The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $78,634 - Friday the 24th of August 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  JOHNSON SPACE CENTER
  INTERNAL WIRELESS INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEM (IWIS) AND EXTERNAL WIRELESS INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEM (EWIS) HARDWARE ARE DEPLOYED, AND OPERATED ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) TO COLLECT STRUCTURAL DYNAMIC DATA TO VALIDATE ISS MODELS. TO REDUCE CREW TIME AND FACILITATE MEASUREMENTS IN ALTERNATE LOCATIONS, ADDITIONAL IWIS AND EWIS HARDWARE IS REQUIRED. THIS SPECIFICATION DEFINES REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ADDITIONAL HARDWARE DELIVERABLES OF THE IWIS AND EWIS. THE ADDITIONAL IWIS HARDWARE WILL INCLUDE MODIFIED REMOTE SENSOR UNITS(RSUS), TRIAXIAL ACCELEROMETER ASSEMBLIES( TAAS), ACCELEROMETER CABLE ASSEMBLIES (ACAS), AND ACCELEROMETER INTERFACE PLATE ASSEMBLIES (AIPAS). THE RSU WILL BE MODIFIED TO EXCLUDE THE 8 CHANNEL STRAIN GAUGE MODULE. THE MODIFIED ASSEMBLY WILL HEREIN BE REFERRED TO AS THE MODIFIED IWIS RSU. ADDITIONAL MINOR MODIFICATIONS MAY INCLUDE THE REPLACEMENT OF ELECTRICAL, ELECTRONIC, AND ELECTROMECHANICAL COMPONENTS, WITH EQUIVALENT ALTERNATE PARTS TO ADDRESS OBSOLESCENCE ISSUES. EXCLUDING FEATURES AND CAPABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRAIN GAUGE MODULE FORM, FIT, AND FUNCTION OF THE MODIFIED IWIS RSU WILL BE IDENTICAL TO THE UNMODIFIED RSU. THE EWIS HARDWARE ACQUIRED UNDER THIS EFFORT WIL L BE A SINGLE PART NO. WHICH IS COMPRISED OF CONFIGURATION ITEM NO. 684DE8A AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION ITEM NO. 684DF4A. WIRELESS INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEM OVERVIEW THE IWIS IS AN INTERNAL WIRELESS SYSTEM INTENDED TO AUGMENT PRIOR STRUCTURAL DYNAMIC PREDICTION CAPABILITIES BY PROVIDING THE ABILITY TO MONITOR THE ISS ASSEMBLY STRUCTURAL DYNAMIC (ASD) THROUGHOUT THE LIFE OF THE OSS. THE SYSTEM WAS DEVELOPED, AND THE ORIGINAL HARDWARE PROCURED UNDER NASA CONTRACT NO. NAS9-97146. WIRELESS MONITORING IS NECESSARY FOR THE ASD, BECAUSE REQUIRED DATA IS MEASURED FROM SEVERAL REMOTE LOCATIONS DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE ASSEMBLED VEHICLE. THE SYSTEM CONSISTS OF A NUMBER OF RSUS MOUNTED IN THE ISS HABITABLE MODULES AND A NETWORK CONTROL UNIT CONNECTED TO THE SPACE SHUTTLE COMPUTER (SSC) LAPTOP. THE RSUS OBTAIN, AND STORE, STRAIN GAUGE DATA, ACCELEROMETER DATA, AND ACCELEROMETER TEMPERATURE DATA, FROM SENSORS MOUNTED IN THE HABITABLE MODULES. DATA FROM THE RSUS IS SENT VIA RADIO FREQUENCY TO THE NC, WHICH PROCESSES AND TRANSMITS THE DATA VIA INTERCONNECTING CABLE TO THE SSC. IWIS DATA IS DOWNLOADED FROM THE SSC VIA ORBITAL COMMUNICATIONS ADAPTER (OCA) FOR GROUND ANALYSIS. THE PURPOSE OF THE DATA ANALYSIS IS TO VALIDATE STRUCTURAL MODELS AND FORCING FUNCTIONS, AND IT ALLOWS FOR THE MONITORING OF MAJOR ASSEMBLY AND OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES WHICH AIDS IN THE RESOLUTION OF POTENTIAL ANOMALIES.

