The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $99,848 - Wednesday the 19th of March 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  FUTURE LANDED ROBOTIC MISSIONS TO THE LUNAR POLES WILL SEEK TO CHARACTERIZE THE PROPERTIES OF SUBSURFACE REGOLITH. CURRENT INSTRUMENTS FOR SUCH IN-SITU ANALYSIS, HOWEVER, REQUIRE THAT GEOLOGICAL SAMPLES BE BROUGHT TO THE SURFACE BY A SAMPLE ACQUISITION TOOL AND SUBSEQUENTLY PROCESSED AND PRESENTED TO THE ANALYZER. THIS MODEL HAS SIGNIFICANT LIMITATIONS WITH REGARD TO SCIENCE YIELD: EVAPORATION OF VOLATILE MOLECULES BEFORE REACHING THE INSTRUMENT, LOSS OF STRATIGRAPHIC INFORMATION, SAMPLE BIAS, AND CROSS-CONTAMINATION. FURTHERMORE, SOPHISTICATED SAMPLE ACQUISITION, PROCESSING AND HANDLING MECHANISMS REQUIRED TO OPERATE IN UNCONTROLLED, DUSTY ENVIRONMENTS ARE EXPENSIVE AND FAILURE-PRONE. WE THEREFORE PROPOSE AN ALTERNATIVE: BRING THE INSTRUMENT TO THE SAMPLE. SPECIFICALLY, WE PROPOSE DEVELOPMENT OF A FIBER-COUPLED LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROMETER (LIBS) SYSTEM, INTEGRATED INTO A 3M-CLASS DRILL. LIBS USES A HIGH-ENERGY LASER PULSE TO CREATE A PLASMA ON THE SURFACE OF THE MATERIAL UNDER TEST; THE ATOMIC EMISSIONS ARE COLLECTED BY A SPECTROMETER AND YIELD ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION AND BASIC MOLECULAR INFORMATION. DIHEDRAL WILL ALLOW PROFILING OF AN ENTIRE BOREHOLE WALL, CENTIMETER BY CENTIMETER, 360 DEGREES, FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM. THE PROPOSED PHASE II WORK WILL INCLUDE DEVELOPMENT OF A FUNCTIONAL PROTOTYPE AND ITS INTEGRATION IN A DRILL STRING AND TEST TO A DEPTH OF 1M. THE PERFORMANCE OF THE SENSOR WILL BE TESTED IN A CHAMBER CAPABLE OF CLOSELY REPRODUCING THE CONDITIONS OF THE LUNAR SURFACE.

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• $77,019 - Wednesday the 19th of March 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  FUTURE LANDED ROBOTIC MISSIONS TO THE LUNAR POLES WILL SEEK TO CHARACTERIZE THE PROPERTIES OF SUBSURFACE REGOLITH. CURRENT INSTRUMENTS FOR SUCH IN-SITU ANALYSIS, HOWEVER, REQUIRE THAT GEOLOGICAL SAMPLES BE BROUGHT TO THE SURFACE BY A SAMPLE ACQUISITION TOOL AND SUBSEQUENTLY PROCESSED AND PRESENTED TO THE ANALYZER. THIS MODEL HAS SIGNIFICANT LIMITATIONS WITH REGARD TO SCIENCE YIELD: EVAPORATION OF VOLATILE MOLECULES BEFORE REACHING THE INSTRUMENT, LOSS OF STRATIGRAPHIC INFORMATION, SAMPLE BIAS, AND CROSS-CONTAMINATION. FURTHERMORE, SOPHISTICATED SAMPLE ACQUISITION, PROCESSING AND HANDLING MECHANISMS REQUIRED TO OPERATE IN UNCONTROLLED, DUSTY ENVIRONMENTS ARE EXPENSIVE AND FAILURE-PRONE. WE THEREFORE PROPOSE AN ALTERNATIVE: BRING THE INSTRUMENT TO THE SAMPLE. SPECIFICALLY, WE PROPOSE DEVELOPMENT OF A FIBER-COUPLED LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROMETER (LIBS) SYSTEM, INTEGRATED INTO A 3M-CLASS DRILL. LIBS USES A HIGH-ENERGY LASER PULSE TO CREATE A PLASMA ON THE SURFACE OF THE MATERIAL UNDER TEST; THE ATOMIC EMISSIONS ARE COLLECTED BY A SPECTROMETER AND YIELD ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION AND BASIC MOLECULAR INFORMATION. DIHEDRAL WILL ALLOW PROFILING OF AN ENTIRE BOREHOLE WALL, CENTIMETER BY CENTIMETER, 360 DEGREES, FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM. THE PROPOSED PHASE II WORK WILL INCLUDE DEVELOPMENT OF A FUNCTIONAL PROTOTYPE AND ITS INTEGRATION IN A DRILL STRING AND TEST TO A DEPTH OF 1M. THE PERFORMANCE OF THE SENSOR WILL BE TESTED IN A CHAMBER CAPABLE OF CLOSELY REPRODUCING THE CONDITIONS OF THE LUNAR SURFACE.

