Purchase Order 80NSSC19P1894

NASA's Shared Services Center awarded a $100,000 purchase order to North American Manufacturing Pros LLC on July 22, 2026, for powder bed fusion development and characterization of specialty nickel alloys, with completion targeted for January 21, 2027. The award was issued as a sole-source procurement under FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) without competitive set-aside. North American Manufacturing Pros LLC is a self-certified small disadvantaged business. Performance occurs at NASA Marshall Space Flight...

NASA's Shared Services Center awarded a purchase order to RPM Innovations Inc. for thin-wall directed energy deposition manufacturing services valued at $349,600 on June 16, 2026. Work will be performed in Rapid City, South Dakota. The order covers fabrication of JBK-75 and NASA HR-1 nozzle assemblies and representative samples using laser powder directed energy deposition, including two NASA HR-1 7K thin-wall nozzles in aft and forward configurations, witness specimens, engineering services,...

The Shared Services Center (a NASA civilian organization) issued a purchase order to Elementum 3D, Inc. for $211,266.00 on June 30, 2026, for development builds of low overhang turbine blades with minimal dross and supports, with completion by November 30, 2026. No set-aside was used. The procurement originated as a sole-source Special Notice posted June 15, 2026. Work is performed in Huntsville, Alabama. Elementum 3D will conduct precision laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing of...

This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Transition45 Technologies Inc., a minority-owned small business, for $125,000.00 under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I program. The objective is to develop an innovative additive manufacturing/metal injection molding technology to rapidly produce prototype high-power electric propulsion components from refractory alloys. This addresses the need for increased design...

NASA's Shared Services Center awarded a $248,985 firm-fixed-price purchase order to RPM Innovations Inc. for Directed Energy Deposition JBK-75 Representative Process Build Samples. The contract, which was not set-aside for small businesses, was awarded on July 28, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of January 28, 2026. RPM Innovations, a manufacturer of advanced directed energy deposition laser systems based in Rapid City, South Dakota, was selected as the sole source provider under...

This is a sole source contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to RPM Innovations Inc., a Rapid City, South Dakota-based manufacturer of directed energy deposition laser systems. The $248,620.00 firm fixed price purchase order is for the Directed Energy Deposition of a Large Scale Aft End JBK-75 Thin-wall Demonstrator. The requirement is to fabricate a partial JBK-75 RS-25 aft end nozzle using Laser Powder Directed Energy Deposition...

This firm fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Stratasys Direct, Inc., a foreign-owned, for-profit manufacturer of 3D printing systems, materials, and services. The $134,084.00 contract is for the manufacturing and development of C18150 (copper alloy) powder-bed additive manufacturing nozzle components. Stratasys Direct, Inc. has over 25 years of experience as a leader in the 3D printing and additive...

This is a cooperative agreement awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, to the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) for $95,119.11. The agreement is for research and development related to metal-based additive manufacturing (AM) techniques, specifically focused on the Laser Engineered Net Shaping (LENS) or Direct Laser Deposition (DLD) process. The objective is to improve understanding of the process-structure-property-performance relationships in AM parts made...

This $500,000 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Pittsburgh aims to develop a part-scale process-microstructure simulation tool to predict the microstructure evolution of Inconel 718 processed by powder bed laser fusion, a type of additive manufacturing (commonly referred to as 3D printing). The project seeks to overcome the challenges in certifying additive manufacturing parts due to the variability in microstructure and material...

NASA's Shared Services Center issued a purchase order to Powder Alloy Corp for ORCAlloy-21 atomized and coated powder on June 25, 2026, with a ceiling value of $75,000. Performance will occur in Loveland, Ohio, with delivery to NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. The order requires a minimum of 1,000 pounds of nickel-based ORCAlloy-21 powder with specified alloying elements (chromium 13–15%, cobalt 25–29%, rhenium 0.5–1.5%, tungsten 2.5–3%, titanium 0.15–0.3%, aluminum 0.1–0.2%, niobium 0.6–0.8%,...