The Great Ships Initiative (GSI) offers research services in
calendar year 2008 to developers of treatment systems designed
to minimize the presence of live organisms, including microbes
and viruses, in ballast water discharge from ships. Specifically,
GSI offers:
General
GSI Research Services: These research services evaluate
treatment effectiveness against a range of taxonomic and size
categories of ambient organisms at the bench, land-based and
shipboard scales. They are applicable to candidate ballast treatment
systems designed to surpass the standards contained in the IMO
Convention and/or meet United States federal standards, once
developed.
Estimated
review and award time-frame
Applications
submitted for General Research Services by:
-
5 PM EST April 4, 2008 qualify for May 15, 2008 award notification;
- 5 PM EST October 4, 2008 qualify for November 15, 2008 award
notification.
Submission
process and a note on attachments
GSI
will consider any complete applications that are submitted electronically
using the submit button located at the end of the
electronic application form (see application materials above).
Clicking the submit button will automatically open
the computers default email program and attach the application
form to an already-addressed email. Attach supporting information
and reference documents in PDF format to the same email prior
to sending, or send attachments in a separate email(s) to nmays@nemw.org
if the email is larger than 7 MB in size. Alternatively, send
large applications in their entire form to nmays@nemw.org using
a file delivery website such as http://www.yousendit.com/.
Clearly label
all attachments with the application question to which they
correspond and list them in the application in the spaces provided.
To be considered, all applications must be accompanied by full
author reference information and listed in the application form.
Applications
will receive an email confirming their receipt within 48 hours
of submission. Please email nmays@nemw.org if you do not receive
this confirmation email. Also, please email nmays@nemw.org if
you have any questions or problems submitting the application
form and/or supporting attachments.
Award
information
Assuming developers
of qualified systems respond to this solicitation, the GSI will
award:
- Bench-scale
testing services to up to eight (8) candidate treatment systems;
- Full-scale land-based testing services at the GSI land-based
test facility to up to five (5) candidate treatment systems;
- Shipboard testing services to no more than one (1) candidate
system.
Candidate
systems will be offered research services only if technical
and programmatic criteria for receiving testing services are
met.
Contact
information and inquiries
Direct
any questions regarding this solicitation or the application
process by e-mail only to Allegra Cangelosi (acangelo@nemw.org).
Applicant inquiries will be consolidated daily (without affiliation
information) and responses sent to all interested applicants.
To receive Daily Digests of these inquiries and our responses
please contact Nicole Mays (nmays@nemw.org).