SOLICITATION NOTICE
16 -- Advanced Gas Generator Turbine Technology Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)
- Notice Date
- 3/28/2008
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 336412
— Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Aviation Applied Technology Directorate, ATTN: AMSRD-AMR-AA-C, Building 401, Lee Boulevard, Fort Eustis, VA 23604-5577
- ZIP Code
- 23604-5577
- Solicitation Number
- W911W6-08-2-0011
- Response Due
- 5/14/2008
- Archive Date
- 7/13/2008
- Point of Contact
- Elizabeth A. Jackson, (757) 878-2100
- E-Mail Address
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Email your questions to Aviation Applied Technology Directorate
(elizabeth.a.jackson@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- DESCRIPTION: Section I. The Aviation Applied Technology Directorate (AATD) is soliciting technical and cost proposals for conduct of 6.2 Research & Development as described below. Proposals are required to be submitted in accordance with the guidel ines set forth herein. This Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) constitutes the total solicitation. There will be no formal Request For Proposals (RFPs), other solicitation requests, or other information regarding these requirements. INTRODUCTION: The Army is anticipating the development of a new centerline turboshaft engine for use in future manned and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) of the Future Force. The Future Affordable Turbine Engine (FATE) program, a 7000 horsepower full engine demonstrator, will be co nducted under the DOD/NASA/DOE Versatile Affordable Advanced Turbine Engine (VAATE) program and will consist of a 4 year technical effort beginning in FY12 to demonstrate the VAATE phase III turboshaft/turboprop goal. The FATE program goals will be to demo nstrate a reduction in specific fuel consumption (SFC), an increase in shaft horsepower to weight ratio, a reduction in production and maintenance cost, and a design life of 6000 hrs in a 7000 hp turboshaft engine. In order to meet the aggressive goals of the FATE program, significant advancements in gas generator turbine technology will be required. The aggressive performance goals of the FATE dictate the need for advanced material and cooling systems in order to achieve the cycle temperatures and cooling reductions required. These conditions create significant challenges for components in the gas generator turbine of the FATE engine. Therefore, the objective of this announcement is to develop critical advanced material, manufacturing, and/or cooling te chnology for the gas generator turbine that possess the combination of performance, durability, and affordability necessary to enable FATE technology level turboshaft engines to achieve their performance, cost, and durability/life goals. The offeror must substantiate how the proposed technology efforts are critical to their planned FATE configuration. The period of performance for this program is approximately 43 months. TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION: It is the Government's desire to conduct a technology develop ment effort focused on advanced materials, manufacturing, and/or cooling technology in the gas generator turbine for FATE technology level turboshaft engines. The program shall utilize a notional FATE turboshaft engine design to establish the operational r equirements and potential payoffs of the proposed concepts relative to the FATE engine performance, cost, and durability/life goals. The notional FATE engine should be a free shaft engine and designed to achieve the following goals that are based on a con figuration that does not include a reduction gearbox but does include an inlet particle separator: .32 Specific Fuel Consumption (based on 7000 SHP engine @ SLS, IRP point); 9.7 Horsepower to Weight ratio @ IRP (7000 shaft horsepower); greater than or eq ual to 6000 hours life, 15000 cycles cold parts, 7500 cycles for turbine blades and combustor liners (to crack initiation); 125 $/HP per engine production cost (including control system and IPS); 45% Reduction in maintenance cost in $ per engine flight ho ur (relative to offerors proposed baseline); 20% Reduction in development cost (relative to offerors proposed baseline); Efficient operation at part power is desired. Note: For engine level goals: specific fuel consumption, horsepower to weight, and li fe are weighted higher than development, production, and maintenance cost. The offeror shall define the anticipated gas generator turbine configuration and performance characteristics consistent with their FATE design. The offeror shall design, fabricate and perform validation testing of the proposed gas generator turbine technologies considered critical to their envisioned FATE goal achievement. Validation tes ting shall be conducted at the bench and/or rig level in an environment that simulates notional FATE engine operational conditions and shall be performed to validate aerodynamic, thermal, and/or mechanical performance. The Advanced Gas Generator Turbine Te chnology program will be an integral part of the DoD/NASA/DOE VAATE program. Although a Government approved Advanced Turbo Propulsion Plan (ATPP) will eventually be required for any successful offerors, such a plan is not required in