This is a $500,000 Firm Fixed Price Definitive Contract awarded to Pure Blue TECH Inc., doing business as Pure Blue, a small business manufacturer of water treatment technologies. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program's Phase II solicitation. The 30-month project, set to conclude in December 2023, is focused on advancing Pure Blue's ultrasonic membrane technology using polyvinylidene fluoride...
This is a definitive, firm fixed-price contract awarded by the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (TACOM LCMC) to Pure Blue TECH Inc., a small business manufacturer of water treatment technologies. The $149,947.88 contract was awarded under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I to develop ultrasonic technology using polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membranes for efficient water reuse. This follow-on Phase II contract builds upon an earlier $100,000 Phase I SBIR...
This is a $894,491.00 definitive, firm fixed price contract awarded by the TACOM Life Cycle Management Command, a defense agency, to Pure Blue TECH Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of water treatment technologies. The contract, which has no set-aside designation, was awarded on August 8, 2016 with a completion date of September 30, 2021. The contract supports the development of the company's ultrasonic membrane technology for efficient water reuse, building on previous Phase I and Phase II...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $100,000.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Purafide, LLC, a small business based in Jamaica, New York. The contract was awarded under the EPA's SBIR 2021 Phase I Solicitation, which sought proposals on plasma technology for removing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from water. Purafide's winning proposal was titled "Plasma's Role in Potable Reuse for PFAS Remediation." This contract...
This is a SBIR Phase I contract award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to Nanosonic Inc., a small business manufacturer based in Pembroke, Virginia. The $100,000.00 fixed-price contract is for the development of "Durable Hydrophobic Membranes with Reduced Fouling for Water Purification Systems." This award was made under a total small business set-aside solicitation for the EPA's SBIR program, which aims to support innovative research and development by small...
Water Illumination Inc. was awarded a $100,000 firm fixed price definitive contract by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Research and Development under Phase I of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract calls for the development of a chemical-free, short-wavelength ultraviolet-based per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) destruction technology for saline wastewater treatment. This aligns with the EPA's focus on advancing technologies to remediate...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $500,000 firm fixed price Definitive Contract (Award ID: 68HERC25C0002) to Water Illumination Inc., a minority-owned, woman-owned small business, for the "Development of a Chemical-Free Short-Wavelength UV Based PFAS Destruction Technology for Saline Wastewater Treatment." This contract is a Phase II action under the EPA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, and is set aside for total small businesses. The contract...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award made by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Water to Catapower Inc., a for-profit organization. The $100,000.00 firm fixed-price contract was awarded on March 1, 2020 with a final completion date of August 31, 2020. The contract was set aside for total small business participation and was derived from a SBIR Phase I solicitation posted in June 2019. As an SBIR Phase I contract, the award supports the...
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...
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,...