The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $99,725 - Monday the 7th of August 2017
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  THE RESEARCHERS PROPOSE TO CONDUCT A VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS OF THE KSC NATURAL AND PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS AS THEY PERTAIN TO THE OCCURRENCE OF EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS AND CLIMATIC ANOMALIES THAT CAN BE EXPECTED UNDER VARIOUS GLOBAL CLIMATE-CHANGE SCENARIOS. THE VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS WILL BE CONDUCTED IN THE FOLLOWING STEPS. 1. A DETAILED MAPPING OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM IN THE KSC COMPLEX AND SURROUNDING COASTAL AREA WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED, USING EXISTING DATABASES AS AVAILABLE. 2. A DETAILED MAPPING OF THE PHYSICAL (THAT IS, HUMAN-BUILT) ENVIRONMENT WILL BE ADDED TO THAT OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE CURRENT STATE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE AS IT CO-EXISTS WITH THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT SURROUNDING IT. 3. AN ARCHIVE OF AVAILABLE OBSERVED ATMOSPHERIC DATA FOR THE KSC COMPLEX WILL BE EXAMINED FOR THE OCCURRENCE FREQUENCIES OF EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS SUCH AS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS, TORNADOES, AND TROPICAL CYCLONES, AND CLIMATIC ANOMALIES SUCH AS PERIODS OF EXTREME HIGH OR COLD TEMPERATURES, DROUGHTS, AND FLOODS. 4. EVIDENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE FROM THE LOCAL GEOLOGICAL RECORD WILL BE OBTAINED IN ADDITION TO THE ATMOSPHERIC RECORD. A NUMBER OF THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ARE RECORDED IN THE GEOLOGICAL RECORD OF THE SOUTHERN COASTAL STATES. CHANGING TEMPERATURE REGIMES, RISING SEA LEVELS, AND COASTAL STORMS DEPOSIT RECORDS IN THE SEDIMENTARY COLUMN. OF PARTICULAR INTEREST ARE RESPONSES OF MARINE TRANSGRESSIONS AND REGRESSIONS RELATIVE TO THE CHANGES IN GLOBAL CLIMATE. IN THIS STAGE WE SEEK TO DOCUMENT THE DAMAGE TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND IMPACT ON OPERATIONS AND PERSONNEL FROM THESE EVENTS AND ANOMALIES, AND ALSO DOCUMENT THE EVIDENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE GEOLOGICAL RECORD. ONCE THESE STEPS ARE COMPLETED, WE WILL HAVE A BASELINE FROM WHICH THE EFFECTS OF FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE CAN BE EXAMINED. THE SECOND PORTION OF THE STUDY INVOLVES THE ANALYSIS OF DOWNSCALED CLIMATE MODEL PROJECTION DATA FOR THE KSC REGION. THIS DATA WILL BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DATA COLLECTED IN THE FIRST PHASE OF THE STUDY TO DEVELOP PROJECTIONS FOR THE OCCURRENCE FREQUENCIES OF EXTREME EVENTS AND ANOMALIES. ONCE THESE PROJECTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE, THEY WILL BE COMPARED TO THE BASELINE IMPACTS DATA TO DETERMINE CHANGES IN THE LIKELIHOOD OF POTENTIAL DAMAGE AND IMPACTS TO ENVIRONMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE AND OPERATIONS FROM THESE EVENTS AND ANOMALIES AS THEY WOULD BE OBSERVED IN VARIOUS GLOBAL CLIMATE-CHANGE SCENARIOS. THE EXTENT TO WHICH AN ALTERED GLOBAL CLIMATE WILL CHANGE THE LIKELIHOOD OF DAMAGING WEATHER EVENTS AND CLIMATIC EXTREMES AT KSC CAN THEN BE USED BY ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGERS AND PLANNERS TO DEVELOP PROACTIVE ADAPTATION STRATEGIES IN THE 20-30 YEAR TIME HORIZON AND BEYOND. IF DONE CORRECTLY, THE DATABASES BUILT UNDER THIS PROJECT CAN BE UPDATED AS NEWER, MORE ACCURATE CLIMATE MODELING DATA BECOME AVAILABLE.

