The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $95,000 - Thursday the 1st of December 2011
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  AMES RESEARCH CENTER
  KEPLER DATA MANAGEMENT CENTER (PHASE E)

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• $94,744 - Friday the 28th of August 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  1. DESCRIBE UNIQUE, INNOVATIVE, AND MERITORIOUS METHODS, APPROACHES, OR CONCEPTS DEMONSTRATED BY THE PROPOSAL. THE OFFEROR IS UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO DO THE WORK PROPOSED, HAVING PERFORMED SIMILAR OBSERVATIONS AND ANALYSIS OVER MANY YEARS USING THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE. THE UTILIZATION OF A LARGE EUROPEAN SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY THROUGH THE KEPLER ASTEROSEISMIC SCIENCE CONSORTIUM (KASC) ENABLES A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF WORK TO BE ASSIGNED FOR GENERAL RESEARCH, BUT WITH IMPORTANT FEEDBACK TO THE KEPLER MISSION REGARDING THE SIZE OF THE TARGET STAR, ENABLING BOTH A SEPARATION OF STELLAR DWARFS FROM GIANTS AS WELL AS IMPROVED ESTIMATES OF STELLAR DIAMETERS RESULTING IN A BETTER DETERMINATION OF PLANETARY DIAMETERS. 2. OVERALL SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL, OR SOCIOECONOMIC MERITS OF THE PROPOSAL. THE PROPOSAL PROVIDES FOR THE ANALYSIS OF INTRINSIC STELLAR VARIABILITY (ASTEROSEISMOLOGY), WHICH IS AN IDENTIFIED GOAL OF THE KEPLER MISSION. THE OFFEROR IS THE CHAIR OF THE KEPLER STEROSEISMIC INVESTIGATION TEAM, AND HAS RESEARCHED THIS FIELD FOR MORE THAN A DECADE. THE WORK PROPOSED WILL SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE CHARACTER AND TYPES OF STARS HOSTING PLANETARY SYSTEMS, AS WELL AS SUBSTANTIALLY ADVANCING THE INDEPENDENT KNOWLEDGE OF ASTROPHYSICS. THE PROPOSAL ENHANCES INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO KEPLER DATA TO A LARGE EUROPEAN SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY. 3. POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION OF THE EFFORT TO THE AGENCY'S SPECIFIC MISSION. INTEREST IN EXOPLANETS (PLANETS BEYOND OUR SOLAR SYSTEM) IS A GROWING FIELD OF INTEREST AND IS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THE NASA STRATEGIC PLAN. THE WORK PROPOSED HERE SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVES THE ABILITY OF THE KEPLER MISSION TO MEET ITS MISSION OBJECTIVES. IT IS FOR THIS REASON THAT THE OFFEROR WAS IDENTIFIED IN KEPLER'S SUCCESSFUL RESPONSE TO THE DISCOVERY MISSION #10 AO, AND WAS FORMALLY APPROVED AS A KEPLER CO-INVESTIGATOR. 4. THE OFFEROR'S CAPABILITIES, RELATED EXPERIENCE, FACILITIES, TECHNIQUES, OR UNIQUE COMBINATIONS OF THESE THAT ARE INTEGRAL FACTORS FOR ACHIEVING THE PROPOSAL OBJECTIVES. THE OFFEROR HAS BEEN ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THIS FIELD OF RESEARCH FOR MANY YEARS, LARGELY AT THE FOREFRONT. HE IS EXPERIENCED IN THE FIELD OF PHOTOMETERY AND HAS APPLIED HIS TECHNIQUES TO NUMEROUS HST OBSERVATIONS. DR. GILLILAND IS EXPERIENCED AT WORKING WITH THE HST USER COMMUNITY AND HENCE IS UNIQUELY QUALIFIED TO FILL THE KEPLER LIAISON ROLE TO THE ASTEROSEISMOLOGY COMMUNITY. ADDITIONALLY, DR. GILLILAND PROVIDES THE MISSION WITH A UNIQUE ACCESS TO THE HST FOR FOLLOW-UP OBSERVING OF HIGH PRIORITY TARGETS, AND HAS INDEPENDENTLY DEVELOPED PHOTOMETRIC ALGORITHMS TO SEARCH FOR PLANETS, WHICH WILL BE USED TO INDEPENDENTLY VALIDATE THE PERFORMANCE AND FINDINGS OF THE PRIMARY KEPLER PIPELINE ALGORITHMS.

