Full and Open Competition after exclusion of sources
Major Defense Program
Not listed
Pricing Type
Firm Fixed Price
Place of Performance
McCall, ID 83638, USA
Solicitation Procedures
Negotiated Proposal / Quote
Number Of Offers Received
2
Legislative Mandate
Walsh Healy Act
National Interest Action
Not listed
Research Type
STTR Phase II
Primary Consortia Member
Not listed
This is a $599,185 firm-fixed-price STTR Phase II contract awarded by NASA's Ames Research Center to ICS LLC, a small business, on November 24, 2009. The contract is for the development of a radiation-tolerant, high-performance (100M samples/second) 32-bit lossless data compression processor that meets the CCSDS 121-0-B 1 recommendation. This new compressor is 5 times faster and has twice the input quantization range compared to the previous 15-bit version, making it suitable for modern spacecraft requirements. The contract has a completion date of May 19, 2011 and is part of NASA's Flight Lossless Data Compression Electronics major program.