The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $91,970 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER
  IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTIONS: NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER HAS A NEED TO COLLABORATE WITH INDUSTRY, ACADEMIA, OTHER NASA CENTERS, AND OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO EXECUTE AGENCY MISSIONS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS TASK ORDER IS TO SUPPORT THIS COLLABORATION AND MISSION EXECUTION THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEERING BEST PRACTICES. THE OBJECTIVE FOR THESE ENGINEERING BEST PRACTICES IS TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE SOURCE FOR THE ELEMENTS, METHODOLOGIES AND PROCESSES INVOLVED WITH ENGINEERING EXECUTION. IN ADDITION, THIS TASK ORDER SUPPORTS THIS COLLABORATION THROUGH DELIVERY OF A SHORT COURSE ENTITLED OVERVIEW OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND SYSTEM ENGINEERING . THE OBJECTIVE FOR THIS SHORT COURSE IS TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF THE VOCABULARY, METHODOLOGIES AND PROCESSES INVOLVED WITH PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING. THE CONTRACTOR WILL BE REQUIRED TO USE HIS/HER KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE BASED ON PREVIOUS NASA MISSIONS.

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• $90,747 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER
  IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTIONS:A MAJOR CHALLENGE IN THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY DESIGN ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION (MDAO) FIELD IS THE HIGH LABOR EFFORT REQUIRED TO SETUP A COMPLEX ANALYSIS MODEL. THE ADVENT OF A NEW GENERATION OF MDAO FRAMEWORKING TOOLS HAS ENCOURAGED ENGINEERS TO BUILD SYSTEMS ANALYSES WITH INCREASING NUMBERS OF DIFFERENT SOFTWARE TOOLS. WHEN MODELS GET LARGE, THE WORK INVOLVED IN LINKING UP ALL OF THE INPUTS AND OUTPUTS BETWEEN CODES CAN GET VERY LARGE. THIS LINKING PROCESS CAN BE THOUGHT OF AS BUILDING UP THE DATA DEPENDENCY GRAPH FOR THE SYSTEM. IN SOME CASES, THERE MAY NOT EVEN BEEN A SINGLE UNIQUE DATA DEPENDENCY GRAPH SINCE MULTIPLE GRAPHS COULD ALL BE FEASIBLE. THIS ALREADY HARD PROBLEM IS MADE MORE DIFFICULT WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE USE OF MULTI-LEVEL MDAO OPTIMIZATION ARCHITECTURES, SUCH AS BLISS2000 OR ANALYTICAL TARGET CASCADING, ON SUCH LARGE SYSTEMS ANALYSES. THUS IT IS NECESSARY TO ESTABLISH A SET OF ALGORITHMS AND TOOLS, BACKED BY ESTABLISHED GRAPH THEORETIC APPROACHES, TO MANAGE THE COMPLEXITY IN LARGE MODELS AND REDUCE THE TIME AND LABOR COSTS OF THEIR INITIAL SETUP. RESEARCH OBJECTIVES THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS RESEARCH ARE TO: INVESTIGATE THE REPRESENTATION OF MDAO PROBLEMS, AND THEIR DATA DEPENDENCIES, USING DIRECTED CYCLIC GRAPHS (DCG) AND DIRECTED ACYCLIC GRAPHS (DAG). DEVELOP A SET OF GRAPH MANIPULATION TECHNIQUES TO DETERMINE FEASIBLE DAGS FROM A GIVEN DCG INVESTIGATE POSSIBLE METHODS OF SELECTING A PARTICULAR DAG FROM A SET OF POSSIBLE DAGS, GIVEN A CERTAIN USER/MODELER DEFINED GOAL FOR THE SIMULATION (E.G. LOWEST COMPUTATIONAL TIME, HIGHEST PARALLELIZATION, MOST HIERARCHICAL DESIGN INTEGRATE THE DEVELOPED GRAPH MANIPULATION TECHNIQUES INTO THE OPENMDAO FRAMEWORK AND DEMONSTRATE THEIR EFFECTIVENESS AT REDUCING SETUP COST ON A TEST PROBLEM.

