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08/07/2025- Amendment 1 Posted. RFP is hereby cancelled. 7/21/2025 - Final RFP Posted. Please See Attachments. All Offerors must contact the Contracting Officer AT LEAST 7 days prior to the proposal d... 08/07/2025- Amendment 1 Posted. RFP is hereby cancelled. 7/21/2025 - Final RFP Posted. Please See Attachments. All Offerors must contact the Contracting Officer AT LEAST 7 days prior to the proposal deadline, as stated in Section L of the RFP, prior to being able to submit a proposal. Offerors are highly encouraged to contact the Contracting Officer about their Box accounts as early as possible. Please read RFP provision Electronic Submission of Proposals – Proposal Marking and Delivery through NASA Box very carefully.

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NASA Glenn Research Center plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for developing a 10-Kilowatt Closed Brayton Cycle (CBC) Power Conversion System (PCS) Prototype for Fission Surface Power (FSP) p... NASA Glenn Research Center plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for developing a 10-Kilowatt Closed Brayton Cycle (CBC) Power Conversion System (PCS) Prototype for Fission Surface Power (FSP) project to provide power on the Lunar and potentially, Martian, surface. To support this effort, NASA intends to procure relevant CBC power conversion unit (PCS) test setup. The primary goal of this procurement is to develop industry experience and capability to reduce risk for a future flight procurement. This procurement will additionally provide NASA with valuable data and test hardware to support continued maturation of this technology. The basic requirements for the CBC PCS are a nominal turbine inlet temperature of 1100-1200 K, a nominal water coolant supply temperature of approximately 375 K, and a nominal alternator power output at these temperatures of 10 kW electrical. The system should utilize technologies compatible with a notional 10-year mission life as part of a fission space power system, however the delivered test article will not be required to have such stringent life requirements. The contractor is expected to deliver a complete electrically-heated CBC PCS test loop along with the necessary instrumentation for operation and performance verification, as well as a gas management system to supply the required working fluid and the electronics necessary to control the alternator and the heater. Upon delivery, the system will be integrated with NASA data acquisition and cooling water supply for further testing and technology development. The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial product or commercial service using FAR Part 12. The NAICS Code and Size Standard are 541715 Research and Development in the Physical Engineering, and Life Science (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) and the size standard in number of employees is 1,000 respectively. The anticipated release date of the RFP is on or about July 14, 2025, with an anticipated offer due date of on or about August 13, 2025. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered by the agency. NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at: https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/Procurement-Ombuds-Comp-Advocate-Listing.pdf If a solicitation is released, then it and any additional documents will be available on Sam.gov. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor this website for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Prospective offerors are encouraged to notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. All contractual and technical questions must be submitted electronically via email to Linda Nabors, Contracting Officer at linda.m.nabors@nasa.gov not later than July 14, 2025. Telephone questions will not be accepted.

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/Glenn Research Center (GRC) is hereby soliciting information from potential sources for 10-Kilowatt Closed Brayton Cycle (CBC) Power Conversion... The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/Glenn Research Center (GRC) is hereby soliciting information from potential sources for 10-Kilowatt Closed Brayton Cycle (CBC) Power Conversion System (PCS) Prototype for Fission Surface Power. The primary purpose of this acquisition is to design, manufacture, and test a CBC PCS unit to inform the requirements for a spaceflight fission power system. These activities are intended to increase confidence in the vendor’s ability to produce a CBC PCS. The secondary goal is to provide test hardware which can be used to investigate the long-term behavior of these systems and support testing of alternative hardware configurations, including power management and distribution elements. The basic requirements for the CBC PCU are a nominal turbine inlet temperature of 1100-1200 K, a nominal water coolant supply temperature of approximately 375 K, and a nominal alternator power output at these temperatures of 10 kW electrical. The system should utilize technologies compatible with a notional 10-year mission life as part of a fission space power system, however the delivered test article will not be required to have such stringent life requirements. The contractor is expected to deliver a complete electrically-heated CBC PCS test loop along with the necessary instrumentation for operation and performance verification, as well as a gas management system to supply the required working fluid and the electronics necessary to control the alternator and the heater. Upon delivery, the system will be integrated with NASA data acquisition and cooling water supply for further testing and technology development. The period of performance for hardware delivery shall be 18 months. NASA GRC 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) for the purposes of determining the appropriate level of competition and/or small business subcontracting goals for 10-Kilowatt CBC PCS Prototype for Fission Surface Power. 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. No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on SAM.gov. Interested firms are responsible for monitoring this website for the release of any solicitation or synopsis. Interested firms having the required capabilities necessary to meet the above requirement described herein should submit a capability statement of no more than 3 pages indicating the ability to perform all aspects of the effort including being able to meet the Government’s schedule. NASA also seeks inputs on the feasibility of the 18-month timeline from a manufacturing standpoint. Particularly, whether it is feasible to manufacture/procure the major custom-designed components (particularly the turbo-alternator-compressor (TAC) and heat exchangers) within the timeline requested. This input does not go towards the page limit referenced above. The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial product or commercial service using FAR Part 12. All responses shall be submitted electronically via email to Linda M Nabors, linda.m.nabors@nasa.gov no later than 5:00 PM EDT on June 2, 2025. Please reference 80GRC025R7013 in any response. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation.