Definitive Contract 80NSSC26C0384

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by a civilian federal agency to Thinkorbital Inc., a small for-profit business based in Boulder, Colorado. The $148,144 firm-fixed-price contract is for the development of the "THINKPLATFORM: MODULAR IN-SPACE CONSTRUCTION POWERED BY THINKTOOLKIT" under a total small business set-aside. The contract work focuses on advanced aerospace research and development, including technologies for orbital staging of...

<p>The Shared Services Center (Civilian) awarded a $156,490 definitive contract to Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc. for SBIR Phase 1 laser ultrasonic testing for in-space welding environments on September 29, 2025, under a total small business set-aside.</p> <p>Place of performance is Gardena, CA. The contract carries a firm fixed price and an ultimate completion date of March 27, 2026.</p>

This is a $109,980 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded to Thinkorbital Inc., a small business based in Boulder, Colorado. The contract is for the &quot;Orbital Staging of Assets&quot; research project, which is a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I effort funded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). The work will involve developing advanced technologies for spacecraft inspection, on-orbit service and assembly, and innovative aerospace concepts. This contract supports...

<p>The Shared Services Center (civilian agency) awarded a $224,962 definitive contract to Advanced Space LLC for SBIR Phase I trajectories computed for mission design (TCMD) on September 30, 2026, under a total small business set-aside.</p> <p>Place of performance is Westminster, CO. The contract carries a firm fixed price and an ultimate completion date of March 30, 2027.</p>

<p>The Shared Services Center awarded a $224,717 definitive contract to Radiabeam Technologies, LLC for development of electron beam additive manufacturing for Hall thruster magnetic circuits on September 30, 2026, under a total small business set-aside. This is an SBIR Phase I effort.</p> <p>Place of performance is Santa Monica, CA 90404. The period of performance runs through March 30, 2027. Pricing is firm fixed price.</p>

The Shared Services Center (Civilian) awarded a $149,980 firm fixed-price definitive contract to Orbital Micro Systems, Inc. for SBIR Phase I multi-beam passive microwave radiometer design using multi-path cross correlation radiometry on September 29, 2025, under a total small business set-aside. Place of performance is Boulder, CO. The contract completes on March 27, 2026. Orbital Micro Systems is a small business specializing in advanced space-based environmental monitoring technologies and...

The Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, awarded a $849,790 definitive contract on a firm fixed price basis to Beam Engineering For Advanced Measurements Co., a woman-owned small business, for next generation vector vortex waveplates for astronomical coronagraphs on May 25, 2023, under a total small business set-aside. This is an EO14042 SBIR Phase II award funded in FY23. Place of performance is Lockhart, Florida. The contract ultimate completion date is May 24, 2025.

The Shared Services Center (civilian agency) awarded a $339,680 definitive contract to Spaceworks Enterprises Inc. on April 28, 2026, under a total small business set-aside. The contract is a firm fixed-price engagement with an ultimate completion date of August 27, 2026. Place of performance is Atlanta, Georgia. The award represents Phase III funding for FY25 work. Spaceworks, an engineering services and space technology development firm based in Chamblee, Georgia, specializes in innovative...

The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $1.80M Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II contract to Thinkorbital Inc., a Boulder, Colorado-based aerospace research and development firm, on August 29, 2025. The contract, designated as a Total Small Business set aside and structured as a firm fixed-price purchase order, supports research into orbital staging of assets with an ultimate completion date of June 1, 2027. The work will be performed in Boulder, Colorado. Thinkorbital...

<p>The Shared Services Center awarded a $906,079 definitive contract to Opterus Research and Development, Inc. for high strain composite booms for sampling, mobility and manipulation under a total small business set-aside on May 23, 2023. This is an SBIR Phase II award.</p> <p>Place of performance is Loveland, Colorado. The contract carries a firm fixed price and an ultimate completion date of July 31, 2025.</p>