The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $810 - Thursday the 13th of September 2012
  Forest Service
  UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST
  2012 WATER QUALITY TESTING FOR TILLER RS, WOLF CREEK JC, AND VARIOUS CAMPGROUNDS(TILLER RS FMCP09).

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• $5,995 - Friday the 17th of February 2012
  Forest Service
  UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST
  2012 WATER QUALITY TESTING FOR TILLER RS, WOLF CREEK JC, AND VARIOUS CAMPGROUNDS(TILLER RS FMCP09).

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• $276,907 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  COMBINATORIAL METHODS ARE PROPOSED TO DEVELOP ADVANCED AQUEOUS OXIDATION CATALYSTS (AOCS) WITH THE CAPABILITY TO MINERALIZE ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS PRESENT IN EFFLUENTS FROM CURRENT AND FUTURE PRIMARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESSES AT TEMPERATURES LESS THAN 70 AC, PRESSURES BELOW 20 PSIG, AND CONTACT TIMES UNDER 30 MINUTES. THE PHASE II EFFORT WILL BUILD UPON THE SUCCESSFUL PHASE I FEASIBILITY DEMONSTRATION AND IDENTIFY RATE-LIMITING FACTORS FOR CONTAMINANT OXIDATION IDENTIFIED IN THE BEST PHASE I AOCS. A NEW SERIES OF COMBINATORIAL CATALYSTS WILL BE PREPARED WITH THE GOAL TO SYSTEMATICALLY IMPROVE CATALYST PERFORMANCE. IMPROVEMENTS WILL FOCUS ON CONTAMINANT AND REACTION BYPRODUCT ADSORPTION, MASS TRANSFER RESISTANCES, AND REACTION RATE LIMITATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH NOBLE METAL CONCENTRATION, DISPERSION, AND SUPPORT INTERACTION. A SECOND-GENERATION COMBINATORIAL LIBRARY WITH 102 AOCS WILL BE PREPARED BASED ON THIS ANALYSIS. OXIDATION ACTIVITY WILL THEN BE COMPARED USING A DIFFICULT TO OXIDIZE ERSATZ SOLUTION CONTAINING CONTAMINANTS KNOWN TO OCCUR IN THE CURRENT U.S. WATER PROCESSOR ABOARD THE ISS. THESE TESTS WILL SELECT THE BEST AOC BASED UPON ANALYSIS OF OXIDATION KINETICS. THIS AOC WILL UNDERGO LONG-TERM TESTING TO VERIFY PERFORMANCE. SCALE-UP ACTIVITIES WILL FOLLOW, RESULTING IN A FULL-SCALE, DELIVERABLE PROTOTYPE. THE ADVANCED AOC WILL LOWER WATER PROCESSOR ESM AND PROVIDE MULTIPLE COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES.

