This is a $128,863 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Pancopia, Inc., a small disadvantaged business. The contract is for the development and testing of a novel biological inoculum capable of rapidly and reliably starting up a wastewater treatment system that can remove high levels of organic carbon and nitrogen. Pancopia will develop two types of inocula, one using live...
This is a firm fixed-price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Pancopia, Inc., a small disadvantaged business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. The contract, valued at $929,930.00, is for the development and delivery of a second-stage biological wastewater processor to support NASA missions. Pancopia, a Subchapter S corporation, has previously provided biological wastewater processors and...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a Firm Fixed Price Definitive Contract to Pancopia, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for a Second-Stage Biological Wastewater Processor. This $175,000.00 contract is part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase III and has a completion date of September 27, 2023. The contract is set aside for total small businesses and will provide biological wastewater processors...
Pancopia, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business, was awarded a $123,045.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center for Phase I of a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is set aside for total small businesses. Pancopia has provided biological wastewater processors and startup services for rapid activation of biological wastewater treatment systems to NASA. The awarded project...
This federal contract award to Pancopia, Inc. is for SEGMENT 2 of a research and development effort to revise and operate a pair of NDX reactors and design and operate triplicate intermediate reactors. The goal is to increase understanding of long-term reactor performance and validate design and operational modifications. The contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center and is set aside for total small businesses. The potential value...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract worth $123,809.00 to Sustainable Bioproducts LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, to develop an encapsulated biofilm-biomat reactor that can efficiently convert mission-relevant feedstocks, such as human waste, food waste, and plant materials, into usable products under zero-gravity conditions. The biofilm-biomat fermentation technology enables...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a Firm Fixed Price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Certaintech, Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business, to develop water recovery technologies from wastewater sources for long-duration human exploration missions. The $124,990 contract aims to address the critical need for substantial water recovery capabilities to support the life support system requirements of future space missions, as...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $124,989.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Pioneer Astronautics, doing business as Pioneer Invention, for the development of an Advanced Organic Waste Gasifier (AOWG) technology. The AOWG is designed to convert organic wastes from space exploration outposts into clean water and gases, with the goal of minimizing the mass of vehicles during Mars transit and return missions. The contract work will...
This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to HJ Science & Technology Inc., a minority-owned, for-profit small business. The contract, valued at $749,983, is for the development of a highly integrated, programmable, and miniaturized microfluidic automation platform capable of running rapid and complex synthetic biology and bioengineering processes. The goal is to engineer life-supporting microbes...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Orb Xyz, Inc., a for-profit organization. The contract is for the development of a real-time, non-destructive microbial water monitoring system for spacecraft cabins. The contract has a firm fixed price of $124,877.00 and a completion date of March 28, 2021. As this is an SBIR Phase I contract, the research and development work is...