Full and Open Competition after exclusion of sources
Major Defense Program
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Pricing Type
Firm Fixed Price
Place of Performance
Washington, DC 20002, USA
Solicitation Procedures
Negotiated Proposal / Quote
Number Of Offers Received
1
Legislative Mandate
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National Interest Action
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Research Type
SBIR Program Phase I Action
Primary Consortia Member
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NASA has awarded a $122,528 firm fixed price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to TGV Rockets Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business, to develop a modular pump based on the company's electrocycle motor technology to support the ground testing of nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) systems. NTP is an advanced propulsion concept that NASA is pursuing for potential human missions to Mars. The research aims to address NTP start-up transients, evaluate design trades, determine power and thermal requirements, and explore opportunities to apply the electropump technology to improve NTP system performance and safety.