There seems to have been a lot of conflicting dollars and dates from the government contracts. Info is a bit scattered across posts so I trying to keep this from getting lost in General, I thought a repository here might be okay.
$2.0M http://www.finance.hq.navy.mil/FMB/10pres/Supp_Book.pdf
Program Element Number: 0632012N
Plasma Fusion (Polywell)
Probably the same $2M http://www.ng.mil/ll/Congress_Reports/D ... _Plans.pdf
Is there much significance for it being a "Joint OSD/USN" and being under "NAVY & MARINE CORPS PROJECT PLAN" and well as "DEFENSE-WIDE PROJECT PLAN" - ie its gaining significance, or has it always been like that?
$7.8M + optional $4.5M
https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity ... e&_cview=1
https://www.neco.navy.mil/synopsis_file ... %20J&A.pdf
Solicitation Number: N6893609R0044
Contract Award Number: N6893609C0125
Contract Award Date: September 11, 2009
Delivery Dates:
March 2010 Wiffleball 8, fabrication, test and report
March 2012 Wiffleball 8.1, fabrication, test and report
March 2012 ion gun modification
Also...
https://www.neco.navy.mil/synopsis/deta ... ?id=238726
http://www.fbodaily.com/archive/2009/09 ... 953814.htm
Tracking Government Funding
Tracking Government Funding
In theory there is no difference between theory and practice, but in practice there is.
Rely on the FBO. Any money (except black programs and they are just buried in other things) that is awarded sole source MUST be published if it exceeds a fairly small amount (used to be $50k, but may be higher now) in any fiscal year. Look for solicitations that have "Justification and Approval" statements. These are AWARDS. Anythng else is just a plan, a thought, not real.
This is the WB8 Solicitation. It has a J&A statement. This is real.
https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity ... =1&au=&ck=
The $2M lines you stated were preliminary PLANs to spend the recovery money. That $2M turned into the $7.8M recovery money AWARD. NICE!
There were three pre-solicitations in late FY08 / early FY09 that never showed any real activity. These may or may not have been awarded per-se. However, (though I can't find the original) I recall that the Jan 2009 pre-solicitation started out at ~$200k but the J&A showed ~$300k awarded. I figure that the small amounts from FY09 were rolled into the one J&A.
It is not clear to me if we will get any indication that the +~$4M will ever be acknowledge since the current J&A says ~$10M which is sufficient detail to cover both parts of the award.
This is the WB8 Solicitation. It has a J&A statement. This is real.
https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity ... =1&au=&ck=
The $2M lines you stated were preliminary PLANs to spend the recovery money. That $2M turned into the $7.8M recovery money AWARD. NICE!
There were three pre-solicitations in late FY08 / early FY09 that never showed any real activity. These may or may not have been awarded per-se. However, (though I can't find the original) I recall that the Jan 2009 pre-solicitation started out at ~$200k but the J&A showed ~$300k awarded. I figure that the small amounts from FY09 were rolled into the one J&A.
It is not clear to me if we will get any indication that the +~$4M will ever be acknowledge since the current J&A says ~$10M which is sufficient detail to cover both parts of the award.