The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $499,478 - Tuesday the 4th of September 2012
  Department Of Air Force
  FA9550 AFRL AFOSR
  STTR PHASE II

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• $250,000 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  MARINE PHYTOPLANKTON ARE CRITICAL IN SUSTAINING LIFE ON EARTH. THEY ARE KEY DRIVERS OF THE GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES OF CARBON AND OTHER NUTRIENTS, AND ACCOUNT FOR 50% OF GLOBAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS. PHYTOPLANKTON GROWTH IS THE FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENT OF THE 'OCEAN BIOLOGICAL PUMP' ONE OF THE TWO PRIMARY MECHANISMS THAT CAUSE THE OCEAN TO BE A SIGNIFICANT SINK OF ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE. SINCE DIFFERENT TAXA OCCUPY DIFFERENT ECOLOGICAL NICHES, IDENTIFYING THE MAJOR INFLUENCES ON THE SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION OF PHYTOPLANKTON GROUPS IS NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION AND THE ROLE OF THE OCEANS IN GLOBAL CLIMATE. SCIENTISTS EMPLOY VARIOUS SATELLITE SENSORS TO MEASURE THE AMOUNT AND DISTRIBUTION OF CHLOROPHYLL A, AN INDICATOR OF PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS IN THE OCEAN, BUT SATELLITES ONLY DETECT NEAR-SURFACE PROPERTIES AND THEREFORE CANNOT ADEQUATELY RESOLVE THE WATER COLUMN BIOMASS AND COMPOSITION OF PHYTOPLANKTON SPECIES. SMALL AND ROBUST SEA-BASED INSTRUMENTATION (THE INNOVATION OF THIS WORK) PROVIDES THIS INFORMATION, AS WELL AS VALUABLE INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION OF THE SPACED-BASED DATA ("SEA TRUTH" DATA). THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO DEVELOP A SMALL, INEXPENSIVE, SUBMERSIBLE, ROBUST MICROFLOW CYTOMETER (UFC) FOR QUANTITATIVE DETECTION OF PHYTOPLANKTON, TO BE INITIALLY DEPLOYED ON THE NSF CENTER FOR COASTAL MARGIN OBSERVATION&PREDICTION COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVATORIES (OREGON). THE DEVICE WILL BE DESIGNED FOR LONG-ENDURANCE AUTONOMOUS OPERATION. THE PROPOSED DESIGN HAS LOW POWER REQUIREMENTS, REDUCES OR ELIMINATES CONSUMABLES, PREVENTS OF FOULING, AND REDUCES SENSITIVITY TO THE ENVIRONMENT. OUR PHASE 2 TECHNICAL OBJECTIVES ARE TO (1) FABRICATE A COMPLETE UFC WITH ALL THE SUBSYSTEMS NECESSARY FOR EXTENDED AUTONOMOUS OPERATIONAL DEPLOYMENT; (2) TEST OUR UFC ON A COASTAL STATION OPERATED BY CMOP/OHSU. (3) DEPLOY OUR MFC ON A SUBMARINE GLIDER OPERATED BY CMOP/OHSU (4) COLLECT DATA AT-SEA, ALONG THE COAST OF OREGON/WASHINGTON.

