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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF OCTOBER 15, 2006 FBO #1784
MODIFICATION

A -- Hypersonics Test and Evaluation

Notice Date

7/17/2006
 

Notice Type

Modification
 

NAICS

541710 — Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
 

Contracting Office

Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AEDC - Arnold Engineering Development Center, 100 Kindel Drive, Suite A-335, Arnold AFB, TN, 37389-1335
 

ZIP Code

37389-1335
 

Solicitation Number

BAA0614AEDCPKP
 

Response Due

8/1/2006
 

Point of Contact

Sue Tate, Contract Specialist, Phone 931-454-7801, Fax null,
 

E-Mail Address

sue.tate@arnold.af.mil
 

Description

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) No. 06-14-AEDCPKP: The Department of Defense's Test Resource Management Center (DTRMC), through Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) is soliciting research proposals in the area of hypersonics testing and evaluation/science and technology (T&E/S&T) development. DTRMC seeks innovative proposals that will allow improved test and evaluation of current and future hypersonics systems over the next 10 to 15 years. The goal is not to develop hypersonic flight systems or subsystems in this solicitation, but to investigate improved ground and flight test facilities, techniques and test methodologies that are needed to support hypersonic system/subsystem development. This program does not support basic research, but rather the application and extension of technology to produce and understand a real or simulated flight environment. The range of interest covers all hypersonic flight, both sustained flight in the atmosphere and the test environment of reentry vehicles. TRMC seeks advances in hypersonic and related technologies in the areas (not in priority): 1) INSTRUMENTATION FOR HYPERSONIC FLIGHT TESTING OF HOT STRUCTURES. This includes sensor and sensor integration techniques for in-flight measurement of surface and material temperatures, surface pressures, surface heat flux, structural strain and deformation, and surface ablation/recession, in and on carbon/carbon and carbon/silicon-carbide materials. Measurement techniques must perform at temperature for up to two hours. Techniques must not compromise the structural or thermal performance of the parent material. 2) SIMULATION OF MATERIAL ABLATION/EROSION AT HIGH VELOCITIES. Vehicles which reenter the atmosphere or are exposed to high velocity sustained flight will likely encounter an environment which causes loss of surface material that can change the vehicle shape in an unpredictable manner. Flight testing is very expensive and ground test facilities cannot provide the required flight simulation parameters, duration of test and model size to adequately investigate the phenomena. This effort seeks to extend simulation techniques in ground test facilities wherein the test article material is selected to behave like carbon/carbon and carbon/silicon-carbide materials, but loses material in a reduced environment which can be provided in existing ground test facilities. 3) TECHNIQUES TO ACHIEVE A VARIABLE MACH FREE-JET TEST CAPABILITY. There is a requirement for ground testing a complete hypersonic propulsion system wherein the Mach number is varied during a continuous facility run. While facility temperatures and pressures can be properly varied, the facility nozzle which produces Mach number is deficient. AEDC plans to build a variable Mach flexible wall nozzle to reach Mach 5 true-temperature test conditions. It is believed that this maximizes technology for a two-dimensional free-jet nozzle. The objective of this solicitation is to extend the variable Mach test capability to Mach 8. This technology is anticipated for the Aerodynamic Propulsion Test Unit (APTU) facility at AEDC, however concepts that can be applied to other hypersonic test facilities will be considered. 4) COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF HYPERSONIC NOZZLE FLOWS. In most hypersonic ground test facilities the test gas is energized in a plenum, expanded in a nozzle and then presented to a test article in a test chamber. It is recognized that energy modes and gas species vary from an isentropic flow process in the rapidly expanding flow. While the test gas is unlikely to duplicate the flight condition, knowledge of its composition will assist in interpretation of test data. This effort seeks measurement and modeling of facility flow parameters with the intent of applying the results to a variety of hypersonic facility flows. 5) EXPERIMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR HYPERSONIC SEPARATION DYNAMICS. It is expected that next-generation hypersonic weapon systems will employ objective of this solicitation is to extend the variable Mach test capability to Mach 8. This technology is anticipated for the Aerodynamic Propulsion Test Unit (APTU) facility at AEDC, however concepts that can be applied to other hypersonic test facilities will be considered. 4) COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF HYPERSONIC NOZZLE FLOWS. In most hypersonic ground test facilities the test gas is energized in a plenum, expanded in a nozzle and then presented to a test article in a test chamber. It is recognized that energy modes and gas species vary from an isentropic flow process in the rapidly expanding flow. While the test gas is unlikely to duplicate the flight condition, knowledge of its composition will assist in interpretation of test data. This effort seeks measurement and modeling of facility flow parameters with the intent of applying the results to a variety of hypersonic facility flows. 5) EXPERIMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR HYPERSONIC SEPARATION DYNAMICS. It is expected that next-generation hypersonic weapon systems will employ some type of armament/munitions separation during an aerodynamic maneuver from a carrier vehicle in hypersonic atmosphere flight. A vast store of subsonic aircraft armament/munitions separation information is available. Some hypersonic work was accomplished for the space shuttle separation issues several decades ago. The objective of this solicitation is to investigate and identify flight phenomena incurred during body separation with the goal of simulating the environment with aerodynamic models in a hypersonic wind tunnel with a Captive Trajectory System (CTS). Research in this topic should use the current state-of-the-art as a starting point and define those things that need to be improved or developed (e.g. dynamic force balance sensitivity to rapidly changing loads as the two-body shock-induced flow fields interact). TRMC strongly encourages well-coordinated interdisciplinary research and development activities that take into consideration all significant and relevant engineering tradeoffs and optimizations. In addition, the leveraging of current S&T program developments is highly encouraged. Teaming among academia, industry, and/or government partners is encouraged, and it is anticipated that the contributions of the team members are complementary as well as essential to the critical path of the research plan. A technology insertion plan is encouraged and research that holds promise of insertion into Department of Defense (DoD) relevance is of great interest. Projects with strong transition plans to DoD T&E ground or flight test facilities or with DoD T&E facility participation will receive preference. Each proposer and subcontractor will be required to submit written verification stating they are aware of their responsibility to have DoD approval for public release of information pertaining to the proposed project (including technical reports, papers, and presentations) as required by DoD regulations regarding the dissemination of militarily critical technologies and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). Because awards may be made in which contractors expect to access or generate unclassified information that may be sensitive and inappropriate for release to the public, the contracts will contain DFARS Clause 252.204-7000, Disclosure of Information. While TRMC will not actively participate in the teaming of project partners, potential proposers are encouraged to examine the Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB) member sites to acquaint themselves with the scope of test facilities and capabilities within the purview of Office of the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E). The DOT&E/Resources and Ranges website for the MRTFB map and links is http://www.dote.osd.mil/rr/mrtfb.html. SUBMISSION PROCESS Proposers are REQUIRED to submit a proposal abstract in advance of a full proposal. This procedure is intended to minimize unnecessary effort in proposal preparation and review. The date for submission of proposal abstracts is specified in the FedBizOpps announcement. Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) will acknowledge receipt of the submission and assign a control number that should be used in all future correspondence regarding the proposal abstract and proposal. TRMC will respond to proposal abstracts with a recommendation to propose or not propose and the time and date for submission of a full proposal. TRMC will attempt to review proposal abstracts within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt and will allow proposers at least thirty (30) calendar days after review of their proposal abstracts in order to complete and submit their full proposals. Regardless of the recommendation, the decision to propose is the responsibility of the proposer. All submitted proposals will be fully reviewed regardless of the disposition of the proposal abstract. Proposers will be notified of acceptance or rejection within 30 days of receipt of the full proposal. However, those proposals not initially selected will be kept on file until 30 September 2007. In the event that the T&E/S&T program budget allocation for hypersonics is increased prior to the end of the fiscal year, these non-selected proposals may be funded. The typical proposal should express a consolidated effort in support of one or more related technical concepts or ideas. Disjointed efforts should not be included into a single proposal. Proposers are notified that all proposals may be read, reviewed, evaluated and/or administratively handled by support contractors either to TRMC (i.e., IDA, MITRE and other non-federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) contractors) or to the executing agent. These support contractors are prohibited from competition in TRMC technical research in this program area and are