Wheeled rovers play an invaluable role in exploring our solar system through close-range observation, but they find many scientifically significant sites inaccessible due to steep terrain features
Ended Grant For Research Awarded Last action
- Contract number
- 80NSSC20K1228
- Awardee
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Carnegie-Mellon University UEI U3NKNFLNQ613
- Awarding agency
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Shared Services Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Obligated
- $299,471
Award facts
- Contract value 94% obligated
- $318,542.52 Current and potential, with all options
- Completion date 100% complete
- Current and potential, with all options
- Contracting staff
- NAICS code
- Not on record
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
- Competition
- Full and Open Competition Basic Research
- Pricing
- Other
- Place of performance
- Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
Transactions
| Action | Obligated | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Funding Only Action | -$5,457 | |
| Funding Only Action | $40,929 | |
| Funding Only Action | $24,000 | |
| Other Administrative Action | $0 | |
| Additional Work (new agreement, FAR part 6 applies) | $80,000 | |
| Funding Only Action | $80,000 | |
| Original award | $80,000 |
About this award
This federal contract award was granted by the Shared Services Center, a civilian government agency, to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) for the development of lightweight free climbing robots for extreme terrain exploration. The $318,542.52 grant does not have a set-aside designation and is for research purposes. CMU, a prestigious private research university, will leverage its expertise in robotics, artificial intelligence, and advanced computing to create these climbing robots that can access scientifically significant sites that wheeled rovers cannot reach due to steep terrain. This contract demonstrates CMU's strong capabilities in supporting the government's technological and scientific needs across various domains, including space exploration, defense-related research, and sustainable energy solutions, through both competitively awarded contracts and grants.
Quick answers
Who was awarded contract 80NSSC20K1228?
80NSSC20K1228 was awarded to Carnegie-Mellon University by Shared Services Center (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) on August 28, 2020.
How much is contract 80NSSC20K1228 worth?
The government has obligated $299,471 on 80NSSC20K1228. Its current value, with exercised options, is $318,543.
Was contract 80NSSC20K1228 competed?
The extent of competition for 80NSSC20K1228 was full and open competition.
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