SATPC0039850 Tab 07 RDSS_redacted.pdf

This document is a NASA Shared Services Center Recommendation and Determination to Solicit from One Source form for a sole-source procurement. NASA recommends negotiating with the University of Central Florida Research Foundation and the Florida Space Institute for consulting hours for a lunar robotics project. The estimated period of performance is by October 2025, with the Exolith Lab at UCF being the only NASA-affiliated facility capable of producing lunar regolith simulants at the fidelity and volume required for Lunabiotics. The document justifies the sole-source selection by noting there are no other NASA-affiliated facilities available in the U.S. that can provide these specialized research services.

The form highlights the unique characteristics of the proposed source, specifically the Exolith Lab's capability to create lunar simulants as part of the NASA Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI), which involves work that cannot be duplicated elsewhere. The document is dated 9/5/2025 and was completed by a Research Scientist, indicating this is a forward-looking procurement for specialized scientific research support.