Cooperative Agreement Notice

Belinda Triplett serves as a key procurement professional at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, supporting the development and acquisition of advanced propulsion systems, space vehicle technologies, and mission-critical scientific instrumentation. She plays a central role in executing strategic acquisitions aligned with the Center’s mission to enable deep space exploration, including Moon-to-Mars architecture development and real-time propulsion testing infrastructure. Her portfolio primarily encompasses research and development services, guided missile and space vehicle propulsion systems, and specialized aerospace instrumentation, ensuring technical rigor and mission readiness across high-stakes NASA programs. Triplett engages with a diverse ecosystem of prime contractors and technical service providers, including firms specializing in aerospace engineering, systems integration, and computational modeling for propulsion analysis. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently partners with organizations possessing deep expertise in rocket engine design, guidance and navigation systems, and high-fidelity simulation environments. Her contracting approach emphasizes technical capability, past performance, and innovation, fostering long-term collaborations with vendors capable of meeting NASA’s stringent reliability and performance standards. Her procurement patterns reflect a strong preference for open competition, with 93.9% of acquisitions issued without set-aside restrictions. Nevertheless, she maintains a measured commitment to small business participation, with approximately 4.1% of awards directed to HUBZone firms and 2.0% to total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating alignment with federal socioeconomic goals without compromising mission-critical requirements. Triplett’s primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541715 (R&D in physical and engineering sciences) and 541990 (professional scientific services), followed by 336415 (propulsion unit manufacturing) and 334511 (aerospace navigation systems). She routinely procures advanced propulsion test hardware, flight-grade avionics, data acquisition systems, and mission simulation software—reflecting deep technical expertise in spaceflight propulsion, guidance systems, and mission-critical aerospace engineering domains.