Spacecraft Optical Navigation and Autonomy Modules Tender - 143437709

Procurement Summary

Country: USA

Summary: Spacecraft Optical Navigation and Autonomy Modules

Deadline: 01 Jul 2026

Posting Date: 17 Jun 2026

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Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 143437709

Document Ref. No.: 80ARC026R0008

Competition: ICB

Financier: Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership: Public

Tender Value: Refer Document

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Center (ARC) intends to negotiate and award a firm-fixed-price contract on a sole source basis to EraDrive, Inc. of Palo Alto, California, pursuant to 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1), as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements.
The Government intends to acquire commercial products and services using FAR Part 12.
NASA ARC, as servicing agency under an Economy Act reimbursable interagency agreement with another Federal agency, requires three (3) flight-qualified spacecraft autonomy modules, one optical hardware-in-the-loop stimulator, and one electrical ground support equipment (EGSE) kit with integration, test, verification, and validation tooling, together with associated nonrecurring engineering and engineering support services. The modules are integrated hardware and software systems providing vision-based, Global Positioning System (GPS) independent positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT); autonomous onboard maneuver planning; and autonomous optical detection, identification, and orbit determination of resident space objects.
EraDrive, Inc. is the only known responsible source capable of satisfying this requirement. The required capability was demonstrated on orbit aboard NASA's Starling small spacecraft swarm and is the only known GPS-independent optical navigation and autonomy capability of its kind with demonstrated flight heritage. EraDrive holds proprietary rights to the flight software and algorithms, and the Government does not possess rights in the technical data or software sufficient to enable performance by another source. Award to any other source would require duplicative redevelopment and on-orbit revalidation of the capability at substantial cost to the Government not expected to be recovered through competition, and would result in unacceptable delays inconsistent...
Notice ID: 80arc026r0008

Department/Ind. Agency: national aeronautics and space administration

Sub-tier: national aeronautics and space administration

Office: nasa ames research center

Product Service Code: 6605 - navigational instruments

NAICS Code: 334511 - Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing

Inactive Dates: jul 16, 2026

Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date

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