Consulting and Development Services

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center (NASA NSSC) has issued a Special Notice for a sole source contract with Quantum Computing Inc. (QCI) for Consulting and Development Services. The notice pertains to a specific procurement at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center involving quantum computing consulting services. The contract is structured under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Parts 12 and 13, utilizing commercial items and services provisions. The procurement falls under NAICS code 541511 for Custom Computer Programming Services. The sole source justification centers on QCI's unique capabilities in quantum computing, specifically their ability to provide a fully commercialized quantum computing optimization platform that operates at room temperature and low power.

Contractors interested in this opportunity must submit their capabilities and qualifications in writing by December 5, 2024, at 7 a.m. Central Standard Time to procurement specialist Shanna Patterson. The specific scope of work includes 64 hours of consulting services to develop a Quadratic Unconstrained Binary Optimization (QUBO) algorithm for interferometric synthetic aperture radar data phase unwrapping, plus 20 hours of access to Dirac-3 computing devices. The contract is critical for supporting a research grant ending in fiscal year 2025 and is valued at over $100,000. While written submissions will be evaluated to potentially determine if the procurement should be competitive, the final decision remains at the government's discretion. Oral communications are not accepted, and the NASA Ombudsman clause 1852.215-84 applies to this acquisition. The work is to be completed by September 30, 2025, and will be performed via electronic delivery to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.