Purchase Order 80NSSC26P0100
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- <p>This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Kaleva Design Inc., a for-profit organization and Subchapter S corporation, for the deployment system with spherical electrodes for sounding rockets. The contract, valued at $98,000.00, does not have a set-aside designation and was awarded on July 24, 2017 with a completion date of the same day. The place of performance is San Leandro, California.</p>
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a $144,259.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Kaleva Design Inc., a small business subchapter S corporation, for a deployment system with spherical electrodes for sounding rockets. The contract is for the delivery of commercial items and was competed as a total small business set-aside. The work will be performed in San Leandro, California. This award stems from a June 2019 solicitation for a brand name or...
- This firm fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, to Gigaerospace, Inc., a for-profit manufacturer, for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project titled "Versatile, Low-Cost, High Delta-V Small Spacecraft Transfer Stage." The $149,917.00 contract has a total small business set-aside and is scheduled for completion by February 6, 2025. The award supports research and development of a spacecraft transfer stage...
- This is a federal contract award from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Rocket Propulsion Systems LLC, a small business based in Kent, Washington. The $54,136 firm-fixed-price purchase order is for the development of a low-cost, single-staged suborbital rocket under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract has a completion date of April 17, 2025. This award aligns with AFRL's interest in innovative propulsion technologies for space applications and is...
- <p>This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, to J2F Engineering, a small business, under the FY24 SBIR Phase I program. The contract is for the design and material testing of a self-contained system for microgravity sample preparation, with a ceiling value of $137,231.00 and a completion date of February 6, 2025. The contract is set aside for small businesses.</p>
- This is a definitive contract awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Michigan Aerospace Corporation, a small business, for the development of a Miniaturized Nightglow Interferometer for Monitoring Emissions from a CubeSat. The contract has a ceiling value of $749,970.00 and is being executed as a Firm Fixed Price contract under the SBIR Program Phase II. The contract has a total small business set-aside designation and is scheduled for completion by January 5, 2024....
- This is a $1,899,164.82 firm-fixed-price definitive contract awarded to Apech Labs LLC, a small business based in Buffalo, New York, by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the SBIR program. The contract is for the design, build, and test of functioning prototypes of a 15-launch system to advance strategic superiority in orbital operations, with a completion date of May 31, 2027. Apech Labs is an experienced SBIR contractor, having previously received multiple Phase I and Phase II...
- This is a $937,065 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the Shared Services Center of a civilian federal agency to Espace Inc., a small business manufacturer of advanced propulsion technologies and aerospace engineering services. The contract is for the performance demonstration of a "bimodal ion-chemical thruster system", which includes a rotating detonation engine and dual-mode ionic liquid propulsion technology. This contract was awarded under the Small Business Innovation...
- This is a Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Michigan Aerospace Corporation, a small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program. The contract, valued at $124,942.00, is for the development of a miniaturized nightglow interferometer to monitor emissions from a CubeSat. Michigan Aerospace Corporation, the prime contractor, has previously received federal contracts and grants totaling...
- This is a $149,993 firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Advanced Space LLC, a small business, for the FY21 SPIR PHASE I- ADVANCED TRANSFER AND RELAY STAGE project. The award is part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and has a total small business set-aside designation. The contract supports research and development for innovative spaceflight mission capabilities, including spacecraft navigation, software solutions,...
Kaleva Design Inc. was awarded a $124,000 firm fixed-price purchase order on December 23, 2025, by the Shared Services Center for the development of a deployment system with spherical electrodes for sounding rockets. The contract is scheduled for completion by December 21, 2026, and will be performed in Greenbelt, Maryland. This award was not issued under a small business set-aside program. The spherical electrode deployment system represents specialized instrumentation technology supporting atmospheric and ionospheric research applications, which are key scientific objectives of sounding rocket missions. The Shared Services Center, operating as a civilian federal agency, regularly provides procurement and administrative support for federal programs requiring technical equipment and systems. Sounding rockets are suborbital research vehicles used to conduct scientific measurements in the upper atmosphere, and specialized electrode systems are critical components for collecting electromagnetic and plasma data. Kaleva Design Inc.'s specialized expertise in deployment mechanisms and electrode technology positions the contractor to deliver the required technical capabilities for this atmospheric research application.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $124.0k | 12/23/25 |