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• $8,700,000 - Thursday the 26th of January 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
  THE PRIMARY ACTIVITIES COVERED BY THIS EFFORT SPAN THE MAJOR PHASES OF THE MISSION BEGINNING WITH FORMULATION THROUGH DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING, AND ENDING ONE YEAR AFTER LAUNCH WITH THE INITIATION OF THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE (JWST) SCIENCE PROGRAM. THESE MAJOR ACTIVITIES ARE SEPARATED INTO THE BASELINE PROGRAM AND SPECIAL STUDIES. THE BASELINE PROGRAM INCLUDES: A. MISSION REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS AND OBSERVATORY/MISSION DESIGN SUPPORT INCLUDING: TRADESTUDY GENERATION, SCIENCE AND OPERATIONS IMPACT ANALYSIS, SCIENCE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SUPPORT, AND DESIGN REFERENCE MISSION ANALYSIS. B. GROUND SEGMENT DEVELOPMENT, TESTING, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS INCLUDING: OPERATIONS SUPPORT OF SI, FGS, ISIM, AND OBSERVATORY INTEGRATION AND TEST (I&T), MISSION SIMULATIONS, AND DOCUMENTATION MAINTENANCE, AS WELL AS LOW COST OPERATIONS CONCEPTS. C. SCIENCE PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION INCLUDING: MISSION PLANNING SUPPORT, SCIENCE PROGRAM DEFINITION SUPPORT, PROPOSAL MANAGEMENT AND USER GRANT ADMINISTRATION, OBSERVER ASSISTANCE, SCIENCE COMMUNITY OUTREACH, AND STAFF RESEARCH. D. COMMISSIONING PERIOD AND ROUTINE SCIENCE OPERATIONS INCLUDING: PROPOSAL GENERATION, OBSERVATION PLANNING AND SCHEDULING, OBSERVING AND USER SUPPORT, DATA PROCESSING AND PRODUCT GENERATION, ARCHIVAL AND DATA DISTRIBUTION SERVICES, CALIBRATION ASSISTANCE AND DATA ANALYSIS, AND ENGINEERING OPERATIONS SUPPORT. E. FLIGHT OPERATIONS INCLUDING: SUBSYSTEM (INCLUDING INSTRUMENTS) HEALTH AND SAFETY MONITORING, COMMAND GENERATION AND UPLOAD, SCHEDULE EXECUTION ASSURANCE, TRENDING, AND ANOMALY INVESTIGATION. F. SUPPORT AND EXECUTION OF THE ON-ORBIT COMMISSIONING PROGRAM. G. GENERATION OF PERFORMANCE, SCIENCE RETURN, AND OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATIONAL REPORTS TO THE JWST PROJECT. H. ASTRONOMICAL COMMUNITY AND GENERAL PUBLIC/EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH. EXAMPLES OF SPECIAL PROJECT ACTIVITIES MAY INCLUDE: A. FOLLOW-ON MISSION STUDIES. B. ENGINEERING NECESSARY TO RESPOND TO NEW JWST PROJECT TASKS.

