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Definitive contract 80NSSC18C0101NUVOTRONICS, INC

Overview

Award facts

Net obligations
$749.95K
$749,953of $749.95K potential value
Outlays (paid to date)
$302.54K
$302.54K paid of $749.95K obligated$302,540
Period of performance
May 31, 2018 to Nov 30, 2020
Ended
Modifications
2
Latest action Apr 1, 2020
Contract type
Definitive contract
PIID 80NSSC18C0101

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

OVER THE COURSE OF THIS PROGRAM, NUVOTRONICS WILL DEVELOP OF A ROBUST WAFER-LEVEL CHIP INTEGRATION TECHNOLOGY USING OUR PROPRIETARY POLYSTRATA PROCESS TO ENABLE SUB-MILLIMETER MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CHIP (IC). THIS NEW PROCESS OFFERS A DISRUPTIVE WAFER LEVEL PACKAGING, CAPABLE OF MONOLITHICALLY INTEGRATING DIS-SIMILAR SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATES SUCH AS SILICON, SIGE, GAAS, GAN AND INP WHILE REDUCING THE INTERCONNECTS LOSSES AND REMOVING THE NEED WIREBONDS. USING THE 8 POLYSTRATA PROCESS ON WAFER, DIFFERENT CHIPS (LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS, PAS, MIXERS, SWITCHES) CAN BE MONOLITHICALLY INTEGRATED AND INTERCONNECTED USING COPPER MICROFABRICATION PROCESS TO CREATE A IC MODULE. TO DEMONSTRATE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE NEW WAFER LEVEL PACKAGING APPROACH, DURING THE PHASE II, NUVOTRONICS WILL LEVERAGE THE NEW PROCESS TO FABRICATE A COMPLETE W-BAND MONOLITHIC RADIOMETER IC. THE POLYSTRATA IC WILL BE SURFACE MOUNTABLE USING INDUSTRY STANDARD REFLOW PROCESS AND WILL NOT REQUIRE WIREBONDING, HIGH ACCURACY PLACEMENTS OR EXPENSIVE RF CIRCUIT BOARD. NUVOTRONICS AIMED IN THIS PROGRAM A REVOLUTIONIZING THE WAY MM-WAVE CIRCUIT ARE FABRICATED BY IMPROVING THE INTERCONNECTION PERFORMANCE UP TO 220 GHZ AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING THE PACKAGING COST.

Dates and value

Award date
Signed on May 31, 2018
Potential end of performance
Nov 29, 2020
Current value
$749,953Base and exercised options
Potential value (if all options are exercised)
$749,953

Obligations by fiscal year of action

  • FY2018: $749,953

Total across 1 fiscal year: $749,953

Source: Federal Procurement Data System contract actions as published by SAM.gov and USAspending.gov; latest action recorded Apr 1, 2020. View on USAspending · Recipient on SAM.gov

Recipient

NameNUVOTRONICS, INC
LocationRADFORD, VA
UEIHL7JT5QBBTE7
CAGE code5K5D0
Business sizeSmall businessSize at award, per the contracting officer
Organization typeCorporate not tax exempt
Parent companyCUBIC CORPORATION

Business types and certifications

For-profit organizationCorporation (not tax-exempt)Manufacturer of goods

As represented in SAM.gov at the time of the action.

Agency and place

Awarding and funding

Awarded by
  1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  2. NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
Funded by
  1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  2. NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
Funded from
Space technology (DIRECT)Program activities080-0131Federal accounts (agency financial reports)

Place of performance

Place of performance
Fairlawn, Pulaski County, Virginia 24141-8846
Congressional district (place of performance)
VA-09As reported at the time of the action

Classification and competition

Classification

NAICS
541715RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY)
Product or service (PSC)
AR11R&D- SPACE: AERONAUTICS/SPACE TECHNOLOGY (BASIC RESEARCH) (research and development)

Competition

Extent competed
Full and open competition after exclusion of sourcesD
Solicitation procedures
Negotiated proposal/quoteNP
Set-aside
Small business set aside - totalSBA
Contract pricing
Firm fixed priceJ
Offers received
500

Contract details

Subcontracting plan
Plan not requiredB
Cost Accounting Standards clause
No - CAS waiver approvedN
Certified cost or pricing data
No
Service Contract Act labor standards
No
Commercial procedures
Commercial item procedures not usedD
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
May 31, 2018Base obligation at award: $749,953
Latest action
Apr 1, 2020 — Other administrative actionModification P00002; administrative: no change in scope or value
Actions by type
  • Base award1
  • Other administrative action2
3 actions recorded, May 31, 2018 to Apr 1, 2020; 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
A-76 (FAIR Act) action
No

Pricing and financing

Paid by purchase card
No

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
Research program (SBIR/STTR)
Small business innovation research program phase ii actionSR2
Construction wage rates (Davis-Bacon)
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
Definitive contractD
Awarding agency code
8000
Awarding sub-tier code
8000
Contracting office code
80NSSC
Transactions recorded under this award key
3

Funding

Funding agency code
8000
Funding sub-tier code
8000
Funding office code
80NSSC
Treasury accounts
  • 080-2018/2019-0131-000
Object classes
  • 25.5: Research and development contracts
Disaster or emergency funding (DEFC)
  • Q: Not Designated Nonemergency/Emergency/Disaster/Wildfire Suppression