On January 24, 2024, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order valued at $12,630 to Plasmaterials, Inc. for the delivery of a platinum rhodium sputtering target composition. The target specifications include a 90% platinum and 10% rhodium atomic percentage composition with a 99.95% purity. This award did not utilize any set-aside designation. Plasmaterials, Inc. is a for-profit organization and manufacturer of goods,...
This $69,827 firm fixed price purchase order was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Viridis Materials LLC, a small business subchapter S corporation, to provide platinum and platinum-rhodium sputtering targets. The sputtering targets are intended to support the Glenn Research Center's harsh environment detector effort for fission surface power applications. The procurement was conducted as a total small business set-aside under FAR Parts 12 and 13. Viridis...
This firm-fixed price purchase order was awarded by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Angstrom Sciences Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Duquesne, Pennsylvania. The $15,860 contract is for the delivery of elemental targets including silicon, carbon, tungsten, and nickel, which are specialized materials used in physical vapor deposition (PVD) processes. Angstrom Sciences Inc. is a supplier of PVD equipment and...
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 $149,401.00 firm fixed price purchase order contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Plasmonics Inc., a small business based in Orlando, Florida. The contract is for Phase I research and development under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, with a focus on developing flexible, variable emission materials. The contract has a total small business set-aside designation and is scheduled for completion by February 6, 2025. Plasmonics...
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order worth $194,673.03 to Fed Crew Inc., a minority-owned, small disadvantaged, woman-owned business, for the supply of a gold sputtering target assembly. The requirement was set aside for small businesses under NAICS code 336419. The target must meet specific dimensional, purity, and bonding specifications to be used in the Detector Development Laboratory. The contract has a performance period ending on January 24, 2024....
This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Linde Advanced Material Technologies Inc., doing business as Praxair, a foreign-owned, for-profit manufacturer of specialized materials and surface coatings. The $75,250 contract is for the delivery of new disk super alloys, which are likely specialized powders used in additive manufacturing or environmental barrier coatings to support NASA's aerospace...
This $124,999.00 firm fixed-price contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Plasma Processes, LLC, a small business manufacturer of engineered materials solutions. The contract was issued under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and is for the development of "dispersion strengthened refractory metal claddings" for nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) applications. Plasma Processes has previously supported...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Plasma Technology Incorporated (PTI), a woman-owned small business, for $29,950.00. The contract is for the sole-source procurement of PTI's proprietary PTI 5 (CrC-NiCr) and PTI 214 (Alumina) ceramic coatings, which will be applied to test specimens and components at the NASA Langley Research Center. This contract supports advanced materials testing and...
This is a $156,500.00 firm fixed price purchase order contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Ultramet, a small business manufacturer. The contract is for Phase 1 of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and covers the development of materials for the structural and thermal preservation of a sample return payload during Earth entry and landing. Ultramet is an experienced provider of advanced materials solutions to...