Full and Open Competition after exclusion of sources
Major Defense Program
Not listed
Pricing Type
Firm Fixed Price
Place of Performance
Brooklyn, NY 11205, USA
Solicitation Procedures
Negotiated Proposal / Quote
Number Of Offers Received
500
Legislative Mandate
Not listed
National Interest Action
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Research Type
SBIR Program Phase III Action
Primary Consortia Member
Not listed
This is a $200,000.00 firm fixed price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Honeybee Robotics, LTD., a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program contractor. The contract is for the design, fabrication, and qualification testing of a hermetically sealed sample return container, referred to as a "cache", to preserve planetary samples during the return journey to Earth. This effort is part of NASA's HERMETIC SEALING SYSTEMS FOR DUSTY ENVIRONMENT major program, with the goal of ensuring the integrity of samples acquired from space or planetary bodies. The contract was awarded on September 21, 2015 and has a completion date of April 30, 2016.