This is a definitive, firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Headquarters to Zecoat Corporation, a for-profit manufacturing small business, to provide precision optical coatings for large space telescope mirrors. The contract has a potential value of $1,177,210.00 and a completion date of December 31, 2022. Zecoat Corporation specializes in durable, space-qualified coatings for satellite systems and ground-based observatories, and has...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a $249,552 firm fixed-price purchase order to Zecoat Corporation, a small business manufacturer, for the mirror recoating of an ES-MCAT telescope. This contract is set aside for exclusive small business participation. Zecoat Corporation specializes in durable, space-qualified coatings for satellite systems and ground-based observatories, and has previously received NASA SBIR awards for research and...
This is a firm fixed-price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Zecoat Corporation, a small business manufacturer of specialized optical coatings. The contract, valued at $749,973.00, is for the research, development, and delivery of dark coatings with tailorable bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) and thermal-emissivity properties for use in light-blocking starshade membranes. This contract is part of NASA's...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $124,877.00 Firm Fixed Price contract to Zecoat Corporation, a small business manufacturer, to develop a specular black coating for flexible starshade optical shields under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I program. Zecoat Corporation specializes in durable, space-qualified coatings and has previously conducted R&D and provided coating services to NASA and the Department of Defense. This contract award...
Zecoat Corporation was awarded a $124,697 firm-fixed-price Phase I SBIR contract from NASA to develop a battery-powered, aluminum deposition process for creating broadband reflective coatings in space. The process would enable the application of highly reflective aluminum coatings to large telescope mirrors, extending their usable wavelength range down to 30 nanometers. This would provide significant benefits for astronomical observations in the vacuum ultraviolet spectral region. The contract...
This is a Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract awarded by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to Zecoat Corporation, a small business manufacturer, for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II research and development effort. The contract is focused on developing a radiation-hardened dark coating for stray light suppression in optical systems, with a ceiling value of $1,465,461.00 and a period of performance through October 30, 2025. Zecoat Corporation has previously received SBIR Phase I and...
This is a $749,714 firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Semplastics EHC LLC, a small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II program. The contract is for the development of a novel, innovative ceramic material that can be used to produce large, lightweight, and cost-effective mirrors for next-generation telescopes. Semplastics will deliver four large mirrors up to 0.6 meters in diameter, with coated and...
This is a firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Marshall Space Flight Center to Schott North America, Inc. for the testing of lightweight ZERODUR mirrors. The contract has a ceiling value of $250,000.00 and a period of performance ending on August 31, 2016. Schott North America, Inc., a foreign-owned, for-profit manufacturer, was selected to provide specialized glass and glass-ceramic materials for aerospace and defense applications. The...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center (NSSC) awarded a $64,990.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Nu-Tek Precision Optical Corp, a manufacturer of high-quality precision optics and optical components located in Aberdeen, Maryland. The contract is for the delivery of two PIAA Vortex Mirrors to support the NASA Ames Coronagraph Exoplanet (ACE) project. NASA determined Nu-Tek to be the sole provider of these specialized mirrors, which are...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Esco Products Inc., a small business manufacturer of specialized optical components located in Oak Ridge, New Jersey. The $60,000 contract is for the refurbishment of ZnSE (zinc selenide) windows, with a performance period through August 27, 2025. The contract was awarded on a sole-source basis under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), as NASA...
This firm-fixed-price contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Johnson Space Center to Zecoat Corporation, a for-profit manufacturer of specialized coatings for satellite and observatory systems. The $135,681 contract is for the provision of a 1.3-meter optical mirror coating. The contract has no set-aside designation and was completed on September 5, 2018.
Zecoat Corporation is a small business that has previously received NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contracts for the development of dark, light-blocking coatings for flexible starshade optical shields and membranes, as well as a NASA contract for the recoating of a telescope. The firm has also performed work as a subcontractor on contracts with the Missile Defense Agency and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.