Purchase Order 80NSSC24PC063
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- This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) for high-speed X-ray videography of internal short circuits in lithium-ion battery cells. The $118,757.43 contract supports NASA's research and development efforts in advanced battery technologies for space missions. The contract is not a set-aside and was awarded directly to ESRF, an international organization that operates a large synchrotron radiation...
- NASA's Shared Services Center awarded a $54,335.60 firm fixed-price purchase order to the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, France for high-speed X-ray videography services supporting lithium-ion battery research. The contract, awarded on August 19, 2025 with completion targeted for February 18, 2026, was issued without a set-aside designation through a sole-source Special Notice procurement. Under this engagement, ESRF will provide 96 continuous hours of synchrotron...
- This firm fixed price purchase order was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center (NASA) to the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) located in France. The contract value is $59,775 and is for beam time needed at ESRF in September 2022 to conduct numerous internal short circuit experiments with lithium-ion battery cells. The solicitation sought this beam time to support NASA's Johnson Space Center and further the agency's research and...
- Glimpse Engineering, Inc. has been awarded a $38,000 firm fixed-price purchase order by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to conduct computed tomography (CT) scanning and advanced algorithmic analysis of lithium-ion cells to identify manufacturing defects. The contract, awarded on February 9, 2026, with a completion date of April 8, 2026, requires the contractor to perform high-resolution CT scans on 200 Panasonic NCR18650GA battery cells at 16...
- This is a $50,800 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Glimpse Engineering, Inc. for CT scanning of 200 cylindrical lithium-ion cells and proprietary computational analysis to identify defects. The work supports the Starliner program and will be performed in Somerville, MA. The contract has no set-aside designation and was awarded as a sole source procurement, as NASA determined Glimpse Engineering to be the...
- This $60,000.00 firm fixed-price purchase order contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Florida State University (FSU) on August 19, 2024. The contract is for conducting partial discharge analysis of coupon samples created at the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio. The work involves testing to determine the partial discharge inception voltage of thermally aged polymer samples and ceramic coated metal substrate...
- The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center (NSSC) awarded a $249,025 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Photonis Netherlands B.V., a foreign-owned, for-profit manufacturer of photon detection and low light imaging solutions. The contract is for the delivery of a Clio HSRL single anode microchannel plate photomultiplier tube prototype detector to be used at the Langley Research Center. This requirement was procured through a sole-source...
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center (NSSC) awarded a Purchase Order contract to Photonis France SAS, a foreign-owned for-profit manufacturer, for the procurement of Micro Pore Optics. This $142,820 Firm Fixed Price contract has a period of performance through November 30, 2024. The contract was awarded on a sole-source basis, as Photonis France SAS was determined to be the sole provider of the required Micro Pore Optics. This requirement supports an...
- This is a $155,625.61 firm fixed price purchase order contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Exothermics, Inc., a small business manufacturer of high-performance ceramics, refractory metals, and thin film coatings. The contract is for the delivery of experimental braze development specimens, including coupons and tube assemblies that join ceramic matrix composite (CMC) materials and refractory metals like TZM. These specialized...
- The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center (NSSC) awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Hiden Analytical Inc., a foreign-owned, for-profit organization based in Peterborough, New Hampshire. The $134,411.40 contract is for the procurement of a Hiden EQS 1000 series 300 amu secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) analyzer, which will be used to support analog experiments related to space weathering phenomena at the NASA Goddard Space...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center (NSSC) awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order contract worth $139,686 to the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, France. The purpose of the contract is to obtain high-speed X-ray videography while triggering an internal short circuit in numerous individual lithium-ion cells within a Fractional Thermal Runaway Calorimeter (FTRC) at the NASA Johnson Space Center. This contract supports NASA's research and development efforts to gain insight into the protection mechanisms provided by plastic current collectors and cell enclosure failure mechanisms for advanced battery technologies used in space missions and other scientific pursuits. The contract does not have a set-aside designation, indicating ESRF's unique capabilities in providing these specialized services. ESRF has previously received several contracts from NASA NSSC for beam time access and X-ray imaging services to support NASA's research activities.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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Obtain high speed X-ray videography while triggering an internal short | 80NSSC24878199Q | National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center | Special Notice 1/1 | 7/25/24, 5:27 PM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $139.7k | 8/15/24 |