The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Glenn Research Center has awarded a single-award indefinite delivery contract (IDC) worth up to $5 million to Fort Wayne Metals Research Products, LLC (doing business as Fort Wayne Metals) for the fabrication, testing, qualification, and delivery of shape memory alloy (SMA) springs exhibiting pseudoelastic behavior from -130°C to 90°C. The contract supports NASA's aeronautics and spaceflight research and development initiatives, including the Mars Sample Return project.
Under this IDC, NASA has issued numerous firm fixed-price delivery orders totaling over $4.9 million to date for the provision of SMA springs, material testing packages, facility upgrades, and investigation of new processing routes for specialized wire production. The work is primarily performed at Fort Wayne Metals' facility in Fort Wayne, Indiana. There are no set-aside designations associated with this contract, indicating open competition. NASA intends to potentially modify the contract to increase the ceiling value by an additional $4 million and clarify certain contractual terms to further support its critical technology development efforts.
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