This is a federal contract award issued by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, to Osmopure Technologies, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business. The contract, valued at $155,974.00, is for an SBIR Phase I project to develop a reliable, simple, and lightweight water recycling system using pressure-driven distillation. The contract has a total small business set-aside designation and a completion date of February 6, 2025. This award represents the most recent...
NASA awarded a $123,141 Firm Fixed Price contract to Certaintech, Inc., a Minority Owned, Self Certified Small Disadvantaged Business, for a SBIR Program Phase I research effort on developing potable water solutions for long-duration space missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. The contract is set aside for small businesses and was awarded on August 19, 2019 with a completion date of February 18, 2020. NASA's Shared Services Center is the funding agency for this contract, which is focused on...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Orb Xyz, Inc., a for-profit organization. The contract is for the development of a real-time, non-destructive microbial water monitoring system for spacecraft cabins. The contract has a firm fixed price of $124,877.00 and a completion date of March 28, 2021. As this is an SBIR Phase I contract, the research and development work is...
This is a $124,999.00 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to TDA Research, Inc., a small business located in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. The contract is part of NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I and focuses on developing water recovery technologies from wastewater, which is a critical capability for long-duration human exploration missions away from Earth. The contract has a total...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Irpi LLC, a small business engineering firm. The contract is valued at $124,926.00 and aims to develop a versatile microgravity-compatible brine de-watering method for water recovery aboard spacecraft. The proposed approach is passive, utilizing surface tension, wetting, and system geometry to support fluid management. The...
This is a $124,563 Small Business Innovation Research (STTR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Paragon Space Development Corporation, a small business manufacturer, to develop an Integrated Water Recovery Assembly (IRA) for recycling spacecraft habitation wastewater. The IRA system combines a membrane aerated biological reactor, Nafion membrane water purification distillation, and gas-phase trace contaminant removal to produce potable water...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a Firm Fixed Price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Certaintech, Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business, to develop water recovery technologies from wastewater sources for long-duration human exploration missions. The $124,990 contract aims to address the critical need for substantial water recovery capabilities to support the life support system requirements of future space missions, as...
This is a $149,978.00 firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center to Moonprint Solutions LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for the FY23 SBIR Phase I Lunar Extreme Water Container (LEWC) project. This SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Phase I contract is part of NASA's research and development efforts focused on advanced softgoods technologies for space exploration. As a small business, Moonprint...
This federal contract award to Materials Modifications Inc. (MMI), a minority-owned small business, is for the development of a photocatalytic capillary membrane distillation system to reclaim water from urine and other impure water sources for use in long-duration space missions. The goal is to reduce or eliminate the need to transport water from Earth to support human habitation in space. The $124,991.00 contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared...
This is a $14,058,999.03 Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract awarded by NASA to Paragon Space Development Corporation, a small business manufacturer, for the development of an Ionomer-Membrane Water Processor (IWP) Brine Processor system for the International Space Station (ISS). The contract supports a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) effort to mature key IWP subsystems and enable a flight demonstration of the Brine Processor on the ISS. The goal is to recover greater than 98...