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...
This federal contract award to The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC (APL) is for a "SUN SIMULATOR" project. The $99,999.91 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order was awarded by the Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), a defense agency, with a completion date of November 17, 2022. APL is a university-affiliated research center that frequently partners with federal agencies on defense, space, and scientific research initiatives. This award is associated with APL's...
This is a $101,259.00 firm fixed price purchase order contract awarded to Newport Corp, a subsidiary of MKS Instruments Inc., by the Air Force Test Center. The contract is for the delivery of a solar simulator classified as AAA under Project 16144, Work Order 1030084. There is no set-aside designation associated with this award. Newport Corp is a leading manufacturer and supplier of advanced technology products, including lasers, optics, motion control systems, and vibration isolation equipment,...
The Department of the Air Force awarded a $434,630 firm fixed price purchase order to Glowlink Communications Technology, Inc. for maintenance and support of its proprietary Arc Storm/Single Satellite Geolocation software. Under the terms of the contract, Glowlink will provide twelve months of maintenance for the Arc Storm system currently installed at Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Base, along with 280 hours of on-site and remote technical support training, database support, system enhancements,...
Sterling Computers Corporation has been awarded a $42,453 delivery order against the Solutions for Enterprise Wide Procurement V governmentwide acquisition contract to provide SolarWinds polling engine licenses to the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command. The firm fixed price order calls for Sterling to deliver the requested software to Edwards Air Force Base in California. Issued under the SEWP V vehicle managed by NASA, this award utilizes the multiple award schedule contracting...
Sterling Computers Corporation, doing business as Sterling Computers Corp, has been awarded a $10,208.25 firm fixed price delivery order for SolarWinds help desk support services. The order was awarded under the Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP V) government-wide acquisition contract by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Lifecycle Management Center located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. As a certified woman-owned small business, Sterling will utilize its...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $583,126.32 grant for research to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), which operates the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), a non-profit consortium of over 100 universities. The goal of this research project, called MAD-WRF, is to develop an improved end-to-end solar irradiance forecasting system by blending a satellite-based cloud analysis system (MADCAST) with a numerical weather prediction...
The Department of the Air Force Air Education and Training Command awarded a $16,450 firm fixed price purchase order to Skyworks, LLC Artificial Sky Division for the installation of 10 virtual windows/circadian lighting systems into two rooms lacking natural light at Goodfellow Air Force Base in Texas. The solicitation sought circadian lighting and virtual windows to provide simulated daylight within enclosed spaces per the statement of work and salient characteristics. As a total small business...
This federal contract award is for the delivery of 4,558 SLT-700 mobile solar light towers to the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Troop Support Construction and Equipment office. The $133,129.55 firm-fixed-price delivery order was issued on August 15, 2022, to the prime contractor, Asrc Federal Facilities Logistics, LLC (doing business as SAIC), a minority-owned small disadvantaged business. The place of performance is Fairfield, New Jersey. As a subcontractor to SAIC, Progress Solar Solutions...
The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Los Angeles awarded a $1.08 million firm fixed price delivery order contract to Cmcs-T.simons JV for the replacement of uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems at various National Reconnaissance Office buildings located at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Work will be performed by prime contractor Cmcs-T.simons JV and subcontractor T. Simons Co., Inc. in Lompoc, California, starting in March 2020 with an expected...