This firm fixed-price purchase order was awarded to the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) by the National Shared Services Center (NSSC), a civilian agency, to conduct a landscape analysis on integrating in-situ process monitoring and control in additive manufacturing (AM) qualification. The $100,000 contract, which is not a set-aside, will involve a literature review, expert interviews, and a public survey to explore the role of in-situ monitoring in AM process qualification. The...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a $28,371.06 Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order contract to Key To Metals Americas Inc., a for-profit limited liability company, for the provision of "Total Materia Procurement" services. This contract, which has no set-aside designation, will provide NASA personnel and on-site contractors at 15 NASA facilities with access to comprehensive materials data and associated information through the NASA Technical Standards...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Precision Measurements and Instruments Corporation, a for-profit organization located in Corvallis, Oregon. The $38,400 contract is for the procurement of fabric specimen testing services to support NASA's Artemis Suit Material (ASM) Project. The contract was awarded without the use of a set-aside and has a completion date of November 13, 2025. The...
This firm fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the U.S. Forest Service Research Service Rocky Mountain Research Station, a civilian agency, to the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM International), a non-profit organization, on July 1, 2023. The contract provides the agency with access to ASTM's COMPASS platform, which includes its library of engineering standards, testing and certification services, and training programs. The contract has a ceiling value of $28,875.00 and...
This is a $96,651 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Laboratory Testing Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation based in Hatfield, Pennsylvania. The contract is for room and high temperature high cycle fatigue testing of NASA-developed alloys, to be performed at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. This is a sole-source award made under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), as NASA has determined...
This is a $247,940 firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to North American Manufacturing Pros LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business located in Ardmore, Alabama. The contract is for the provision of hardware and post-processing services related to laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) 3D printing of specialized NASA nickel-based burn-resistant alloys, including ORCAlloy-21 and GRX-810. This...
This firm-fixed-price purchase order, awarded to MRL Materials Resources LLC (MRL), a small business, requires the additively manufacture of test specimens from a specialized superalloy powder provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The contract, valued at $26,000.00, has a period of performance ending on September 29, 2025. The original solicitation was a special notice published by NASA, seeking a vendor to develop suitable process conditions and print various...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to North American Manufacturing Pros LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business located in Ardmore, Alabama. The $248,560.00 contract is for the development of laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) parameters and the production of components using NASA's proprietary GRX-810 and ORCAlloy alloys. The contract work includes renting an EOS M280 L-PBF machine, optimizing additive manufacturing parameters for...
This is a $86,848.00 firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Additive Manufacturing & Engineering, Inc., a HUBZone certified small disadvantaged business, for the additive manufacturing of GRCOP-42 hardware for a combustion test facility. The purchase order was issued on a sole source basis under FAR Part 12 and 13 procedures, as Additive Manufacturing & Engineering, Inc. was determined to be the sole provider of the required...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a $39,583.75 firm fixed price purchase order to Metcut Research Associates Inc., a for-profit subchapter S corporation, to perform tensile and creep testing on superalloy specimens. The contract, which does not have a set-aside designation, requires Metcut to conduct 80 total tests across various temperature ranges per ASTM standards E21 and E139. This contract award is likely part of a broader NASA program...