Justification, first published as special notice
Phasa-35 High-Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) Platform
80ARC025D0006
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA Ames Research Center. Other Support Activities for Air Transportation.
Awarded
$0.00 obligated so far on USAspending, July 22, 2025, contract 80ARC025D0006
Description
As published on SAM.gov.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Center (ARC) has awarded a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP), Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract 80ARC025D0006. This contract provides aviation services for High Altitude Long-Endurance (HALE) Systems Demonstration using the PHASA-35 platform, including payload integration (e.g., X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar), testing, and operations to support Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) remote sensing and sensor validation missions.
The award was made to Prismatic, Ltd. on July 22, 2025, under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1(a)(2), which states that full and open competition is not required when supplies or services required by the Agency are available from only one responsible source and no other type of supplies or services will satisfy the Agency requirements. The ordering period is from July 23, 2025, through April 17, 2030, with a maximum order limitation of $10,000,000.00. A redacted Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition (JOFOC) is attached to this notice.
The contract, on USAspending
Federal procurement data the awarding office reported to FPDS, matched to this solicitation by its number.
- Recipient
- Prismatic Ltd.
- UEI
- XPYCQFRBDZK8
- CAGE
- U2C20
- Vendor location
- Alton
- Contract
- 80ARC025D0006
- Obligated
- $0.00, potential $10,000,000
- Actions
- 2 between July 22, 2025 and June 29, 2026
- Competition
- Not Competed, 1 offer received
- Set-aside reported
- No Set Aside Used.
- Described as
- Provide Persistent High Altitude Solar Aircraft (Phasa) 35 High-Altitude Long-Endurance (Hale) Platform Services, Including Payload Integration, Testing, and Flight Operations, for Air Force Research Laboratory (Afrl) Remote Sensing Missions.
- Match
- solicitation number 80ARC025DA011 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 80ARC0 (high confidence)
- Record
- USAspending award page
Publications
Every notice SAM.gov issued under this solicitation number, oldest first. Each is a separate record on SAM.
Points of contact
- Joshua Taggartjoshua.d.taggart@nasa.gov6506040790
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