NASA Glenn Research Center issued a delivery order to HX5 LLC, a certified women-owned small business, on April 1, 2020, with a ceiling value of $2.7 million under the Total Small Business set-aside for electric drive test support and technical communication services. The order is set to complete on March 31, 2027.
Place of performance is Cleveland, Ohio. The delivery order is priced on a cost-plus-fixed-fee basis.
Service Contract Inventory reporting shows the order has invoiced $1.3 million cumulatively across FY2020–FY2025, with most recent activity (FY2025) at 1.6 FTEs and 3,395 contractor hours. Government-paid blended hourly rate in FY2025 was $65.77/hr. Pricing has trended upward overall, ranging from $54.11/hr in FY2021 to $98.45/hr in FY2022. In FY2025, all contractor hours were performed by the prime; four subcontractors were named but performed no hours on this order.