Full and Open Competition after exclusion of sources
Major Defense Program
Not listed
Pricing Type
Firm Fixed Price
Place of Performance
Hanover, NH 03755, USA
Solicitation Procedures
Negotiated Proposal / Quote
Number Of Offers Received
500
Legislative Mandate
Not listed
National Interest Action
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Research Type
SBIR Program Phase I Action
Primary Consortia Member
Not listed
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Creare LLC, doing business as Creare, in the amount of $122,775. The contract is for the development of a compact, lightweight, electrically-driven propellant pump that can achieve high pressure rise to increase the thruster chamber pressure and specific impulse of propulsion systems for sample return spacecraft. This approach is intended to reduce the inert mass and launch costs of these spacecraft. The contract has a completion date of February 15, 2019 and was awarded on July 27, 2018.