The University of Alabama at Birmingham has been awarded a $37 million contract by NASA to provide the agency with hardware and software systems capable of maintaining "temperature-critical science materials" aboard Artemis spacecraft.

According to NASA, the Lunar Freezer System contract is an "indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity award with cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery orders."

UAB was selected after NASA engineers evaluated the proposals submitted. The agency's source selection authority chose the school after reviewing the evaluation material based on the evaluation criteria contained in the request for proposals.

The contract begins on December 4, with a 66-month base period along with two optional periods that could extend the award through June 3, 2033.

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