Purchase Order F12PO4000000265119

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 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order contract awarded by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), to conduct independent support services for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope program. The contract has a ceiling value of $1,473,350.00 and a period of performance through July 8, 2032. Caltech, as the prime contractor, will provide research, engineering, and technical services to support this NASA space systems program. The contract...

This $669,555 grant award to the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA), doing business as the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), supports the development and testing of scientific simulation tools, instrument designs, and technology testbeds for the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO). The work includes creating an exposure time calculator for general astrophysics observations, designing a coronagraph for a new telescope to support exoplanet detection,...

This is a delivery order awarded by the National Science Foundation's Division of Astronomical Sciences to Hamilton Enterprises, LLC, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business, for a Phase I incurred cost audit of the operations and management of the Gemini Observatory. The $111,958.28 time-and-materials contract is for services that include auditing, accounting, and financial reporting. Hamilton Enterprises, which has experience as both a prime contractor and subcontractor for federal...

This is a federal contract award from the Goddard Space Center, a civilian agency, 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 $2,561,894,224.00 cost-plus-incentive contract covers final servicing and subsequent operations through the end-of-mission for the Hubble Space Telescope. Key activities include science program implementation, routine science operations, ground...

This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Naval Observatory, a defense agency, to the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA) for the routine operations and maintenance of the Deep South Telescope (DST) located at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) in Chile. The contract has a ceiling value of $93,062.50 and a period of performance of 10 months from the award date of September 26, 2022. AURA, a non-profit consortium that manages...

This is a $1,732,544,394.65 definitive cost-no-fee contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Center to the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA), operating as the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI). The contract covers a wide range of activities related to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) mission, including mission requirements analysis, ground segment development and operations, 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 contract is for the design phase of the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) Science Operations Center (SOC) and was awarded by the Goddard Space Center to the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA), doing business as the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI). The contract has a ceiling value of $204,955,978.00 and is a cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract with no set-aside designation. AURA, a non-profit organization, is the prime contractor...

This is a delivery order contract awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to Hamilton Enterprises, LLC, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business based in Greenbelt, Maryland. The $92,117.18 contract is for an incurred cost audit of the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST), formerly known as the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope (ATST) project. The contract is a time and materials type, with a period of performance through June 30, 2019. Hamilton Enterprises has been awarded...