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• $7,939,000 - Wednesday the 25th of June 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
  THE PRIMARY ACTIVITIES COVERED BY THIS EFFORT INCLUDE THE FINAL SERVICING MISSION AND SUBSEQUENT OPERATIONS THROUGH END-OF-MISSION. THESE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: A. SCIENCE PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION INCLUDING: MISSION PLANNING SUPPORT, SCIENCE PROGRAM DEFINITION SUPPORT, MANAGEMENT OF THE PROPOSAL SELECTION, TIME ALLOCATION, AND GRANT AWARD COMMITTEE PROCESSES, AND SCIENCE COMMUNITY OUTREACH. B. ROUTINE SCIENCE OPERATIONS INCLUDING: PROPOSAL GENERATION AND RECEIPT, OBSERVATION PLANNING AND SCHEDULING, UPDATING INSTRUMENT HANDBOOKS, OBSERVING AND USER SUPPORT, DATA PROCESSING AND PRODUCT GENERATION, ARCHIVAL AND DATA DISTRIBUTION SERVICES, CALIBRATION ASSISTANCE AND DATA ANALYSIS, ANOMALY INVESTIGATION SUPPORT, USER GRANT ADMINISTRATION, OBSERVER ASSISTANCE AND ENGINEERING OPERATIONS SUPPORT. C. GROUND SYSTEM SUSTAINING ENGINEERING INCLUDING: SCIENCE OPERATION SYSTEM MAINTENANCE, INFRASTRUCTURE ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT, AND DOCUMENTATION MAINTENANCE D. SERVICING MISSION SUPPORT INCLUDING: PREPARATION AND EXECUTION OF THE OBSERVATORY VERIFICATION PROGRAM, INSTRUMENT DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT, AND OPTICAL ALIGNMENT TESTING SUPPORT E. GENERATION OF PERFORMANCE, SCIENCE RETURN, AND OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATIONAL REPORTS TO THE HSTP F. ASTRONOMICAL COMMUNITY AND GENERAL PUBLIC/EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH G. SPECIAL PROJECTS INCLUDING ORIGINS FORUM AND INDEPENDENT RESEARCH THIS CONTRACT INCLUDES AN ADDITIONAL TWO-YEAR PERIOD AFTER THE END OF HST'S SCIENCE-MISSION. THIS EXTRA TIME FOLLOWING THE CESSATION OF SCIENTIFIC OBSERVATIONS IS FOR TWO YEARS OF FOLLOW-ON ARCHIVAL RESEARCH. DURING THE FINAL TWO YEARS OF THE CONTRACT, ARCHIVAL OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, AN ARCHIVAL RESEARCH PROPOSAL SELECTION PROCESS AND ASSOCIATED GRANT ADMINISTRATION, AND A PUBLIC OUTREACH PROGRAM WILL CONTINUE. DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE WILL ALSO BE MAINTAINED BUT AT A LOWER LEVEL OF SUPPORT SUCH THAT ONLY MODEST ENHANCEMENTS MAY STILL BE MADE. CONTINUING SUPPORT WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE COORDINATION OF DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE THAT IS PRODUCED BY THE ASTRONOMICAL COMMUNITY.

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• $5,000,000 - Wednesday the 5th of December 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
  THE PRIMARY ACTIVITIES COVERED BY THIS EFFORT SPAN THE MAJOR PHASES OF THE MISSION BEGINNING WITH FORMULATION THROUGH DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING, AND ENDING ONE YEAR AFTER LAUNCH WITH THE INITIATION OF THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE (JWST) SCIENCE PROGRAM. THESE MAJOR ACTIVITIES ARE SEPARATED INTO THE BASELINE PROGRAM AND SPECIAL STUDIES. THE BASELINE PROGRAM INCLUDES:

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• $50,000 - Wednesday the 21st of December 2011
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  AMES RESEARCH CENTER
  KEPLER DATA MANAGEMENT CENTER (PHASE E)

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• $3,037,953 - Thursday the 22nd of December 2011
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
  THE PRIMARY ACTIVITIES COVERED BY THIS EFFORT SPAN THE MAJOR PHASES OF THE MISSION BEGINNING WITH FORMULATION THROUGH DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING, AND ENDING ONE YEAR AFTER LAUNCH WITH THE INITIATION OF THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE (JWST) SCIENCE PROGRAM. THESE MAJOR ACTIVITIES ARE SEPARATED INTO THE BASELINE PROGRAM AND SPECIAL STUDIES. THE BASELINE PROGRAM INCLUDES: A. MISSION REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS AND OBSERVATORY/MISSION DESIGN SUPPORT INCLUDING: TRADESTUDY GENERATION, SCIENCE AND OPERATIONS IMPACT ANALYSIS, SCIENCE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SUPPORT, AND DESIGN REFERENCE MISSION ANALYSIS. B. GROUND SEGMENT DEVELOPMENT, TESTING, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS INCLUDING: OPERATIONS SUPPORT OF SI, FGS, ISIM, AND OBSERVATORY INTEGRATION AND TEST (I&T), MISSION SIMULATIONS, AND DOCUMENTATION MAINTENANCE, AS WELL AS LOW COST OPERATIONS CONCEPTS. C. SCIENCE PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION INCLUDING: MISSION PLANNING SUPPORT, SCIENCE PROGRAM DEFINITION SUPPORT, PROPOSAL MANAGEMENT AND USER GRANT ADMINISTRATION, OBSERVER ASSISTANCE, SCIENCE COMMUNITY OUTREACH, AND STAFF RESEARCH. D. COMMISSIONING PERIOD AND ROUTINE SCIENCE OPERATIONS INCLUDING: PROPOSAL GENERATION, OBSERVATION PLANNING AND SCHEDULING, OBSERVING AND USER SUPPORT, DATA PROCESSING AND PRODUCT GENERATION, ARCHIVAL AND DATA DISTRIBUTION SERVICES, CALIBRATION ASSISTANCE AND DATA ANALYSIS, AND ENGINEERING OPERATIONS SUPPORT. E. FLIGHT OPERATIONS INCLUDING: SUBSYSTEM (INCLUDING INSTRUMENTS) HEALTH AND SAFETY MONITORING, COMMAND GENERATION AND UPLOAD, SCHEDULE EXECUTION ASSURANCE, TRENDING, AND ANOMALY INVESTIGATION. F. SUPPORT AND EXECUTION OF THE ON-ORBIT COMMISSIONING PROGRAM. G. GENERATION OF PERFORMANCE, SCIENCE RETURN, AND OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATIONAL REPORTS TO THE JWST PROJECT. H. ASTRONOMICAL COMMUNITY AND GENERAL PUBLIC/EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH. EXAMPLES OF SPECIAL PROJECT ACTIVITIES MAY INCLUDE: A. FOLLOW-ON MISSION STUDIES. B. ENGINEERING NECESSARY TO RESPOND TO NEW JWST PROJECT TASKS.

