SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Broad Agency Announcement - Alternate Energy Technologies
- Notice Date
- 4/25/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U. S. Army Materiel Command, US Army C-E LCMC, Acquisition Center - Washington, 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-08-R-0017
- Response Due
- 6/9/2008
- Point of Contact
- Patricia Davis, 703-325-1713
- Description
- The US Army CECOM Life Cycle Management Command, Acquisition Center Washington announces the issuance of a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) sponsored by the U. S. Army Communications-Electronics Command Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC) Army Power Division. This announcement provides only a synopsis of the BAA. The complete BAA including proposal preparation instructions and evaluation criteria is available at the CECOM 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 provisions 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 award 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 Government 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. However, 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 supplements. This BAA is intended for the development of research efforts in support of the CERDEC Army Power Division. CERDEC Army Power Divisions 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, surveillance techniques, and communications platforms. The Government expects multiple awards spread over multiple technologies as a result of this Topic. Each award will have a value of no more than $2M, and a period of performance of between twelve (12) and eighteen (18) months. The objective of this effort is to support current forces, the HI-POWER program, and intelligent tactical grids; it is focused on mobile power sources and distribution systems in the 2-200kW range. HI-POWER is envisioned as a true grid system that allows multiple-paralleling of power sources, plug-and-play connection of sources and loads, and seamless integration of AC and DC systems, to include alternative energy systems. Current tactical electric power sources are designed primarily with deployability as the main criteria, with weight, volume, and initial cost as key features. As CERDEC is supporting mobile forces, alternative energy systems must, and will continue to be, evaluated on the basis of weight and volume, with kiloWatt/kilogram and kW/liter as the quantifying metrics. Fuel use is equivalent to delivered energy, based on both the specific fuel and the conversion efficiency of the power source, and quantified as kW-hours/kg. In the current force, all tactical electrical power is supplied by Military Standard diesel generator sets. These units typically produce between.02-.03 kW/kg, or about.008-.02 kW/l on a volume basis, and use fuel at the rate of approximately 3-4 kW-hrs/kg. Smaller diesel sets typically show slightly worse performance than larger sets. The smallest current diesel set is a 2 kW unit. Larger generator sets have also shown initial purchase costs of roughly $500/W; this figure may increase to over $2000/W for smaller units. This figure includes documentation, testing, and logistics support, and therefore does not reflect simple hardware costs, but it does indicate the approximate purchase costs of current hardware. The Army does not envision that these sets will be replaced, but use of alternative energy systems and energy recovered from other sources may allow fewer sets, smaller sets, or less operating hours. In addition, generator part-load efficiency is significantly worse than at full load; scenarios and technologies that match capacity to loads and limit part-load operation can show significant fuel savings Possible areas of development include, but are not limited to: Photovoltaic panels flexible panels with efficiencies greater than 10% high-efficiency/low-cost, self-deploying solid panels Energy recovery Mobile waste-to-energy systems, to include biomass generation; both direct (e.g., algae to hydrogen) and indirect (e.g., wood scraps feeding gasifier) Advanced thermoelectric materials Solar collectors; improved performance and self-deploying Co-generation and heat-driven cooling All of these technologies are currently available in multiple forms. The Government desires to only pursue those proposals that advance these or other technologies beyond their current state. For example, flexible photovoltaic panels with greater than 10% efficiency or fixed panels with greater than 25% efficiency would be required. The Government has purposely not included wind and water-based systems in the above list; although these are viable technologies, the Government feels that they are both geographically limited and very mature, and therefore of limited interest to this program. Off-the-shelf (OTS) commercial hardware is not sought for this effort; the Army is aware of current commercial capabilities and desires to improve upon available performance. However, proposals that offer innovative packaging and integration of OTS components may be considered for award. In order for any proposals to be considered, the proposed effort MUST meet the definition of basic or applied research and development found at FAR 35.001. Proposals shall be submitted in electronic format via the CECOM LCMC Interactive Business Opportunities Page (IBOP). Proposals shall be submitted via electronic media using Microsoft Office products (i.e., Microsoft Word, Powerpoint and Excel) and Adobe Acrobat in separate files for each proposal volume as set forth below. All information pertaining to a particular volume shall be confined to that file. A cover letter should be provided to include a short summary of the proposal, the Technical and Contracting point of contacts (to include name, title, telephone number, fax number, and email address), proposed type of contract and total proposed amount. 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 through the IBOP. Offerors may register for auto notification by registering for this specific BAA. Offerors may submit questions related to this BAA electronically using the Question format available in the Army IBOP W909MY-08-R-0017 - BAA Alternate Energy Technologies solicitation folder. Questions of a technical nature may be address to the project lead, specified below, until such time as a proposal has been submitted. All questions of a contractual nature and all questions after proposal submission must 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. The point of contact for any questions related to technical issues prior to submission of proposals may be addressed to Mr. Frank Calkins via email at frank.e.calkins@us.army.mil. The CECOM LCMC Acquisition Center Washington points of contact are Mr. Sabin Joseph, Contract Specialist, email: sabin.joseph@us.army.mil and Ms. Patricia Davis, Contracting Officer, email: pat.davis@us.army.mil. Please make sure that email message include the BAA RFP number within the Subject.
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- Address: US Army CECOM LCMC, Acquisition Center - Washington ATTN: AMSEL-AC-W, 2461 Eisenhower Avenue Alexandria VA
- Zip Code: 22331-0700
- Zip Code: 22331-0700
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