The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $8,624 - Tuesday the 25th of September 2012
  Agricultural Research Service
  USDA ARS PWA 8417
  AFFYMETRIX GENECHIP

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• $673,000 - Tuesday the 25th of February 2014
  National Institutes Of Health
  NIH, NIAID DEA OA OFC ACQUISITIONS
  AWARD TASK A44 MOUSE MODELS FOR LOW PATHOGENIC SEASONAL AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA VIRUSES FOR THERAPEUTICS

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• $669,195 - Saturday the 1st of December 2012
  National Institutes Of Health
  NIH, NIAID DEA OA OFC ACQUISITIONS
  IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTIONS - IN VITRO ASSESSMENT FOR ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY AGAINST RESPIRATORY VIRUSES.

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• $64,489 - Friday the 27th of May 2016
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  THE SPACE PLASMA ENVIRONMENT CREATES A HARSH SETTING IN WHICH SPACECRAFT RESIDE. SPACECRAFT CHARGING IS THE ACCUMULATION OF ANELECTRICAL CHARGE ON ORBITING SPACECRAFT INDUCED BY THE SPACE PLASMA ENVIRONMENT AND HAS HARMFUL EFFECTS ON THE ELECTRICAL FUNCTIONALITY OF A SPACECRAFT. THIS HAS BEEN AND CONTINUES TO BE STUDIED EXTENSIVELY, PARTICULARLY IN THE MATERIALS PHYSICS GROUP (MPG) AT UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY (USU). IN RECENT CHARGING STUDIES PERFORMED BY THE MPG, WE FOUND ANOTHER POTENTIALLY PROBLEMATIC AFFECT THE SPACE PLASMA ENVIRONMENT CAN IMPOSE ON SPACECRAFT THAT REQUIRES FURTHER INVESTIGATION. DURING THESE STANDARD CHARGING TESTS, WE OBSERVED LIGHT EMANATING FROM THE SURFACE OF THE SAMPLE UNDERGOING ELECTRON BEAM BOMBARDMENT. THUS, WE CAN EXPECT THAT THE BOMBARDMENT OF SUFFICIENTLY ENERGETIC, CHARGED PARTICLES FROM THE SPACE PLASMA ON A SPACECRAFT MAY CAUSE SOME OF THE MATERIAL TO GLOW, OR LUMINESCE. WITH NASA S DEVELOPMENT OF NEW, MORE ADVANCED AND SENSITIVE SPACE BASED OBSERVATORIES, IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO STUDY AND UNDERSTAND PLASMA INDUCED LUMINESCENCE OF SPACE BASED OBSERVATORY MATERIALS. IF THE GLOW FROM THE MATERIAL IS WITHIN THE FIELD OF VIEW OF THE COLLECTION OPTICS OR EMANATING FROM THE COLLECTION OPTICS THEMSELVES, THE OBSERVATORY IMAGES WILL BE TAINTED BY THIS LIGHT CONTAMINATION. AS THE TOPIC OF MY GRADUATE RESEARCH, I PROPOSE FURTHER EXPERIMENTATION AND MORE DETAILED QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE PLASMA INDUCED LUMINESCENCE OF MATERIALS, IN PARTICULAR THOSE USED IN SPACE OBSERVATORY. WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE MPG, I HAVE DESIGNED AND CONDUCTED CHARGING AND LUMINESCENCE STUDIES AT USU. THE PRIMARY FOCUS OFRECENT STUDIES HAS BEEN ON SPACE OBSERVATORY MATERIALS, INCLUDING CARBON COMPOSITE MATERIALS WITH AN EPOXY LAYER, MULTIPLE VARIATIONSOF KAPTON, AND THE OPTICAL COATING, SI02. LUMINESCENCE WAS FOUND TO BE ALMOST UBIQUITOUS THROUGHOUT THE TESTING, WITH THE INTENSITY DEPENDENT ON THE FOLLOWING EXTERNAL PARAMETERS: INCIDENT PARTICLE ENERGY AND FLUX, EXPOSURE AND RECOVERY TIME, AND THE TEMPERATURE. THE ABILITY TO COLLECT ACCURATE DATA IS AFFECTED BY THESE EXTERNAL PARAMETERS AND THE LUMINESCENT DECAY TIME, A PROPERTY UNIQUE TO EACH MATERIAL. IT IS IMPORTANT TO MINIMIZE THE LUMINESCENCE WITHIN THE COLLECTION BAND WIDTH OF THE MATERIALS WITHIN THE FIELD OF VIEW OF THE COLLECTION OPTICS OR OF THE COLLECTION OPTICS THEMSELVES. WITH MY RESEARCH ON THE LUMINESCENT PHENOMENON OF THESE SPACECRAFT MATERIALS, INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF WORKING MODELS OF THE PHYSICAL BEHAVIORS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS BEHAVIOR, NASA WILL BE ABLE TO BETTER DESIGN, BUILD AND OPERATE THEIR SPACE-BASED OBSERVATORIES AND PRODUCE HIGHER QUALITY IMAGES OF THE FINAL FRONTIER.

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• $6,075 - Thursday the 17th of May 2012
  Forest Service
  BOISE NATIONAL FOREST
  BUG LAB SAMPLE PROCESSING

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• $57,607 - Monday the 18th of April 2016
  Office Of Assistant Secretary For Administration
  DEPT OF HHS/OFF AST SEC HLTH EXPT NATL CNTR
  INDIAN CHILDREN'S PROGRAM

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• $534,866 - Tuesday the 25th of February 2014
  National Institutes Of Health
  NIH, NIAID DEA OA OFC ACQUISITIONS
  PURPOSE: TO EXERCISE OPTION 2 TO EXTEND THE COMPLETION DATE OF THE BASE PERIOD, AND PROVIDE FUNDING TO THE TASK ORDER. BEGINNING WITH THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS MODIFICATION, THE CONTRACT IS CHANGED AS REFLECTED ON PAGES 1 THROUGH 3. THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COST IS INCREASED FROM $1,024,634 TO $1,559,500. THE EXPIRATION DATE IS CHANGED FROM SEPTEMBER 27, 2012 TO SEPTEMBER 26, 2013.

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• $518,461 - Monday the 18th of April 2016
  Office Of Assistant Secretary For Administration
  DEPT OF HHS/OFF AST SEC HLTH EXPT NATL CNTR
  CRITICAL FUNCTION -- INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE INDIAN CHILDREN'S PROGRAM

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• $47,190 - Tuesday the 4th of September 2012
  Bureau Of Indian Affairs
  NORTHWEST REGION
  CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION IN SPECIAL EDUCATION.

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• $4,703 - Monday the 1st of April 2013
  Agricultural Research Service
  USDA ARS PWA 8417
  USU JANUARY BILLING

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