Integration and on-orbit operations of selected scientific and engineering work in microgravity
Active Indefinite Delivery Contract Awarded Last action
- Contract number
- 80JSC024DA028
- Awardee
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Rhodium Scientific LLC UEI GSL2BE4KFWF8
- Awarding agency
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Johnson Space Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Task orders
- 3 $453,797 obligated
Award facts
- Opportunity
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- ISS NRA Mission Partnerships: CPF, OCO-3, SAGE III Special Notice · NNJ13ZBG001N · Posted Aug 11, 2025
- Combined order value
- $538,395 Current and potential, with all options
- Last date to order 45% complete
- IDV ceiling 5% used
- $9,900,000.00
- Maximum order
- $9,900,000.00
- Award type
- Single award
- Who can order
- Only the awarding agency
- Contracting staff
- NAICS code
- 541713 Research and Development in Nanotechnology
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
- Competition
- Full and Open Competition after exclusion of sources · 1 offer Alternative Sources
- Pricing
- Firm Fixed Price
- Legislative mandates
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- Service Contract Act FAR subpart 22.10
Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
About this IDV
NASA Johnson Space Center awarded a single-award IDIQ to Rhodium Scientific LLC with a ceiling of $9.9 million on July 26, 2024, through July 25, 2029, for integration and on-orbit operations of selected scientific and engineering work in microgravity. Rhodium Scientific is a woman-owned small disadvantaged business headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Work is performed in Houston, Texas. The IDIQ supports NASA's microgravity research objectives, including biotechnology experiments, plant growth studies, and biological processes in space environments intended to enhance human space exploration capabilities and sustainability for deep space habitation.
Under this IDIQ, Johnson Space Center has issued three delivery orders to date. A $100,000 firm fixed-price order awarded August 28, 2024, funds experiments investigating plant growth in space. A second $100,000 firm fixed-price order issued January 29, 2025, covers the NIGHT experiment, which involves germinating gene-edited space tomato plants to study growth and development in microgravity and magnetic field influences on root growth, with completion by June 1, 2025. A $338,395 firm fixed-price delivery order awarded July 21, 2026, funds biomanufacturing of mesenchymal stem cell secretomes for tissue regeneration, with performance through December 31, 2027.
The base contract includes FAR 52.222.90, addressing diversity, equity, and inclusion discrimination by federal contractors, as amended in April 2026 per Executive Order 14398.
Task orders
Transactions
| Action | Obligated | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Other Administrative Action | $0 | |
| Original award | $0 |
Quick answers
Who was awarded contract 80JSC024DA028?
80JSC024DA028 was awarded to Rhodium Scientific LLC by Johnson Space Center (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) on July 26, 2024.
How much is contract 80JSC024DA028 worth?
Orders under 80JSC024DA028 have obligated $453,797. Their combined current value, with exercised options, is $538,395. 80JSC024DA028's own ceiling is $9,900,000. A single order can be worth up to $9,900,000.
How many orders have been placed under contract 80JSC024DA028?
3 orders have been placed under 80JSC024DA028, the latest on July 21, 2026.
Who can order from contract 80JSC024DA028?
80JSC024DA028 is a single award indefinite delivery contract. Only the awarding agency can place orders on it.
Was contract 80JSC024DA028 competed?
The extent of competition for 80JSC024DA028 was full and open competition after exclusion of sources. The government received 1 offer.
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