The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $94,788 - Thursday the 10th of May 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  THIS PROPOSAL ADDRESSES THE NEED FOR MINIATURE, NARROW-LINEWIDTH, DEEP UV OPTICAL SOURCES THAT OPERATE AT VERY LOW AMBIENT TEMPERATURES FOR USE IN ADVANCED IN SITU PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTRUMENTS FOR NON-CONTACT DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION OF TRACE AMOUNTS OF ORGANIC, INORGANIC, AND BIOGENIC MATERIALS USING RAMAN AND NATIVE FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPIC METHODS. THE SOURCES INCLUDE ALUMINUM GALLIUM NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS AND ULTRA-NARROW-LINEWIDTH TRANSVERSE EXCITED HOLLOW CATHODE LASERS EMITTING BETWEEN 210 NM TO 250 NM, A SPECTRAL RANGE WITH DEMONSTRATED HIGHER DETECTION SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY THAN SOURCES EMITTING AT LONGER WAVELENGTHS. APPLICATIONS INCLUDE NON-CONTACT ROBOT-ARM OR BODY MOUNTED CHEMICAL IMAGING INSTRUMENTS AND DETECTORS FOR DIRECT ANALYSIS OF TRACE LEVELS OF CHEMICAL SPECIES CONTAINING C, N, H, O, S, CL, ON SURFACES OR AS EXTRACTIONS FROM SOIL, ROCK, OR ICE. WE HAVE ACHIEVED THE HIGHEST RECORDED DEEP UV SEMICONDUCTOR INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCIES AT WAVELENGTHS BELOW 250 NM. BUT CONTINUING DIFFICULTIES OF ATTAINING LASER EMISSION AND PROSPECTS FOR NARROW LINE-WIDTH COMPATIBLE WITH RAMAN APPLICATIONS HAS CAUSED US TO REDIRECT A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE PHASE II EFFORT TO ANOTHER CLASS OF DEEP UV LASER WITH A MORE PROVEN UV RAMAN TRACK RECORD AND THE POTENTIAL FOR MINIATURIZATION FOR ROBOT-ARM-MOUNTED APPLICATIONS.

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• $54,669 - Thursday the 10th of May 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  THIS PROPOSAL ADDRESSES THE NEED FOR MINIATURE, NARROW-LINEWIDTH, DEEP UV OPTICAL SOURCES THAT OPERATE AT VERY LOW AMBIENT TEMPERATURES FOR USE IN ADVANCED IN SITU PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTRUMENTS FOR NON-CONTACT DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION OF TRACE AMOUNTS OF ORGANIC, INORGANIC, AND BIOGENIC MATERIALS USING RAMAN AND NATIVE FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPIC METHODS. THE SOURCES INCLUDE ALUMINUM GALLIUM NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS AND ULTRA-NARROW-LINEWIDTH TRANSVERSE EXCITED HOLLOW CATHODE LASERS EMITTING BETWEEN 210 NM TO 250 NM, A SPECTRAL RANGE WITH DEMONSTRATED HIGHER DETECTION SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY THAN SOURCES EMITTING AT LONGER WAVELENGTHS. APPLICATIONS INCLUDE NON-CONTACT ROBOT-ARM OR BODY MOUNTED CHEMICAL IMAGING INSTRUMENTS AND DETECTORS FOR DIRECT ANALYSIS OF TRACE LEVELS OF CHEMICAL SPECIES CONTAINING C, N, H, O, S, CL, ON SURFACES OR AS EXTRACTIONS FROM SOIL, ROCK, OR ICE. WE HAVE ACHIEVED THE HIGHEST RECORDED DEEP UV SEMICONDUCTOR INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCIES AT WAVELENGTHS BELOW 250 NM. BUT CONTINUING DIFFICULTIES OF ATTAINING LASER EMISSION AND PROSPECTS FOR NARROW LINE-WIDTH COMPATIBLE WITH RAMAN APPLICATIONS HAS CAUSED US TO REDIRECT A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE PHASE II EFFORT TO ANOTHER CLASS OF DEEP UV LASER WITH A MORE PROVEN UV RAMAN TRACK RECORD AND THE POTENTIAL FOR MINIATURIZATION FOR ROBOT-ARM-MOUNTED APPLICATIONS.

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• $123,312 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP A COKE-CAN-SIZE, 250 G, 400 MW INSTRUMENT FOR MOUNTING ON SMALL LANDER OR ROVER ARMS: THE ULTRA-COMPACT OPTICAL SPECTROMETER FOR ORGANIC MAPPING (?COSOM) INSTRUMENT. TWO CORE TECHNOLOGIES ENABLE THE PROPOSED INSTRUMENT: A NARROW LINEWIDTH, 235 NM, DEEP UV (DUV) SEMICONDUCTOR LASER TRIODE (LT), CURRENTLY BEING DEVELOPED BY PHOTON SYSTEM UNDER DARPA FUNDING; AND A NEW UNCOOLED, LINEAR DUV CCD ARRAY DETECTOR WITH HIGH QUANTUM EFFICIENCY IN THE DUV WITH FAST READ RATES AND LOW READ NOISE. THE NEED FOR IN SITU MICRO-SCALE MAPPING FOR TRACE CONCENTRATIONS OF ORGANICS ON PLANETARY SURFACES IS EXEMPLIFIED BY REQUIREMENTS PUT FORTH THE (JULY 09) MID RANGE ROVER SCIENCE ANALYSIS GROUP (MRR-SAG) AND AGAIN IN A 2010 ASTROBIOLOGY PAPER BY PRATT ET AL. ?COSOM FULFILLS SIMILAR ORGANIC NEEDS ON FUTURE IN-SITU MISSIONS WITH MER CLASS ROVER/ARM SIZES OR SMALL LANDERS TO PLANETARY BODIES SUCH AS MARS, ICY WORLDS (TITAN, EUROPA, ENCELADUS), AND SMALL PRIMITIVE BODIES.?COSOM PROVIDES A BROAD ORGANIC AND INORGANIC COMPOUND MEASUREMENT CAPABILITY WITHOUT THE NEED FOR SAMPLE HANDLING OR REAGENTS. IT WILL EXCITE SUB-PPB LEVELS OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS ON ROCKS, SOIL, OR OTHER SURFACES AT 235 NM AND SIMULTANEOUSLY MEASURE RAMAN SCATTERING IN THE 240 NM TO 260 NM REGION (1000 TO 4000 CM-1) AND NATIVE FLUORESCENCE IN THE 260 NM TO 700 NM REGION AT A WORKING DISTANCE OF SEVERAL CM, WITH LONG DEPTH OF FOCUS, AND WITH THE ABILITY TO MAP AREAS UP TO 1 BY 1 CM IN SIZE WITH 100?M SPATIAL RESOLUTION. THE PULSED SOURCE ENABLES SOLAR BLIND GATED RAMAN AND FLUORESCENCE SPECTRAL MEASUREMENTS BUT ALSO FLUORESCENCE AND PHOSPHORESCENCE DECAY MEASUREMENTS TO PROVIDE ORTHOGONAL INFORMATION ABOUT TARGET COMPOSITION. THE INSTRUMENT CAN ALSO PROVIDE SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE OF TARGETS FROM 240 NM TO 700 NM TOGETHER WITH RAMAN AND FLUORESCENCE DATA, USING SOLAR ILLUMINATION, AND ENABLE SOLAR AND STELLAR IRRADIANCE AND SKY BACKGROUND MEASUREMENTS.

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