Definitive Contract 80NSSC19C0222
Award Date
8/14/19
Potential Completion Date
12/20/21
Potential Value
$750K
Federal Agency
Shared Services Center
Awardee
Busek Co., Inc.
Ultimate Awardee
Not listed
NAICS Category
541715 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
PSC Category
AR11 - Space R&D Services; Space Flight, Research And Supporting Activities; Basic Research
Federal Contract Vehicle
Set-Aside Type
Total Small Business
Extent Competed
Full and Open Competition after exclusion of sources
Major Defense Program
Not listed
Pricing Type
Firm Fixed Price
Place of Performance
Natick, MA 01760, USA
Solicitation Procedures
Negotiated Proposal / Quote
Number Of Offers Received
500
Legislative Mandate
Not listed
National Interest Action
Not listed
Research Type
SBIR Program Phase I Action
Primary Consortia Member
Not listed
Similar Awards
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $124,990.00 firm-fixed-price contract to Busek Co., Inc. under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for the development of a new passive electrospray thruster control system that will enable extremely fast thruster operations and minimum impulse bits for precision attitude control of CubeSats and small spacecraft. Busek's BET-300-P thruster is being developed as a reaction control system to...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a $124,978.00 Firm Fixed Price contract to Busek Co., Inc. for the development of a High Impulse Electric Upper Stage for Small Launch Vehicles under the SBIR Program Phase I. The contract is set aside for total small business and will be performed in Natick, MA. Busek Co., Inc. is a manufacturer of spacecraft propulsion systems and components supporting government and commercial space programs, with...
This is a $124,890 firm-fixed-price SBIR Phase I contract awarded by the NASA Shared Services Center to Busek Co., Inc., a small business manufacturer of spacecraft propulsion systems. The contract is for the development of a compact electrospray propulsion system with unprecedented capability, providing more thrust than available gridded ion engines at lower power and without greatly penalizing specific impulse. The system will be scalable to higher capacity and capable of over 700 grams of...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Busek Co., Inc., a small business manufacturer of spacecraft propulsion systems and components. The contract, valued at $124,956.00, is for the development of a "versatile, high-impulse precision pointing attitude-control actuator" based on Busek's flight-proven electrospray propulsion technology. This contract supports NASA's mission in...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Busek Co., Inc., a small business manufacturer of spacecraft propulsion systems and components based in Natick, Massachusetts. The contract, valued at $3,380,078.00, is for the development of a "HIGH TOTAL IMPULSE BET-MAX SYSTEM FOR SMALL-SAT DEORBITING", which likely involves advanced electric propulsion technologies to...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order to Busek Co., Inc., a small business manufacturer of spacecraft propulsion systems and components, for the development of a high-density plasma thruster under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The potential value of the contract is $150,000.00, and the work is to be performed in Natick, Massachusetts. Busek Co., Inc. has delivered in-space propulsion...
This is a $2,480,871.31 firm fixed-price contract awarded by the NASA Shared Services Center to Busek Co., Inc., a small business manufacturer of spacecraft propulsion systems, for the BET-100UN Qualification and Flight Unit Delivery Program. The contract is part of NASA's Game Changing Technologies program and is intended to flight-qualify an electrospray propulsion system developed under a previous Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) effort. The work involves additional analysis,...
This is a $121,603 firm-fixed-price definitive contract awarded to Busek Co., Inc., a small business manufacturer of spacecraft propulsion systems and components based in Natick, Massachusetts. The contract is for the "Radiation Modeling of COTS Power Converters in a Highly Shielded Space Environment" and was set aside for small businesses. Busek Co., Inc. is conducting this research and development work under a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract with the NASA...
This is a Definitive Contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Busek Co., Inc., doing business as Busek Co Inc. The contract is a Firm Fixed Price contract with a potential value of $250,000.00 and is set aside for a Total Small Business. The contract is part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase III, which focuses on the development and transition of SBIR/STTR-funded technologies into NASA programs and other...
Busek Co. Inc., of Natick, Massachusetts, has been awarded a definitive contract valued at approximately $2.8 million by the Air Force Research Laboratory to develop a small satellite electrospray thruster system. The firm fixed price contract runs from April 2021 through March 2026 to support the Department of Defense and Air Force Materiel Command's efforts to advance propulsion technologies for small spacecraft. Busek will serve as the prime contractor to deliver an electrospray thruster...