The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $90,865 - Friday the 12th of August 2016
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI) PROPOSES TO ANALYZE ARCHIVAL SPITZER WARM MISSION EXOPLANET OBSERVATIONS WITH THE GOAL OF IMPROVING THE PRECISION OF STELLAR PHOTOMETRY DERIVED FROM THOSE OBSERVATIONS. BETTER PHOTOMETRY OF SECONDARY ECLIPSES WILL ENABLE BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE PHYSICAL PROCESSES IN EXOPLANETARY ATMOSPHERES. A VARIETY OF TECHNIQUES WILL BE INVESTIGATED ON HOW TO BEST MITIGATE THE DAMAGING EFFECTS ON PRECISION STELLAR PHOTOMETRY CAUSED BY INTRAPIXEL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY VARIATIONS, TELESCOPE POINTING DRIFT AND WOBBLE. ARCHIVAL SPITZER WARM MISSION IRAC 3.6 AND 4.6 MICRON OBSERVATIONS OF SINGLE BRIGHT STARS WILL BE USED TO CREATE NYQUIST-SAMPLED (OR BETTER) POINT RESPONSE FUNCTIONS (PRFS) FOR BOTH CHANNELS. THE NYQUIST-SAMPLED PRFS WILL SAMPLED TO CREATE HIGH-RESOLUTION (20X20) PHOTOMETRIC ERROR MAPS THAT SHOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE IRAC STELLAR APERTURE PHOTOMETRY OVER EXISTING PHOTOMETRIC ERROR MAPS PROVIDED BY THE SPITZER SCIENCE CENTER WHICH HAVE 1% ERRORS. DETECTOR RESPONSE FUNCTIONS (DRFS) OF THE IRAC CH1 AND CH2 CAMERAS DESCRIBE THE INTRAPIXEL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY WHICH IS CURRENTLY DESCRIBED WITH A 5X5 MATRIX PROVIDED BY THE IRAC INSTRUMENT TEAM. HIGH-RESOLUTION (0.05 PIXEL) DRFS OF CH1 AND CH2 WILL BE DERIVED FROM THE NYQUIST-SAMPLED PRFS USING MODEL POINT SPREAD FUNCTIONS (PSFS) CREATED WITH TINYTIM/SPITZER OR CODE V. A NEW SOFTWARE TOOL WILL BE DEVELOPED TO DO PRECISION APERTURE STELLAR PHOTOMETRY THAT WILL UTILIZE THE 20X20 PHOTOMETRIC ERROR MAPS; THIS TOOL WILL BE BASED ON THE PI'S CCDCAP APERTURE STELLAR PHOTOMETRY CODE WHICH WAS DEVELOPED AS PART OF HIS RESEARCH FOR NASA'S LONG-TERM SPACE ASTROPHYSICS (LTSA) PROGRAM. A NEW SOFTWARE TOOL WILL BE DEVELOPED TO DO PRECISION PRF-FITTING STELLAR PHOTOMETRY THAT WILL UTILIZE THE HIGH-RESOLUTION DRFS AND DISCRETE SYNTHETIC PSFS; THIS TOOL WILL BE BASED ON THE PI'S MPDZ STELLAR PHOTOMETRY CODE WHICH WAS DEVELOPED AS PART OF HIS RESEARCH FOR THE APPLIED INFORMATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH (AISR) PROGRAM. THE PI WILL WORK WITH CURRENT SPITZER EXOPLANET OBSERVERS AND MAKE AVAILABLE DEVELOPMENT (BETA) VERSIONS OF THE PROJECT SOFTWARE DURING THE COURSE OF THE PROJECT. THE SOFTWARE TOOLS DEVELOPED FOR THIS PROJECT AND ITS ATTENDING DOCUMENTATION WILL BE RELEASED TO THE GENERAL SPACE-SCIENCE COMMUNITY AT THE END OF THE PROJECT ON WEB SITES DEDICATED TO THIS PROJECT ON THE WEB SERVER OF THE NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY.

