The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $8,500 - Wednesday the 25th of April 2012
  Department Of Army
  W07V ENDIST N ORLEANS
  2 GULFNET MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS

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• $83,718 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  AMBIENT LEVELS OF NATURAL IONIZING RADIATION ARE OF LITTLE CONSEQUENCE TO MICROORGANISMS INHABITING MOST ENVIRONMENTS ON EARTH. HOWEVER, IN THE ABSENCE OF METABOLIC ACTIVITY OVER A PROLONGED TIMEFRAME, A DORMANT MICROORGANISM WOULD EVENTUALLY RECEIVE A DOSAGE BEYOND WHICH EFFECTIVE REPAIR IS NO LONGER POSSIBLE. MICROBIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF ANCIENT GLACIER ICE AND PERMAFROST HAVE DOCUMENTED VIABLE BACTERIA IN SAMPLES HUNDREDS-OF-THOUSANDS- TO MILLIONS-OF-YEARS OLD. RECENT LABORATORY STUDIES HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT MICROORGANISMS REMAIN METABOLICALLY ACTIVE IN THE LIQUID FRACTION OF ICE MATRICES AT TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS -20OC, SUPPORTING THE NOTION THAT SOME LEVEL OF METABOLISM MAY OCCUR IN PERMANENTLY FROZEN ENVIRONMENTS. THE ABILITY OF CELLS TO REMAIN METABOLIC ACTIVITY (E.G. TO CONDUCT DNA REPAIR) IN ICE WOULD ALLOW VIABILITY FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME, AND THE LONGEVITY OF MICROORGANISMS UNDER FROZEN CONDITIONS MAY ONLY BE LIMITED BY THE WATER ACTIVITY AND AVAILABILITY OF ENERGY AND NUTRIENT SOURCES. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PROPOSED RESEARCH ARE TO: (1) EXAMINE THE PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL EFFECT OF SUBLETHAL LEVELS OF IONIZING RADIATION ON POPULATIONS OF ICE-ENTRAPPED BACTERIA; (2) EVALUATE THE ABILITY OF MICROORGANISMS TO REPAIR CHROMOSOMAL DAMAGE SUSTAINED FROM IONIZING RADIATION UNDER FROZEN CONDITIONS; (3) ESTABLISH THE RATE OF MACROMOLECULAR SYNTHESIS UNDER FROZEN CONDITIONS THAT IS REQUIRED TO EFFECTIVELY REPAIR CELLULAR DAMAGE RESULTING FROM SINGLE- AND DOUBLE-STRANDED DNA BREAKAGE AND PROTEIN OXIDATION; AND (4) IMPROVE PREDICTIONS FOR THE RADIATION-DEPENDENT LIMIT FOR MICROBIAL LONGEVITY IN TERRESTRIAL AND EXTRATERRESTRIAL ICES. THIS STUDY WILL EXAMINE BIOLOGICAL REPAIR MECHANISMS AT TEMPERATURES GERMANE TO THOSE EXISTING IN ICY EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS (E.G., THE POLAR REGIONS OF MARS) AND INCREASE SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE ON THE METABOLIC CAPABILITIES OF BACTERIA AT SUBZERO TEMPERATURES. THE PROPOSED RESEARCH IS DIRECTLY APPLICABLE TO A NASA STRATEGIC GOAL ( ADVANCE SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR LIFE ELSEWHERE ; SUB-GOAL 3C) AND RESEARCH OBJECTIVE ( IDENTIFY AND INVESTIGATE PAST OR PRESENT HABITABLE ENVIRONMENTS ON MARS AND OTHER WORLDS ; 3C.3). THE WORK ALSO ADDRESSES AN AREA OF RESEARCH EMPHASIS OUTLINED IN THE AEEB-NRA (PLANETARY CONDITIONS FOR LIFE) AND WOULD PROVIDE DATA USEFUL FOR DETERMINING THE RANGE OF PLANETARY ENVIRONMENTS AMENABLE TO LIFE AND IDENTIFYING SITES THOUGHT TO BE ANALOGUES TO OTHER PLANETARY ENVIRONMENTS THAT MIGHT POTENTIALLY HARBOR LIFE . OVER THE NEXT DECADE, A NUMBER OF NASA-FUNDED MISSIONS ARE PLANNED TO EXAMINE THE FROZEN SURFACE AND ICE CAPS OF MARS FOR EVIDENCE OF PAST OR PRESENT LIFE. RESULTS GENERATED FROM THIS STUDY WOULD BE CLEARLY RELEVANT TO THESE FUTURE MISSIONS AND GENERAL DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THE SURVIVAL AND PERSISTENCE OF LIFE IN FROZEN ENVIRONMENTS. IMPORTANTLY, THIS WORK WILL PROVIDE DATA TO EXTRAPOLATE MICROBIAL SURVIVAL OVER EXTENDED TIMEFRAMES IN ICE, AND THE IMPLICATION IS THAT THE SEARCH FOR EXTANT EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE NEED NOT BE EXCLUSIVE TO ENVIRONMENTS WHERE WATER HAS RECENTLY EXISTED IN THE LIQUID PHASE.

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• $8,304 - Saturday the 1st of December 2012
  Health Resources And Services Administration
  DEPT OF HHS/HEALTH RESOURCES AND SVCS ADMIN
  IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTIONS TELEPHONE SERVICE

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• $77,869 - Wednesday the 26th of February 2014
  Health Resources And Services Administration
  DEPT OF HHS/HEALTH RESOURCES AND SVCS ADMIN
  IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTIONS MICROBIOLOGY RESEARCH DESIGN SUPPORT SERVICES

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• $7,524 - Thursday the 29th of December 2011
  Health Resources And Services Administration
  DEPT OF HHS/HEALTH RESOURCES AND SVCS ADMIN
  PO HHSH258201100018P VENDOR LSU PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE 10 01 2011-09 30 2012 ETHERNET SERVICE IN THE NHDP LSU-SVM AREA FOR 33 NETWORK LINES AT 19 PER LINE MONTHLY THIS REPLACES REQ HRS79937

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• $74,491 - Wednesday the 26th of February 2014
  Health Resources And Services Administration
  DEPT OF HHS/HEALTH RESOURCES AND SVCS ADMIN
  IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTIONS MOLECULAR BIOLOGY RESEARCH DESIGN SUPPORT SERVICES

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• $7,296 - Saturday the 1st of December 2012
  Health Resources And Services Administration
  DEPT OF HHS/HEALTH RESOURCES AND SVCS ADMIN
  IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTIONS ETHERNET SERVICES

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• $641,816 - Friday the 16th of March 2012
  National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration
  NOT IN USE
  EXERCISE OPTION PERIOD 2

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• $60,000 - Monday the 21st of May 2012
  National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration
  NOT IN USE
  ADDITIONAL WORK REQUIREMENT UNDER OPTION YEAR 2, PER SECTION C. OF THE BASE CONTRACT

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• $5,970 - Thursday the 11th of October 2012
  Health Resources And Services Administration
  DEPT OF HHS/HEALTH RESOURCES AND SVCS ADMIN
  OTHER FUNCTIONS DNA SEQUENCING AND FRAGMENT ANALYSIS

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