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• $214,000 - Friday the 22nd of November 2013
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
  PLASMA PYROLYSIS ASSEMBLY REACTOR DEVELOPMENT. PLASMA PYROLYSIS ASSEMBLY (PPA) REACTOR DEVELOPMENT. THE FIRST GENERATION PPA PROTOTYPE WAS DESIGNED TO PROVE BASIC FUNCTIONALITY OF THE NOVEL MICROWAVE PLASMA METHANE DECOMPOSITION TECHNOLOGY1-5. WHILE ACHIEVING THIS BY DEMONSTRATING EFFECTIVE OPERATION AS BOTH A STAND-ALONE DEVICE AND AS INTEGRATED WITH THE SABATIER DEVELOPMENT UNIT (SDU)6, THERE REMAINS SIGNIFICANT ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT IN BOTH THE CORE REACTOR AND OVERALL ASSEMBLY DESIGN. THIS PHASE III EFFORT SHALL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT AN EFFICIENT 1-CREW MEMBER (1-CM) SCALE ADVANCED REACTOR TO REPLACE THE FIRST GENERATION REACTOR. TASK 1: DESIGN ADVANCED 1-CM SCALE PLASMA REACTORS. CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS FOR AT LEAST TWO 1-CM SCALE ADVANCED PLASMA REACTION CHAMBERS SHALL BE DEVELOPED. KEY FEATURES OF THESE DESIGNS SHALL INCLUDE THE SPECIFIC GEOMETRICAL ASPECTS WHICH ARE DETERMINED BY THE WAVELENGTH OF THE 2.45 GHZ MICROWAVE FREQUENCY USED AS WELL AS THE MEANS AND DEGREE OF REACTOR COOLING REQUIRED. REACTOR DESIGNS / DRAWINGS BASED ON EACH NEW CONCEPT SHALL BE DEVELOPED. THESE DESIGNS SHALL BE USED TO FABRICATE EACH REACTOR FROM BULK ALUMINUM USING CNC MACHINING TECHNIQUES. WELDED SYSTEM COMPONENTS, WHICH ARE EXPOSED TO PROCESS GASES, ARE NOT ANTICIPATED. RATHER, BOLTED GASKETED INTERFACES SHALL BE UTILIZED WHERE APPROPRIATE TO FACILITATE ACCESS TO INTERNAL REACTOR SURFACES IF CLEANING OR MAINTENANCE IS REQUIRED. IF WELDED PARTS PROVE ADVANTAGEOUS, WELDING METHODS SHALL BE EMPLOYED WHICH MEET OR EXCEED PERTINENT ASME STANDARDS. OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE DERIVED DURING INTEGRATED TESTING OF THE SDU AND FIRST GENERATION PPA AT MSFC SHALL BE USED AS A RESOURCE TO HELP DIRECT PRACTICAL DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE ADVANCED REACTOR. IN PARTICULAR, GUIDANCE FROM DR. MORGAN ABNEY AND OTHER KEY PERSONNEL AT MSFC WILL BE REQUIRED TO ACHIEVE THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME OF THIS ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT EFFORT INSURING APPLICABILITY TO FUTURE TESTING NEEDS. OF KEY IMPORTANCE, THESE DESIGNS SHALL ACCOMMODATE A RANGE OF PROCESSING RATES UP TO AT LEAST A 1-CM CAPACITY, WHILE CAREFULLY CONFINING A STABLE PLASMA IN THE DESIRED LOCATION WITHIN THE CHAMBER WHILE MAXIMIZING METHANE PROCESSING RATE AND ENERGY CONVERSION EFFICIENCY. SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED ENERGY CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES ARE DESIRED FOR THE ADVANCED REACTOR. THE FIRST GENERATION PPA REACTOR OPERATED WITH RELATIVELY POOR ENERGY CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES.

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• $125,000 - Monday the 2nd of June 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  IGF::OT::IGF A COMPACT MICROGRAVITY AND HYPOGRAVITY COMPATIBLE VACUUM DEVICE IS PROPOSED TO PROVIDE MEDICAL SUCTION AND CONTAINMENT OF EXTRACTED FLUIDS. THE PROPOSED ASPIRATOR WILL DRAW UP TO 40 L/MIN OF AIR AND PRODUCE A NOMINAL VACUUM OF 500-MM HG, WHICH IS COMPARABLE TO COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE MEDICAL ASPIRATORS. THE UNIT WILL ALSO PROVIDE A MEANS FOR SEPARATION AND CONTAINMENT OF UP TO 1000 ML OF ASPIRATED FLUIDS. WASTE MATERIAL SEPARATION WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY A RETICULATED FOAM TRAP THAT WILL UTILIZE HYDROPHILIC ADSORBENT MATERIALS TO SEQUESTER LIQUIDS WITHIN THE RETICULATED FOAM STRUCTURE. THE ASPIRATOR ASSEMBLY WILL ALSO INCLUDE A SUB-MICRON FILTER TO PREVENT AEROSOL FROM ESCAPING TO THE SPACECRAFT CABIN. DURING THE PHASE I RESEARCH, AN EFFICIENT TRAP WILL BE DESIGNED AND TESTED USING A COMMERCIAL OFF THE SHELF (COTS) VACUUM PUMP. ADDITIONAL TRAP FEATURES WILL BE INVESTIGATED INCLUDING COLLAPSIBLE WALLS TO MINIMIZE STORAGE SPACE AND CHEMICAL RESISTANCE TO ENABLE SUCTION OF CORROSIVE AND/OR TOXIC MATERIALS. PHASE II RESEARCH WILL FOCUS ON IMPROVING OVERALL ESM AND INCORPORATING FEATURES SUCH AS A TRAP FILL LEVEL INDICATOR, AN EMERGENCY SHUTOFF IN CASE OF LIQUID BREAKTHROUGH, AND AN ALARM INDICATING A BLOCKED AIRWAY, WHICH WILL IMPROVE MICROGRAVITY PERFORMANCE.

