SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Broad Agency Announcement - Power Technology
- Notice Date
- 7/17/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541710
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
- Contracting Office
- US Army C-E LCMC, Acquisition Center - Washington, ATTN: AMSEL-AC-W, 2461 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22331-0700
- ZIP Code
- 22331-0700
- Solicitation Number
- W909MY-07-R-0016
- Response Due
- 9/30/2010
- Archive Date
- 11/29/2010
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The US Army Communications Electronics Life Cycle Management Command (C-E LCMC), Acquisition Center Washington announces the issuance of a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) sponsored by the U. S. Army Communications-Electronics Command Research, Develo pment and Engineering Center (CERDEC) Army Power Division, valid for Fiscal Years 2008-2010, unless sooner terminated. This announcement provides only a synopsis of the BAA. The complete BAA is available at the C-E LCMC Interactive Business Opportunities Page (IBOP), https://abop.monmouth.army.mil/ . In order to be able to access the BAA and submit a proposal a contractor must first be registered on the IBOP. A CAGE Code and DUNS number are required to complete registration for proposal submissions. A contractor employee who is authorized to bind the contractor must complete the registration. The process could take several days to finalize the registration and contractors are encouraged to register as soon as possible. This BAA is issued under provisio ns of paragraph 6.102(d)(2) and paragraph 35.016 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) which provides for competitive selection of research and development proposals submitted in response to this announcement. Accordingly, proposals selected for awa rd are considered to be the result of full and open competition and fully compliant with PL 98-369, The Competition in Contracting Act of 1984. Prospective offerors should note that this BAA is an expression of interest only and does not commit the Govern ment to make an award or pay proposal preparation costs generated in response to this announcement. The cost of proposal preparation for response to a BAA is not considered an allowable direct charge to any resultant contract or any other contract. Howev er, it may be an allowable expense to the normal bid and proposal indirect cost specified in FAR 31.205-18. No contract award will be made unless appropriated funds are available for payment for the effort being acquired. Potential offerors are reminded that only a duly warranted contracting officer may obligate the government to an agreement involving the expenditure of Government funds. Any resultant contract award would include all clauses required by Federal Acquisition Regulations and appropriate su pplements. This BAA is intended for the development of research efforts in support of the RDEC Army Power Division. Specific information on program goals is provided in the following section, Program Description. In order for any proposals to be conside red, the proposed effort MUST meet the definition of basic or applied research and development found at FAR 35.001. This BAA is being evaluated using a two step process. Prospective offerors will first submit a white paper for evaluation. The purpose of the white paper is to preclude unwarranted effort and expense by potential offerors in preparing a full technical and cost proposal for efforts not considered responsive or for efforts deemed to have a low overall probability of obtaining support. Submis sion of White Papers is mandatory prior to submission of a full proposal. The selection of one or more proposals for award will be based on a peer and scientific evaluation of each offerors response (to include both technical and cost aspects) to determin e the overall merit of the proposal in response to this announcement. White Papers/Proposals shall be submitted in electronic format via the IBOP. The IBOP submittal shall include an electronic signature by an individual having authority to enter into a contract. There will be no formal request for proposal or any further solicitation document issued in regard to this BAA. Therefore, interested parties should be alert for any amendments that may be published. Amendments to this BAA will be issued throu gh the IBOP at https://abop.monmouth.army.mil. It is therefore recommended that Offerors join the specific mailing list under BAA W909MY-07-R-0016. Once regis tered on the solicitation specific mailing list a vendor will receive email notification of any updates relating to the BAA. Offerors may submit questions related to this BAA electronically using the Question format available in the Army IBOP BAA Power Te chnology solicitation folder. Questions of a technical nature may be address to the project lead, specified below, until such time as a white paper has been submitted. All questions of a contractual nature and all questions after white paper submission mu st be directed to the Contracting Office Point of Contacts specified at the IBOP. ALL POTENTIAL OFFERORS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT DUE TO UNANTICIPATED BUDGET FLUCTUATIONS, FUNDING IN ANY OR ALL AREAS CAN CHANGE WITH LITTLE OR NO NOTICE. CERDEC Army Power Division is responsible for the applied research and development of power, storage, and distribution technologies that when applied as a system will support Army quality of life, field-based operations, combat vehicles, weapons systems, s urveillance techniques, and communications platforms. This BAA is intended for the advanced development of emerging research in power and energy conversion, power generation, energy storage and recovery, renewable energy, and hybrid intelligent managemen t technologies. Specific areas of interest include but are not limited to: advanced heat engines, fuel cells, energy storage/recovery, hybrid power technologies, advanced materials, and intelligent power management. Desired development areas are delinea ted below in support of the CERDEC Army Power Division. Proposals which either enable future tactical power systems to meet performance, reliability, maintainability, supportability, and affordability goals, or which enhance performance or significantly re duce cost, schedule, or risk of existing technologies, are of particular interest. The specific topics of interest are listed below. TOPIC 1: JP-8 FUELED INTERNAL COMBUSTION POWER SOURCE: JP-8 fueled, liquid-cooled, internal combustion technology is one of the key research and development candidates for advanced technology power sources. The US Army is interested in receiving proposa ls for applied research, development, and demonstration of lightweight, low-noise, reliable, fuel-efficient, cost effective internal combustion engines capable of providing continuous power in the range of three (3) to six (6) horsepower at 4000 ft., 95 de grees F. Technology must be able to operate off of JP-8 and DF-2. An estimated operational life of over 500 hours is desired. POC: Matthew Makowsky, 703-704-0318, matthew.makowsky@armypower.army.mil TOPIC 2: FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGY: Fuel cell technology is one of the key research and development candidates for advanced power sources. The US Army is interested in receiving proposals for basic and applied research, development, and demonstration of light weight, safe, robust, cost effective fuel cell power sources, associated technology and associated components for use in various mobile and portable applications ranging from less than one watt to five kilowatts. Specific target applications and programs i nclude fuel cell power for unattended ground sensors, robotics, the Soldier, battery charging, hybrid power sources, and logistics fuel processing, desulfurization, and reformation. Research and development of fuel cell stack auxiliary components such as pumps, fans, air and fuel filtration, valves, electronics controls, and other technologies that are associated with fuel cell technology are also acceptable as a separate item or as part of a larger research and development proposal. Hybrid technologies ut ilizing other energy sources such as batteries are acceptable under this topic as long as they are fuel cell based and provide enhanced capabilities over currently fielded technology. The proposed technologies shall utilize liquid fuel directly, or shall p rocess liquid fuels into a suitable fuel source for use in fuel cell technology demonstra tions, or employ hydrogen storage/generation technology as a source of hydrogen. Compressed hydrogen and/or metal hydride fueling technologies are not suitable for this topic. Fuel processing technology research, development, and demonstration with emphas is placed on logistics fuel (diesel, JP8) reforming for direct use in fuel cell power sources is also acceptable as a separate item or as part of a larger research and development proposal. The source of hydrogen or type of fuel under this topic is open; h owever, consideration should be given to cost, practicality, and safety implications. The ability to demonstrate prototype development in conjunction with applications based efforts is given priority. POC: Elizabeth Bostic, 703-704-1027, elizabeth.bostic @us.army.mil TOPIC 3: HYBRID INTELLIGENT POWER (HI-POWER) MANAGEMENT: Future efforts to optimize power systems for tactically mobile platforms will increasingly involve the use of multiple power generation technologies, including the use of renewables, with energy st orage and conversion systems. In order to achieve maximum power utilization with the highest degree of efficiency, a system of hybrid intelligent power management is needed. The Power Technology Branch is interested in receiving proposals for the researc h and development of active distribution networks and intelligent / automated hybrid power systems for use with various mobile and portable applications in 2 - 200 kW range. The resulting HI-POWER Management system shall reduce battlefield fuel consumptio n for small to medium battlefield tactical operation centers (i.e. platoon, battalion, brigade, combat support hospitals, etc.) and result in minimum impacts on transportability, deployability, and readiness levels. A hybrid intelligent power management ge neral architecture layout and system design is sought that will demonstrate the feasibility of employing both source and load-side power management in a tactical environment. Hardware considerations should include (1) energy storage and recovery mechanism s, (2) electronic controls, (3) autonomous operation technologies and (4) innovative information system solutions that enable active distribution networks and innovation for integrated electric power delivery, distribution, and intelligent power management on the Tactical Battlefield. Hardware identification/selection should be on lightweight, robust, cost effective technologies and components. Designs should include a realistic assessment of advanced power/renewable source/control/ intelligent management technologies and evaluation of their functionality as an integrated system in a realistic, tactical environment. The architecture design should address, but not be limited to, the feasibility of the following capabilities in a tactical environment: wide- area, coordinated, active control across the tactical grid and its power systems providing for flexible network operation; adaptive and integrated protection/control systems to provide flexible, optimized reaction to network fault conditions, unusual trans ient behavior and post-event recovery; power electronic-based network management devices for network interfacing of distributed generation sources and loads and voltage/power flow management in active networks; real-time network simulation and performanc e analysis to provide both decision support for system operators and inputs to energy management systems and distribution management systems; advanced sensors and measurement for the acquisition and transfer of critical measures and to achieve higher degre es of network automation; highly distributed and pervasive communications to allow for flexible network reconfigurability and the transfer of real-time power system data for improved automation and monitoring; data interpretation through the use of intel ligent systems methods for automated reasoning at the source and load; novel transmission and distribution systems designs to challenge conventi onal electrical system designs considering variable voltage/frequency network designs, offering more flexible, sustainable options; power distribution auxiliary components such as circuit breakers, cabling, advanced materials for packaging and other techno logies that are associated with power distribution technology; electric load and source management for effective load balancing, automatic load prioritization, automatic load transfer and diagnostic and prognostic technologies; adaptive control to allow in teroperability with legacy power generation and distribution assets with emerging new power systems and renewable technologies; and overarching safety mechanisms and control to ensure personnel safety. POC: Selma Matthews, 703-704-3377, selma.matthews@arm ypower.army.mil. The C-E LCMC Acquisition Center Washington points of contact are Mr. Sabin Joseph, Contract Specialist, telephone number 703-325-6805, email: sabin.joseph@us.army.mil and Ms. Patricia Davis, Contracting Officer, telephone number 703-325-1713, email: pat.d avis@us.army.mil.
- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army C-E LCMC, Acquisition Center - Washington ATTN: AMSEL-AC-W, 2461 Eisenhower Avenue Alexandria VA
- Zip Code: 22331-0700
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 22331-0700
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