This is a grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) for $116,879.00. The grant supports research to search for gamma-ray burst (GRB) events similar to GRB 170817A, which is the only confirmed counterpart to a binary neutron star (BNS) merger detected to date. The goal is to better understand the physics linking BNS mergers to short GRBs, using data from the Burst and Transient Source...
The federal contract award, with ID 80MSFC23CA001, is for a Starburst-ESPA Grande-class smallsat mission to detect and localize short-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). The $470,746.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract was awarded to the Universities Space Research Association (USRA), a nonprofit research organization, by the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center on April 1, 2023. The contract has an ultimate completion date of May 30, 2027. USRA, which partners with universities, companies, and...
This federal contract award is for the GRB ASSIST SOFTWARE, a delivery order under the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract vehicle. The prime contractor is Government Retirement & Benefits, Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation based in Alexandria, Virginia that specializes in providing technology-based retirement planning and benefits administration solutions for federal agencies. The contract has a ceiling value of $13,854.00 and was awarded on June 3, 2025 by the Federal Energy...
This contract award to Government Retirement & Benefits, Inc. (GRB) is for the provision of GRB's License and Maintenance Support services to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), a civilian federal agency. The contract has a ceiling value of $299,000.00 and was awarded as a Delivery Order under GRB's General Services Administration (GSA) Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Information Technology Schedule 70 (IT-70) contract. The contract is designated as a Total Small Business set-aside...
This federal contract award is for the annual renewal of GRB licenses to Government Retirement & Benefits, Inc. (GRB), a leading technology company that specializes in providing retirement planning and benefits administration services. The award, valued at $232,926.00, was made through the General Services Administration's Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract vehicle. The contract is a firm fixed-price delivery order with an ultimate completion date of August 18, 2022. The funding agency...
This federal contract award to Government Retirement & Benefits, Inc. (GRB) is for the Federal Erroneous Retirement Coverage Correction Action (FERCCA) Case Processing Task Order, which is part of the larger FERCCA program managed by the Social Security Administration (SSA), a civilian agency. The $225,940 firm fixed-price Delivery Order was awarded on July 5, 2023 through the General Services Administration's (GSA) Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract vehicle, and has an ultimate...
This federal contract award to Government Retirement & Benefits, Inc. (GRB) is for a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) call under the General Services Administration's Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract vehicle. The contract is for a Benefits Administration Subscription Service, with a Subscribing Population of 0-1,000 employees, a Period of Performance from January 1, 2024 to January 30, 2024, and a Ceiling Value of $13,346.31. The contract is a Firm Fixed Price arrangement and was not...
This is a firm fixed-price delivery order contract awarded by the Department of the Army to Government Retirement & Benefits, Inc. (GRB), a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation, under the GSA Human Resources & Equal Employment Opportunity Services Schedule. The contract, valued at $26,800.00, is for GRB's "GRB SUBSCRIPTION FULL USERS" product and services, which includes retirement planning and benefits administration solutions for federal agencies. The contract has an...
This is a $3,410,501.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), to reflying the NASA Gamma-Ray Imager/Polarimeter for Solar Flares (GRIPS) high-altitude balloon payload. GRIPS is a next-generation instrument for high-energy solar observations that provides high-resolution imaging. The award has a period of performance through May 31, 2026 and...
The University of New Hampshire (UNH), through its Office of Sponsored Research, has been awarded a $2,750,000 grant by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to develop a prototype gamma ray polarimeter instrument called the Gamma Ray Polarimeter Experiment (GRAPE). GRAPE will measure the polarization of gamma rays from gamma-ray bursts in the energy range of 50 to 500 keV to better understand the geometry and physical processes close to gamma-ray...