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• $749,941 - Friday the 11th of September 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTION - INVOCON'S RADIATION ALERT IMMEDIATE DISCLOSURE (RAID) SYSTEM IS A MINIATURE, LOW-POWER, REAL-TIME, ACTIVE RADIATION BADGE. IT IS DESIGNED FOR MONITORING PERSONNEL, EQUIPMENT, AND ENVIRONMENTS WHILE MINIMIZING COMPLICATED USER INTERFACES. RAID'S ABILITY TO DETERMINE CHARACTERISTICS AND DOSE RATE IN ADDITION TO TOTAL DOSE PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT ADVANTAGES OVER OTHER TYPES OF DEVICES. A SINGLE SENSOR PROVIDES INFORMATION ABOUT ALL TYPES OF IONIZING RADIATION IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF RADIATION ENVIRONMENTS. MANY RADIATION HEALTH EXPERTS BELIEVE THAT DOSE RATE IS AN IMPORTANT PARAMETER IN ADDITION TO TOTAL DOSE FOR DETERMINING TISSUE DAMAGE. THE REAL-TIME NATURE OF RAID ENABLES PERSONNEL TO RESPOND PROACTIVELY TO RADIATION EVENTS IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE DAMAGE TO PERSONNEL AND THE EQUIPMENT ON WHICH THEY DEPEND. RAID'S WIRELESS INTERFACE PROVIDES ADVANTAGES FOR INTERROGATING BADGES IN DIFFICULT OR INCONVENIENT LOCATIONS. EXAMPLES INCLUDE MONITORING RADIATION EXPOSURE TO PERSONNEL THROUGHOUT EXTRA-VEHICULAR ACTIVITIES, READING MONITORS INSTALLED BEHIND EQUIPMENT RACKS OR IN ISOLATED MODULES, AND AUTOMATICALLY DOWNLOADING RADIATION DATA FROM ASTRONAUTS' BADGES TO MINIMIZE THEIR WORKLOAD. PHASE II FOR THIS PROGRAM WILL RESULT IN THE DELIVERY OF FIELDABLE BADGES THAT NASA CAN USE FOR A STATION DEVELOPMENT TEST OBJECTIVE (SDTO), TERRESTRIAL EVALUATION, OR GENERAL USE BY NASA RESEARCHERS.

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• $29,956 - Friday the 22nd of June 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  JOHNSON SPACE CENTER
  MODIFICATION TO THE WIRELESS STRAIN GAGE INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEM.

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• $2,748 - Friday the 24th of August 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  JOHNSON SPACE CENTER
  INTERNAL WIRELESS INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEM (IWIS) AND EXTERNAL WIRELESS INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEM (EWIS) HARDWARE ARE DEPLOYED, AND OPERATED ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) TO COLLECT STRUCTURAL DYNAMIC DATA TO VALIDATE ISS MODELS. TO REDUCE CREW TIME AND FACILITATE MEASUREMENTS IN ALTERNATE LOCATIONS, ADDITIONAL IWIS AND EWIS HARDWARE IS REQUIRED. THIS SPECIFICATION DEFINES REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ADDITIONAL HARDWARE DELIVERABLES OF THE IWIS AND EWIS. THE ADDITIONAL IWIS HARDWARE WILL INCLUDE MODIFIED REMOTE SENSOR UNITS(RSUS), TRIAXIAL ACCELEROMETER ASSEMBLIES( TAAS), ACCELEROMETER CABLE ASSEMBLIES (ACAS), AND ACCELEROMETER INTERFACE PLATE ASSEMBLIES (AIPAS). THE RSU WILL BE MODIFIED TO EXCLUDE THE 8 CHANNEL STRAIN GAUGE MODULE. THE MODIFIED ASSEMBLY WILL HEREIN BE REFERRED TO AS THE MODIFIED IWIS RSU. ADDITIONAL MINOR MODIFICATIONS MAY INCLUDE THE REPLACEMENT OF ELECTRICAL, ELECTRONIC, AND ELECTROMECHANICAL COMPONENTS, WITH EQUIVALENT ALTERNATE PARTS TO ADDRESS OBSOLESCENCE ISSUES. EXCLUDING FEATURES AND CAPABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRAIN GAUGE MODULE FORM, FIT, AND FUNCTION OF THE MODIFIED IWIS RSU WILL BE IDENTICAL TO THE UNMODIFIED RSU. THE EWIS HARDWARE ACQUIRED UNDER THIS EFFORT WIL L BE A SINGLE PART NO. WHICH IS COMPRISED OF CONFIGURATION ITEM NO. 684DE8A AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION ITEM NO. 684DF4A. WIRELESS INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEM OVERVIEW THE IWIS IS AN INTERNAL WIRELESS SYSTEM INTENDED TO AUGMENT PRIOR STRUCTURAL DYNAMIC PREDICTION CAPABILITIES BY PROVIDING THE ABILITY TO MONITOR THE ISS ASSEMBLY STRUCTURAL DYNAMIC (ASD) THROUGHOUT THE LIFE OF THE OSS. THE SYSTEM WAS DEVELOPED, AND THE ORIGINAL HARDWARE PROCURED UNDER NASA CONTRACT NO. NAS9-97146. WIRELESS MONITORING IS NECESSARY FOR THE ASD, BECAUSE REQUIRED DATA IS MEASURED FROM SEVERAL REMOTE LOCATIONS DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE ASSEMBLED VEHICLE. THE SYSTEM CONSISTS OF A NUMBER OF RSUS MOUNTED IN THE ISS HABITABLE MODULES AND A NETWORK CONTROL UNIT CONNECTED TO THE SPACE SHUTTLE COMPUTER (SSC) LAPTOP. THE RSUS OBTAIN, AND STORE, STRAIN GAUGE DATA, ACCELEROMETER DATA, AND ACCELEROMETER TEMPERATURE DATA, FROM SENSORS MOUNTED IN THE HABITABLE MODULES. DATA FROM THE RSUS IS SENT VIA RADIO FREQUENCY TO THE NC, WHICH PROCESSES AND TRANSMITS THE DATA VIA INTERCONNECTING CABLE TO THE SSC. IWIS DATA IS DOWNLOADED FROM THE SSC VIA ORBITAL COMMUNICATIONS ADAPTER (OCA) FOR GROUND ANALYSIS. THE PURPOSE OF THE DATA ANALYSIS IS TO VALIDATE STRUCTURAL MODELS AND FORCING FUNCTIONS, AND IT ALLOWS FOR THE MONITORING OF MAJOR ASSEMBLY AND OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES WHICH AIDS IN THE RESOLUTION OF POTENTIAL ANOMALIES.

