Utah Reusable Root Module (URRM)
Awarded Limited / Sole Source Justification Posted
- Solicitation number
- 80KSC025R0002
- Agency
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Kennedy Space Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- Contract number
- 80KSC025P0003 Federal contract award
- Awardee
- Utah State University
- NAICS code
- 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Place of performance
- Logan, Utah 84322, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
NASA's Kennedy Space Center published a sole source justification notice for the Utah Reusable Root Module (URRM), a specialized flight-ready, reusable space crop rooting module designed to integrate with NASA's Ohalo III test rig for growing crops on the International Space Station. The contract was awarded to Utah State University for an estimated value of $1.4 million with a performance period from April 1, 2025, through October 9, 2026. NASA justified the sole source award under FAR 6.302-1 because Utah State University developed unique proprietary processes, specialized skills, and exclusive knowledge for this technology through previous competitively awarded NASA research grants, including specialized solutions for water distribution, microgravity plant growth, and maintaining oxygen content in root zones that cannot be duplicated by other vendors. The URRM technology optimizes reusable peat growth media for multiple plant growth cycles and serves as a demonstration for continuous crop production in space. The contract requires Utah State University to complete the final design, documentation, fabrication, and delivery of the flight-ready URRM hardware that will support NASA's space agriculture research initiatives.
Notice text
JOFOC for NASA/KSC has a requirement for the final design, documentation, fabrication of the Utah Reusable Root Module (URRM), a flight-ready, reusable space crop rooting module, which integrates into NASA’s Ohalo III test rig to grow space crops on the International Space Station (ISS) as a demonstration for continuous crop production.
NASA/KSC intends to issue a sole source contract to acquire the URRM hardware from Utah State University (USU), 1000 Old Main HL, Logan, Utah 84322-100, in accordance with FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source.. The URRM technology was initially developed by USU under a competitively awarded NASA Research Grant. During the root module technology development process , USU acquired skills, knowledge, and expertise that uniquely qualify them to complete the final design, documentation, fabrication and delivery of the flight-ready URRM hardware which cannot be solicited through another vendor.
Awarded contract 80KSC025P0003 to unknown vendor for unknown amount on 2025-09-08.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Utah State Justification for Other than Full and Open Competition (JOFOC).pdf |
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| This notice | Limited / Sole Source Justification | |
| Utah Reusable Root Module (URRM) | Special Notice |
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