The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $206,140 firm-fixed price purchase order to the University of British Columbia (UBC) for radiogenic isotope analysis of volcanic samples. The contract will support the USGS California Volcano Observatory's research on the Clearlake volcanic field as part of the broader California Coast Range Volcanic Field project. UBC, a public research university in Canada, will provide thermal ionization mass spectrometer (TIMS) strontium analysis and...
This $23,000 federal purchase order contract was awarded by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), which is part of the Department of the Interior, to the University of British Columbia (UBC) to perform zircon analyses. The contract has a firm fixed price pricing type and a completion date of May 20, 2025. UBC is a public research university in Vancouver, Canada that has received over $17 million in U.S. federal contracts and $50 million in grants to provide a variety of research,...
The Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey Office of Acquisitions and Grants awarded a $16,500 firm fixed price purchase order to The Governors of the University of Alberta, doing business as The University of Alberta, located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The award is for 187RE/187OS analysis services with an expected completion date of August 13, 2024. No set-aside designation was used for this contract. The University of Alberta will provide analytical services to the USGS under...
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a firm fixed price purchase order valued at $13,509.15 to Carleton University, a non-profit research and educational institution located in Ottawa, Canada. The contract is for x-ray micro-computed tomography of surface and drill core samples, with a completion date of March 31, 2023. No set-aside designation was applied to this award. Carleton University has previously supported the USGS, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service through prime and...
This is a firm-fixed-price delivery order contract awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to Carleton University, a non-profit educational institution in Canada. The contract, valued at $9,440.00, is for whole rock isotopic analyses services to support the USGS's isotope tracer investigations and crustal characterizations. The contract is a task order under a larger $499,999.99 single-award indefinite delivery vehicle (IDV) contract between the USGS and Carleton University, which was...
The U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $117,600.00 firm fixed price purchase order to the University of Massachusetts (UMass) to provide monazite geochronology sample analysis services. This sole-source award was made under the authority of FAR 13.5, Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items, as UMass has the only specialized electron microprobe analyzer that meets the USGS's required precision and accuracy. The USGS's Florence Bascom Geoscience...
This firm-fixed-price purchase order, valued at $35,068.00, was awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) to provide laboratory use and instruction of in-situ laser-ablation split-stream (LASS) radiogenic isotope and trace element analysis equipment. The work involves geologic mapping, tectonic and metallogenic history reconstruction, and uranium-lead (U-Pb) geochronology. UCSB is the sole source for this requirement, as it developed the...
The Department of the Interior's United States Geological Survey Office of Acquisitions and Grants awarded a $40,000 firm fixed price delivery order to the University of Montana, doing business as Research and Sponsored Programs, for sample analysis services under Task Order 1. The period of performance is through December 4, 2027 at the place of performance in Missoula, Montana. No set-aside designation was used for this award to the prime contractor to support the USGS's scientific research...
The Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey awarded a $4,747.50 firm fixed price purchase order to the University of Vermont & State Agricultural College (UVM) for quartz purification and beryllium extraction services. This contract did not have a set-aside designation. UVM is a public land grant research university that provides a variety of goods and services to federal agencies through both prime and subcontract awards, including scientific research, laboratory services, and...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to Washington State University for $22,032.00. The contract is for radiogenic isotope analysis services to conduct Lu-Hf and Sm-Nd garnet geochronology on metamorphic rock samples from Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The analyses will help ascertain the timing of metamorphism and deformation to strengthen the understanding of regional bedrock geology. This contract is not set-aside and is funded by the USGS...