SOLICITATION NOTICE
99 -- DEMONSTRATING SAFER LITHIUM ION CELLS
- Notice Date
- 8/3/2004
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 335912
— Primary Battery Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston Texas, 77058-3696, Mail Code: BH
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- NNJ04078116Q
- Response Due
- 8/18/2004
- Archive Date
- 8/3/2005
- Point of Contact
- Sharyn L Willis, Contract Specialist, Phone (281) 483-5863, Fax (281) 244-5337, Email sharyn.l.willis@nasa.gov - Tim A. Boyes, Contract Officer, Phone (281) 483-1838, Fax (281) 244-5331, Email timothy.a.boyes@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
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Email your questions to Sharyn L Willis
(sharyn.l.willis@nasa.gov)
- Description
- NASA/JSC has a requirement for: 4 Standard 18650 lithium ion cell, 4 18650 cell with self-extinguishing electrolyte, 4 18650 cell with zero volt technology, 4 18650 cell with self-extinguishing electrolyte and zero volt technology. Test report on safety demonstration testing per the Statement of Work (SOW). NASA/JSC intends to purchase the items from Quallion, Inc., Sylmar, CA based on the following circumstances. 1. Lithium-ion batteries and cells are composed of unique cathode and anode materials. Cells from different manufacturers cannot have the same signature charge/discharge cycles or abuse characteristics. The cell components made by different manufacturers vary as the nature of the transition metal oxide used for the cathode can be LiCo2, LiNiO2, LiMn2O4, LiNiCoO2, LiNiCoAlO2,etc.or any combination of transition metal oxides. The anode can be graphite or hard carbon or mesophase microcarbon beads and even with this it could be natural or synthetic graphite for example, or mesophase microcarbon beads that have different bead size and treated differently during the manufacturing process. The third element is the electrolyte which can contain a wide variety of organic carbonates, additives and salts. Hence the cathode, anode and electrolyte are different from manufacturer to manufacturer and they have a unique performance. 2. Apart from this, the method of processing the materials during the assembly process also varies from manufacturer to manufacturer. Quallion uses very high purity components and hence purify their components several times before they use them to make their electrodes. 3. Lithium-ion batteries are still progressing in terms of performance and some manufacturers are working towards making their extremely energetic cell safer. Hence, there is constant change and increase in capacity and although the size of the can remains the same, the capacity of the batteries has increased from 1 Ah to 2.4 Ah in the past eight years. The Quallion cells are 1 Ah cells to this day because they are made for high rate custom applications and not for normal commercial use. These are some of the main reasons for buying cells from the same manufacturer as one needs a baseline performance and abuse test data for comparison purposes. The objective of this procurement is to demonstrate safety features of Quallion?s self extinguishing electrolyte and zero volt capability relative to cycle life, calendar life and safety testing. The advance technologies to be tested are 1) the ability to retain useful capacity after storage in a low voltage discharge condition (Quallion?s patented zero volt technology) and 2) an electrolyte additive to improve safety test results without degrading the electrical performance (Quallion?s patented self extinguishing (SE) electrolyte additive). The scope of the work includes the fabrication of 48 lithium ion cells of the standard 18650 size (>1.5Ah) and perform capacity verification, storage retention, and safety tests (overcharge and short circuit tests) to validate any improvement that these advanced features provide in comparison to the performance and safety tolerance of standard 18650 lithium ion cells without current limiters and overcharge cut-out devices built into the cell. The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. See Note 26. Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort in writing to the identified point of contact not later than 1:00 p.m. local time on August 18, 2004. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. An Ombudsman has been appointed. See NASA Specific Note "B". Any referenced notes may be viewed at the following URLs linked below.
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