Purchase Order FA864922P0318

This is a $149,774 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to the small disadvantaged business Big Metal Additive LLC. The contract is for the delivery of an "Optimized Additive Manufactured Aircraft Structure" under the STTR Phase I research program. The contract has a total small business set-aside. Big Metal Additive LLC is a small business that specializes in metal additive manufacturing, including...

This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Big Metal Additive LLC, a small disadvantaged business, for a STTR Phase II research and development project titled "Mission Optimized Service Spacecraft". The $1,699,214 contract, which has a completion date of May 17, 2024, will involve developing advanced additive manufacturing techniques for the production of large-scale metal spacecraft components. Big Metal Additive has prior...

The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command awarded a $599,200 firm fixed price purchase order to Optomec Inc. to deliver one LENS CS-250 OPEN ATMOSPHERE SYSTEM. The solicitation sought a Directed Energy Deposition 3D Rapid Prototype Machine capable of feeding metallic alloy powder through a nozzle melted by a one kilowatt laser and deposited on a substrate in an inert argon environment with integrated coaxial vision camera. The machine must meet...

This federal contract award to Big Metal Additive LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business, is for the development of optimized additive manufactured aircraft structures. The $749,973.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), a defense agency, under the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II program. The contract has a performance period through February 16, 2024. Big Metal Additive specializes in large-scale metal...

This is a $99,999.97 fixed-price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) to Open Additive, LLC, a small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for Phase I research and development on the topic of "Large-Format, Low-Cost Metal AM for Army Applications." Open Additive, as the prime contractor, will be working to develop affordable and versatile metal additive manufacturing systems and...

This is a $109,980 firm fixed-price contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Big Metal Additive LLC, a small disadvantaged business, for research on the fracture and fatigue properties of 2XXX and 7XXX aluminum alloys produced using wire arc-directed energy deposition. The contract is a Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) award with a completion date of March 14, 2024. Big Metal Additive is a manufacturer specializing in large-scale metal hybrid additive...

This is a firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to General Electric Company, through its GE Additive division, for the purchase of direct metal laser melting alloy 188. The period of performance is 12 weeks from the date of award on September 13, 2019, with a completion date of May 15, 2020. The potential value of the award is $248,700.00. No set-aside designation was used. GE Additive is a manufacturer of...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded to Impossible Objects, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Northbrook, Illinois. The $1,898,310.85 firm fixed-price contract is for the "Optimization of High-Speed Post-Processing Equipment" and was awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). Impossible Objects specializes in high-speed 3D metal printing and composite-based additive manufacturing, primarily serving defense...

NASA has awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order to Elementum 3D, Inc., a small business contractor, for the delivery of approximately 750 pounds of NASA Alloy GRX-810 powder. The powder will be used in Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF) and Directed Energy Deposition (DED) additive manufacturing processes at the Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio under the Transformational Tools and Technologies project. The contract has a ceiling value of $114,625.00 and a period of performance ending...

This is a $6,542,495.00 definitive contract awarded by the Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research to prime contractor Concurrent Technologies Corp (CTC), a nonprofit research and development organization. The contract is for the development of "Integrated Computational Microstructure-Informed Response Tools for High Quality AM Parts", focused on advancing additive manufacturing (AM) capabilities for the Department of Defense. Major subcontractors include MSC.Software...