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• $30,000 - Friday the 28th of August 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  1. DESCRIBE UNIQUE, INNOVATIVE, AND MERITORIOUS METHODS, APPROACHES, OR CONCEPTS DEMONSTRATED BY THE PROPOSAL. THE OFFEROR IS UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO DO THE WORK PROPOSED, HAVING PERFORMED SIMILAR OBSERVATIONS AND ANALYSIS OVER MANY YEARS USING THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE. THE UTILIZATION OF A LARGE EUROPEAN SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY THROUGH THE KEPLER ASTEROSEISMIC SCIENCE CONSORTIUM (KASC) ENABLES A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF WORK TO BE ASSIGNED FOR GENERAL RESEARCH, BUT WITH IMPORTANT FEEDBACK TO THE KEPLER MISSION REGARDING THE SIZE OF THE TARGET STAR, ENABLING BOTH A SEPARATION OF STELLAR DWARFS FROM GIANTS AS WELL AS IMPROVED ESTIMATES OF STELLAR DIAMETERS RESULTING IN A BETTER DETERMINATION OF PLANETARY DIAMETERS. 2. OVERALL SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL, OR SOCIOECONOMIC MERITS OF THE PROPOSAL. THE PROPOSAL PROVIDES FOR THE ANALYSIS OF INTRINSIC STELLAR VARIABILITY (ASTEROSEISMOLOGY), WHICH IS AN IDENTIFIED GOAL OF THE KEPLER MISSION. THE OFFEROR IS THE CHAIR OF THE KEPLER STEROSEISMIC INVESTIGATION TEAM, AND HAS RESEARCHED THIS FIELD FOR MORE THAN A DECADE. THE WORK PROPOSED WILL SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE CHARACTER AND TYPES OF STARS HOSTING PLANETARY SYSTEMS, AS WELL AS SUBSTANTIALLY ADVANCING THE INDEPENDENT KNOWLEDGE OF ASTROPHYSICS. THE PROPOSAL ENHANCES INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO KEPLER DATA TO A LARGE EUROPEAN SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY. 3. POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION OF THE EFFORT TO THE AGENCY'S SPECIFIC MISSION. INTEREST IN EXOPLANETS (PLANETS BEYOND OUR SOLAR SYSTEM) IS A GROWING FIELD OF INTEREST AND IS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THE NASA STRATEGIC PLAN. THE WORK PROPOSED HERE SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVES THE ABILITY OF THE KEPLER MISSION TO MEET ITS MISSION OBJECTIVES. IT IS FOR THIS REASON THAT THE OFFEROR WAS IDENTIFIED IN KEPLER'S SUCCESSFUL RESPONSE TO THE DISCOVERY MISSION #10 AO, AND WAS FORMALLY APPROVED AS A KEPLER CO-INVESTIGATOR. 4. THE OFFEROR'S CAPABILITIES, RELATED EXPERIENCE, FACILITIES, TECHNIQUES, OR UNIQUE COMBINATIONS OF THESE THAT ARE INTEGRAL FACTORS FOR ACHIEVING THE PROPOSAL OBJECTIVES. THE OFFEROR HAS BEEN ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THIS FIELD OF RESEARCH FOR MANY YEARS, LARGELY AT THE FOREFRONT. HE IS EXPERIENCED IN THE FIELD OF PHOTOMETERY AND HAS APPLIED HIS TECHNIQUES TO NUMEROUS HST OBSERVATIONS. DR. GILLILAND IS EXPERIENCED AT WORKING WITH THE HST USER COMMUNITY AND HENCE IS UNIQUELY QUALIFIED TO FILL THE KEPLER LIAISON ROLE TO THE ASTEROSEISMOLOGY COMMUNITY. ADDITIONALLY, DR. GILLILAND PROVIDES THE MISSION WITH A UNIQUE ACCESS TO THE HST FOR FOLLOW-UP OBSERVING OF HIGH PRIORITY TARGETS, AND HAS INDEPENDENTLY DEVELOPED PHOTOMETRIC ALGORITHMS TO SEARCH FOR PLANETS, WHICH WILL BE USED TO INDEPENDENTLY VALIDATE THE PERFORMANCE AND FINDINGS OF THE PRIMARY KEPLER PIPELINE ALGORITHMS.

