The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $94,875 - Tuesday the 14th of June 2016
  Office Of Procurement Operations
  OFFICE OF HEALTH AFFAIRS ACQUISITION DIVISION
  COMPONENT: OHA DIVISION: HTR PROGRAM: FAVD PPA: FAVD PROJECT: DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDANCE TO ENSURE A RISK-INFORMED PLANNING PROCESS AND APPROPRIATE DECISION MAKING FOR USE BY SLTT IN CREATION OF EMERGENCY OPERATION PLANS TO DEFEND FOOD AND AGRICULTURE INFRASTRUCTURE PERFORMER: FEMA CENTERS AAP#: N/A APPROPRIATIONS YEAR: FY12 BUDGET AUTHORITY: 2 YEAR APPROPRIATIONS PROJECT MANAGER OR COR: DOUG MECKES DESCRIPTION: THE PURPOSE OF THIS REQUISITION IS FOR THE FAVD BRANCH TO INQUIRE FEMA PRODUCED DOCUMENTS THAT WILL ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTEGRATED, COORDINATED, AND SYNCHRONIZED EMERGENCY OPERATION PLANS, THROUGH THE USE OF A UNIFORM PLANNING PROCESS, ACROSS THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SECTOR BY NATIONAL, STATE, LOCAL, TRIBAL AND TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES.

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• $903,339 - Tuesday the 10th of July 2012
  Defense Threat Reduction Agency
  DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY
  BASE PERIOD

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• $5,613 - Tuesday the 28th of August 2012
  National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration
  EASTERN FIELD DELEGATES OAR
  PROVIDE SITE SUPPORT FOR NADP/NTN STATION LOCATED AT THE TEXAS AGRILIFE RESEARCH CENTER NEAR BEEVILLE, TX, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF WORK.

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• $5,044 - Thursday the 13th of December 2012
  Agricultural Research Service
  USDA ARS WBSC 32SD
  IGF::OT::IGF "OTHER FUNTIONS" GENERATIONOFLIBRARIES(DR.SCOTT BAERSON-NPU)

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• $49,903 - Wednesday the 30th of November 2011
  Environmental Protection Agency
  RTP PROCUREMENT OPERATIONS DIVISION (RTPPOD)
  LIMITED COMPETITION DATA PRODUCT PURCHASE

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• $441,766 - Tuesday the 14th of June 2016
  Office Of Procurement Operations
  SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION DIVISION
  THE PURPOSE OF THIS COST REIMBURSEMENT TASK ORDER ISSUED AGAINST DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY BASIC ORDERING AGREEMENT HSHQDC-10-A-BOA33 IS TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR AGRICULTURE SCEENING TOOLS DEVELOPMENT.

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• $4,200 - Wednesday the 16th of November 2011
  Agricultural Research Service
  USDA ARS PA 7D28
  SERVICE FEE AND QC FOR 2 76-SE FLOW CELL RUNS

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• $403,173 - Tuesday the 14th of June 2016
  Office Of Procurement Operations
  OFFICE OF HEALTH AFFAIRS ACQUISITION DIVISION
  DIVISION: CHEMICAL&BIOLOGICAL PPA: RD&I PROGRAM: BIOAGENT DETECTION PROJECT: AG SCREENING TOOLS PERFORMER: NATIONAL CENTER FOR FOREIGN ANIMAL AND ZOONOTIC DISEASE (FAZD) APPROPRIATION YEAR: FY12 (24 FUNDS) BUDGET AUTHORITY: THREE-YEAR R&D FUNDS PROJECT MANAGER: ANGELA ERVIN ALC: 70-08-1513 TAS: 70240800 DESCRIPTION: THE PURPOSE OF THIS REQUISITION IS TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR NEW TASKS (5,6,7) ADDITION TO EXISTING BOA (HSHQDC-10-A-BOA33) FROM THE FAD AGRICULTURAL SCREENING TOOLS PROJECT. ALSO, ANGELA ERVIN WILL BE THE COTR FOR TASKS 5, 6, AND 7.

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• $28,738 - Wednesday the 27th of June 2012
  Environmental Protection Agency
  HEADQUARTERS PROCUREMENT OPERATIONS DIVISION (HPOD)
  OBLIGATED INCREMENTAL FUNDING TO OPTION PERIOD IV.

