Full and Open Competition after exclusion of sources
Major Defense Program
Not listed
Pricing Type
Firm Fixed Price
Place of Performance
Madison, WI 53717, 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
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This Federal Contract Award NNX15CK17C was issued by the Shared Services Center (an alternate name for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)) to Orbital Technologies Corporation (Orbitec), a for-profit, woman-owned business, for the Vegetable Production System (VEGGIE) project. The VEGGIE system is a deployable system capable of growing plants to provide the International Space Station (ISS) crew with fresh food. The $325,080.28 fixed-price contract is for Phase III of NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and will fund ground research and pre-flight testing of the VEGGIE system, which falls under NASA's technology roadmaps for human health, life support, and exploration destination systems. The contract does not have a set-aside designation.