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• $295,000 - Thursday the 12th of January 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  AMES RESEARCH CENTER
  KEPLER DATA MANAGEMENT CENTER (PHASE E)

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• $2,600,000 - Friday the 18th of November 2011
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
  THE PRIMARY ACTIVITIES COVERED BY THIS EFFORT SPAN THE MAJOR PHASES OF THE MISSION BEGINNING WITH FORMULATION THROUGH DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING, AND ENDING ONE YEAR AFTER LAUNCH WITH THE INITIATION OF THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE (JWST) SCIENCE PROGRAM. THESE MAJOR ACTIVITIES ARE SEPARATED INTO THE BASELINE PROGRAM AND SPECIAL STUDIES. THE BASELINE PROGRAM INCLUDES: A. MISSION REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS AND OBSERVATORY/MISSION DESIGN SUPPORT INCLUDING: TRADESTUDY GENERATION, SCIENCE AND OPERATIONS IMPACT ANALYSIS, SCIENCE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SUPPORT, AND DESIGN REFERENCE MISSION ANALYSIS. B. GROUND SEGMENT DEVELOPMENT, TESTING, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS INCLUDING: OPERATIONS SUPPORT OF SI, FGS, ISIM, AND OBSERVATORY INTEGRATION AND TEST (I&T), MISSION SIMULATIONS, AND DOCUMENTATION MAINTENANCE, AS WELL AS LOW COST OPERATIONS CONCEPTS. C. SCIENCE PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION INCLUDING: MISSION PLANNING SUPPORT, SCIENCE PROGRAM DEFINITION SUPPORT, PROPOSAL MANAGEMENT AND USER GRANT ADMINISTRATION, OBSERVER ASSISTANCE, SCIENCE COMMUNITY OUTREACH, AND STAFF RESEARCH. D. COMMISSIONING PERIOD AND ROUTINE SCIENCE OPERATIONS INCLUDING: PROPOSAL GENERATION, OBSERVATION PLANNING AND SCHEDULING, OBSERVING AND USER SUPPORT, DATA PROCESSING AND PRODUCT GENERATION, ARCHIVAL AND DATA DISTRIBUTION SERVICES, CALIBRATION ASSISTANCE AND DATA ANALYSIS, AND ENGINEERING OPERATIONS SUPPORT. E. FLIGHT OPERATIONS INCLUDING: SUBSYSTEM (INCLUDING INSTRUMENTS) HEALTH AND SAFETY MONITORING, COMMAND GENERATION AND UPLOAD, SCHEDULE EXECUTION ASSURANCE, TRENDING, AND ANOMALY INVESTIGATION. F. SUPPORT AND EXECUTION OF THE ON-ORBIT COMMISSIONING PROGRAM. G. GENERATION OF PERFORMANCE, SCIENCE RETURN, AND OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATIONAL REPORTS TO THE JWST PROJECT. H. ASTRONOMICAL COMMUNITY AND GENERAL PUBLIC/EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH. EXAMPLES OF SPECIAL PROJECT ACTIVITIES MAY INCLUDE: A. FOLLOW-ON MISSION STUDIES. B. ENGINEERING NECESSARY TO RESPOND TO NEW JWST PROJECT TASKS.

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