Definitive Contract 80NSSC25C0215
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- H2O Insights LLC has been awarded a $156,404 firm fixed price Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to conduct research on in-situ production of hydrogen and hydrogen peroxide from water using nano-enabled optical fibers. The contract is being performed in Scottsdale, Arizona through September 2024. The award is set aside for total small business and will support NASA's efforts to develop...
- This is a $852,804 firm-fixed-price SBIR Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to H2O Insights LLC, a women-owned small business, to develop side-emitting optical fibers for delivering ultraviolet-C (UV-C) light to disinfect key bacteria in the water and storage systems on the International Space Station. The contract is set aside for small businesses and has a period of performance through March 31, 2025. This builds on a...
- This is a $144,513 firm-fixed-price SBIR Phase III contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to H2O Insights LLC, a woman-owned small business based in Scottsdale, Arizona. The contract is for biofilm inhibition testing in subscale bellows tanks using UV-C irradiation delivered by flexible side-emitting optical fibers. This work builds on previous SBIR and STTR Phase I and II contracts H2O Insights has received from NASA to develop...
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a $124,764.00 Firm Fixed Price, Definitive Contract to H2O Insights LLC, a Small Business Administration (SBA) Certified Woman-Owned Small Business, for the development of Side-Emitting Optical Fibers to deliver UV-C light for disinfecting bacteria in space station water and storage and conveyance systems. This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract was awarded on August 19, 2019, with a...
- This is a $125,000.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Faraday Technology, Inc., a subsidiary of Physical Sciences Inc. The contract is for the development of a bench-scale electrochemical cell to generate hydrogen peroxide, which can serve as a disinfectant for spacecraft crew contact surfaces. The goal is to create a proof-of-concept system that can produce hydrogen peroxide with high efficiency...
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract to Catalyzeh2O LLC, a woman-owned small business, for the development of an engineered peptoid sensor to monitor microbes in spacecraft cabins. The firm-fixed-price contract, valued at $125,000.00, was awarded on August 31, 2020 with a completion date of March 1, 2021. Catalyzeh2O LLC, doing business as Catalyzeh20, has previously received...
- Faraday Technology, Inc., a small business subsidiary of Physical Sciences Inc., received a $1.04 million Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract award from NASA on May 1, 2017, to develop electrochemical peroxide generation technology for in-situ disinfection in spacecraft habitats. The contract, designated as a total small business set-aside with a firm fixed price structure, is scheduled for completion by April 30, 2022, and will be performed in Clayton, Ohio. The...
- The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a $124,999 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Reactive Innovations, LLC, a small business located in Westford, Massachusetts. The contract is focused on developing a miniaturized vapor hydrogen peroxide generator to enable in-situ sterilization of surfaces and sample return materials during long-duration space exploration missions. This addresses NASA's need for effective contamination control...
- Skyhaven Systems, LLC, a small business, was awarded a $124,999 firm fixed-price purchase order contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to produce and optimize a novel reactor system that can generate vaporized hydrogen peroxide using only water and DC electrical energy. This is in support of NASA's efforts to develop effective sterilization processes for spacecraft hardware and sample return materials as part of planetary protection...
- This is a NASA SBIR Phase II contract awarded to Skyhaven Systems, LLC, a small business, to develop a miniaturized vapor hydrogen peroxide generator for sterilizing spacecraft hardware and sample return materials. The contract, valued at $749,991.00, supports NASA's efforts to investigate celestial bodies for potential life detection while addressing forward and backward contamination control requirements. The generator will produce vaporized hydrogen peroxide in-situ using only water and...
H2O Insights LLC, a women-owned small business based in Scottsdale, Arizona, has been awarded a $149,704 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract by NASA's Shared Services Center to develop high-efficiency photocatalytic hydrogen peroxide production using polymeric optical fibers and visible light. The contract, awarded on September 29, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of March 27, 2026, represents a firm fixed-price engagement set aside for small businesses. This initiative builds on H2O Insights' established expertise in nanotechnology and optical fiber solutions for water sustainability applications in space environments, including prior work on UV-C disinfection technologies and in-situ hydrogen production systems for orbital and deep space missions. The Phase I research aims to advance hydrogen peroxide generation capabilities through innovative photocatalytic processes, leveraging visible light and polymeric optical fiber technology—a departure from the contractor's previous ultraviolet-focused work. This development supports NASA's broader objectives for in-situ resource utilization and water management solutions critical to sustained human and robotic space exploration operations. The contract's focus on visible light applications and polymeric fibers suggests potential advantages in efficiency, cost reduction, and manufacturing scalability compared to existing ultraviolet-based approaches, positioning H2O Insights to contribute to next-generation space life support systems.
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| Not listed | Not listed | $149.7k | 9/19/25 |