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• $44,010 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  AMES RESEARCH CENTER
  BASE DESCRIPTION THIS AWARD IS MULTIPLE YEAR AWARD TO NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY (NOAO) A SUBSIDIARY TO ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC. (AURA1) FOR PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR STEVE B. HOWELL FOR THE KEPLER PROJECT AWARDED UNDER AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF OPPORTUNITY (AO) NO. 00-OSS-02, KEPLER DISCOVERY ENTITLED PHOTOMETRIC SURVEY OF THE KEPLER TARGET REGION. PROPOSAL EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: THIS IS A PROPOSAL TO CARRY OUT A MULTI-BAND PHOTOMETRIC SURVEY OF THE KEPLER TARGET REGION USING CCD CAMERAS ON THE 48-INCH TELESCOPE AT THE SMITHSONIAN S F. L. WHIPPLE OBSERVATORY ON MT. HOPKINS, ARIZONA. THE RESULTS OF THE PHOTOMETRIC SURVEY WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE KEPLER INPUT CATALOG, TO BE DELIVERED BY 31 DECEMBER 2006. A TEAM OF SCIENTISTS FROM FIVE INSTITUTIONS HAVE BEEN ASSEMBLED TO CARRY OUT THE PHOTOMETRIC SURVEY&THE ASTROPHYSICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE RESULTS FOR INCLUSION IN THE KEPLER INPUT CATALOG. SEPARATE BUT COORDINATED PROPOSALS ARE BEING SUBMITTED FROM FOUR OF THESE INSTITUTIONS FOR THE WORK TO BE CARRIED OUT. I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR TESTING AND CALIBRATION OF THE CCD CAMERAS. THIS INCLUDES THE 4SHOOTER PRESENTLY BEING USED AND THE NEW CCD CAMERA SYSTEM TO BE CONSTRUCTED. NOAO WILL CONTINUE TO BE INVOLVED IN THE DATA COLLECTION AND REDUCTION PIPELINE EFFORT. NOAO WILL ALSO PROVIDE GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS WHICH WILL STUDY A CONTROL GROUP OF STARS WITHIN THE KEPLER FIELD OF VIEW AND DEVELOP THE OPTIC CCD CAMERA TO PROVIDE HIGH SPEED, AND HIGH PRECISION PHOTOMETRY OF TRANSITING SYSTEMS. STATEMENT OF WORK RESEARCH PROJECTS ARE: 1) DEVELOP THE REDUCTION&ANALYSIS TOOLS&FULLY PROCESS THE 2003 OBSERVATIONS, 2) CARRY OUT PRODUCTION OBSERVATIONS WITH THE 4SHOOTER IN 2004, 3) BUILD A NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART CCD CAMERA, 4) OBSERVE IN THE 2005&2006 SEASONS WITH THE NEW CAMERA, 5) STUDY THE KEPLER FIELD OF VIEW&TRANSIT CANDIDATES,&6) DELIVER INTERIM VERSIONS OF THE KEPLER INPUT CATALOG ANNUALLY.

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• $27,990 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  AMES RESEARCH CENTER
  BASE DESCRIPTION THIS AWARD IS MULTIPLE YEAR AWARD TO NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY (NOAO) A SUBSIDIARY TO ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC. (AURA1) FOR PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR STEVE B. HOWELL FOR THE KEPLER PROJECT AWARDED UNDER AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF OPPORTUNITY (AO) NO. 00-OSS-02, KEPLER DISCOVERY ENTITLED PHOTOMETRIC SURVEY OF THE KEPLER TARGET REGION. PROPOSAL EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: THIS IS A PROPOSAL TO CARRY OUT A MULTI-BAND PHOTOMETRIC SURVEY OF THE KEPLER TARGET REGION USING CCD CAMERAS ON THE 48-INCH TELESCOPE AT THE SMITHSONIAN S F. L. WHIPPLE OBSERVATORY ON MT. HOPKINS, ARIZONA. THE RESULTS OF THE PHOTOMETRIC SURVEY WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE KEPLER INPUT CATALOG, TO BE DELIVERED BY 31 DECEMBER 2006. A TEAM OF SCIENTISTS FROM FIVE INSTITUTIONS HAVE BEEN ASSEMBLED TO CARRY OUT THE PHOTOMETRIC SURVEY&THE ASTROPHYSICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE RESULTS FOR INCLUSION IN THE KEPLER INPUT CATALOG. SEPARATE BUT COORDINATED PROPOSALS ARE BEING SUBMITTED FROM FOUR OF THESE INSTITUTIONS FOR THE WORK TO BE CARRIED OUT. I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR TESTING AND CALIBRATION OF THE CCD CAMERAS. THIS INCLUDES THE 4SHOOTER PRESENTLY BEING USED AND THE NEW CCD CAMERA SYSTEM TO BE CONSTRUCTED. NOAO WILL CONTINUE TO BE INVOLVED IN THE DATA COLLECTION AND REDUCTION PIPELINE EFFORT. NOAO WILL ALSO PROVIDE GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS WHICH WILL STUDY A CONTROL GROUP OF STARS WITHIN THE KEPLER FIELD OF VIEW AND DEVELOP THE OPTIC CCD CAMERA TO PROVIDE HIGH SPEED, AND HIGH PRECISION PHOTOMETRY OF TRANSITING SYSTEMS. STATEMENT OF WORK RESEARCH PROJECTS ARE: 1) DEVELOP THE REDUCTION&ANALYSIS TOOLS&FULLY PROCESS THE 2003 OBSERVATIONS, 2) CARRY OUT PRODUCTION OBSERVATIONS WITH THE 4SHOOTER IN 2004, 3) BUILD A NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART CCD CAMERA, 4) OBSERVE IN THE 2005&2006 SEASONS WITH THE NEW CAMERA, 5) STUDY THE KEPLER FIELD OF VIEW&TRANSIT CANDIDATES,&6) DELIVER INTERIM VERSIONS OF THE KEPLER INPUT CATALOG ANNUALLY.

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• $17,820 - Tuesday the 31st of January 2012
  Smithsonian Institution
  SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY
  RENTAL OF WAREHOUSE SPACE

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