order to be eligible for an award under this solicitation. DELIVERABLES: The agreement awarded under this solicitation will require delivery of the following data items: (1) Program Plan (delivered as part of the first bi-monthly cost and performance report), (2) Design Re view Briefing Charts, (3) Test Plans, (4) Test Reports, (5) Bi-Monthly Progress, Cost and Performance Reports, (6) Final Report, (7) Final Briefing at Ft. Eustis shall be presented. All deliverable data may be in the format of selected recipient.. Sectio n II. Award Information: ANTICIPATED FUNDING LEVEL AND PERFORMANCE PERIOD: Anticipated period of performance is 43 months total with 40 months for the technical effort and an additional 3 months for completion of the final report. The Government funding f or the program is $1.4M distributed by fiscal year as follows: FY08-09-300K, FY10-350K, FY11-500K, FY12-250K. TYPE OF FUNDING INSTRUMENT: Due to the commercial application of this technology, the Government anticipates an award of a TIA (Cooperative Agre ement under 10 U.S.C 2358) or Other Transaction for Research (10 U.S.C. 2371) which are more flexible than traditional Government funding instruments. It is DoD policy to obtain, to the maximum extent practical, cost sharing of half of the cost of the pro ject to ensure the recipient has a vested interest in the project's success. TIAs with, to the maximum extent practicable, cost participation of 50% are anticipated because the technology has dual-use potential and performers of the program will benefit f rom commercialization. Cost participation may be in the form of cash or in-kind contributions. Cost participation will be considered in accordance with the DoD Grant and Agreement Regulations, DoD 3210.6-R 37. accessible at the following link: http://ww w.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/321006r37p.pdf. This BAA will remain open until 2:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight time May 14, 2008. Awards under this announcement are anticipated to be made by September 30, 2008. However, unless the offeror specifies a dif ferent expiration time, proposals will be considered valid for Government acceptance through March 31, 2009. The Government reserves the right to select for award any, all, part or none of the proposals received. Further, the Government reserves the right to select for award only a portion of an offeror's proposal (i.e., certain tasks vs. total program). Multiple proposals from the same offeror that address different solutions or that address only part of the problem under the announcement will be accepted and evaluated independently. Section III. Eligibility Information: Participation in the project announced in this BAA is available to qualified U.S. contractors as prime recipient. The BAA is not set aside for small businesses. Section IV. Application and Submission Information: This BAA contains the total Solicitation. No special application kits/forms/materials are required. GENERAL: The technical proposal should provide a clear justification for the selection of the proposed advanced gas generator turbine technology. The justification/rational supporting the proposed technology should be based upon the potential contribution of the proposed technology to the overall achievement of the FATE engine level performance, durability, cost and life goals. The proposal should include a Statement of Work (SOW) that includes the following tasks: 1) Task I Design; 2) Task II Fabrication; 3) Task III Validatio n Testing; and Task IV Management and Reporting. The technical proposal should also include a clear statement of the program objectives and the specific approach to be pursued and supporting background experience. It should also contain program milesto nes, a brief biographical section describing key personnel, a brief description of the facilities/capabilities to be employed in the effort, and a program management section. The offeror will also identify how the proposed propulsion technology is integral to its ongoing efforts to develop or support an ATPP for VAATE. No pre-proposal conference is to be held. The Cost Proposal should include a funding profile that shows program costs and man-hours by month. This information should be provided for both the total program and for individual program tasks. All pricing rates used, and equipment and materials required should be included. The individual tasks proposed must be priced separately in order to facilitate selection and potential award of individual par ts of the proposed effort. Subcontractor proposals, if applicable, including pricing rate details, should be provided concurrent with the prime contractors submission. Proposals must be submitted in original and five (5) copies. Proposals, excluding the cost section, shall not exceed 30 pages. Page limit is exclusive of title page, section dividers, table of contents, list of figures/tables, glossary of terms and cross-referencing indices which are not considered content pages. The evaluators will read o nly up to the maximum number of pages specified. A page is defined as one (1) side of standard 8 ? in. x 11 in. paper, font size Times New Roman 10 or larger, proportional spacing permissible, newspaper copy type style (two column permissible), one (1) in