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• $207,870 - Thursday the 26th of January 2012
  Missile Defense Agency
  MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY
  MISSION SUPPORT

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• $18,008 - Tuesday the 17th of September 2013
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  JOHNSON SPACE CENTER
  IGF::OT::IGF SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) WIRELESS INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEMS GOVERNMENT FURNISHED EQUIPMENT (GFE) TEAMTHE CONTRACTOR SHALL ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (QMS) THAT COMPLIES WITH ANSI/ISO/ASQC Q9001-2000. B. ALL WORK ON THIS PURCHASE CONTRACT IS SUBJECT TO INSPECTION AND TEST BY THE GOVERNMENT AT ANY TIME AND ANY PLACE. GOVERNMENT INSPECTION IS REQUIRED ON THIS ORDER PRIOR TO SHIPMENT FROM CONTRACTORS FACILITY. GOVERNMENT INSPECTIONS PERFORMED WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE DELEGATED GOVERNMENT INSPECTION REPRESENTATIVE AND MAY BE CONDUCTED DURING PROCESSING, FABRICATION, OR FINAL INSPECTION. UPON RECEIPT OF THIS PURCHASE CONTRACT, PROMPTLY NOTIFY THE GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE WHO NORMALLY SERVICES YOUR PLANT SO THAT APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENT INSPECTION PLANNING CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED. IF YOUR FACILITY IS NOT SERVICED BY GOVERNMENT INSPECTION AND/OR THE AREA GOVERNMENT INSPECTION REPRESENTATIVE OR AGENCY CANNOT BE LOCATED, IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY CUSTOMER.

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• $18,008 - Tuesday the 16th of October 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  JOHNSON SPACE CENTER
  SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) WIRELESS INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEMS GOVERNMENT FURNISHED EQUIPMENT (GFE) TEAM

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• $149,993 - Friday the 19th of October 2012
  Department Of Air Force
  FA9453 DET 8 AFRL PKV8
  SBIR PHASE I

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• $124,951 - Thursday the 6th of December 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  A DEVICE IS PROPOSED THAT CAN TRACK THE ELECTRICAL CHARGE DISPERSION THAT IS CREATED WHEN HYPER VELOCITY IMPACT (HVI) OCCURS BETWEEN TWO ENTITIES WITH A CLOSING VELOCITY GREATER THAN 1 KM PER SECOND. THIS SAME DEVICE CAN MEASURE THE TIME OF ARRIVAL OF THE CHARGE WAVE FRONT AT TRANSDUCERS PLACED THROUGHOUT THE VEHICLE. USING THE KNOWN SPEED OF LIGHT MINUS THE REACTIVE EFFECTS OF THE SKIN OF THE VEHICLE ON THE "CHARGE", THE SYSTEM CAN CALCULATE THE EXACT POINT OF IMPACT. FURTHER, THE NATURE OF THE CHARGE DISPERSAL WAVE FRONT CONTAINS CRITICAL INFORMATION AS TO THE DAMAGE INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE HVI.

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