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• $81,461 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  THE GOALS OF THIS ADAP PROJECT IS TO ENHANCE OUR DERSTANDING OF STELLAR EVOLUTION IN THE AREAS OF MASS LOSS, CONVECTION, AND THE PHYSICS OF COOLING WHITE DWARFS. IN THE MANAGEMENT SECTION OF OUR PROPOSAL WE PRESENTED THE FOLLOWING EXPECTED MILESTONES FOR YEAR ONE: (1) FINALIZE CLUSTER PHOTOMETRY FOR ALL GLOBULAR AND OPEN CLUSTERS FROM THE HST, SPITZER, AND 2MASS DATABASES. (2) PUBLISH ONE SURVEY PAPER ON THE CLUSTER DATA, (3) ONE PAPER ON MASS LOSS VIA STUDYING THE IFMR AND THE IFMR ITSELF, AND (4) ONE PAPER USING THE CLUSTER DATABASE TO EXAMINE WHATEVER ISSUE EMERGES AS THE MOST APPROPRIATE FOR A GRADUATE STUDENT PAPER. ITEMS #1 AND 3 ARE COMPLETE. WE HAVE MERGED ITEMS #2 AND 4 AND THAT PAPER IS IN PREPARATION. WE HAVE ALSO BEGUN WORK TOWARDS ONE OF OUR YEAR TWO TASKS, PUBLISH ONE PAPER ON CONSTRAINTS TO WD INTERIOR COMPOSITION (PROBABLY C/O RATIO) FOR GLOBULAR CLUSTER WDS. WE THANK OUR PROGRAM OFFICER, DR. DOUGLAS HUDGINS, AND THE NASA FINANCIAL PERSONNEL FOR MOVING THIS GRANT BECAUSE OF THE PI S CHANGE OF INSTITUTIONS FROM SIENA COLLEGE TO EMBRY- RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY (ERAU). TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE, ALL OF THE RELEVANT PAPERWORK HAS BEEN FILED AND NASA IS IN THE FINAL STAGES OF AWARDING THE GRANT TO ERAU. THIS SUPPLEMENT TO OUR YEAR #1 REPORT IS MEANT TO PRESENT THE CURRENT STATE OF THE PROJECT AND SERVE AS A STATEMENT OF WORK, SHOULD THAT BE REQUIRED DURING THE PROCESS OF AWARDING THE GRANT TO ERAU.

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• $448,000 - Tuesday the 25th of October 2011
  Department Of Navy
  NROTCU EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UN
  TO COVER FLIGHT FEES FOR STUDENTS ON A NROTC SCHOLARSHIP FRO THE FALL 2011 SEMESTER.

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• $406,000 - Thursday the 12th of January 2012
  Department Of Navy
  NROTCU EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UN
  TO COVER FLIGHT FEES FOR STUDENTS ON A NROTC SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE SPR 2012 SEMESTER.

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• $406,000 - Wednesday the 18th of September 2013
  Department Of Navy
  NROTCU EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UN
  TO COVER FLIGHT FEES FOR STUDENTS ON A NROTC SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE FALL 2012 SEMESTER.

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• $4,000 - Tuesday the 29th of May 2012
  Department Of Navy
  NROTCU EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UN
  TO COVER TUITION FEES FOR STUDENTS ON A NROTC SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE SUMMER 2012 SEMESTER.

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• $28,500 - Friday the 23rd of March 2012
  Energy Department
  HEADQUARTERS PROCUREMENT SERVICES
  THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE A AVIATION TRAINING CLASS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.

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• $14,000 - Tuesday the 29th of May 2012
  Department Of Navy
  NROTCU EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UN
  TO COVER FLIGHT FEES FOR STUDENTS ON A NROTC SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE SUMMER 2012 SEMESTER.

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• $1,343,340 - Tuesday the 25th of October 2011
  Department Of Navy
  NROTCU EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UN
  TO COVER TUITION AND FEES FOR STUDENTS ON A NROTC SCHOLARSHIP FRO THE FALL 2011 SEMESTER.

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• $1,305,600 - Wednesday the 18th of September 2013
  Department Of Navy
  NROTCU EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UN
  TO COVER TUITION FOR STUDENTS ON A NROTC SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE FALL 2012 SEMESTER.

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