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• $24,500 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  ICESAT‐2 SCIENCE DEFINITION STUDIES TO MEASURE FOREST STRUCTURE THIS PROPOSAL RESPONDS TO ICESAT AND CRYOSAT PROGRAM OF NASA ROSES-2011 CALL FOR THE RECOMPLETE OF THE ICESAT-2 SCIENCE DEFINITION TEAM. THIS PROPOSED ACTIVITY ADDRESSES A PRIMARY ISSUE REGARDING THE APPROPRIATE USE OF ICESAT-2 PHOTON-COUNTING LIDAR DATA FOR CRITICAL CARBON CYCLE AND ECOSYSTEM MEASUREMENTS. AT THIS POINT, THE ICESAT-2 ENGINEERING DESIGN IS ESTABLISHED ALTHOUGH STILL SUBJECT TO MINOR MODIFICATION. NASA EXPECTS TO LAUNCH A 6-BEAM, 10K HERTZ, 10M FOOTPRINT, 40M IFOV, PHOTONCOUNTING MICROPULSE LIDAR WITH 3 PAIRED, 0.532 UM WAVELENGTH, WEAK/STRONG BEAMS 25 UJ AND 100 UJ - IN 2016. GIVEN THESE SYSTEM ATTRIBUTES, WE WILL SEEK TO DEVELOP ONE OR MORE ALGORITHMS USING BEST AVAILABLE SIGNAL-PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY THAT WILL IDENTIFY THE GROUND SIGNAL, TOP-OF-CANOPY, AND INTERMEDIATE FOREST CANOPY RETURNS WITHIN DATA LIMITATIONS IMPOSED BY (D.1) AMBIENT ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS, (D.2) DATA ACQUISITION TIME (I.E., DAY VERSUS NIGHT), (D.3) SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO, (D.4) BEAM STRENGTH, (D.5) LOCAL/REGIONAL TOPOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS, (D.6) FOREST CANOPY DENSITY, AND (D.7) GROUND SURFACE REFLECTANCE. THE TEAM WILL UTILIZE SIMULATED ICESAT-2 DATA ACQUIRED BY THE ER2-MABEL AIRBORNE INSTRUMENT WHICH ACQUIRES PHOTON-COUNTING OBSERVATIONS THROUGH 90% OF THE EARTH S ATMOSPHERIC COLUMN. ALGORITHMS DEVELOPED BY THIS NASA/TAMU/DUKE TEAM WILL BE COMPARED TO PROCEDURES DEVELOPED BY OTHER ICESAT-2 VEGETATION TEAM MEMBERS WITH THE IDEA THAT THE BEST ATTRIBUTES OF ALL ALGORITHMS WILL BE INTEGRATED TO PRODUCE THE PROGRAM(S)NEEDED TO POST-PROCESS GLOBAL, TERRESTRIAL ICESAT-2 DATA. EXPECTED RESULTS INCLUDE (R.1)THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALGORITHMS DESIGNED TO EXTRACT GROUND AND FOREST CANOPY SIGNALS FROM AMBIENT PHOTON NOISE, (R.2) AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ACCURACY OF THESE ALGORITHMS WITH RESPECT TO ESTIMATING FOREST CANOPY HEIGHT AND CANOPY CLOSURE BY COMPARING ALGORITHM RESULTS WITH GROUND PLOT, TERRESTRIAL LIDAR, AND AIRBORNE LIDAR MEASUREMENTS, (R.3) THE USE OF THESE SIMULATED ICESAT-2 HEIGHT AND CANOPY CLOSURE METRICS TO PREDICT FOREST BIOMASS AND CARBON AND TO ASSESS THE ACCURACY/PRECISION OF THESE ESTIMATES BY COMPARING PREDICTED ESTIMATES TO GROUND MEASUREMENTS, AND (R.4) THE DEFINITION OF THE D.1-D.7 LIMITS WITHIN WHICH THESE ICESAT-2 METRICS AND ESTIMATES CAN BE MEASURED/PREDICTED. EXPECTED RESULT R.4 IS NOTABLE IN THAT, USING SIMULATED ICESAT-2 DATA OBTAINED FROM A HIGH-ALTITUDE AIRBORNE PHOTON COUNTING LASER (MABEL), WE WILL IDENTIFY, FOR THE WEAK AND STRONG BEAMS, (1) CANOPY CLOSURE LIMITS ABOVE WHICH GROUND SIGNALS CANNOT BE RELIABLY RETRIEVED BENEATH DENSE FOREST CANOPIES AND (2) CANOPY CLOSURE LIMITS BELOW WHICH CANOPY HEIGHTS CANNOT BE RETRIEVED DUE TO THE SHORT STATURE OR LOW STEM DENSITY OF THE FOREST CANOPY. THE RESULTS FROM THIS PROPOSED INVESTIGATION WILL HELP PROVIDE DATA GLOBALLY THAT CAN BE USED TO ADDRESS SEVERAL IMPORTANT QUESTIONS POSED BY NASA S EARTH SCIENCE ENTERPRISE INCLUDING: WHAT IS THE CURRENT STATE OF GLOBAL FOREST RESOURCES? HOW ARE GLOBAL ECOSYSTEMS CHANGING? WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES OF LAND COVER AND LAND USE CHANGE? HOW IS THE EARTH S SURFACE BEING TRANSFORMED AND HOW CAN SUCH INFORMATION BE USED TO PREDICT FUTURE CHANGES?

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