Recovery.gov: Commercial Crew Development: Sierra Nevada Corporation

Award – Mar 23, 2010

General Information

NAIS Posted Date: Mar 23, 2010
FedBizOpps Posted Date: Mar 23, 2010
Noncompetitive Action: No
Recovery and Reinvestment Act Action: Yes
Contract Award Date: Jan 30, 2010
Contract Award Number: NNJ10TA04S
Solicitation Number: JSC-CCDev-1
Contract Award Amount: 20000000
Contract Line Item Number: 001
Contractor: Sierra Nevada Corporation, 1722 Boxelder Street, Louisville, CO 80027-3008
Classification Code: A — Research and Development
NAICS Code: 541712 – Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)

Contracting Office Address

NASA/Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston Texas, 77058-3696, Mail Code: BT

Description

This action has been awarded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. In compliance with this Act, the Government posts this notice that NNJ10TA04S was awarded as a firm fixed priced competitive Space Act Agreement using NASA’s Space Act authority and Recovery Act funds to stimulate effort within the private sector to develop and demonstrate human spaceflight capabilities. This effort is intended to foster entrepreneurial activity leading to job growth in engineering, analysis, design, and research, and to economic growth as capabilities for new markets are created. Sierra Nevada Corporation’s investment is with the development of a human-rated spacecraft vehicle that is fully reusable, pressurized, and capable of transporting humans to Low-Earth-Orbit (LEO) and return to earth along a 1.5g glide path and land horizontally. This spacecraft called “Dream Chaser” has already undergone 6 years of design maturity using the Company’s internal research and development funding and a previous unfunding NASA SAA in 2007.

Point of Contact

Name: Timothy A. Boyes
Title: Contracting Officer
Phone: 281-483-1838
Fax: 281-483-0503
Email: timothy.a.boyes@nasa.gov