Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition: Spacecraft Optical Navigation and Autonomy Modules (Contract 80ARC026C0006)
NASA Ames Research Center awarded a sole-source, firm-fixed-price commercial contract to EraDrive, Inc., of Palo Alto, California, on September 22, 2026. The contract covers two flight-qualified EraDrive Autonomy Modules, an optical hardware-in-the-loop stimulator, an EGSE kit with integration/test/verification/validation tooling, associated nonrecurring engineering, and engineering support services for GPS-independent PNT, autonomous onboard maneuver planning, and autonomous optical detection, identification, and orbit determination of resident space objects. The award amount is $11,925,000, with a total value including all options of $13,000,000, and the period of performance runs from September 23, 2026 through December 31, 2028. The action was awarded under FAR Part 12 commercial procedures using other than full and open competition, funded by the APFIT program through an Economy Act reimbursable interagency agreement, with NASA Ames as the servicing, awarding, and administering agency. This notice is informational only; it is not a request for proposals, no solicitation will be issued, and no response is required.