The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $927,332 - Friday the 24th of February 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
  THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO PROVIDE COMPUTER SYSTEM MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING THE OPERATING SYSTEM AND APPLICATION SOFTWARE, THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING DATA ANALYSIS SYSTEMS, AND THE ENGINEERING EFFORTS THAT DEVELOP NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTATION FOR SPACE AND EARTH SCIENCES RESEARCH AT THE GSFC.

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• $922,089 - Wednesday the 19th of September 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
  THIS CONTRACT IS TO DESIGN, DEVELOP, FABRICATE, INTEGRATE, TEST, SHIP, PROVIDE LAUNCH SUPPORT, CONDUCT ON-ORBIT CHECKOUT OPERATIONS AND PROVIDE SUSTAINING ENGINEERING SUPPORT FOR TWO TRACKING DATA RELAY SATELLITE (TDRS) SPACECRAFT. THE CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS ALSO INCLUDE THE DESIGN, ASSEMBLE, TEST, INSTALL AND VERIFICATION OF MODIFICATIONS TO THE WHITE SANDS COMPLEX NECESSARY TO MAKE THE GROUND TERMINALS FULLY COMPATIBLE WITH THE TDRS K PROGRAM SPACECRAFT DESIGN. THE CONTRACT ALSO INCLUDES OPTIONS FOR TWO ADDITIONAL SPACECRAFT.

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• $82,371 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA HEADQUARTERS
  SOLAR AND HELIOSPHERIC SUPPORTING RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY (SR&T) AND LOW COST ACCESS TO SPACE (LCAS) PROGRAM IN RESPONSE TO NASA RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT (NRA) NNH09ZDA001N FOR RESEARCH AND OPPORTUNITIES IN SPACE AND EARTH SCIENCE -2009 (ROSES-2009). PROPOSAL ENTITLED: "INVESTIGATION OF THE LOW-ENERGY CUTOFF IN SOLAR FLARES." PRINCIPLE INVESTIGATOR IS DR. JACK IRELAND. THE SOLAR AND HELIOSPHERIC PHYSICS (SHP) PROGRAM HAS AS ITS OBJECTIVE THE COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF ALL FIVE SOLAR AND HELIOSPHERIC RESEARCH AREAS, NAMELY: SOLAR INTERIOR; SOLAR PHOTOSPHERE; SOLAR CHROMOSPHERE AND CORONA; INNER HELIOSPHERE; AND OUTER HELIOSPHERE AND THE INTERSTELLAR BOUNDARY. THESE STUDIES SUPPORT NASA S STRATEGIC GOAL TO UNDERSTAND THE SUN AND ITS EFFECTS ON EARTH AND THE SOLAR SYSTEM. THIS PROPOSAL ALLOWS PLACING LIMITS AND A PROBABILITY ESTIMATE ON THE TOTAL FLUX AND ENERGY CONTENT OF THE ACCELERATED ELECTRONS IN SOLAR FLARES. THIS PROPOSAL CAREFULLY EXAMINES RHESSI-OBSERVED FLARE SPECTRA TO BETTER DETERMINE FLARE-INJECTED ELECTRON FLUX SPECTRA MODELS IN THE PRESENCE OF THE OBSCURING EFFECTS OF NOISE, THERMAL EMISSION AND THE PHOTOSPHERIC ALBEDO. THIS IS DONE BY CONSIDERING A SET OF FLARES THAT SHOW EVIDENCE OF LOW ENERGY CUTOFFS DESPITE THESE EFFECTS. THE ANALYSIS METHOD PROPOSED IS IDEALLY SUITED TO TESTING COMPETING HYPOTHESES THAT EXPLAIN FEATURES IN OBSERVED DATED. WE WILL DETERMINE HOW WELL RHESSI CAN MEASURE THE FLARE-INJECTED ELECTRON SPECTRUM IN THE REGION BELOW A DETECTABLE LOW ENERGY CUTOFF, ASSUMING A COLLISIONAL THICK TARGET MODE. WE WILL FIND WHICH MODEL OF THE FLARE-INJECTED ELECTRON SPECTRUM BEST DESCRIBES THE DATA OVER THE ENTIRE OBSERVED ENERGY RANGE. FURTHER, WE WILL DETERMINE THE UNCERTAINTY IN THE PRESENCE AND LOCATION OF THE LOW ENERGY CUTOFF IN ENERGY FOR FLARES WHERE THE PHOTOSPHERIC ALBEDO IS IMPORTANT. BY IMPROVING OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE FLARE-INJECTED ELECTRON SPECTRUM WE WILL OBTAIN BETTER ESTIMATES OF THE TOTAL ELECTRON ENERGY CONTENT IN THE FLARE, ALONG WITH A PROBABILITY THAT THE ESTIMATE IS CORRECT.

