The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $84,995 - Tuesday the 18th of September 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
  BASIC COMPACT PROPULSION OPTION FOR PROFILING SYSTEMS (1 EA) C-PROPS ENHANCED DEPLOYMENT SOFTWARE&FIELD VERIFICATION (1 EA) ADVANCED C-PROPS CONFIGURATION (1 EA)

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• $4,699 - Friday the 17th of August 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
  THIS CONTRACT IS FOR THE PURCHASE OF OPTICAL SENSORS FOR PLANETARY RADIANT ENERGY CALIBRATION AND VALIDATION OF CURRENT AND NEXT-GENERATION NASA MISSIONS. THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROPOSAL IS TO ESTABLISH AN ABOVE-WATER RADIOMETER SYSTEM ON AN OFFSHORE PLATFORM AS A LOWER COST ALTERNATIVE TO EXISTING IN-WATER BUOYS FOR THE COLLECTION OF GROUND-TRUTH OBSERVATIONS. THE GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE HIGH-QUALITY MEASUREMENTS SATISFYING THE ACCURACY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE VICARIOUS CALIBRATION AND ALGORITHM VALIDATION OF OCEAN COLOR SATELLITES. THIS MEANS THE MEASUREMENTS WILL HAVE A DOCUMENTED UNCERTAINTY SATISFYING THE ESTABLISHED PERFORMANCE METRICS FOR PRODUCING CLIMATE-QUALITY DATA RECORDS (CDRS). THE PLAN IS TO ENHANCE COMMERCIAL-OFF-THE-SHELF (COTS) RADIOMETERS TO IMPROVE THEIR ACCURACY AND EXTEND THEIR SPECTRAL RANGE INTO SHORTER AND LONGER WAVELENGTHS. GREATER SPECTRAL DIVERSITY IN THE ULTRAVIOLET (UV) WILL BE EXPLOITED TO SEPARATE THE LIVING AND NON-LIVING COMPONENTS OF MARINE ECOSYSTEMS; UV BANDS WILL ALSO BE USED TO FLAG AND IMPROVE ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION ALGORITHMS IN THE PRESENCE OF ABSORBING AEROSOLS. THE SHORT WAVE INFRARED (SWIR) IS EXPECTED TO IMPROVE ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION, BECAUSE THE OCEAN IS RADIOMETRICALLY BLACKER AT THESE WAVELENGTHS. THE COST SAVINGS ARE DERIVED NOT ONLY FROM USING CURRENT TECHNOLOGIES AS A FOUNDATION OF THE INSTRUMENT DESIGNS, BUT ALSO FROM THE ABOVE-WATER APPROACH ITSELF: (A) OFFSHORE PLATFORMS AND TOWERS ALREADY EXIST, (B) A TOWER PROVIDES A VERY STABLE PLATFORM AND DETERMINISTIC SOLAR GEOMETRY, (C) BIO-FOULING IS A MINOR PROBLEM, (D) ACQUIRING HIGH-QUALITY DATA AT LONGER WAVELENGTHS IS EASIER TO ACHIEVE, AND (E) THE OFFSHORE STRUCTURE OFFERS A GREAT DEAL OF PROTECTION FOR THE INSTRUMENTS. THE PROPOSED WORK WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THE STATE-OF-THE-ART OPTICAL CALIBRATION TECHNOLOGY.

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• $4,575 - Wednesday the 25th of February 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
  IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTIONS: SUBOPS ED, LU AND ES SYSTEM CALIBRATION, INCLUDES STANDARD EVALUATION AND O-RING SERVICE, AND CALIBRATION OF ALL WAVEBANDS OF OPTICS, AND ALL PRESSURE, TEMPERATURE, AND TILT SENSORS.

