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Delivery order 80JSC025FA080RHODIUM SCIENTIFIC LLC

Overview

Award facts

Net obligations
$100K
$100,000of $100K potential value
Outlays (paid to date)
$100K
$100K paid of $100K obligated$100,000
Period of performance
Jan 29, 2025 to Jun 1, 2025
Ended
Modifications
0
Latest action Jan 29, 2025
Contract type
Delivery order
PIID 80JSC025FA080

Contract value is the most the government could spend; obligations are what it has legally committed; outlays are what it has actually paid.

Description of requirement

THE EXPERIMENT IS ENTITLED (NIGHT) AND INVOLVES GERMINATING GENE-EDITED SPACE TOMATO PLANTS TO STUDY GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN MICROGRAVITY, SPECIFICALLY INVESTIGATING MAGNETIC FIELD INFLUENCES ON ROOT GROWTH.

Dates and value

Award date
Signed on Jan 29, 2025
Current value
$100,000Base and exercised options
Potential value (if all options are exercised)
$100,000
Parent contract vehicle
80JSC024DA028 (IDC, single award) — 3 orders recorded under it

Obligations by fiscal year of action

  • FY2025: $100,000

Total across 1 fiscal year: $100,000

Source: Federal Procurement Data System contract actions as published by SAM.gov and USAspending.gov; latest action recorded Jan 29, 2025. View on USAspending · Recipient on SAM.gov

Recipient

NameRHODIUM SCIENTIFIC LLC
LocationHOUSTON, TX
UEIGSL2BE4KFWF8
CAGE code725H5
Business sizeSmall businessSize at award, per the contracting officer
Organization typeCorporate not tax exempt
Parent companyRHODIUM SCIENTIFIC LLC

Business types and certifications

Women-ownedWomen-owned small business (WOSB)Economically disadvantaged WOSB (EDWOSB)Self-certified small disadvantaged businessFor-profit organizationLimited liability companyCorporation (not tax-exempt)

Self-reported at the time of the action.

Agency and place

Awarding and funding

Awarded by
  1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  2. NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER
Funded by
  1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  2. NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER
Funded from
Cross agency support (reimbursable)Program activities080-0122Federal accounts (agency financial reports)

Place of performance

Place of performance
Houston, Harris County, Texas 77058-2505
Congressional district (place of performance)
TX-36As reported at the time of the action

Classification and competition

Classification

NAICS
541713RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN NANOTECHNOLOGY
Product or service (PSC)
AR12SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; APPLIED RESEARCH (research and development)

Competition

Extent competed
Full and open competition after exclusion of sourcesD
Solicitation procedures
Alternative sourcesAS
Set-aside
No set-aside used
Contract pricing
Firm fixed priceJ

Contract details

Subcontracting plan
Plan not requiredB
Cost Accounting Standards clause
Not applicable exempt from CASX
Certified cost or pricing data
No
Service Contract Act labor standards
Yes
Commercial procedures
Commercial products/servicesA
Government-furnished property
Transaction does not use GFE/GFPN
Bundled requirement
Not bundledH
Consolidated requirement
Not consolidatedD
Undefinitized action (terms not final)
No
Multi-year contract
No
Performance-based service acquisition
No - service where PBA is not used.N

Transaction history

Modification history

Base award
Jan 29, 2025Base obligation at award: $100,000
Latest action
Jan 29, 2025 — Base awardModification 0; obligation change +$100,000
Actions by type
  • Base award1
1 actions recorded, Jan 29, 2025 to Jan 29, 2025; each action counted once.

All contract data

All contract data

Every other field reported for this award, as of its latest reported action

Competition

Evaluation preference
No preference used
Local area set-aside
No
Simplified procedures for commercial items
No

Pricing and financing

Paid by purchase card
No
Latest action: change in base and exercised options
$100,000
Latest action: change in base and all options
$100,000

Socio-economic and policy

Inherently governmental functions
Other functionsOT
Recovered materials and sustainability
No clauses included and no sustainability includedC
EPA-designated product
Not requiredE
Clinger-Cohen Act planning (IT)
No

Place and origin

Domestic or foreign entity
U.S. owned businessA
Country of product or service origin
United statesUSA
Place of manufacture
Not a manufactured end productC

Structure

Award or IDV
Award
Award type
Delivery orderC
Parent vehicle type
IDCB
Parent vehicle: multiple or single award
Single awardS
Parent vehicle agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration8000
Awarding agency code
8000
Awarding sub-tier code
8000
Contracting office code
80JSC0
Transactions recorded under this award key
1

Funding

Funding agency code
8000
Funding sub-tier code
8000
Funding office code
80JSC0
Treasury accounts
  • 080-2024/2025-0122-000
Object classes
  • 25.5: Research and development contracts
Disaster or emergency funding (DEFC)
  • Q: Not Designated Nonemergency/Emergency/Disaster/Wildfire Suppression