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• $79,704 - Wednesday the 30th of January 2013
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA HEADQUARTERS
  IGF::CL::IGF CLOSELY ASSOCIATED NRA ENTITLED: VALUE ADDED SERVICES FOR VXOS: ADVANCED DATA QUERIES USING PARAMETER VALUES. THE VIRTUAL SOLAR OBSERVATORY (VSO) IS A SERVICE THAT ALLOWS USERS TO QUERY MULTIPLE DISTRIBUTED ARCHIVES OF SOLAR DATA THROUGH A SINGLE INTERFACE. THE ADVANTAGE OF THIS APPROACH IS THAT USERS QUERY A SINGLE SERVICE TO ACCESS DATA FROM MANY DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS. A TYPICAL QUERY BEGINS WITH A USER PICKING ONE OR MORE INSTRUMENTS AND AN OBSERVATION TIME RANGE. THE USER CAN VARY THE QUERY BY CHANGING INSTRUMENTS, PROVIDERS, TIME RANGE OR OBSERVABLE. THERE ARE A LARGE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT DATA, EACH WITH THEIR OWN DUTY CYCLES, AVAILABILITY, AND SCIENTIFIC GOALS. THE NEW, EASY AVAILABILITY OF THIS VAST AMOUNT OF DIVERSE DATA PRESENTS A NEW CHALLENGE: HOW DOES A USER FIND THE PARTICULAR DATA THEY ARE INTERESTED IN? IN ORDER TO MAKE FULL USE OF ALL THE VSO-PROVIDED DATA, THE USER MUST HAVE A GUIDE TO ASSIST THEM IN FINDING THE DATA THEY REALLY WANT, WHILST ALSO HAVING THE FLEXIBILITY AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIND OTHER DATA THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW WAS RELEVANT BEFORE THEY STARTED. THIS LEADS TO THE RATIONALE FOR THIS PROPOSAL: BY PROVIDING SIMPLE AND INTUITIVE SERVICES TO EXPLORE THE DATA, THE USER IS BETTER ABLE TO FIND THE DATA THEY NEED TO ATTAIN THEIR SCIENCE GOALS. WE PROPOSE TO CREATE SUPERLATIVE DATA BROWSING AND ACQUISITION TOOLS BY COMBINING THE DATA PROVISION CAPABILITIES OF THE VSO AND OTHER SERVICES, WITH EXPANDED DATA VISUALIZATION SERVICES DELIVERED BY THE HELIOVIEWER PROJECT.

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• $786,160 - Friday the 24th of February 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
  THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO PROVIDE COMPUTER SYSTEM MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING THE OPERATING SYSTEM AND APPLICATION SOFTWARE, THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING DATA ANALYSIS SYSTEMS, AND THE ENGINEERING EFFORTS THAT DEVELOP NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTATION FOR SPACE AND EARTH SCIENCES RESEARCH AT THE GSFC.

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• $6,680,593 - Saturday the 1st of December 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
  IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTIONS THE SESDA III CONTRACT WILL SUPPORT THE SCIENCE AND EXPLORATION DIVISION (SED) BY PROVIDING A BROAD RANGE OF RESEARCH SCIENCE DISCIPLINES, ENGINEERING, IT SERVICES, AND OTHER SERVICES TO THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA), GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (GSFC).

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• $626,868 - Tuesday the 22nd of November 2011
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
  THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO PROVIDE COMPUTER SYSTEM MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING THE OPERATING SYSTEM AND APPLICATION SOFTWARE, THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING DATA ANALYSIS SYSTEMS, AND THE ENGINEERING EFFORTS THAT DEVELOP NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTATION FOR SPACE AND EARTH SCIENCES RESEARCH AT THE GSFC.

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• $577,198 - Friday the 28th of September 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
  THIS CONTRACT IS TO DESIGN, DEVELOP, FABRICATE, INTEGRATE, TEST, SHIP, PROVIDE LAUNCH SUPPORT, CONDUCT ON-ORBIT CHECKOUT OPERATIONS AND PROVIDE SUSTAINING ENGINEERING SUPPORT FOR TWO TRACKING DATA RELAY SATELLITE (TDRS) SPACECRAFT. THE CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS ALSO INCLUDE THE DESIGN, ASSEMBLE, TEST, INSTALL AND VERIFICATION OF MODIFICATIONS TO THE WHITE SANDS COMPLEX NECESSARY TO MAKE THE GROUND TERMINALS FULLY COMPATIBLE WITH THE TDRS K PROGRAM SPACECRAFT DESIGN. THE CONTRACT ALSO INCLUDES OPTIONS FOR TWO ADDITIONAL SPACECRAFT.

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• $5,042,310 - Saturday the 1st of December 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
  IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTIONS THE SESDA III CONTRACT WILL SUPPORT THE SCIENCE AND EXPLORATION DIVISION (SED) BY PROVIDING A BROAD RANGE OF RESEARCH SCIENCE DISCIPLINES, ENGINEERING, IT SERVICES, AND OTHER SERVICES TO THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA), GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (GSFC).

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• $44,528 - Wednesday the 2nd of May 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
  THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO PROVIDE COMPUTER SYSTEM MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING THE OPERATING SYSTEM AND APPLICATION SOFTWARE, THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING DATA ANALYSIS SYSTEMS, AND THE ENGINEERING EFFORTS THAT DEVELOP NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTATION FOR SPACE AND EARTH SCIENCES RESEARCH AT THE GSFC.

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