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• $38,425 - Friday the 15th of June 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
  THIS CONTRACT IS FOR THE PURCHASE OF OPTICAL SENSORS FOR PLANETARY RADIANT ENERGY CALIBRATION AND VALIDATION OF CURRENT AND NEXT-GENERATION NASA MISSIONS. THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROPOSAL IS TO ESTABLISH AN ABOVE-WATER RADIOMETER SYSTEM ON AN OFFSHORE PLATFORM AS A LOWER COST ALTERNATIVE TO EXISTING IN-WATER BUOYS FOR THE COLLECTION OF GROUND-TRUTH OBSERVATIONS. THE GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE HIGH-QUALITY MEASUREMENTS SATISFYING THE ACCURACY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE VICARIOUS CALIBRATION AND ALGORITHM VALIDATION OF OCEAN COLOR SATELLITES. THIS MEANS THE MEASUREMENTS WILL HAVE A DOCUMENTED UNCERTAINTY SATISFYING THE ESTABLISHED PERFORMANCE METRICS FOR PRODUCING CLIMATE-QUALITY DATA RECORDS (CDRS). THE PLAN IS TO ENHANCE COMMERCIAL-OFF-THE-SHELF (COTS) RADIOMETERS TO IMPROVE THEIR ACCURACY AND EXTEND THEIR SPECTRAL RANGE INTO SHORTER AND LONGER WAVELENGTHS. GREATER SPECTRAL DIVERSITY IN THE ULTRAVIOLET (UV) WILL BE EXPLOITED TO SEPARATE THE LIVING AND NON-LIVING COMPONENTS OF MARINE ECOSYSTEMS; UV BANDS WILL ALSO BE USED TO FLAG AND IMPROVE ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION ALGORITHMS IN THE PRESENCE OF ABSORBING AEROSOLS. THE SHORT WAVE INFRARED (SWIR) IS EXPECTED TO IMPROVE ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION, BECAUSE THE OCEAN IS RADIOMETRICALLY BLACKER AT THESE WAVELENGTHS. THE COST SAVINGS ARE DERIVED NOT ONLY FROM USING CURRENT TECHNOLOGIES AS A FOUNDATION OF THE INSTRUMENT DESIGNS, BUT ALSO FROM THE ABOVE-WATER APPROACH ITSELF: (A) OFFSHORE PLATFORMS AND TOWERS ALREADY EXIST, (B) A TOWER PROVIDES A VERY STABLE PLATFORM AND DETERMINISTIC SOLAR GEOMETRY, (C) BIO-FOULING IS A MINOR PROBLEM, (D) ACQUIRING HIGH-QUALITY DATA AT LONGER WAVELENGTHS IS EASIER TO ACHIEVE, AND (E) THE OFFSHORE STRUCTURE OFFERS A GREAT DEAL OF PROTECTION FOR THE INSTRUMENTS. THE PROPOSED WORK WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THE STATE-OF-THE-ART OPTICAL CALIBRATION TECHNOLOGY.

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• $24,900 - Tuesday the 3rd of April 2012
  National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration
  WESTERN FIELD DELEGATES OAR
  DATA PROCESSING, TECH CONSULTING, TRAINING, AND MODIFICATIONS TO INSTRUMENTS FOR SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE UV NETWORK TURNOVER FROM NSF TO NOAA.

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• $23,483 - Monday the 16th of April 2012
  National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration
  EASTERN ACQUISITION DIVISION KANSAS CITY
  RADIOMETER PUV-2500

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• $16,685 - Monday the 28th of April 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
  C-OPS OEM CONDUCTIVITY SENSOR/INTEGRATION

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• $124,689 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  NASA HAS AN ONGOING COMMITMENT TO COLLECT IN SITU DATA WITH A DOCUMENTED UNCERTAINTY IN KEEPING WITH ESTABLISHED PERFORMANCE METRICS FOR VICARIOUS CALIBRATION OF OCEAN COLOR SATELLITE SENSORS AND TO VALIDATE THE ALGORITHMS FOR WHICH THE REMOTELY-SENSED OBSERVATIONS ARE USED AS INPUT PARAMETERS. THIS PROPOSAL SEEKS FUNDING TO DEVELOP AN IN-WATER "HYBRIDSPECTRAL" CAPABILITY THAT COMBINES TWO DIFFERING PRACTICES FOR DATA COLLECTION (MULTIWAVEBAND AND HYPERSPECTRAL) TO SATISFY THE NECESSARY DIVERSITY, ACCURACY, AND PRECISION REQUIREMENTS OF FUTURE OCEAN COLOR MISSIONS. THE RESULT IS AN EVOLUTIONARY UPGRADE OF EXISTING STATE-OF-THE-ART COMMERCIAL INSTRUMENTS TO INCLUDE SPECTRAL SAMPLING CAPABILITY EXCEEDING CURRENT AND PLANNED SATELLITE REQUIREMENTS AND THAT OPERATE IN OPTICALLY COMPLEX NEAR-SHORE REGIONS. THE BENEFITS OF THIS NEW SAMPLING CAPABILITY ARE AN IMPROVED ABILITY TO ACCURATELY SEPARATE THE BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC COMPONENTS OF SEAWATER, AN IMPROVED OCEAN COLOR MISSION CALIBRATION AND VALIDATION CAPABILITY INTO CASE 2 WATERS, REDUCED DEPLOYMENT EFFORT, AND REDUCED DEPLOYMENT RISKS. THIS SBIR EFFORT PROPOSES TO ADDRESS A WIDE VARIETY OF THESE REQUIREMENTS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LOW-COST SYSTEM CALLED THE COMPACT HYBRIDSPECTRAL RADIOMETER (C-HYR) WITH SPECIAL FOCUS ON TWO IMPORTANT PRIORITIES FROM THE CALL: 1)INSTRUMENTS FOR OCEANIC, COASTAL, AND FRESH WATER MEASUREMENTS OF APPARENT OPTICAL PROPERTIES; AND 2)HYPERSPECTRAL (340 900 NM) RADIOMETERS FOR USE IN NEAR-SURFACE PROFILING.

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• $10,995 - Monday the 24th of September 2012
  National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration
  EASTERN FIELD DELEGATES OAR
  UV RADIOMETER

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