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• $90,000 - Thursday the 1st of December 2011
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER
  NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER UNDERTAKES INNOVATIVE, HIGH-PAYOFF, AEROSPACE AND SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES BEYOND THE RISK LIMIT OR CAPABILITY OF COMMERCIAL INDUSTRY AND HAS BEEN INVESTIGATING NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR AEROSPACE SCIENCES FOR MANY YEARS. TO FURTHER OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE PHYSICAL PHENOMENA ASSOCIATED WITH PHYSICAL PROCESSES OF INTEREST BEYOND STATE-OF-THE-ART ANALYTIC AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES NEED TO BE DESIGNED, PLANNED AND EXECUTED. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PERFORM AS A MEMBER OF A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM THAT CONCEIVES, PLANS, AND CONDUCTS A WIDE VARIETY OF ANALYTIC AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH STUDIES

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• $84,784 - Monday the 24th of September 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER
  THE MISSION OF THE ADVANCED AIRCRAFT PROGRAM (AAP) IS TO IDENTIFY AND DEVELOP ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES TO ENSURE THE PREEMINENCE OF U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT, DEVELOP MATERIALS TO ADVANCE SURVIVABILITY AND ADDRESS NEW THREATS, INTEGRATE STRUCTURES AND MATERIALS TECHNOLOGIES INTO NEW VEHICLE CONCEPTS WITH BALANCED PERFORMANCE, SURVIVABILITY AND COST, AND PROMOTE NATIONAL SECURITY.

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• $84,027 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER
  IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTIONS:THE SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND CONCEPTS DIRECTORATE (SACD) / SPACE MISSION ANALYSIS BRANCH (SMAB) IS CURRENTLY SUPPORTING NASA S HUMAN EXPLORATION AND OPERATIONS MISSION DIRECTORATE (HEO-MD) IN THE DEFINITION AND ANALYSIS OF FUTURE SPACE SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURES, REQUIRED CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THESE COMPLEX SYSTEMS, AND THE REQUIRED TECHNOLOGIES TO MEET ARCHITECTURE NEEDS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS EFFORT IS TO IDENTIFY CAPABILITY NEEDS FOR HUMAN AND ROBOTIC EXPLORATION SYSTEMS AND CAPTURE LINKAGES BETWEEN CAMPAIGNS, CAPABILITIES, AND TECHNOLOGIES.

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• $83,399 - Saturday the 1st of December 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER
  IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTIONS:MID INFRARED DIAL SYSTEMS CAN PROVIDE VITAL DATA NEEDED BY ATMOSPHERIC SCIENTISTS TO UNDERSTAND ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY. THE EARTH SCIENCE DECADAL SURVEY RECOMMENDED MISSIONS, SUCH AS ASCENDS AND GACM, TO MEASURE ATMOSPHERIC CONSTITUENTS SUCH AS CO2, CH4, CO, O3, NO2, SO2, AND CH2O. ASCENDS IS ACTIVE SENSING OF CO2 EMISSIONS OVER NIGHTS, DAYS, AND SEASONS WHILE GACM IS GLOBAL ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION MISSION. TO ACCURATELY MEASURE THE CONCENTRATIONS OF THESE GASSES, ESPECIALLY THE GASSES WITH LOW CONCENTRATIONS, STRONG ABSORPTION FEATURES MUST BE ACCESSED. EACH OF THE ABOVE GASSES HAVE CHARACTERISTIC MID INFRARED ABSORPTION FEATURES BY WHICH EITHER COLUMN CONTENT OR RANGE RESOLVED CONCENTRATIONS CAN BE MEASURED. BECAUSE OF THESE CHARACTERISTIC ABSORPTION FEATURES THE MID INFRARED SPECTRAL REGION, 3.0 TO 50.0μM, IS KNOWN AS THE FINGERPRINT REGION AND IS AN IDEAL SPECTRAL REGION TO MAKE THE MEASUREMENTS. HOWEVER, AS NOTED BY THE DECADAL SURVEY, MID INFRARED SOLID STATE LASERS NEEDED FOR DIAL SYSTEMS ARE NOT AVAILABLE.

