Goddard FAB BPA

The Goddard Fabrication (FAB) Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) is a multi-award contract vehicle established by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to support the Advanced Manufacturing Branch's comprehensive fabrication requirements. The Master BPA provides fabrication services and supplies for developing spaceflight and non-spaceflight hardware, instrument components, and interchangeable piece parts. Contractors are required to manufacture precision aerospace components using advanced machining techniques, with the capability to work with diverse materials including aluminum, titanium, high-strength steel, nickel alloy, engineering plastics, and composites.

The BPA task orders are predominantly small business set-asides, with individual call orders typically ranging from zero to approximately $110,000 in value. Most task orders are for vendor-site fabrication of commercial services and supplies, focusing on manufacturing engineering support for NASA project missions. Contractors must demonstrate the ability to produce parts with aerospace industry tolerances, with spaceflight-related fabrications requiring ISO 9001 or AS9100 compliance. The contract encompasses a wide range of manufacturing capabilities, including conventional and numerically controlled machining, sheet metal work, and welding fabrication. The place of performance is consistently at the vendor's facility, with an ordering period that originally spanned from November 2015 to August 2019. Approximately 40% of the work is considered critical, having significant implications for test schedules, assembly processes, and potential launch timelines.