Definitive Contract 80NSSC26C0296

NASA's Shared Services Center awarded a $899,803 definitive contract to Astral Materials, Inc., a woman-owned small disadvantaged business, for development of a high-temperature microgravity-assisted crystal growth furnace for in-space manufacturing of low-defect wide-bandgap semiconductors on September 27, 2024, under a total small business set-aside. The contract is priced on a firm fixed-price basis. Place of performance is Palo Alto, California. The ultimate completion date is September...

NASA's Shared Services Center awarded a $150,000 purchase order to Astral Materials, Inc., a woman-owned small disadvantaged business, on February 21, 2024, under a Total Small Business set-aside to develop a high-temperature crystal growth furnace for in-space semiconductor production. Work is performed in Palo Alto, California. The effort, executed as SBIR Phase I, addresses ignition-stage furnace design capable of sustained operation at 1,200 degrees Celsius for low-Earth orbit terrestrial...

The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $149,835.00 Firm Fixed Price purchase order contract to Outpost Technologies, Inc., a small business subchapter S corporation, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I program. The contract, with a performance period ending on January 25, 2023, is for the research and development of a "Low-Cost, High-Performance Metal Matrix Composite for Advanced Optical Systems." This SBIR Phase I action...

NASA's Shared Services Center awarded a purchase order to Goeppert LLC for $179,744.29 on March 11, 2025 to conduct an investigation of microgravity effects on annealing of semiconductor materials via parabolic flight testing of a novel specialized vacuum furnace system designed to process 4-inch wafers of two-dimensional molybdenum disulfide. No set-aside was used. Work is performed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Performance is due by March 10, 2027. Goeppert LLC is a self-certified small...

Outpost Technologies, Inc., a small business specializing in advanced materials and components for aerospace and defense applications, was awarded a $199,321.73 firm fixed price purchase order by NASA's Shared Services Center on December 16, 2025. The contract, designated as a Total Small Business set-aside, calls for engineering study services to develop a conceptual design for a Gateway Quick Disconnect (GQDC) fluid coupler intended to support extravehicular activities and robotic servicing...

NASA's Shared Services Center awarded an $849,920 definitive contract to Protoinnovations, LLC for Phase II SBIR work on July 23, 2025, under a total small business set-aside. The contract carries a firm fixed price and a ceiling value matching the award amount. Place of performance is Arsenal, PA. The ultimate completion date is July 22, 2027. The source does not specify the originating solicitation's technical scope, period of performance structure (base plus options), or labor footprint...

<p>NASA Shared Services Center awarded a $1.25 million definitive contract to Spaceworks Enterprises Inc. for Phase III SBIR recovery system development and demonstration for return of in-space manufactured products on May 6, 2026, under a total small business set-aside.</p> <p>Place of performance is Atlanta, GA. The contract is firm fixed price with an ultimate completion date of May 5, 2028.</p>

<p>NASA's Shared Services Center awarded a $849,532 definitive contract to Protoinnovations, LLC for Phase II SBIR research on set partitioning frameworks for identifying line replaceable units with built-in diagnostics, on July 3, 2025, under a total small business set-aside.</p> <p>Place of performance is Arsenal, PA. The contract carries a firm fixed price structure with an ultimate completion date of July 2, 2027.</p>

<p>The Shared Services Center (civilian agency) awarded a $895,751 definitive contract to Spacefactory Inc. for Phase II STTR research under MATRI(X): Multi-Application Technology for Regolith Infrastructure on February 25, 2025, under a total small business set-aside.</p> <p>Place of performance is Huntsville, Alabama. The ultimate completion date is February 24, 2027.</p>

NASA's Shared Services Center awarded a $349,944 firm fixed-price purchase order to Astral Materials, Inc. for the Astral Materials TechLeap Orbital Mission. The contract, awarded April 29, 2026, with performance completion targeted for December 30, 2027, supports research and development of a ground-based prototype microgravity-assisted crystal growth furnace designed to enable silicon crystal growth in orbit under the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022. This non-competitive, sole-source procurement...