Definitive Contract 80NSSC26C0416

Astroforge, Inc., a Seal Beach, California-based small business specializing in advanced space technology and asteroid mining research, was awarded a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract valued at $149,986 by the Shared Services Center. Designated as a total small business set-aside, the contract covers the "Astroforge Mission Concept Study: Rapid-Response NEO Characterization," focusing on near-earth asteroid (NEO) characterization and resource extraction...

<p>The Shared Services Center (Civilian) awarded a $849,996 definitive contract to Hedgefog Research Inc., a small business, for a Phase II SBIR pyrometer for regolith-extracted oxygen on May 10, 2023, under a total small business set-aside.</p> <p>Place of performance is San Pedro, CA. The contract is firm fixed price with an ultimate completion date of May 9, 2025.</p>

<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>

<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>This is a $149,677 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, to Astroforge, Inc. under the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) program. The contract is for Phase I of a project titled &quot;COLD ABLATION DRILLING: NON-CONTACT PLANETARY SAMPLING TECHNOLOGY&quot; and has a completion date of February 6, 2025. The contract is set aside for small businesses.</p>

<p>The Shared Services Center awarded a $224,980 definitive contract to Advanced Space LLC for SBIR Phase I research on swarm health–integrated executive for layered diagnostics on September 30, 2026, under a total small business set-aside.</p> <p>Place of performance is Westminster, CO. The contract is firm fixed price with an ultimate completion date of March 30, 2027.</p>

<p>The Shared Services Center awarded an $84,998 definitive contract to Physical Sciences Inc. for ground-based uplink and beacon laser development for long-range communications on October 1, 2025, under a total small business set-aside. This is an SBIR Phase III award with a firm fixed price structure and a completion date of September 1, 2026. Place of performance is Andover, MA.</p>

<p>The Shared Services Center (Civilian) awarded a $224,262 definitive contract to Thinkorbital Inc., a small business, for a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research project investigating real-time weld alignment and beam-steering control approaches for in-space electron beam welding, with an award date of September 30, 2026 and ultimate completion date of March 30, 2027.</p> <p>The contract is firm fixed price and set aside for small business. Place of performance is Boulder, CO.</p>

<p>The Shared Services Center awarded a $220,642 definitive contract to Arinna, Inc. for SBIR Phase I research on an adaptive, resilient compact array with dust-resistant integrated architecture (ARCADIA) on September 30, 2026, under a total small business set-aside.</p> <p>Place of performance is South San Francisco, CA. The contract carries a firm fixed price structure with an ultimate completion date of March 30, 2027.</p>

<p>The Shared Services Center (NASA) awarded an $849,987 definitive contract to Advanced Space LLC for Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) development of an advanced transfer and relay stage on July 1, 2025, under a total small business set-aside.</p> <p>Place of performance is Denver, CO. The contract carries a firm fixed price and an ultimate completion date of June 30, 2027.</p>