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This $500,059 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was awarded to Surfplasma Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business based in Gainesville, Florida. Surfplasma specializes in developing eco-friendly plasma technology for sterilization and disinfection applications. The grant will fund the development of a Portable Active Plasma Sterilization System to reduce microbial contamination for space applications. This project aims to deliver a market-ready...

This $55,400 firm-fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the Naval Air Warfare Center to Microbac Laboratories Inc. for antimicrobial and antiviral hard-surface disinfection efficacy testing services. The contract requires Microbac to conduct AOAC Use Dilution tests for bactericidal, fungicidal, and tuberculocidal efficacy, as well as a virucidal hard surface test per ASTM E1053. The services must be delivered by May 31, 2024. The procurement was not set aside for any specific business...

This is a $99,797.83 Firm Fixed Price SBIR Phase I contract awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Research and Development to Surfplasma Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business based in Gainesville, Florida. The contract is for the research and development of a surface plasma-based decontamination system to remove pathogens from water pipes. This is a total small business set-aside award, with a period of performance from September 1, 2015, to February...

This is a $1,148,591 grant awarded by NASA to the Bay Area Environmental Research Institute (BAER Institute), a non-profit research organization, to study the effects of altered gravity on microbial biofilm formation. The research aims to develop improved methods for microbiological monitoring and contamination control on long-duration human space missions, which is crucial for crew health and safety. The contract supports testing three model microbial systems - E. coli, a Staphylococcus sp....

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Research and Development to AA Plasma LLC, a limited liability company based in Grove City, Ohio. The contract, valued at $99,997.63, is for the development of advanced oxidation processes using plasma-based technologies. AA Plasma has previously received federal grants, including from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Department of...

This is a $99,985.00 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to Photon Systems, Inc., a small business, for a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project titled "Laser-Based In-Situ Testing for Microbes with Ultraviolet Spectroscopy (LITMUS)." The contract was awarded on March 1, 2021 and is scheduled for completion by August 31, 2021. Photon Systems, Inc. is a company that specializes in providing deep ultraviolet solutions for...

The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Plains Area awarded a $662,406 firm fixed price purchase order to 1st American Medical Distributors, Inc. to deliver decontamination equipment including mobile vapor phase hydrogen peroxide sterilization units and handheld hydrogen peroxide sensors. The prime contractor will provide up to five mobile units, ten sensors, installation, calibration, and customized decontamination cycle...

The Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service awarded a $140,000.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Advanced Sterilization Products Services Inc. (ASP) for the delivery of a low-temperature plasma sterilizer. The award does not have a set-aside designation. ASP provides infection prevention solutions and technologies for medical device sterilization and disinfection, including its STERRAD line of hydrogen peroxide gas plasma sterilizers and AEROFLEX endoscope reprocessors....

This federal contract award to Microchem Laboratory, LLC, a for-profit Subchapter S corporation, is for the determination of antiviral activity of textile products. The firm-fixed-price purchase order, valued at $11,361.00, was issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and has no set-aside designation. The contract demonstrates Microchem Laboratory's expertise in conducting antimicrobial and pathogen testing, as well as evaluating the functional...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) awarded a $84,250.00 purchase order to Terumo BCT Inc. for a "Brand Name or Equal" Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies (BCT), Mirasol Illuminator, Ultraviolet (UV)/Riboflavin Whole Blood Pathogen Reduction Device. This device will be used by the FDA's Center for Biologics Research and Review (CBER), Office of Blood Research and Review (OBRR) to treat whole blood with and without inoculation of model pathogens as a control for evaluating...