This $109,601.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Airborne Systems North America of CA Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of TransDigm Group Incorporated. The contract is for the delivery of energy modulating components and mass simulators for a 4-main deployment bag assembly used on the Dragon 2 spacecraft for testing purposes.
The original special notice solicitation was posted by NASA on August 30, 2019 and indicated the agency's intent to award this sole-source contract to Airborne Systems under FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) as the sole provider of the required items. No set-aside designation was used. This award falls under Airborne Systems' existing indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicles with NASA for inflatable aerodynamic decelerator systems, as well as IDIQ contracts with the Department of Defense for personnel parachute systems and aircraft spare parts.