The Environmental Protection Agency awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract to Aquarealtime, Inc., a for-profit manufacturer, for the development of a system to detect and predict harmful algal blooms using low-cost, networked IoT sensors and machine learning. The contract, valued at $496,187.92, has a period of performance from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2024. This award was made under a Total Small Business set-aside solicitation for the EPA's SBIR program,...
This is a $100,000.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Research and Development to EIC Laboratories, Inc., a small business research and development company based in Norwood, Massachusetts. The contract is for the development of sensors for rapid, on-site multicomponent analysis of water quality. This award is the result of a competitive SBIR solicitation focused on FY2023 EPA SBIR research topics....
This is a $99,961 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc., a small business manufacturer of optical sensing and instrumentation technologies. The contract was awarded under the EPA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program, Phase I, for a project titled "Chemical Sensor-Modulated Transistors for Water Treatment Performance Monitoring." The contract has a period of performance ending on August 31,...
This is a $100,000.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to Nanoaffix Science LLC, a small business limited liability company. The contract is for the development of advanced nanosensor technologies for environmental monitoring and water quality testing, with a focus on creating innovative, portable handheld devices that can rapidly detect various contaminants such as lead, sulfur dioxide, per- and...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to Sporian Microsystems, Inc., a for-profit technology company based in Lafayette, Colorado. The contract is valued at $99,981.13 and is for the development of a high-speed, low-cost, machine learning-enhanced, hyperspectral imaging system to improve the identification of microplastics. The contract has a completion date of May 31, 2023. Sporian Microsystems has...
This is a $100,000.00 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to Quantitative Biosciences, Inc., a small business contractor, under the EPA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program. The contract is for Phase I of the EPA SBIR FY21-22 solicitation, which sought proposals for "A SMART-SENSOR APPROACH TO AUTOMATING AND OPTIMIZING AGRICULTURAL WATER REUSE." The contract has a period of performance ending on May 31, 2022....
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Seacoast Science, Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of chemical sensors and detection devices, to develop a self-calibrating air toxics monitor. The $100,000.00 firm-fixed-price contract, awarded on November 21, 2022, has a completion date of May 31, 2023. The contract was set aside for small businesses under the EPA's FY2023 SBIR Phase I solicitation. Seacoast Science has...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Research and Development to Opticslah, LLC, a minority-owned small business based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The $99,999.89 firm fixed-price contract is for the development of an infrared hyperspectral microscope to rapidly characterize microplastics. The original solicitation was posted in June 2019 as part of the EPA's SBIR program, with a due date of July...
The Environmental Protection Agency awarded a $500,000 firm fixed price contract to Aquagga Inc. of Tacoma, Washington under the agency's Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Phase II Small Business Innovation Research program. The research effort, running from January 2022 through December 2024, aims to advance Aquagga's hydrothermal alkaline treatment technology for remediating perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances contaminated water and groundwater. As a 100% small business set-aside, this Phase...
This is a $99,992.03 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award to Syntro TEK Corporation, a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation, by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Research and Development. The contract was designated as a total small business set-aside. The award is focused on developing innovative research and technological solutions with an emphasis on environmental monitoring methodologies. The original solicitation was for the EPA's SBIR Phase I Program,...