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• $83,334 - Saturday the 1st of December 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER
  IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTIONS:THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THE AVIATION SAFETY ANALYSIS TEAM (ASAT) IS TO SUPPORT AVIATION SAFETY PROGRAM (AVSP) MANAGEMENT IN THEIR FULFILLMENT OF SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND TECHNOLOGY PRIORITIZATION REQUIREMENTS AS DEFINED IN NPR 7120.8 (NASA RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS). THE ASAT IS COMPRISED OF THREE ELEMENTS: (1) SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, (2) PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENT AND (3) DIRECTED STUDIES.

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• $80,000 - Thursday the 9th of February 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER
  THE MISSION OF THE ADVANCED AIRCRAFT PROGRAM (AAP) IS TO IDENTIFY AND DEVELOP ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES TO ENSURE THE PREEMINENCE OF U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT, DEVELOP MATERIALS TO ADVANCE SURVIVABILITY AND ADDRESS NEW THREATS, INTEGRATE STRUCTURES AND MATERIALS TECHNOLOGIES INTO NEW VEHICLE CONCEPTS WITH BALANCED PERFORMANCE, SURVIVABILITY AND COST, AND PROMOTE NATIONAL SECURITY.

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• $80,000 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER
  THE PURPOSE OF THIS TASK ORDER IS TO SUPPORT NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER IN RESEARCH RELATED TO THE EXAMINATION OF MATERIAL DAMAGE THROUGH NON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION (NDE). THE ANALYSIS OF COMPOSITE OVERWRAP PRESSURE VESSEL (COPV) RELATED AE MEASUREMENTS AND NON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION (NDE) TESTS ARE PART OF AN INVESTIGATION SUPPORTED BY NASA S NESC THROUGH THE NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION SCIENCES BRANCH. SEVERAL SMALL-SCALE COMPONENTS (STRAND TESTS) AND LARGE COMPOSITE COPVS ARE TO BE TESTED AT OTHER FACILITIES UNDER VARYING LOADS UNTIL FAILURE. ACOUSTIC EMISSION (AE) WILL BE MONITORED AND COLLECTED DURING THESE TESTS. OF INTEREST TO THE COPV COMMUNITY ARE THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE AE RESPONSES, INDICATIONS OF YIELDING, AND SUBSEQUENT ULTIMATE FAILURE.

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• $75,000 - Thursday the 10th of November 2011
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER
  THE SUPERSONIC INFLATABLE AERODYNAMIC DECELERATOR (SIAD) PROJECT, A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY AND NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER, HAS BEEN TASKED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT&MATURATION OF THE SIAD TECHNOLOGY FOR MARS EDL APPLICATIONS. THE SIAD TECHNOLOGY MATURATION PROCESS WILL INCLUDE AT MARS PERFORMANCE SIMULATIONS, WIND-TUNNEL TESTING, AND FLIGHT TESTING OF SIADS AT VARIOUS AERODYNAMIC CONDITIONS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS TASK ARE TWO-FOLD: 1) TO IMPROVE SIAD PERFORMANCE SIMULATIONS THROUGH THE INCORPORATION OF AN AERODYNAMIC DATABASE BASED ON PAST EXPERIMENTS, AND AERODYNAMIC DATABASE UPDATES BASED ON CURRENT WIND-TUNNEL&FLIGHT TESTS; AND 2) TO DESIGN, PLAN, AND EXECUTE WIND-TUNNEL TESTS AND/OR OTHER EXPERIMENTS FOR THE DERIVATION OF DYNAMIC STABILITY COEFFICIENTS FOR THE AFOREMENTIONED AERODATABASE(S).

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