individually bound by appropriate signed nondisclosure statements. A proposer sending either an abstract or a full proposal acknowledges that this is acceptable to the proposer. Proposals and proposal abstracts may not be submitted by fax or e-mail; any sent by this method will be disregarded. Awards made under this solicitation are subject to the provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 9.5, Organizational and Consultant Conflict of Interest. All offerors and proposed subcontractors must affirmatively state whether they are providing scientific, engineering and technical assistance (SETA) or similar support to any TRMC technical office(s) through an active contract or subcontract. All affirmations must state which office(s) the offeror supports, and identify the prime contract number. Affirmations should be furnished at the time of proposal submission. All facts relevant to the existence or potential existence of organizational conflicts of interest, as that term is defined in the FAR 2.101, must be disclosed. The disclosure shall include a description of the action the offeror has taken, or proposes to take, to avoid, neutralize or mitigate such conflict. EVALUATION CRITERIA/EVALUATION AND FUNDING PROCESSES Proposals will not be evaluated against each other since they are not submitted in accordance with a common work statement. TRMC's intent is to review proposals as soon as possible after they arrive; however, proposals may be reviewed periodically for administrative reasons. For evaluation purposes, a proposal is the two-volume document described in PROPOSAL FORMAT (see below). Other supporting or background materials submitted with the proposal will be considered for the reviewer's convenience only and not considered part of the proposal. Evaluation of proposals will be accomplished through a technical review of each proposal using the following criteria, which are listed in descending order of relative importance: (l) overall scientific and technical merit in advancing test and evaluation of hypersonic systems, (2) relevance to T&E hypersonic technology test requirements not addressed in other DoD programs, (3) offeror's capabilities and related experience, (4) cost realism of proposed effort, and (5) plans and capability to accomplish technology transition to T&E application and/or to DoD T&E facilities. As each proposal evaluation is completed, the proposer will be notified of selectability or non-selectability. Selectable proposals will be considered for funding; non-selectable proposals will be kept on file until 30 September 2007. These proposals will be considered for FY07 funding in the event additional funds are made available to support the hypersonics T&E/S&T focus area. After 30 September 2007, all unfunded proposals will be destroyed. (One copy of non-selectable proposals may be retained for file purposes.) While the TRMC T&E/S&T program is expected to be on-going, prospective offerors are notified that this program is currently not formally funded in FY 2007, and there is no certainty that these funds will be made available for this purpose. Even when funding is received, not all proposals deemed selectable will be funded. Decisions to fund selectable proposals will be based on funds available, potential contribution and relevance to T&E mission, and scientific and technical merit. Proposals may be considered for funding for a period of up to one year. The Government reserves the right to select for award all, some, or none of the proposals received. All responsible sources capable of satisfying the Government's needs may submit a proposal, which shall be considered by TRMC. Proposals identified for funding may result in a procurement contract, grant, cooperative agreement, or other transaction depending upon the nature of the work proposed, the required degree of interaction between parties, and other factors. If warranted, portions of resulting awards may be segregated into pre-priced options PROPOSAL ABSTRACT FORMAT Proposal abstracts are required in advance of full proposals in order to provide potential offerors with a rapid response and to minimize unnecessary effort. Proposal abstracts should follow the same general format as described for Volume I under PROPOSAL FORMAT (see below), but include ONLY Sections I and II. The cover sheet should be clearly marked PROPOSAL ABSTRACT, and the total length should not exceed 15 pages. All pages should be formatted to 8-1/2- by 11-inch page size with type not smaller than 12 point. The page limitation for proposal abstracts includes all figures, tables, and charts. No formal transmittal letter is required. NOTE: THIS NOTICE MAY HAVE POSTED ON FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (17-JUL-2006). IT ACTUALLY APPEARED OR REAPPEARED ON THE FEDBIZOPPS SYSTEM ON 13-OCT-2006, BUT REAPPEARED IN THE FTP FEED FOR THIS POSTING DATE. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
 

Web Link

Link to FedBizOpps document.
(http://www.fbo.gov/spg/USAF/AFMC/AEDC/BAA0614AEDCPKP/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

Address: 100 Kindel Drive Suite A332 Arnold AFB TN

Zip Code: 37389-1332

Country: UNITED STATES
 

Record

SN01165550-F 20061015/061013222931 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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