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• $125,000 - Monday the 15th of October 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  THE ADVANCED MICROGRAVITY COMPATIBLE, INTEGRATED LAUNDRY (AMCIL) IS A MICROGRAVITY COMPATIBLE LIQUID / LIQUID VAPOR, TWO-PHASE LAUNDRY SYSTEM WITH WATER JET AGITATION AND VACUUM ASSISTED DRYING. UMPQUA RESEARCH COMPANY PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED A COMPLETE MICROGRAVITY COMPATIBLE SINGLE PHASE LAUNDRY SYSTEM (SPLS). SINGLE-PHASE OPERATION DURING THE WASH CYCLE FACILITATED MICROGRAVITY COMPATIBLE FLUIDICS AND ELIMINATED PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH FOAMS. PULSED WATER JETS WERE UTILIZED TO AGITATE THE CLOTHING. DRYING WAS ACHIEVED WITH MICROWAVE ASSISTED VACUUM DRYING FOLLOWED BY A TUMBLE CYCLE THAT GREATLY ENHANCED SOFTNESS IN THE PREVIOUSLY VACUUM PRESSED CLOTHING. TUMBLING WAS ACHIEVED BY AN ARRAY OF THREE AIR JETS, TWO TO GENERATE A CYCLONIC EFFECT AND A THIRD TO INDUCE TUMBLING BY BLOWING PERPENDICULAR TO THE PLANE OF ROTATION. THIS CONCEPT WAS SUCCESSFULLY DEMONSTRATED DURING A KC-135 MICROGRAVITY SIMULATION FLIGHT. THE PROPOSED AMCIL CONCEPT WILL BUILD ON THE SPLS TECHNOLOGY AND INCORPORATE KEY DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS TO REDUCED WATER REQUIREMENTS AND LOWER POWER CONSUMPTION. SPECIFIC ADVANCEMENTS INCLUDE A REDESIGNED WASH CYCLE THAT CONSUMES LESS WATER AND REDUCES POWER DEMAND. THE PHASE I EFFORT WILL DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF THE MICROGRAVITY COMPATIBLE LIQUID / LIQUID VAPOR, TWO-PHASE WASHING CONCEPT IN A LABORATORY SCALE SYSTEM. A COMPLETE, AUTOMATED PROTOTYPE UNIT THAT INCORPORATES THE SYSTEM PARAMETERS ESTABLISHED DURING THE PHASE I TESTS WILL BE DESIGNED, FABRICATED, AND TESTED DURING THE PHASE II PROGRAM.

