Purchase Order 80JSC020P0045

The NASA Johnson Space Center awarded a $3,665,000.00 firm fixed price purchase order contract to Thales Alenia Space Espana SA, a subsidiary of the Thales Group, to provide an X-Band Communication System for the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover program. The contract includes delivering an engineering development unit, protoflight unit, spare flight unit, ground crypto processor, and mating connectors. This contract was competed without a small business set-aside and was awarded based on factors including past performance, schedule, technical approach, and price, with past performance, schedule, and technical approach considered more important than price.