UnDucted Un-Ducted Advanced Noise Control Fan (ANCF) Development Procurement

This Special Notice announces a sole source contract opportunity issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center. The notice seeks to further develop an UnDucted Advanced Noise Control Fan through procuring additional work from the University of Notre Dame's Notre Dame Turbomachinery Laboratory.

The objective is to negotiate with the University of Notre Dame as the sole source for modification of a government-owned Advanced Noise Control Fan. Interested parties have until March 19, 2024 to submit capability statements for consideration to convert the procurement to full and open competition, however the decision to compete the requirement is at the government's discretion. The University of Notre Dame is eligible based on completing the original contract tasks and owning required fan technology. The additional work includes adjustments to Tasks 3.2 and 4 from the original contract for inflation and lessons learned, exercising designs and manufacturing through June 2024.