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• $125,000 - Friday the 28th of September 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  AN INNOVATIVE MICROCHANNEL SABATIER REACTOR SYSTEM (MSRS) IS PROPOSED FOR 100% RECOVERY OF OXYGEN (AS WATER) AND METHANE FROM CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2), A VALUABLE IN SITU RESOURCE AVAILABLE IN THE ATMOSPHERE OR AS FROZEN DEPOSITS ON MARS AND OTHER NEAR EARTH OBJECTS (NEOS), USING HYDROGEN. THE SABATIER REACTION WILL GREATLY BENEFIT FROM INHERENTLY SUPERIOR MICROREACTOR HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS COMPARED TO CONVENTIONAL REACTOR DESIGNS. SIGNIFICANTLY, MULTIPLE MICROREACTORS CAN READILY BE CONFIGURED IN SERIES OR PARALLEL ARRANGEMENTS THAT IMPROVE REACTION OUTCOMES, AND PROCESS SCALE UP IS EASILY ACHIEVED BY NUMBERING UP MASS PRODUCED MICROREACTORS. HIGH CONVERSION RATES WILL REQUIRE THE DEPOSITION OF HIGHLY ACTIVE, SUPPORTED CATALYST LAYERS ONTO MICROCHANNEL WALLS THAT ENHANCE SURFACE AREA, ADSORPTION CHARACTERISTICS, AND CATALYST EFFECTIVENESS FACTOR. ANOTHER RESEARCH FOCUS AREA WILL BE A MSRS DESIGN THAT OPTIMIZES RESIDENCE TIME, THERMAL RECOVERY, AND THE ACHIEVEMENT OF EQUILIBRIUM AT LOW TEMPERATURE. SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE PHASE I PROJECT WILL PROVIDE MICROREACTOR PERFORMANCE DATA REQUIRED TO DESIGN AND ASSEMBLE A FIRST GENERATION MSRS. THE PHASE II RESEARCH WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PROTOTYPE MSRS INCORPORATING INTEGRATED SEQUENTIAL MICROREACTORS AND HEAT EXCHANGE WITH THE CAPABILITY OF PROCESSING 1 KG HR-1 OF CO2. THE PROTOTYPE MSRS WILL CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE THE EFFICACY OF THIS IN SITU RESOURCE UTILIZATION APPROACH.

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• $124,999 - Thursday the 27th of September 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  VOLUME REDUCTION IS A CRITICAL ELEMENT OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FOR MANNED SPACECRAFT AND PLANETARY HABITATIONS. TO THIS END, THE PROPOSED FECAL WASTE INCINERATOR MAY BE UTILIZED TO COMPLETELY MINERALIZE FECES TO HARMLESS INORGANIC SUBSTANCES SUCH AS CO2 AND WATER. THESE PRODUCTS MAY THEN BE REROUTED TO THE ECLSS PROCESSES FOR HYDROGEN CO2 REDUCTION TO FORM WATER AND WATER ELECTROLYSIS TO YIELD OXYGEN AND HYDROGEN. FECAL OXIDATION TAKES PLACE IN TWO COUPLED REACTORS UTILIZING ADVANCED HEAT EXCHANGER TECHNOLOGY, ONE TO INCINERATE THE FECES AND THE SECOND TO OXIDIZE INCINERATION PRODUCTS. LITTLE ENERGY INPUT IS REQUIRED DUE TO THE USE OF FECAL MATTER HEAT OF COMBUSTION IN COMBINATION WITH EFFICIENT HEAT EXCHANGE. FECES ARE INCINERATED IMMEDIATELY AFTER COLLECTION, ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR WASTE STABILIZATION THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE REQUIRED TO ELIMINATE OFFENSIVE ODORS AND CONTROL MICROBIAL GROWTH. ALL EVOLVED GASES INCLUDING INCOMPLETELY OXIDIZED VOLATILE ORGANICS ARE PASSED THROUGH A CATALYTIC REACTOR, ENSURING COMPLETE COMBUSTION TO AVOID LOADING THE TRACE CONTAMINANT CONTROL SYSTEM. THIS INNOVATIVE SYSTEM IS LIGHT, COMPACT, SIMPLE, ENERGY EFFICIENT, CONTAINS FEW MOVING PARTS, IS VIRTUALLY MAINTENANCE FREE, AND REQUIRES LITTLE ASTRONAUT TIME.

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