This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to Angstrom Designs Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of specialized electronic and lighting systems based in Santa Barbara, California. The $749,860 fixed-price contract is for the development of a solid-state, large-area, pulsed, solar simulator (SSLAPSS) that can simulate the AM0 (air mass zero) response of single, dual, 3, 4, 5, and 6-junction solar cells. The prototype developed in...
Photon Systems, Inc., a small business, received a $872,984 grant from NASA to develop a deep ultraviolet (DUV) light emitting triode (LET) source emitting in the 230-240 nm spectral range. This DUV-LET technology is intended to enable new compact trace organic and water ice detection instruments for future NASA lander missions to ocean worlds, primitive bodies, and asteroids. The DUV-LET source, which is over 250 times smaller and lighter than the DUV laser currently used on the Mars 2020...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) awarded a Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order contract to G2V Optics Inc., a Canada-based manufacturer of LED solar simulators, to provide an LED Lighting System for the USACE Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) in Vicksburg, Mississippi. The contract, valued at $76,000.00, has a completion date of May 15, 2023. G2V Optics Inc. has previously provided solar simulators to other federal agencies, including NASA and the Army Materiel Command, through...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Research and Development to Solar Light Company, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company that manufactures goods related to the advancement of light sciences. The contract is for the provision of a CEMM-AMCD-Model 540 Microtops II Sunphotometer, with a potential value of $12,065.32 and a completion date of May 31, 2024. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. Solar Light...
This is a $79,110.00 firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) of the U.S. Department of Energy to Ofil USA LTD., a foreign-owned for-profit company. The contract is for the provision of Ofil's DayCor Luminar corona cameras, which use proprietary solar blind ultraviolet technology to provide high-sensitivity daytime corona inspection capabilities. Ofil USA LTD. has previously supplied similar products and services to various federal...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation to Atlantium Technologies LTD, a for-profit organization based in Israel, for UV light system maintenance services at the Lower Colorado Dams Office. The contract has a ceiling value of $544,806.78 and covers a base year plus up to four option years, with a final completion date of August 31, 2025. The award was made non-competitively as Atlantium was determined to be the sole...
This federal contract award is for the purchase of a FY17 DAYCOR UV IMAGING CAMERA (APPROVED FY17 RRADS) from Ofil USA LTD., a foreign-owned for-profit company that develops and manufactures imaging systems using proprietary Solar Blind Ultra Violet technology. The contract, awarded by the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA), a civilian agency within the Department of Energy, has a ceiling value of $80,310.00 and a completion date of June 5, 2017. The contract is a firm fixed-price purchase...
This is a Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to Parr Instrument Company, a manufacturer of chemical reactors and related laboratory equipment, for the delivery of a 2L pressurized bench top reactor system and accessories. The $54,071.71 contract was awarded on July 28, 2020 with a completion date of September 28, 2020. The solicitation was set aside for small businesses, with the reactor system meeting specific requirements for temperature,...
This is a $744,643.49 cooperative agreement award from NASA to the University of Oklahoma (OU) to develop an autonomous, portable algae bioreactor system for long-distance space travel. The project aims to optimize algae biomass production by integrating spectral up- and down-conversion technologies to shift wavelengths for enhanced photosynthesis, as well as designing a customized photovoltaic system tuned for the desired wavelength range. The award also seeks to broaden participation 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...