The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $94,424 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  GEOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT MERIDIANI PLANUM AND GUSEV CRATER THE PROPOSED RESEARCH IS A CONTINUATION OF OUR LONG-TERM MARS DATA ANALYSIS EFFORTS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND EVOLUTION OF THE SURFACE OF MARS USING A VARIETY OF ORBITAL AND LANDED MISSION DATA. OVER THE PAST AWARD PERIOD, WE FOCUSED ON THE QUESTION OF CRUST-MANTLE EVOLUTION. IN THIS PROPOSAL, WE TURN OUR ATTENTIONS TO THE SEDIMENTARY RECORD OF MARS AND TO THE REGIONAL COMPOSITION OF THE MER LANDING SITES, IN DOING SO, WE ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING FOUR QUESTIONS (TASKS) USING A COMBINATION OF MARS EXPLORATION ROVER APXS CHEMICAL DATA, MARS ODYSSEY GAMMA-RAY SURFACE CHEMICAL MAPPING AND IN SITU SPECTROSCOPY (E.G., M SSBAUER AND MINI-TES): (1) WHAT GEOCHEMICAL AND SPECTROSCOPIC CONSTRAINTS CAN BE PLACED ON THE POSSIBLE OCCURRENCE OF PHYLLOSILICATES (CLAYS) IN SEDIMENTARY AND OTHER FRAGMENTAL ROCKS IN THE BURNS FORMATION AT MERIDIANI PLANUM AND IN THE COLUMBIA HILLS/INNER BASIN OF GUSEV CRATER? IN TURN, WHAT CONSTRAINTS DO THE PRESENCE AND/OR ABSENCE OF CLAYS PLACE ON THE WEATHERING AND ALTERATION REGIMES OF THE SILCICLASTIC COMPONENTS OF THESE ROCKS? (2) WHAT IS THE NATURE OF THE IGNEOUS PROVENANCE OF THE SILICICLASTIC FRACTION OF ANCIENT SEDIMENTARY AND FRAGMENTAL ROCKS PRESERVED AND IN THE BURNS FORMATION AT MERIDIANI PLANUM AND IN THE COLUMBIA HILLS/INNER BASIN OF GUSEV CRATER? (3) IN LIGHT OF RECENT EXPERIMENTAL DATA ON THE BEHAVIOR OF THE TRACE ELEMENTS CR, NI AND ZN ON MARS DURING AQUEOUS ALTERATION, EVAPORATION AND DIAGENESIS, WHAT CONSTRAINTS DO MEASURED TRACE ELEMENTS IN ROCKS AND SOILS AT MERIDIANI PLANUM AND GUSEV CRATER PLACE ON SURFICIAL PROCESSES ON MARS? (4) WHAT IS THE AVERAGE COMPOSITION OF THE NEAR SURFACE IN THE VICINITY OF THE MER LANDING SITES AND WHAT CONSTRAINTS DO THESE COMPOSITIONS PROVIDE AS A "GROUND TRUTH" TO MARS ODYSSEY GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETER (GRS) DATA? THIS FOUR-YEAR RESEARCH PROGRAM FURTHERS THE OBJECTIVES AND GOALS OF THE MARS DATA ANALYSIS PROGRAM, AND IN TURN THE MARS EXPLORATION PROGRAM, BY CONTRIBUTING TO THE BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF THE SURFACE OF MARS, INCLUDING LOCATIONS CONTAINING HABITABLE ENVIRONMENTS. IN ADDITION, THE RESULTS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO IMPROVED PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES OF SURFACE COMPOSITION FROM ORBIT FOR TWO POTENTIAL MARS SAMPLE RETURN SITES.

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• $90,000 - Thursday the 12th of January 2012
  Veterans Affairs Department
  243-NETWORK CONTRACTING OFFICE 03
  STONY BROOK SEND OUT TEST COST FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012. TOTAL COST IS $90,000.

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• $877,078 - Thursday the 6th of August 2015
  Centers For Disease Control And Prevention
  DEPT OF HHS/CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL
  WORLD TRADE CENTER CLINICAL CENTER

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• $85,563 - Tuesday the 18th of August 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED WORK IS TO MAXIMIZE THE AMOUNT AND QUALITY OF COMPOSITIONAL INFORMATION THAT CAN BE EXTRACTED FROM THE MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR THERMAL EMISSION SPECTROMETER (TES) DATA SET. THIS OBJECTIVE WILL BE ADDRESSED THROUGH THE FOLLOWING TASKS: 1) GENERATION AND ARCHIVAL OF ATMOSPHERIC GAS CORRECTED RADIANCE AND EMISSIVITY DATA SETS, 2) DERIVATION OF ATMOSPHERIC DUST AND WATER ICE SPECTRAL SHAPES FOR AN EXTENDED SPECTRAL RANGE FROM GAS-CORRECTED DATA; 3) ASSESSMENT OF IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES TO RETRIEVED SURFACE EMISSIVITY USING GAS-CORRECTED DATA AND EXTENDED WAVELENGTH RANGE; 4) GENERATION AND ARCHIVAL OF GAS- AND AEROSOL-CORRECTED SURFACE EMISSIVITY AND MINERAL ABUNDANCE DATA SETS USING AN EXTENDED WAVELENGTH RANGE; 5) ANALYSIS OF GLOBAL VARIATIONS IN SURFACE SPECTRAL CHARACTER IN THE>1300 CM-1 SPECTRAL RANGE USING GAS-CORRECTED SPECTRA. THE PROPOSED WORK WILL TAKE PLACE OVER A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS.

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• $70,015 - Thursday the 6th of August 2015
  Centers For Disease Control And Prevention
  DEPT OF HHS/CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL
  WORLD TRADE CENTER CLINICAL CENTER

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• $533,119 - Thursday the 6th of August 2015
  Centers For Disease Control And Prevention
  DEPT OF HHS/CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL
  SMOKING CESSATION WTC

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• $495,062 - Thursday the 6th of August 2015
  Centers For Disease Control And Prevention
  DEPT OF HHS/CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL
  WORLD TRADE CENTER RESEARCH

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• $3,123,050 - Thursday the 6th of August 2015
  Centers For Disease Control And Prevention
  DEPT OF HHS/CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL
  WORLD TRADE CENTER CLINICAL CENTER

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• $25,000 - Monday the 17th of September 2012
  Veterans Affairs Department
  243-NETWORK CONTRACTING OFFICE 03
  STONY BROOK SEND OUT TEST COST AMENDMENT INCREASE BY $25,000.00

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• $24,000 - Friday the 29th of June 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  GLENN RESEARCH CENTER
  DATA COLLECTION OF 12 SILICON CARBIDE SAMPLES. ANDREW WOODWORTH, BLDG. 106, RM. 215, 3-2544

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