Definitive Contract 80NSSC20C0024
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- Ubiqd Inc., a small business in Los Alamos, NM, was awarded a $124,998 firm-fixed-price purchase order from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to enhance the lighting component of the Mars-Lunar Greenhouse Prototype. The goal is to improve food production by installing a down-conversion film composed of quantum dots to provide higher quality photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) spectrum to the plants. This Small Business Innovation Research...
- This is a Small Business Set Aside contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Freight Farms, Inc., a for-profit manufacturer, for the development of self-sustaining plant life support systems to assist with NASA's goals of exploring deep space through manned missions. The contract, valued at $124,951.00, is a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I research project that will build upon Freight Farms' existing Leafy Green Machine product, a...
- Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI), in collaboration with Vencore Services and Solutions, Inc. and Utah State University, was awarded a $124,913 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract from NASA to develop a solar plant growth system for food production in space exploration missions. The system will collect solar light and deliver only the photosynthetically active radiation spectra to support plant growth. This contract is part of NASA's broader efforts to enable...
- This is a Small Business Innovation Research (STTR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Space Lab Technologies, LLC, a minority-owned small business based in Boulder, Colorado. The $754,919 Firm Fixed Price contract is for the development of an "Efficient Autonomously Controlled Martian Crop Production System" (MARSOASIS), which aligns with NASA's efforts to advance sustainable plant-based food production systems for long-duration...
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $131,495 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract to Space Lab Technologies, LLC, a minority-owned small business in Colorado. The contract is for the development of a "SMART SPECTRAL POLARIMETRIC IMAGER FOR AUTONOMOUS PLANT HEALTH MONITORING." This research and development effort is focused on advanced measurement instrumentation to support sustainable human space exploration, with a specific emphasis...
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract to Space Lab Technologies, LLC, a minority-owned small business in Colorado. The $124,774 contract is for the development of a conceptual design for a reliable, flexible, and efficient floating plant production system called the G-Lilypond for use in microgravity environments. The G-Lilypond is intended to maximize the production of small, nutritious, and fast-growing...
- This is a grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) to conduct research and development on growing nutritious, palatable food crops for consumption during long-duration spaceflight missions. The $111,165.67 grant, awarded on November 16, 2017, is part of NASA's Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships program and focuses on using the Veggie vegetable production system on the International Space Station (ISS) to...
- This is a $124,955 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Geovisual Technologies Inc., a small business artificial intelligence company specializing in agriculture. The contract was awarded under Phase I of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program as a total small business set aside. The contract is for multi-resolution deep learning research for land use applications. Geovisual Technologies Inc. has...
- This $750,000 Firm Fixed Price Definitive Contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Geovisual Technologies Inc., a small business, for the CCRPP~ NEAR-REALTIME ESTIMATION AND FORECASTING OF NATIONAL AND GLOBAL SPECIALTY CROP SUPPLIES project. The contract is part of NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II and is designated as a total small business set-aside. Geovisual Technologies is a small business...
- NASA's Shared Services Center has awarded an $850,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract to Geovisual Technologies Inc., a small business specializing in artificial intelligence and remote sensing applications for agriculture. The contract, awarded September 17, 2024, with a completion date of May 31, 2026, is designated as a Total Small Business set-aside under the SBIR program. The project, titled "Decision Support for Water Management in the Specialty Crop...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded Ubiqd Inc. a $1.12 million firm fixed price contract to conduct research tailoring the solar spectrum for enhanced crop yield for space missions. The contract was awarded under the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program's Phase II initiative and will be performed in Los Alamos, New Mexico over a three year period concluding in April 2023. As a total small business set aside, the contract aims to support NASA's goals of developing technologies for sustainable food production to support long duration space exploration missions. Ubiqd will research modifying light spectra to optimize plant growth for controlled environment agriculture, with results applicable to future human missions requiring crop production in space.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P00006 | Exercise an Option | $375.0k | 7/1/22 | |
| P00005 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 10/29/21 | |
| P00004 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 10/14/21 | |
| P00003 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 11/16/20 | |
| P00002 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 7/28/20 |