The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $977,074 - Wednesday the 18th of July 2012
  Department Of Navy
  NAVSUP FLT LOG CTR NORFOLK
  VLBA SUPPORT SERVICES

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• $83,837 - Wednesday the 23rd of May 2012
  Department Of Navy
  NAVSUP FLT LOG CTR NORFOLK
  MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT SERVICES

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• $79,967 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
  IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTIONS. "SEARCHING FOR MORE RADIO MILLISECOND PULSARS IN FERMI UNASSOCIATED SOURCES". THE FERMI GUEST INVESTIGATOR (GI) PROGRAM SOLICITS PROPOSALS FOR BASIC RESEARCH RELEVANT TO THE FERMI MISSION. THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THIS MISSION IS TO PERFORM 20 MEV TO>300 GEV GAMMA-RAY MEASUREMENTS OVER THE ENTIRE CELESTIAL SPHERE, WITH SENSITIVITY A FACTOR OF 30 OR MORE GREATER THAN THAT OBTAINED BY EARLIER SPACE MISSIONS. A SECONDARY GOAL INCLUDES THE STUDY OF TRANSIENT GAMMA-RAY SOURCES WITH ENERGIES EXTENDING FROM 8 KEV UP TO 300 GEV. THE FERMI GI PROGRAM IS INTENDED TO ENCOURAGE SCIENTIFIC PARTICIPATION BY PROVIDING FUNDING TO CARRY OUT INVESTIGATIONS USING FERMI DATA, TO CONDUCT CORRELATIVE OBSERVATIONS AT OTHER WAVELENGTHS, TO DEVELOP DATA ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES APPLICABLE TO THE FERMI DATA, AND TO CARRY OUT THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS IN SUPPORT OF FERMI OBSERVATIONS. INVESTIGATORS MAY APPLY FOR RADIO, OPTICAL, OR X-RAY OBSERVING TIME THROUGH JOINT PROGRAMS WITH THE NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY (NRAO), THE NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY (NOAO), OR THE SUZAKU GUEST INVESTIGATOR PROGRAM. THEY MAY ALSO APPLY FOR HIGH-END COMPUTING RESOURCES. INVESTIGATORS MAY PROPOSE FERMI POINTED OBSERVATIONS, BUT SUCH OBSERVATIONS WILL REQUIRE SCIENTIFIC JUSTIFICATION THROUGH SIMULATIONS AND EXPOSURE CALCULATIONS BECAUSE DEFAULT SURVEY MODE OBSERVATIONS WILL SATISFY THE SCIENTIFIC REQUIREMENTS OF MOST STUDIES. NEW FOR CYCLE 5: ADDITIONAL LAT DATA PRODUCTS, WHICH PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT NEW ANALYSIS CAPABILITIES FOR SHORT DURATION TRANSIENTS SUCH AS GAMMA-RAY BURSTS AND SOLAR FLARES, WILL BE AVAILABLE. THESE PROVIDE ENHANCED ACCEPTANCE, ESPECIALLY AT LOW ENERGIES, BUT WITH HIGH BACKGROUND CONTAMINATION. FERMI IS AN INTERNATIONAL AND MULTIAGENCY OBSERVATORY-CLASS MISSION THAT STUDIES THE COSMOS IN THE<10 KEV TO>300 GEV ENERGY RANGE. THE PRIMARY INSTRUMENT, THE LARGE AREA TELESCOPE (LAT), HAS A PEAK EFFECTIVE AREA (>8000 CM2), ANGULAR RESOLUTION (<3.5 AT 100 MEV,<0.15 ABOVE 10 GEV), FIELD-OF-VIEW (>2 SR), AND DEADTIME (<100 S PER EVENT) THAT PROVIDES A FACTOR OF 30 OR MORE ADVANCE IN SENSITIVITY COMPARED TO PREVIOUS MISSIONS. THE FERMI GAMMA-RAY BURST MONITOR (GBM) ALSO PROVIDES THE CAPABILITY FOR STUDYING TRANSIENT PHENOMENA, WITH A FIELD-OF-VIEW LARGER THAN THE LAT AND A SPECTRAL RANGE THAT EXTENDS FROM THE LAT S LOWER LIMIT DOWN TO LESS THAN 10 KEV. ALTHOUGH POINTED OBSERVATIONS ARE POSSIBLE, THE OBSERVATORY PRIMARILY SCANS THE SKY CONTINUOUSLY BECAUSE OF THE LAT S LARGE FIELD-OF-VIEW. IN SURVEY MODE - THE MAIN MODE OF OPERATION - FERMI PROVIDES NEARLY UNIFORM SKY EXPOSURE EVERY ~3 HOURS.

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• $789,398 - Thursday the 29th of March 2012
  Department Of Navy
  NAVSUP FLT LOG CTR NORFOLK
  SOFTWARE VLBI CORRRELATOR - PHASE I

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• $50,302 - Wednesday the 26th of September 2012
  Department Of Navy
  NAVSUP FLT LOG CTR NORFOLK
  MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT SERVICES

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• $11,554 - Wednesday the 15th of August 2012
  Smithsonian Institution
  SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY
  WR-12 POWER AMPLIFIER

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