Definitive Contract INE12PC00032

The Department of Interior Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement awarded Coastal Frontiers Corporation a $795,985 firm fixed price contract to conduct research on freeze-up and break-up of Arctic sea ice in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas. The 18-month contract builds upon Coastal Frontiers' expertise conducting annual freeze-up efforts since 2009 through analysis of current and historical RADARSAT satellite imagery and proprietary data from prior joint industry projects. The prime...

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement awarded Coastal Frontiers Corporation an $822,633 firm fixed price definitive contract to conduct research on the 2023-24 freeze-up and break-up of Arctic sea ice in the US Beaufort and Chukchi Seas. The 18-month contract builds upon Coastal Frontiers' role as primary investigator for the annual freeze-up effort since 2009 and proprietary data, and aims to obtain initial understanding of break-up conditions. The sole...

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 Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Alaska awarded a $5,200,138.77 firm-fixed-price definitive contract to UIC Science, LLC, an Alaskan Native Corporation, to provide operations and logistics support for the Navy's Ice Exercise (ICEX) in Utqiagvik, Alaska. The 8(a) sole source contract, which runs through September 30, 2022, includes services such as logistics, transportation, facilities support, polar bear patrols, lodging, and general operational assistance to...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Alaska awarded a $12,853,167.35 firm-fixed-price contract to Paug VIK & Ghemm Company Joint Venture II, LLC, an Alaska Native-owned 8(a) small disadvantaged business, to construct the CRREL Permafrost Tunnel Operations Facility at Fort Wainwright, Alaska. The contract, which has a completion date of November 22, 2025, will provide a new laboratory with cold storage, garage work and maintenance space, office and meeting space, and a...

The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has awarded a $863,071.00 firm-fixed-price contract to Coastal Frontiers Corporation, a for-profit Subchapter S corporation, to conduct research on the 2024-25 freeze-up and break-up of Arctic sea ice in the U.S. Beaufort and Chukchi Seas. The contract, which has a completion date of August 31, 2026, will involve comprehensive analysis of RADARSAT imagery, proprietary data, and reconnaissance flight...

This definitive, firm-fixed-price contract was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to Willmeng Construction, Inc. for the design-bid-build delivery of a new NSF Ice Core Facility located at the Denver Federal Center in Lakewood, CO. The project will replace the existing 1993-built ice core storage facility with a 19,058 square foot refrigerated warehouse, equipment, shop, office, and loading spaces to maintain the integrity of irreplaceable ice core samples for ongoing research. The...

Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) was awarded a $137,254.78 time and materials delivery order against an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract vehicle to provide active ice management system testing services at the Offshore Hydrodynamics Laboratory in Leonardo, New Jersey. The delivery order was issued by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement within the Department of the Interior to support offshore safety systems testing. As the prime contractor, ARA will utilize...

This $1 million firm fixed price contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center to Arctic Foundations, Inc. to conduct research and development services in advancement of thermosyphon technology under Broad Agency Announcement 19-0074. The two-year contract will support the Center's research across topic areas including hydraulics, dredging, coastal engineering, geotechnical engineering, environmental restoration, sensing, instrumentation, and...

The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) awarded a $121,625.00 firm fixed-price purchase order to Russell-Head Instruments PTY LTD for the procurement of one (1) Ice Fabric Analyzer. The analyzer must meet specific technical requirements, including a microscope with 50 mm and 10 mm objective lenses, 5 mm and 1 mm resolution, polarizer filters, polyaxial LED illumination, and a 4-megapixel camera capable of 15 fps RGB color imaging. The analyzer must also be cold-capable...