ch margin all sides, single spaced. Types smaller than 10-pitch are permitted only for captions, sub/super-scripts and labeling of figures and graphs. Any charts or graphs must be clearly legible. Foldouts are permissible; however, each 8 ? in. x 11 in. fold will count as a page. All pages shall be numbered. Proposals should be marked with solicitation number W911W6-08-2-0011 and addressed to the Aviation Applied Technology Directorate, ATTN: AMSRD-AMR-AA-C (Elizabeth Jackson), Building 401, Lee Boulev ard, Fort Eustis, VA 23604-5577. Offerors desiring an explanation or interpretation of this announcement must request it in writing. Oral explanations or instructions given before the award of any agreement will not be binding. Any information given to a prospective offeror concerning this announcement which is necessary in submitting offers or the lack of which would be prejudicial to any other prospective offeror(s) will be published as an amendment to this announcement. For purposes of this BAA, late p roposals will be treated in accordance with FAR 52.215-1. A copy of any cited reference/clause is available from the issuing office (Elizabeth Jackson), (757) 878-2100 or via link http://farsite.hill.af.mil/. Section V. Application Review Information. E VALUATION CRITERIA/BASIS FOR AWARD: The selection of one or more sources for award will be based on a scientific and/or engineering evaluation of proposals (both technical and cost as it relates to technical effort) in accordance with the criteria set for th in this section. Proposals will be evaluated on their own merit without regard to other proposals submitted under this announcement. These evaluations will result in narrative ratings, which will be used to develop an order of merit listing for proposal s submitted under this announcement. Evaluation criteria are stated below with the following order of importance: 1) and 2) are equal and significantly more important than 3), 4) and 5) which are equal: (1) The extent to which the proposed component conf iguration / technologies satisfy the Army research objectives and goals by use of innovative, creative, efficient, and affordable solutions.; (2) The merit of the offerors proposed approach to accomplish the scientific and technical objectives. This includes the reasonableness of the proposed work plan, schedule, and program risk for achieving the program goals /objectives.; (3) The availability, experience and qualifications of the scientists, engineers, technicians, and other proposed personnel. (4) The suitability and availability of proposed facilities; (5) Realism of the proposed man-hours, materials and other costs to accomplish the proposed effort. Wh ether costs reflect a clear understanding of the requirements and are reasonable & consistent with the various elements of the offerors technical proposal. Any proposed cost share will be evaluated for its benefit in reducing program risk, achieving prog ram objectives, and furthering the state-of-the-art. Cost to the Government is also an important consideration. Proposed cost to the Government is a review criterion. The amount of cost sharing percentage could result in greater evaluation credit. SECUR ITY REQUIREMENTS: All work performed under resulting agreement(s) will be unclassified and will not require access to classified material. A determination has been made that performance under the agreement (s) will require access to and/or generate techni cal data the export of which may be restricted by the Arms Export Control Act (Title 22, U.S.C., Section 2751, et. seq.) or the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended, Title 50, U.S.C. App. 2401 et. seq.. Prior to award, the successful firm (s) will be required to provide an Export-Controlled DoD Data Agreement certification number issued in accordance with DoD Directive 5230.25. This certification may be requested from the Defense Logistics Services Center, ATTN: DLSC-FBA Federal Ctr., Battle Creek, MI 49017-3084, Telephone 1-800-352-3572. Participation in the program announced in this BAA is available to qualified U.S. contractors as prime contractors. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY: No Government Furnished Property is anticipated under any agreement (s) resulting from this BAA. If Government Furnished Property is necessary, it shall be detailed in the proposal. Section VI. Award Administration Information: This announcement is an expression of interest only and does not commit the Government to pay any response preparation cost. Section VII. Agency Contacts. Offerors desiring an explanation or interpretation of this announcement must request it in writing at the above address (Datafax (757) 878-0008) to the attention of Elizabeth (Beth) Jackson (C ontract Specialist) and/or Lauren Sebring (Grants Officer) at elizabeth.a.jackson@us.army.mil and/or lauren.sebring@us.army.mil. Mrs. Jackson and Mrs. Sebring can be reached by telephone at (757) 878-2100 and (757) 878-4828, respectively.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Aviation Applied Technology Directorate ATTN: AMSRD-AMR-AA-C, Building 401, Lee Boulevard Fort Eustis VA
- Zip Code: 23604-5577
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 23604-5577
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