NASA Award: Next Generation Cell Culture Module Hardware for Certification and use on the ISS
Award – Jul 23, 2012
General Information
NAIS Posted Date: Jul 23, 2012
FedBizOpps Posted Date: Jul 23, 2012
Noncompetitive Action: Yes
Recovery and Reinvestment Act Action: No
Contract Award Date: Jul 19, 2012
Contract Award Number: NNA12AA74C
Solicitation Number: NNA12416240L
Contract Award Amount: 2100000
Contract Line Item Number: 001
Contractor: Tissue Genesis, Inc. (TGI) 677 Ala Moana Blvd. Suite 1100 Honolulu, Hawaii 96813-5419
Contractor DUNS Number: 106628808
Classification Code: A — Research and Development
NAICS Code: 541711 – Research and Development in Biotechnology
Contracting Office Address
NASA/Ames Research Center, JA:M/S 241-1, Moffett Field, CA 94035-0001
Description
NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) contracted for a modification of the Space Shuttle flown Cell Culture Module (CCM) hardware for certification and use on the International Space Station (ISS) in order to conduct on-orbit biology research.
This Space Shuttle-proven technology will enable long duration research with an automated system that also allows ISS crew intervention. The modification of the existing CCM will enable leveraging on existing technologies and hardware to fit within the limited time schedule and budget available to meet the near-term need date for use on-orbit. The resultant ISS certified hardware will preserve flight qualified and proven systems while reconfiguring the architecture for individual access to the biology for experiment initiation, refurbishment or sample storage and preservation.
The Cell Culture Module shall be used to culture eukaryotic and prokaryotic specimens to conduct cellular and microbiological experiments, biotechnology discovery studies, biotechnology bioassays, and pharmaceutical therapy validation studies on ISS. The Cell Culture Module will be a comprehensive incubation system with the capability to provide the scientist with the ability to conduct end-to-end specimen culturing and bio-treatments, as would be conducted for a similar experiment in the home laboratory. This capability will include the ability to run multiple iterations of the experiment in parallel for statistical analyses.
Point of Contact
Name: Jeremy R Messer
Title: Contract Specialist
Phone: 650-604-0667
Fax: 650-604-4646
Email: Jeremy.R.Messer@nasa.gov
Name: Justin C. Pane
Title: Contracting Officer
Phone: 650-604-5621
Fax: 650-604-0932
Email: justin.c.pane@nasa.gov
