This is a $84,368.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the NASA Shared Services Center to COI Ceramics, Inc., a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation, for the provision of proprietary oxide/oxide ceramic matrix composite panels. The purchase order was awarded on a sole-source basis under FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) with a delivery timeframe of 4 months after order placement. COI Ceramics, Inc. is the sole provider of these specialized ceramic composite materials, which are used in...
This federal contract award is for the procurement of CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITE PANELS by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The contract, valued at $19,050.00, was awarded on June 16, 2023, to the prime contractor, Technology Assessment & Transfer, Inc. (Tech Assess), a small business that specializes in developing and commercializing advanced materials. Tech Assess is a subsidiary of Sintx Technologies, Inc., which has also received various...
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...
This is a $124,884 firm fixed price STTR Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Advanced Ceramic Fibers LLC, a small business, to develop ultra-high temperature ceramic matrix composites. The contract is focused on a low-risk approach to high-payoff materials research. Advanced Ceramic Fibers has prior experience in federal contracting, including several Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) awards from the Department of the Navy to develop...
This is a $18,433.00 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Shared Services Center to LSP Industrial Ceramics Inc., a small disadvantaged business, for the fabrication of precision ceramic insulators required for NASA Langley Research Center's 20" Mach 6 spare heater bundle. The contract was set aside for small businesses under NAICS code 327110 (Pottery, Ceramics, and Plumbing Fixture Manufacturing) and will be performed in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The contract requires the...
This is a $41,995 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Concurrent Technologies Corp (CTC), a nonprofit research and development organization, to fabricate 14 additively manufactured oscillating heat pipes from Inconel 625 for a leading edge thermal protection system. The original solicitation was a lowest price technically acceptable procurement with no set-aside designation. CTC, as the prime contractor,...
This is a $60,358.00 firm-fixed price purchase order contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Concurrent Technologies Corp (CTC), a non-profit applied research and development organization. The contract is for the development of additively manufactured oscillating heat pipes with Inconel-625 for use by the NASA Ames Research Center. The original solicitation was a sole-source Special Notice under the 8(a) program, indicating that...
This is a $899,999 Firm Fixed Price SBIR Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Advanced Ceramics Manufacturing, LLC, a minority-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business. The contract is for the development of high emissivity channel materials under the FY23 SBIR program, which is a set-aside for small businesses. Advanced Ceramics Manufacturing has a history of supporting aerospace and defense research and development efforts for...
This is a $35,500.00 firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to The Edward Orton Jr Ceramic Foundation, a non-profit organization and manufacturer of goods. The contract is for the delivery of a high temperature tube furnace, which will be used by NASA's Glenn Research Center to evaluate thermal properties of materials using a HotDisk TPS3500 thermal constants analyzer. The contract has no set-aside designation...
Advanced Ceramics Manufacturing, LLC was awarded a definitive contract valued at approximately $750,000 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center. The firm fixed price contract is for research and development of boron nitride ceramics for Hall-effect thruster discharge channels under Phase II of the Small Business Innovation Research program. Performance will occur in Tucson, Arizona over a two year period concluding in July 2023. The contract has a total...