# Award Notice - OAR Spaceflight Emissions Simulation

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/145044250024

- Solicitation number: 145044-25-0024
- Notice type: Award notice (first published as presolicitation)
- Status: Awarded to The Aerospace Corporation for $90,000.00
- Department: Department of Commerce
- Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Contracting office: Department of Commerce NOAA (1305M3)
- NAICS: 541690 Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Product or service code: R425 Engineering and Technical Services
- Place of performance: Boulder, Colorado
- County: Boulder County (FIPS 08013). https://abierto.us/counties/boulder-county-co-08013
- City: Boulder. https://abierto.us/cities/boulder-co-0807850
- First posted: August 12, 2025
- Last posted: September 17, 2025
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/7949747560a3468fbcfd3a350cc1ea9a/view

## Description

The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Western Acquisition Division (WAD) awarded a sole source, firm-fixed-price purchase order to The Aerospace Corporation with a 12-month period of performance under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1).

As part of the Earth’s Radiation Budget (ERB) Program, the proposed work addresses NOAA research goals to understand the impacts of human-caused aerosol injections by (1) creating an authoritative emissions database with widespread application to assessments of rocket and reentry emissions and (2) developing improved models of direct injections of aerosols into the atmosphere from future spaceflight operations, and (3) supporting analysis of model results and atmosphere measurements obtained during past and future NOAA research campaigns. The scope of services includes:

• Production of current and future inventories of global launches and reentries and associated emissions. The inventory will include gaseous (CO, CO2, OH, H2O, NO, N2O, unburned fuel) and particulate (BC, alumina, and other metallic compounds) emission components from current and proposed future space systems. • Collaboration with NOAA researchers to formulate detailed descriptions of spaceflight emissions as inputs for global atmosphere models. • Assist NOAA in the interpretation of global model simulations of the impacts of spaceflight emissions and of the data collected during airborne measurement campaigns that include air influenced by rocket or reentry emissions.

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: The Aerospace Corporation (UEI YA8LJBJCND19)
- Contract: 1305M325P0313, purchase order
- Obligated: $90,000.00
- Competition: Not Competed Under SAP, 1 offers received
- Link: award number 1305M325P0313 equals the contract number; same awarding office 1305M3 (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_1305M325P0313_1330_-NONE-_-NONE-/


## Publications

- August 12, 2025: Presolicitation, due August 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM EDT. Notice 598c4afcce564d07a4a2b2fe4d5179a3. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/598c4afcce564d07a4a2b2fe4d5179a3/view
- September 16, 2025: Justification. Notice 4c15f0066db34354b7ac6235b81247b7. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/4c15f0066db34354b7ac6235b81247b7/view
- September 17, 2025: Award notice. Notice 7949747560a3468fbcfd3a350cc1ea9a. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/7949747560a3468fbcfd3a350cc1ea9a/view

## Points of contact

- Hannah Montoya, hannah.montoya@noaa.gov

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