NASA

Solicitation: 80ARC025AHRCM_RFI

https://sam.gov/opp/a21fcc219c794ad69f4e2cc1c03ef249/view

Posted Date: December 12, 2024

Response Due Date: February 07, 2025, 10:00 PM PST

Requested Information

• Descriptions of composite manufacturing techniques utilized, with applications demonstrating developed technical heritage by the interested party. Of particular interest are high-rate, large-scale manufacturing processes for thermoplastic and thermoset materials in aerospace applications.
• Non-Metallic materials testing conducted by the interested party, including details referencing developed mechanical properties, material properties, and non-destructive evaluation techniques.
• Demonstrated expertise of process development for non-metallic materials. Specific capabilities of interest are line modeling, in-situ process control, and process qualification.
• Applications of interest for applying high-rate thermoplastic and thermoset composite manufacturing processes.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) ARC is seeking capability statements from all interested parties, including all socioeconomic categories of Small Businesses and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)/Minority Institutions (MI), and members of the underserved communities as defined by Executive Order 13985, Advancing Racial Equity And Support For Underserved Communities Through The Federal Government, for the purposes of determining the appropriate level of competition and/or small business subcontracting goals for manufacturing process development of high-rate composites for aerospace applications. The Government reserves the right to consider a Small, 8(a), Women-owned (WOSB), Service Disabled Veteran (SD-VOSB), Economically Disadvantaged Women-owned Small Business (EDWOSB) or HUBZone business set-aside based on responses received.

NASA

Solicitation: 80GSFC240001RFI

https://sam.gov/opp/38006a139a464f58ae160a9b91fb9af5/view

Posted Date: December 10, 2024

Response Due Date: January 10, 2025, 11:59 PM EST

Responses should address at a high-level the following aspects of the alternate use case for Kodiak LiDAR hardware:

1. Repurpose: Describe how the NASA-developed property could be repurposed for an alternate use case. List potential modifications or adaptations to achieve a different function, improve technical performance, or develop a new application including the possible use as a test bed capability that can be further leveraged to mature ISAM or other capabilities.
2. Integration: Explain how the hardware could be integrated with existing hardware systems or infrastructure, for a ground or space-based application. Identify the sources of the other hardware and/or infrastructure for the alternate use case.
3. Advancement: Identify technological innovations or advancements that could be pursued by repurposing the property. Discuss how these advancements could contribute to the field of ISAM or promote American leadership in the space economy. Outline the potential economic, strategic, and societal benefits of the proposed use case.
4. Feasibility: Describe the challenges and uncertainties associated with the proposed use case. Identify specific risks, as well as technical, programmatic, and logistical considerations.
5. Infrastructure: Define the ground-based infrastructure needed to modify, integrate, and verify the alternate use case. Indicate if this infrastructure exists in the aerospace community and whether it is accessible.
6. Notional Readiness: Provide a notional timeline to implement the alternate use case, including key milestones and deliverables.
7. Collaboration: Identify the potential for collaboration with organizations such as industry, academia, investors, philanthropic organizations, other stakeholders and partners, as well as other federal agencies or state and local governments.
8. Resources: Provide a high-level listing of resource needs, including technical, financial, facility, and human resources, which may include the utilization of NASA’s knowledge, workforce, lab facilities, and other ground/test facilities required to achieve the alternate use cases, without providing a specific dollar estimate.