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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

RECOMMENDATION AND DETERMINATION TO SOLICIT FROM ONE SOURCE

OR BRAND NAME

PICK ONE

Sole Source:

☒I recommend that NASA, NASA Shared Services Center negotiate with NovaWurks only for DEMonstrating the Emerging Technologies for measuring Earth’s Radiation (DEMETER) Earth Radiation Budget : Mission Space Vehicle Development Activities The total estimated cost of this effort is and the estimated period of performance or lead-time for delivery is 12 months, with an additional executable option with a total estimated cost of and an estimated period of performance for the option of 12 months.

OR

Brand Name Justification:

☐I recommend that NASA, NASA Shared Services Center negotiate with only with vendors who can provide the subject brand name from Manufacture Name for Enter Supply or Service to be procured. The total estimated cost of this effort is Enter Dollar amount and the estimated period of performance or lead-time for delivery is Date.

This recommendation is for the acquisition of supplies or services determined to be reasonably available from only one source/only one manufacture. Competition is impractical for the following reasons (please answer the questions below):

1. What are the reasons for soliciting only the suggested source/suggested brand name? Please provide the unique characteristics of the items or services along with the supporting rationale and the market research performed to substantiate your reason for the suggested source/brand name.

NovaWurks is the only organization that has exclusive flight demonstration of a conformable small satellite Space Vehicle bus architecture, which utilizes HISats, which provide necessary capabilities to the payload elements such as active thermal control, onboard processing capability, carousels to articulate the payload, and ability to rapidly reconfigure to allow flight in multiple orbits. NovaWurks has most recently demonstrated this expertise with previous/current work under the NASA Athena/EPIC mission which is scheduled to launch in Q2 FY25.

Over the past 4 years, DEMETER’s technical and science personnel have obtained in-depth market research and knowledge via:1) participating in key technical and leadership roles on fligjt projects and also reviewing technical journals and scientific data from other NASA Earth Science Division (ESD) and ESTO projects: Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES), RBI and Libera instruments, as well as the pathfinder Earth Radiation Budget mission Athena.2) attending and presenting at multiple technical conferences to stay abreast of instrument calibration methods, technologies, and expected results.3) in 2022, responses were received by LaRC to a broadly released partnering opportunity in the areas of (a) High TRL, high reliability, COTS, space flight hardware that provide a configurable/conformable architectural solution with standard functionality, including but not limited to, active thermal control, on-board processing, communication, pointing, power and propulsion capabilities.

Peer review of the responses received identified NovaWurks as the only valid potential partner. This research resulted in ESTO awarding augmentation funding to the 2019 IIP DEMETER award in 2022.

2. What is the impact to the government if another vendor/brand is used? Include any dollar, schedule, or compatibility impacts if possible.

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The targeted launch date is Q3 FY28 which reflects an aggressive schedule. Utilizing another vendor would increase risk in meeting this date due to the knowledge and learning curve required from any other vendor as the hardware designs completed to date are intended to integrate with the NovaWurks HISat architecture. If that were to occur, the rework required would exceed $5M in terms of dollars and is not in the best interest of the Government due to budget constraints and schedule increases.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:

LaRC competed, and was selected, for this work as part of the NASA Science Mission Directorate Announcement of Opportunity (AO) via the Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO) IIP 2023. The competition for the overall DEMETER effort was obtained via selection by peer-review and executive panels. Langley identified, in the competitively selected proposal, NovaWurks as a team member to support the effort.

Technical User Name Date May 22, 2025

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