ARPA-E Intends to Announce $31 Million to Further Develop New Technology for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines
ARPA-E intends to announce $31 million in funding through phase two of its Aerodynamic Turbines, Lighter and Afloat, with Nautical Technologies and Integrated Servo-control (ATLANTIS) program. The ATLANTIS program focuses on novel forms of systems engineering of floating offshore wind systems to drive down costs.
Former Astronaut Returns to Teach at U.S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, CT
As a Coast Guard aviator, retired Captain Dan Burbank served at Coast Guard Air Stations in Elizabeth City, N.C. Former astronaut and is returning to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy to serve as a Professor of Practice in the Mechanical Engineering program.
Coast Guard Station Elizabeth City set to mark 82nd year (now covering over 800 acres)
The Coast Guard celebrated its 232-year anniversary on August 4, 2022. See article in the Coastal Review dated August 9, 2022 by Kip Tabb: https://coastalreview.org/2022/08/coast-guard-station-elizabeth-city-set-to-mark-82nd-year/. For more information, please contact Darleen Stein at steind@ncmbc.us or 252-207-5246.
Article: ECSI Eyes Moore Minority-Owned Firms for Contracts
The Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) is reaching out to businesses owned by minorities and women in an effort to increase their participation in university construction projects per the 10 percent contract award goal set by the University of North Carolina College System per Daily Advance article entitled, “ECSI eyes more minority-owned firms for contracts” by Reggie Ponder dated June 6.
GSA: Multiple Award Schedule Startup Springboard
If you run a business interested or participating in the federal contracting market and are interested in getting on a GSA schedule, the new Multiple Award Schedule Startup Springboard now offers a simpler way to achieve your contracting goals. The MAS Startup Springboard is a broadening of the 2016 Startup Springboard pilot program for IT companies which was created as a part of the Making it Easier (MIE) Initiative.
SBA Announces Moratorium on Bona Fide Place of Business Requirements for 8(A) Business Development Program
Contact U.S. Small Business Administration at Press_Office@sba.gov
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration today announced a moratorium on the requirement that participants in SBA’s 8(a) Business Development Program must establish a bona fide place of business in a specific geographic area in order to be awarded any construction contract through the 8(a) Program due to the ongoing challenges of COVID-19.
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