Purchase Order F12PO4000000262982

This is a delivery order contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), a private non-profit educational institution, to provide engineering support services for the Giant Magellan Telescope Organization (GMTO). The contract is part of the sponsoring agreement between NASA and Caltech that establishes the relationship for the operation of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which is a Federally Funded Research...

This is a $1,892,356.00 grant awarded by the NASA Shared Services Center to the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA), doing business as the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), a non-profit organization. The grant is for developing laboratory-scale active segmented telescopes to enable the next stage of coronagraphic testbeds, which are critical for advancing exoplanet imaging capabilities for future space telescopes. AURA has extensive expertise in managing...

The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), a division of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., was awarded a $949,555 grant by NASA's Shared Services Center to support the development of science simulation tools, instrument design, and testbed capabilities for the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO). The contract deliverables include: (1) an initial Observatory Architecture Exposure Time Calculator serving as a community tool to assess science feasibility for...

This is a federal grant award worth $234,000.00 made by the Shared Services Center, a civilian government agency, to DM Telescopes LLC, a for-profit limited liability company located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The award is for research as part of the ROSES (Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences) program, which aims to execute a balanced science program based on guidance from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, administration priorities, and direction from...

NASA's Goddard Space Center awarded a definitive cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA), through its Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) division, on July 1, 2019, for the design phase of the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) Science Operations Center (SOC). The contract, valued at $204.96 million with an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2027, was awarded without set-aside designation through open...

This federal contract award is for a Phase I incurred cost audit and close-out incurred cost audit of the Operations and Management of the Gemini Observatory, which is performed by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA). The contract was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Astronomical Sciences, to Hamilton Enterprises, LLC, a minority-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business located in Greenbelt, Maryland. The contract is a Time...

The Aerospace Corporation was awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order contract valued at $914,206.88 by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to provide mission systems engineering support to the Astrophysics Program. The contract, awarded on August 1, 2011, with an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2019, requires The Aerospace Corporation to deliver comprehensive technical oversight and coordination across multiple dimensions of the program's engineering activities. Primary...

NASA Goddard Space Center awarded a definitive contract to Association Of Universities For Research In Astronomy, Inc. through its Space Telescope Science Institute division for Hubble Space Telescope (HST) science program implementation and operations on September 15, 1987, with a ceiling value of $2.579 billion and an ultimate completion date of August 26, 2026. The contract covers final servicing mission activities and operations through end-of-mission, including science program...

This firm fixed price delivery order from the Smithsonian Institution to Tucson Building & Remodeling, Inc. is for $490,437.41 to provide design and construction services to install a second redundant radiant heat cable loop at the Fred L. Whipple Observatory in Amado, Arizona by September 2024. As the prime contractor, Tucson Building & Remodeling, Inc. will carry out the project directly without the use of subcontractors. The award is issued against OPEN QUANTITY CONTRACT FOR...

This firm fixed-price purchase order for $144,236 was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Global Science & Technology Inc. (GST) to provide project support for Elmer Sharp to design and implement cryogenic test packages. The work is being performed in support of NASA's Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) Strategic Astrophysics Technology program at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland through...