NASA has awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Mainstream Engineering Corporation, a small business manufacturer, to develop an oil-less vapor-compression refrigeration compressor technology capable of operating at high temperatures up to 400 K. This compressor technology is intended to meet NASA's need for space exploration vehicles to reject waste heat to high-temperature heat sinks, particularly for an equatorial lunar mission profile. Mainstream...
This is a firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Energy, to the Institute of Gas Technology (GTI), a non-profit research organization. The $1,636,089 contract is for conceptual designs of a supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) power cycle test facility. Key subcontractors include the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), which will provide technical expertise and review the pilot plant design,...
This is a $124,994 firm-fixed-price Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Cornerstone Research Group, Inc. to develop an oil-less vapor-compression refrigeration compressor technology that can operate at high temperatures and high lift, to meet NASA's need for space exploration vehicles to reject waste heat to high temperature heat sinks. Cornerstone Research Group, a small business, is the prime...
This federal contract award is for the development of an energy recovery compressor for an aircraft thermal management system. The contract was awarded to S-Ram Dynamics LLC, doing business as Axilus Technology Development, through the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory's SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Program Phase I. The contract is a firm fixed-price purchase order with a potential value of $148,512.00. The contract has a total small business set-aside...
This is a $149,954.00 firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Creare LLC, a small business engineering research and development company, to develop an "EFFICIENT, HIGH PRESSIRE RATIO, CENTRIFUGAL REFRIGERANT COMP" under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. Creare has extensive experience supporting R&D efforts for government agencies such as the Department of Defense and NASA....
The U.S. Department of the Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $1,184,269.00 definitive contract to the University of Oklahoma to perform a demonstration project for an integrated water-source heat pump water heater system to meet simultaneous heating and cooling demands at military installations. This contract, which does not have a set-aside designation, is funded through the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP), the Department of Defense's program for demonstrating...
<p>The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded Energy Quest Technologies Inc. a $1.245 million firm fixed price Small Business Innovation Research Phase II contract to develop high efficiency flight line power, cooling and dehumidification systems for corrosion control. The research and development effort will be conducted by Energy Quest Technologies Inc. in South Base, Georgia over a period of performance from June 8, 2022 to February 21, 2024.</p>
This is a $905,136 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to the Institute of Gas Technology (GTI), a non-profit research organization, for a gas engine-driven heat pump (GHP) cold climate field demonstration project. The contract, designated as Project EW-201515, is focused on demonstrating the performance of GHP technology in cold climates. GTI has significant experience in natural gas, renewable energy, and environmental technology research and...
This is a Firm Fixed Price Delivery Order awarded by the Johnson Space Center, a civilian agency, to Calnetix Technologies LLC, a for-profit limited liability company and manufacturer of goods. The contract is valued at $155,012.00 and requires the testing of two sets of backup drop bearings for an engineering blower that mimics the on-orbit flight blower installed in the Four Bed CO2 Scrubber (FBCO2) system on the International Space Station. The award is part of a larger Indefinite Delivery...
The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Management issued a firm-fixed price delivery order under an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with Emcor Government Services, Inc. to replace duplex air compressor stations in the MER 2 & 5 facilities for $166,957. This order is part of the DOE-F-133 Hot Water Piping Replacement MER 8 major program. The potential value of the delivery order is $295,681.93, and the completion date is March 31, 2025. The contract award did not use...