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W -- Notice of Sole Source Justification: Velo3D Sapphire Additive Manufacturing System 1-Year Lease

Notice Date

4/10/2023 8:15:37 AM
 

Notice Type

Justification
 

NAICS

333248 —
 

Contracting Office

NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER HUNTSVILLE AL 35812 USA
 

ZIP Code

35812
 

Solicitation Number

23-77
 

Archive Date

05/10/2023
 

Point of Contact

Yong Castillo, Sadie Moulton
 

E-Mail Address

yong.h.castillo@nasa.gov, sadie.m.moulton@nasa.gov
(yong.h.castillo@nasa.gov, sadie.m.moulton@nasa.gov)
 

Award Number

80MSFC23CA012
 

Award Date

03/31/2023
 

Description

NASA/MSFC awarded a sole source contract to Velo3D Inc., for a one-year lease of a Velo3D Sapphire Metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) System.�The Velo3D Sapphire system is currently being used, or evaluated for potential use, by engine suppliers to manufacture flight components for both the Human Landing System (HLS) and SLS vehicles. NASA will play a critical role in reviewing and approving supplier data in support of safety of flight rationale for these vehicles.�MSFC must have hands-on experience with the Velo3D Sapphire machine to fulfill its responsibility to provide certification guidance and contribute to NASA�s understanding of the supplier rationale supporting flight safety. An AM machine other than the Velo3D Saphhire system cannot contribute to the risk reduction purpose of this lease, regardless of the capabilities of other AM machine vendors. The NASA Engineering Safety Center (NESC) is the project manager for this action. The NESC has identified AM on propulsion hardware as a particularly high area of risk requiring independent evaluation. During the lease term, NASAMSFC�s Advanced Manufacturing Branch (EM-42) will be conducting extensive testing and study of the Velo3D Sapphire machine to inform review and approval of system certification and safety rationale for space flight components manufactured on this particular AM system.
 

Web Link

SAM.gov Permalink
(https://sam.gov/opp/afd741a411554f30aab725a1eefe8ddb/view)
 

Place of Performance

Address: Huntsville, AL 35812, USA

Zip Code: 35812

Country: USA
 

Record

SN06645352-F 20230412/230410230107 (samdaily.us)
 

Source

SAM.gov Link to This Notice
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