The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $82,765 - Thursday the 12th of July 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
  PBI-NBR PTTB MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION LAUNCH ABORT SYSTEM (LAS) FAIRING ASSEMBLY (FA) TESTING

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• $32,676 - Thursday the 3rd of May 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
  TASK ORDER # 2 PBI-NBR PTTB MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION/ADVANCED TACTICAL INSULATION TESTING

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• $16,324 - Thursday the 2nd of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
  THE CONTRACT WITH ATK LAUNCH SYSTEMS ENTITLED, 24 SOLID ROCKET TEST MOTOR V NOZZLE CONFIGURATION 2 (SRTMV-N2) SUB-SCALE PERFORMANCE DEMONSTRATION OF REUSABLE SOLID ROCKET MOTOR V (RSRMV) MATERIALS AND CONFIGURATION, PROGRAM CONSISTS OF ONE TASK TO SUPPORT MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (MSFC) ENGINEERING IN THE MANUFACTURE AND TEST OF SRTMV-N2 RSRMV SUB-SCALE MOTOR PERFORMANCE TEST. THE TASK HAS FIVE PRIMARY OBJECTIVES SUPPORTING ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL RSRMV NOZZLE LINER MATERIAL AND CONFIGURATION CHANGES BEFORE THE CHANGES OCCUR ON THE FULL SCALE MOTOR. SUPPORT IS BASED ON THE SUCCESSFUL SRTMV-N1 RSRMV SUB-SCALE BASELINE MOTOR PERFORMANCE TEST. THE FIVE OBJECTIVES ARE; 1. TEST PERFORMANCE OF ABLATIVE PHENOLIC COMPOSITE NOZZLE LINER MATERIAL DERIVED FROM NORTH AMERICAN RAYON CORPORATION (NARC) AEROSPACE GRADE RAYON THAT HAS BEEN CARBONIZED AT MORGAN ADVANCED MATERIALS&TECHNOLOGY (MAMAT) IN THE NOSE CAP AND AFT EXIT CONE ENVIRONMENTS. 2. RSRMV DEMONSTRATION MOTOR (DM-1) AND DM-2 FULL SCALE STATIC TESTS HAVE RESULTED IN MORE EROSION IN THE ENKA THROAT RINGS THAN WAS EXPECTED. 3. THE ADHESIVE USED FOR BONDING THE NOZZLE COMPONENTS WILL BE CHANGED FROM THE TIGA 321 ADHESIVE TO A HIGH TEMPERATURE ADHESIVE SUCH AS EA9394. 4. A NEW INSULATION/LINER SYSTEM WILL BE EVALUATED AND COMPARED TO THE HISTORICAL DATABASE. 5. A COST MODEL FOR THE SRTMV-N TEST BED WILL BE CONSTRUCTED BY MSFC. THERE IS ALSO A SECONDARY OBJECTIVE TO UTILIZE A CHOPPED/MOLDED CCP AFT CLOSURE INSULATOR THAT COULD POTENTIALLY REPLACE THE CURRENT BROAD-GOODS CCP INSULATOR AS A SIGNIFICANT COST SAVINGS. A SUB-PORTION OF THE STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW) IS ENTITLED, 24 SOLID ROCKET TEST MOTOR V NOZZLE CONFIGURATION 2 (SRTMV-N2) PROPELLANT GRAIN DEFECT INSERTION AND INSTRUMENTATION, AND CONSISTS OF ONE TASK TO SUPPORT MSFC ENGINEERING IN INSERTION AND INSTRUMENTATION OF A SEMI-CIRCULAR DEFECT IN THE PROPELLANT GRAIN OF THE SRTMV-N2 RSRMV SUB-SCALE MOTOR. THE TASK HAS TWO PRIMARY OBJECTIVES SUPPORTING THE DAMAGE TOLERANCE OF SOLID PROPELLANT. MUCH OF THE WORK PROPOSED HERE IS BASED ON THE SUCCESSFUL DAMAGE TOLERANCE WORK PERFORMED ON THE SRTMV-N1 RSRMV SUB-SCALE BASELINE MOTOR PERFORMANCE TEST. A SECOND SUB-PORTION OF THE SOW IS ENTITLED, PERFORMANCE OF DIAGNOSTICS AND UPDATES TO THE TAPE WRAPPER CONTROL SYSTEM AND SOFTWARE AND PROVIDES SUPPORT AS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO PERFORM DIAGNOSTICS AND TO PERFORM UPDATES TO THE CUSTOM SOFTWARE THAT CONTROLS THE GOVERNMENT-OWNED TAPE WRAPPER IN BUILDING 4707 AT NASA MSFC. THE TAPE WRAPPER CONTROL SYSTEM IS EXPERIENCING SOME UNDESIRABLE ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR WHEREIN IT DOES NOT TRAVERSE EXTENDED SERIES OF POSITIONAL PART PROFILE POINTS IN SPACE WITHOUT ABORTING THE WRAP PREMATURELY. THE CONTRACTOR IS TASKED WITH DETERMINING THE CAUSE OF THE ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR AND MODIFYING THE TAPE WRAPPER CONTROL SYSTEM PROGRAMMING TO ELIMINATE THE PROBLEM.

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• $14,012 - Friday the 28th of February 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
  IGF::CL::IGF MODIFICATION #1 PBI-NBR PTTB MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION LAUNCH ABORT SYSTEM (LAS) FAIRING ASSEMBLY (FA) TESTING

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