Biology and Geology Pre-Phase A goals and Bioscape field campaign. Specifically, the University will support NASA's science formulation activities and enable and support measurements to characterize the habitability and biological potential of planetary...
The Regents of the University of Colorado has been awarded a $24.8 million cost-plus-no-fee definitive contract by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center to develop and operate the DUSTER (Dust and Surface Composition Instrument) payload for deployment at the lunar south pole. The instrument will measure dust, plasma, micrometeoroid impacts, and lander ejecta to characterize environmental hazards critical to NASA's Artemis lunar exploration missions. The contract, awarded on April 6, 2026, with completion targeted for June 30, 2029, will be performed at the University of Colorado's Boulder, Colorado campus. No set-aside designation was used for this award, reflecting the university's competitive standing as a premier research institution with extensive experience supporting NASA's mission objectives. This contract supports NASA's broader Artemis program, which aims to establish sustained human presence on the lunar surface and conduct scientific investigations. The University of Colorado's specialized research capabilities and expertise in space science instrumentation make it well-positioned to develop and validate the DUSTER payload. The cost-plus-no-fee pricing structure aligns with NASA's approach for development contracts where reimbursable costs are provided without profit margin addition, incentivizing efficient execution. The university's extensive portfolio of NASA contracts and grants, including its $15 million Indefinite Delivery Contract with Johnson Space Center for space life science research platforms, demonstrates its proven ability to deliver mission-critical space science support.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $7.2m | 4/5/26 |