Definitive Contract NNM16AA16C
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- This federal contract award, valued at $114,170.73, was granted to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), a division of the Smithsonian Institution. The contract, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), is for a research study titled "STUDYING GAS MOTIONS AND PLASMA PROPERTIES OF CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES WITH MHD SIMULATIONS AND XRISM". The contract has no set-aside designation. The Smithsonian Institution is a leading provider of scientific research,...
- This federal contract award, valued at $13,000.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Smithsonian Institution's Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) division. The contract is for a research grant titled "MIND THE GAP - SCIENCE DRIVERS FOR UV SPECTROSCOPY MISSIONS IN THE GAP YEARS AAS SPLINTER SESSION" and has an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2025. The Smithsonian Institution, a non-profit...
- This federal contract award, valued at $528,564.00, was granted by the Shared Services Center division of NASA to the Smithsonian Institution's Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO). The contract is a grant for research focused on "Dust Destruction in the Inhomogeneous Interstellar Medium" and does not have a set-aside designation. The Smithsonian Institution, as a trust instrumentality of the United States, is a leading provider of scientific research, instrumentation...
- This federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC22K0729, was granted to the Smithsonian Institution's Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) division. The $1,171,584.00 grant is for research on X-ray optics, a critical component for future X-ray astronomy missions. The contract, which has no set-aside designation, is a grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The Smithsonian Institution frequently collaborates with universities and other institutions as a prime...
- This federal contract award, valued at $62,050.93, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), a division of the Smithsonian Institution. The contract, which is not a set-aside, is for research into "What Drives the Dichotomy in the Radio Galaxy Population?" SAO, a non-profit organization, frequently collaborates with universities and other institutions on NASA and National Science Foundation (NSF)...
- This federal contract award, valued at $337,058.00, was granted to the Smithsonian Institution's Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct research on using observations of gravitational lenses to elucidate parsec-scale X-ray optical structure in the cores of distant quasars. The award, which does not have a set-aside designation, is a grant for research with a completion date of January 30, 2026. The Smithsonian...
- This federal contract award, valued at $14,825.17, was granted to the Smithsonian Institution's Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) division by an undisclosed federal agency. The contract is for a research grant to investigate the linear correlation between X-ray and optical [OIII] line luminosities in active galactic nuclei (AGN), which is thought to indicate the ionization of low-density gas by high-energy photons from the central black hole vicinity. The Smithsonian Institution is a...
- This federal contract award, valued at $35,659,015.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Smithsonian Institution, operating through its Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) division, a non-profit research and educational organization. The contract is a Cooperative Agreement with an Other pricing type, and the ultimate completion date is February 28, 2027. The award supports SAO's mission, which aligns with NASA's strategic goal of expanding...
- This federal contract award to the Smithsonian Institution's Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) division, with a ceiling value of $99,541.00, is for the project "BREAKING THE LENS: AGN CUTOFF ENERGY ABOVE REDSHIFT 3". The contract is a grant for research, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) with no set-aside designation. The Smithsonian Institution, a trust instrumentality of the United States, is a leading provider of scientific research, instrumentation...
- This is a $100,777 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Smithsonian Institution's Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory for "MULTI CHANNEL, HIGH RESOLUTION MEASUREMENTS OF X RAY EMISSION FOLLOWING DIELECTRONIC RECOMBINATION IN SUPPORT OF HIGH ENERGY X RAY ASTROPHYSICS". The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, a division of the Smithsonian Institution, is a non-profit organization that conducts scientific research and development for NASA...
This is a $1,688,054.00 firm fixed-price contract awarded by the Marshall Space Flight Center, a civilian agency, to the Smithsonian Institution's Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) division. The contract is for the "X-RAY SUVEYOR 2020 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE'S DECADAL SURVEY OF ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS" and does not have a set-aside designation. The Smithsonian Institution is a leading provider of scientific research, instrumentation development, and data system services to federal agencies, particularly NASA and the National Science Foundation (NSF). As a trust instrumentality of the United States, the Smithsonian conducts extensive R&D activities in areas like astrophysics, solar physics, exoplanets, and heliophysics. The SAO frequently collaborates with universities and other institutions on NASA and NSF projects as both a prime contractor and subcontractor, having delivered specialized aerospace systems and ground-based observational equipment to support various NASA missions.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| 5 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 11/20/18 | |
| 4 | Exercise an Option | $600.0k | 6/20/18 | |
| 3 | Additional Work (new agreement, FAR part 6 applies) | $725.0k | 6/22/17 | |
| 2 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 5/31/17 | |
| 1 | Definitize Change Order | $63.7k | 1/20/17 |