DOT Solicitations – December 2011

Request for Information: Risk Management Framework and Safety Risk Model – In this RFI the U.S. DOT Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is soliciting various inputs to explore technical and non-technical options for assessing organizational risk. The purpose of the effort is to: 1) Identify risk management best practices and assessments methods that can be adapted to PHMSA’s unique hazmat mission; 2 )Identify and evaluate analytical methods that enable the identification of the highest posing risks to hazmat transportation to, from, or within the United States; and 3 )Identify and evaluate “Commercial Off The Shelf” (COTS) predictive analytic software that can identify risks in hazmat transportation and be incorporated into PHMSA’s IT infrastructure. Read more

State Solicitations – December 2011

California Energy Commission: Energy-Related Environmental Research Area – Environmental Issues Related to Clean Energy Systems    The purpose of this Program Opportunity Notice is to identify and select one or more grant recipients to conduct and direct research, development and demonstration (RD&D) projects that fall into the four targeted areas of the PIER Environmental program, as follows:   Topic 1: Removing Environmental Barriers to the Timely Permitting and Deployment of Clean Energy Facilities; Read more

DHS Solicitations – December 2011

Pre-solicitation: Wide Area Aerial Surveillance System (WAASS) — The Department of Homeland Security intends to make 2-3 firm-fixed price contract awards to contractors that will demonstrate their Wide Area Aerial Surveillance System (WAASS), in an operational environment. The contractors will demonstrate their airborne WAASS capability in a land-border environment to be determined by DHS S&T, via flight testing. The emphasis of this program initiative is on technical performance in an operational environment. Read more

Army Solicitations – December 2011

Test Execution Services and Launch Services (TESTLA) DRAFT RFP and Updated Acquisition Strategy – This announcement is associated with a previous notice under W9113M11SSTESL and W9113M11SSTESL01 which were posted previously. This is a DRAFT Request for Proposal (RFP) for a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (MAIDIQ) type contract to satisfy the requirements that fall within the Scope of Work (SOW) entitled Test Execution Services and Launch Augmention (TESTLA). All questions and comments to this DRAFT RFP shall be submitted electronically no later than 10 January 2012. Award Ceiling: $220M. Read more

DOE Solicitations – December 2011

Proliferation Detection Research – The DOE/NNSA is soliciting applications for R&D. This FOA encompasses technology development for the early detection of nuclear proliferation by national, sub-national and trans-national entities, especially on activities indicative of the production and transport of special nuclear material, fabricated components and weapons. It also includes technology that supports counter –proliferation and counter-terrorism missions where there is synergy with the non-proliferation mission. Topic areas of interest: Radiation Sensors and Advanced Materials Research; Remote Sensing; Simulations, Algorithms, and Modeling; and, Enabling Technology for Mass Spectrometry. Application: January 30, 2012 Read more

CDC Solicitations – December 2011

Development and Evaluation of a Clinic-Based Screening and Brief Intervention (SBI) for Changing Behaviors Related to Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Transmission in Pregnant Women — The purpose of this research is to learn how to more effectively change behaviors related to CMV transmission among pregnant women in order to reduce the incidence of congenital CMV infection. Read more

NASA Solicitations – December 2011

Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer Partnership Opportunity – NASA is seeking an engineering partner for the development of an electrical subsystem for the NICER instrument. The NICER mission is one of five selections from responses to the Explorer Missions of Opportunity (MOO). This mission would place an X-ray timing instrument on the International Space Station (ISS) to explore the exotic states of matter within neutron stars and reveal their interior and surface compositions. Final presentation packets due January 31, 2012. Read more

NIST Solicitations – December 2011

SBIR Program FY 2012 - The NIST invites small businesses to submit research proposals under this solicitation. Firms with strong research capabilities in any of the following areas are encouraged to participate: Information Technology & Cybersecurity, including– High-Power, High-Speed Photodiodes; Microfabricated High-Frequency Connectors for Millimeter-Wave Technology; Ultrafast Photodetector for Probing Coplanar Waveguide Electrical Circuits; and, WS-BiometricDevices (WS-BD) Conformant Handheld Fingerprint Sensor. Manufacturing, including — Development of a Microcompressor for Miniaturized Cryocooling; High-Precision, Random Profile Roughness Specimens; Low-cost Stabilized Diode Lasers for Displacement Measurements; Non-contact Microwave Measurement of Electrical Properties of Nanofiber Materials; Power Meter for EUV Lithography Sources; Query-based Geometric Interoperability for Advanced Manufacturing; Silicon Ion Source for Isotopically Enriched Deposition; and, X-ray Chemical Shift Mapping for Industrial Materials Analysis. Read more

ITECS News – December 8, 2011

I came across an interesting article this week concerning the consolidation of DOE national labs. The report by the Energy Inspector General, says the DOE should consider “BRAC-style” consolidation of labs to cut administrative and logistic costs.

What do you guys think? Read more

EPA Solicitations – December 2011

Pre-solicitation: Human Studies Research Support For Environmental Epidemiologic Studies – The EPA has a requirement for the National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Environmental Public Health Division to provide professional and technical support for studies in the area of environmental epidemiology. The work shall include but not be limited to assisting EPA in planning, developing, designing, implementing, conducting, and reporting studies, as well as collecting, procuring, managing, and analyzing human and/or environmental data, and may include the collection, procurement, preparation, shipping, and analyzing of human biologic specimens and environmental samples. Read more

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