Purchase Order 80NSSC24PB527
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- This firm-fixed-price purchase order, awarded by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), is for the delivery of a single T-VAC (thermal vacuum) chamber. The total contract value is $124,640.00, with a completion date of June 30, 2024. The contract was awarded to Tps, LLC, doing business as Thermal Product Solutions, a small business manufacturer of environmental test chambers, industrial ovens, and temperature/humidity control equipment. Thermal...
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order to Abbess Instruments and Systems, Inc. (Abbess), a veteran-owned small business manufacturer, for a vacuum chamber with a 1 cubic meter working volume capable of testing with lunar simulants down to 10^-6 Torr with a cold wall option. The $147,999.00 contract has a completion date of January 30, 2023 and does not have a set-aside designation. Abbess has prior experience...
- NASA's Shared Services Center awarded a $249,987 firm fixed-price purchase order to Ideal Vacuum Products, LLC on August 5, 2025, for the design and manufacture of a SCALPSS (Stereo Cameras for Lunar Plume Surface Studies) Vacuum Chamber for NASA Langley Research Center. The contract, which carries no small business set-aside designation, reflects a sole source procurement justified by Ideal Vacuum Products' proprietary window design and proven ability to deliver a turnkey solution. The...
- This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded to Vacuum Plus Manufacturing Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for the delivery of a vacuum test chamber. The contract, valued at $69,474.00, was awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, on July 25, 2022, with a completion date of March 9, 2024. The contract was set aside for total small business participation. The original solicitation was posted on June 30, 2022, and proposals were due on July 11,...
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order to Abbess Instruments and Systems, Inc. (doing business as Abbess), a veteran-owned small business manufacturer, for a vacuum chamber with a 1 cubic meter working volume capable of testing with lunar simulants. The $156,740.00 contract has a completion date of March 31, 2023. Abbess is a manufacturer of vacuum chambers, cryogenic systems, and other specialized equipment,...
- NASA's Shared Services Center has awarded Kurt J Lesker Co, a woman-owned small business manufacturer headquartered in Clairton, Pennsylvania, a $55,208.40 firm fixed-price purchase order for an altitude-simulation chamber and pump enclosure. The equipment will support the System-Agnostic Arc Fault Implementor (SAFDI) testbench at NASA's Glenn Research Center, specifically enabling electric arc generation testing at simulated altitude conditions of 40,000 feet. The procurement was conducted as a...
- The Department of the Navy awarded a purchase order to Kurt J Lesker Co for a thermal-vacuum chamber system on May 28, 2025, with a ceiling value of $298,716.25. This is a total small business set-aside. The system will be delivered to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland and comprises one cylindrical vacuum chamber, one cold plate, one turbomolecular pump system, one cryopump system, and three gate valves to support plasma research and electric propulsion experiments. The...
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a $188,953 firm fixed-price purchase order to TPS LLC, doing business as Thermal Product Solutions, for the retrofit of a vacuum chamber. This contract has no set-aside designation. Thermal Product Solutions is a for-profit manufacturer that has provided environmental test chambers, industrial ovens, and other temperature and humidity control equipment to federal agencies and contractors through prime and...
- This $190,151.00 firm fixed price purchase order was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to TPS LLC, doing business as Thermal Product Solutions, a for-profit manufacturer. The contract is for the delivery of a thermal vacuum chamber, with no set-aside designation. Thermal Product Solutions has held federal contracts for over 20 years, providing environmental test equipment such as ovens, chambers, and other temperature and humidity...
- The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a $18,186.00 firm fixed-price purchase order contract to Kurt J Lesker Co, a woman-owned small business manufacturer and distributor of vacuum technology solutions. The contract is for the delivery of a Vacuum Chamber, SKU0248807, which must meet detailed technical specifications outlined in the original Request for Quotation (RFQ) that was set aside for small businesses. This award is part of a larger...
NASA's Shared Services Center awarded a $307,121.63 firm fixed-price purchase order to Thierry Plasma LLC, a small business, for the fabrication of a vacuum chamber. The contract, awarded on July 24, 2024, with an ultimate completion date of March 26, 2025, supports NASA's electrified aircraft propulsion concept technology maturation program. The vacuum chamber will function as an altitude test chamber enabling component-level testing of electrical hardware for advanced aircraft propulsion systems. Thierry Plasma LLC, based in Royal Oak, Michigan, will perform the work in accordance with detailed design specifications outlined in the Statement of Work, including dimensional requirements, pressure and temperature operational ranges, environmental instrumentation, and construction standards. The procurement was conducted as a competitive solicitation set aside exclusively for small businesses, with proposals due July 3, 2024, and award made on a lowest price technically acceptable basis. This contract represents NASA's investment in developing and validating critical components for next-generation electrified propulsion technologies, which are central to the agency's efforts to advance sustainable and efficient aircraft concepts. The vacuum chamber fabrication is a key enabling capability that will facilitate rigorous ground-based testing of electrical components under simulated high-altitude environmental conditions.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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Fabrication of an Electrical Component Altitude Chamber | 80NSSC872228Q | National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center | Solicitation 1/1 | 6/6/24, 10:44 AM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| P00004 | Other Administrative Action | $32.4k | 3/11/26 | |
| P00003 | Other Administrative Action | $22.3k | 7/29/25 | |
| P00002 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 6/18/25 | |
| P00001 | Funding Only Action | $28.8k | 2/19/25 | |
| Not listed | Not listed | $223.6k | 7/26/24 |