The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) awarded a $1,139,909 firm fixed-price definitive contract to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) to advance the maturity of their Flame Refluxer Heat Feedback System technology. The contract aims to progress the technology readiness level from 6 to 8, which involves fabrication, testing, and optimization of the system to prepare it for commercialization and deployment in a marine environment. WPI...
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement awarded a $440,745.00 firm fixed-price definitive contract to the University of Maryland, College Park to conduct research on the efficient remediation of oil spills over water using fire whirls. The contract, which does not have a set-aside designation, was awarded on September 13, 2017 with a completion date of March 12, 2019. The University of Maryland, College Park is serving as the prime contractor, with Worcester...
This firm-fixed-price contract was awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) to the Prince William Sound Science and Technology Institute, which is the fiscal administrator for the Prince William Sound Oil Spill Recovery Institute (OSRI). The contract, valued at $508,569.13, is for BSEE's membership in the Herder Burner Joint Industry Program (JIP). This program aims to develop a new tool that combines chemical herding agents and...
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (DOI BSEE) awarded a $1.49 million firm fixed price definitive contract to The Regents of the University of California (UC Berkeley) to continue research on Phase 2 of the Fire Whirl Study. Under the contract, UC Berkeley will collaborate with subcontractor Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) to conduct laboratory and outdoor demonstration experiments investigating efficient remediation of oil spills...
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement awarded a $274,622 firm fixed price contract to Phoenix International Holdings, Inc. to develop a system to recover oil under solid ice. The contract was competitively awarded under a solicitation seeking proposals for a hybrid contract utilizing firm fixed price, reimbursable travel, and time and materials cost structures to develop the specialized equipment required to conduct offshore recovery operations in Arctic...
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement awarded a $322,329.77 firm-fixed-price definitive contract to Water Mapping LLC to provide near real-time data processing and mapping capabilities for offshore oil spill detection and measurement using remote sensors. The one-year contract, with performance in Gulf Breeze, Florida, will see Water Mapping develop algorithms and imagery processing technology to disseminate resulting data and methodologies publicly, as...
This is a $185,413.31 firm-fixed price contract awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) to S.l. Ross Environmental Research LIMITED, an Ottawa, Ontario-based for-profit limited liability company that provides oil spill consulting services and research. The contract is for the development of a defined, repeatable test protocol for testing advancing skimmer systems, which will be used at BSEE's Ohmsett facility and potentially...
The Department of the Interior (DOI) Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) awarded a $226,500.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Water Mapping LLC, a minority-owned, woman-owned small business, to develop remote sensing technology to detect and monitor dielectric fluid spills offshore. This contract is set aside for total small business and has an 18-month period of performance from May 2024 to October 2025. Water Mapping LLC is a remote sensing consulting firm that...
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement awarded a Definitive Contract with a Firm Fixed Price to S.I. Ross Environmental Research LIMITED, a For Profit Organization Limited Liability Company, on September 12, 2017. The contract, which did not have a set-aside designation, is for proposed research on oil spill response operations on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf, with a potential value of $225,127.49. The place of performance is 2323 Riverside Dr., Ottawa,...
This federal contract award to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) is valued at $638,941.00 and supports the "UNIFIED SUPPORT FOR THERMOLAB-ISS, ICOPROSOL, AND PARSEC" research effort. The contract is a Grant For Research with an Other pricing type, awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency. The work will be performed in Worcester, MA and the ultimate completion date is July 29, 2027. This award does not have a set-aside designation. WPI is a private research...