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• $7,500 - Tuesday the 7th of October 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  AMES RESEARCH CENTER
  THE SCOPE OF THIS SBIR IS THE DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, FABRICATION AND LABORATORY AND FIELD TESTING IN SUCCESSIVE YEARS OF SPECIFIC DRILLING INSTRUMENT TECHNOLOGIES (AUTOMATED FLIGHT-READY DRILLING TECHNOLOGIES FOR PERMAFROST AND ICE) MOTIVATED BY SPECIFIC SPACE SCIENCE REQUIREMENTS (PHOENIX MISSION FOLLOW-ON IN 2016-18 WINDOW; SECONDARILY, POSSIBLE COOPERATION WITH ESA ON THE EXOMARS DRILL). SBIR PHASE III AWARD FOR MARS UMBRELLS DRILL (MUD) CONTRACT

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• $600,000 - Wednesday the 25th of January 2017
  Departmental Offices
  NBC ACQUISITION SERVICES DIVISION
  IGF::OT::IGF DARPA-BAA-12-02 "PHOENIX" HONEYBEE ROBOTICS LTD, 3. OTHER FUNCTIONS

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• $5,650 - Thursday the 5th of January 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  GLENN RESEARCH CENTER
  ADMINISTRATIVE MODIFICATION ADDING INCREMENTAL FUNDS OF $5,650.00. THIS AMOUNT HELPS FUND THE CONTRACTOR THROUGH JANUARY 15, 2012.

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• $5,650 - Thursday the 27th of October 2011
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  GLENN RESEARCH CENTER
  ADMINISTRATIVE MODIFICATION ADDING INCREMENTAL FUNDS OF $5,650.00. THIS AMOUNT HELPS FUND THE CONTRACTOR THROUGH DECEMBER 15, 2011.

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• $5,500 - Wednesday the 18th of January 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
  THE CONTRACTOR WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAMPLE MANIPULATION SYSTEM (SMS) FOR THE "VAPOR: A MINIATURE PYROLYSIS TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETER FOR IN SITU INVESTIGATIONS IN PLANETARY ASTROBIOLOGY" THIS AWARD IS A RESULT OF NASA RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT ROSES-2007: NNH07ZDA001N-ASTID. THE EFFORT WILL INCLUDE: - FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE SMS CONCEPT INITIATED UNDER THE LSSO VAPOR PROJECT TO A MATURE DESIGN CONCEPT - DETAILED 3D CAD MODELS OF ALL SYSTEM COMPONENTS - DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF A BENCH-TOP DEMONSTRATION UNIT - SUPPORT FOR THERMAL ANALYSES TO BE COMPLETED AT THE GSFC AS TIME AND BUDGET PERMITS, THE BENCH-TOP UNIT WILL BE DEVELOPED INTO A SYSTEM ABLE TO INTEGRATE THROUGH A LOW-LEAK INTERFACE TO A TOF MASS SPECTROMETER IN THE MAIN VAPOR SYSTEM FOR DEMONSTRATION IN A VACUUM CHAMBERS. HONEYEE ROBOTICS WILL LEVERAGE ITS SIGNIFICANT EXPERTISE IN DEVELOPING AND PROVIDING FLIGHT SYSTEMS TO NASA AND THE SPACE SCIENCE COMMUNITY. OUR EXPERIENCE INCLUDES SEVERAL EFFORTS WHERE MINIATURIZATION WAS REQUIRED AND COST AND POWER HAS BEEN CONSTRAINED.

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• $49,310 - Friday the 13th of April 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  GLENN RESEARCH CENTER
  ADMINISTRATIVE MODIFICATION ADDING INCREMENTAL FUNDS OF $49,310.00. THIS AMOUNT HELPS FUND THE CONTRACTOR THROUGH FEBRUARY 15, 2013.

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• $440,042 - Wednesday the 8th of August 2012
  Department Of Army
  W4GG HQ US ARMY TACOM
  TO FURTHER RESEARCH, DEVELOP AND DELIVER A NONDESTRUCTIVE, SEMI-AUTONOMOUS DOOR OPENING SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES SENSING OF THE DOOR AND DOOR HANDLES AND UNMANNED GROUND VEHICLE CONTROL SOFTWARE FOR TOTAL AUTONOMOUS DOOR OPENING AND ENTRY.

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• $40,665 - Tuesday the 7th of October 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  AMES RESEARCH CENTER
  THE SCOPE OF THIS SBIR IS THE DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, FABRICATION AND LABORATORY AND FIELD TESTING IN SUCCESSIVE YEARS OF SPECIFIC DRILLING INSTRUMENT TECHNOLOGIES (AUTOMATED FLIGHT-READY DRILLING TECHNOLOGIES FOR PERMAFROST AND ICE) MOTIVATED BY SPECIFIC SPACE SCIENCE REQUIREMENTS (PHOENIX MISSION FOLLOW-ON IN 2016-18 WINDOW; SECONDARILY, POSSIBLE COOPERATION WITH ESA ON THE EXOMARS DRILL). SBIR PHASE III AWARD FOR MARS UMBRELLS DRILL (MUD) CONTRACT

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