four replacement micropump heads on the Regenerative Fuel Cell Project Breadboard Test Article

NASA/NSSC has issued a Special Notice for the procurement of four replacement micropump heads for the Regenerative Fuel Cell Project Breadboard Test Article. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration published this total small business set-aside opportunity on July 2, 2025, with a response deadline of July 4, 2025. The procurement is structured as a sole source acquisition under FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), with NASA intending to award the contract to Burt Process Equipment, whom they have identified as the sole provider of these specific micropump heads. The NAICS code for this procurement is 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing), and the work will be performed at NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio.

The purpose of this Special Notice is to acquire specialized high-pressure deionized water pump heads that must meet stringent technical specifications for NASA's fuel cell research program. The micropump heads must provide controllable flow rates from 1 mL/minute to 500 mL/minute, withstand system pressures of at least 2500 psia, and operate with deionized water having resistivity between 16.5 and 18 MO-cm. Interested organizations may submit capability statements and qualifications by 4:00 p.m. Central Standard Time on July 4, 2025, though NASA retains sole discretion on whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The contractor must deliver the four pump heads within 12 weeks of order receipt to the Fuel Cell Research Laboratory at NASA Glenn Research Center. This procurement supports NASA's Regenerative Fuel Cell Project, which appears to be part of the agency's advanced energy storage and power generation research initiatives for aerospace applications.