Goddard FAB BPA

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center established a Master BPA for fabrication services on November 6, 2015, with a five-year ordering period that closed on August 14, 2019. The vehicle is no longer active; ordering ended nearly seven years ago.

The BPA contracted precision aerospace fabrication of spaceflight and non-spaceflight hardware parts, instrument components, structures, fixtures, and assembly tools in materials including aluminum, titanium, high-strength steel, nickel alloy, engineering plastics, and composites. Work encompassed manufacturing to aerospace-grade tolerances per engineering drawings, assembly, technical interchange meetings for critical items, and emergency repair or modification of rejected parts. Approximately 40 percent of deliverables were designated critical items with impact on test, assembly, or launch schedules. ISO 9001 or AS9100 certification was required for spaceflight fabrication; non-flight work did not require certification.

The vehicle issued 20 task orders between December 2015 and August 2017, with ordering momentum concentrated in 2016 (17 orders). The combined potential value across all task orders was $349 thousand, fully obligated. Task order values ranged from under $1 thousand to approximately $109 thousand, with individual orders typically between $1,700 and $72,000. Competition was distributed across 12 small-business contractors. Biggs Tool & Die Inc. led by potential value at $169 thousand across two orders, followed by High-Tech Machine Co Inc. at $76 thousand and Podcon, Inc. at $72 thousand; the top five primes accounted for 98 percent of combined potential value. All task orders were designated total small-business set-asides, and all work was performed at vendor sites. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center was the sole customer agency.

This vehicle is not available for new work pursuit.

NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center has awarded a Master BPA with a five-year ordering period for the Advanced Manufacturing Branch (AMB) of the Goddard Space Flight Center. The Master BPA provides fabrication services and supplies to the Manufacturing Engineering Group in their respective areas of expertise for the development of instruments and spaceflight and non-spaceflight hardware interchangeable piece parts.