NASA [Stmd] Release of the NASA Space Technology “Announcement of Collaboration Opportunity (ACO), 80HQTR22SOA01

With this ACO, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) continues to embrace partnerships to achieve its strategic goals for expanding capabilities and opportunities in space. NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) is seeking potential partnerships that will focus on advancing commercially-developed technologies (through use of NASA unique resources on a no-exchange-of-funds basis) that can benefit both the commercial and government use of space. 

NASA is seeking to provide technical expertise, test facilities, hardware, and software from across NASA Centers to accelerate the development and availability of these technologies and reduce costs associated with their implementation and use. 

For this ACO, STMD is inviting proposals for developing commercial capabilities in these following topics (see section 1.3 of the ACO for full details):

Topic 1: Cislunar/Lunar Surface Infrastructure & Capabilities

Topic 2: In-Space Infrastructure & Capabilities

Eligibility: U.S. For-Profit Entity. See section 3.0 of the ACO for full list of eligibility requirements/restrictions.

This AFPP will utilize a two-step proposal and peer/technical review evaluation process, where Step 1 is a Mini Proposal (MP) submitted via NSPIRES. Those offerors submitting the most highly rated MPs will be invited to submit a final proposal. All proposals must be submitted electronically through NSPIRES by an authorized organizational representative (AOR).

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The complete announcement may be found online at the NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System (NSPIRES):

https://tinyurl.com/2022ACO

Questions and comments about this solicitation should be submitted via email to: HQ-STMD-ACO@nasaprs.com