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• $199,974 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  MARINE PHYTOPLANKTON ARE CRITICAL IN SUSTAINING LIFE ON EARTH. THEY ARE KEY DRIVERS OF THE GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES OF CARBON AND OTHER NUTRIENTS, AND ACCOUNT FOR 50% OF GLOBAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS. PHYTOPLANKTON GROWTH IS THE FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENT OF THE 'OCEAN BIOLOGICAL PUMP' ONE OF THE TWO PRIMARY MECHANISMS THAT CAUSE THE OCEAN TO BE A SIGNIFICANT SINK OF ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE. SINCE DIFFERENT TAXA OCCUPY DIFFERENT ECOLOGICAL NICHES, IDENTIFYING THE MAJOR INFLUENCES ON THE SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION OF PHYTOPLANKTON GROUPS IS NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION AND THE ROLE OF THE OCEANS IN GLOBAL CLIMATE. SCIENTISTS EMPLOY VARIOUS SATELLITE SENSORS TO MEASURE THE AMOUNT AND DISTRIBUTION OF CHLOROPHYLL A, AN INDICATOR OF PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS IN THE OCEAN, BUT SATELLITES ONLY DETECT NEAR-SURFACE PROPERTIES AND THEREFORE CANNOT ADEQUATELY RESOLVE THE WATER COLUMN BIOMASS AND COMPOSITION OF PHYTOPLANKTON SPECIES. SMALL AND ROBUST SEA-BASED INSTRUMENTATION (THE INNOVATION OF THIS WORK) PROVIDES THIS INFORMATION, AS WELL AS VALUABLE INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION OF THE SPACED-BASED DATA ("SEA TRUTH" DATA). THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO DEVELOP A SMALL, INEXPENSIVE, SUBMERSIBLE, ROBUST MICROFLOW CYTOMETER (UFC) FOR QUANTITATIVE DETECTION OF PHYTOPLANKTON, TO BE INITIALLY DEPLOYED ON THE NSF CENTER FOR COASTAL MARGIN OBSERVATION&PREDICTION COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVATORIES (OREGON). THE DEVICE WILL BE DESIGNED FOR LONG-ENDURANCE AUTONOMOUS OPERATION. THE PROPOSED DESIGN HAS LOW POWER REQUIREMENTS, REDUCES OR ELIMINATES CONSUMABLES, PREVENTS OF FOULING, AND REDUCES SENSITIVITY TO THE ENVIRONMENT. OUR PHASE 2 TECHNICAL OBJECTIVES ARE TO (1) FABRICATE A COMPLETE UFC WITH ALL THE SUBSYSTEMS NECESSARY FOR EXTENDED AUTONOMOUS OPERATIONAL DEPLOYMENT; (2) TEST OUR UFC ON A COASTAL STATION OPERATED BY CMOP/OHSU. (3) DEPLOY OUR MFC ON A SUBMARINE GLIDER OPERATED BY CMOP/OHSU (4) COLLECT DATA AT-SEA, ALONG THE COAST OF OREGON/WASHINGTON.

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• $124,972 - Thursday the 15th of November 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  TRANSLUME, IN COLLABORATION WITH DR. JOSEPH NEEDOBA, OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY, PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A MICROFLUIDIC COLORIMETRIC SENSOR FOR THE QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT OF IMPORTANT INORGANIC NUTRIENTS IN ESTUARIES, COASTAL WATERS, AND OCEANS. THE TECHNOLOGY WILL FIRST BE DEMONSTRATED USING THE RELATIVELY SIMPLE ANALYTICAL APPROACH FOR MEASURING NITRIDE. IN A SUBSEQUENT PHASE WE WILL ADAPT THE INSTRUMENT TO MEASURE AMMONIUM AND PHOSPHATE. OUR DEVICE WILL BE DESIGNED TO BE INEXPENSIVE AND WILL OPERATE AUTONOMOUSLY ON OCEANOGRAPHIC PLATFORMS, SUCH AS MOORED BUOYS, UNDERWATER GLIDERS, AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES, OR UNDERWAY SAMPLING DEVICES ON SHIPS. IT WILL BE DESIGNED TO MONITOR RANGE OF CONCENTRATIONS (NANOMOLAR TO MICROMOLAR), AND WILL OPERATE UNATTENDED FOR WEEKS. IT WILL BE EXTREMELY ROBUST, USE VERY LOW VOLUMES OF REAGENTS AND POWER CONSUMPTION WILL BE MINIMIZED. MONOLITHIC IN NATURE, FABRICATION COSTS WILL BE LOW, PERMITTING GLOBAL DEPLOYMENT OF NUMEROUS FIELD UNITS AND ENHANCING NASA'S EARTH SCIENCE RESEARCH CAPABILITIES. THE KEY ADVANCEMENT IS THE INTEGRATION OF TWO ANALYTICAL CHAMBERS IN A SINGLE GLASS MONOLITH, WITH EACH CHAMBER OPTIMIZED FOR A GIVEN CONCENTRATION RANGE. ONE OF THE CHAMBERS WILL HAVE A VERY LONG PATHLENGTH TO ENABLE THE DEVELOPMENT OF AUTONOMOUS WET CHEMISTRY ANALYZERS FOR OPEN OCEAN APPLICATIONS USING A VARIETY OF PLATFORMS AND VEHICLES.

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