SPECIAL NOTICE
A -- Demonstration/Validation for Environmentally Friendly Nanometal Electroplating Processes for Cadmium and Chromium Replacement.
- Notice Date
- 12/7/2009
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- US Army Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity, ATTN: CEHEC-CT, 7701 Telegraph Road, Alexandria, VA 22315-3860
- ZIP Code
- 22315-3860
- Solicitation Number
- W912HQ-NOI-0903
- Archive Date
- 3/7/2010
- Point of Contact
- Nancy Hilleary, 703-428-6120
- E-Mail Address
-
US Army Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity
(Nancy.L.Hilleary@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers intends to award a sole source cost (completion form) type contract to Integran Technologies Incorporated to conduct demonstration/validation for Environmentally Friendly Nanometal Electroplating Processes for Cadmium and Chromium Replacement. The contractor together with its subcontractors, will increase the efficiency and lower the cost of their proprietary coating deposition process. This will principally involve the development of low-cost 100 kW and 200 kW power supplies capable of producing direct current and low-frequency pulse and pulse reverse current. These power supplies will then be used to demonstrate their functionality at developing and optimizing the production of nanostructured cobalt- and zinc-based coatings using an electroplating process. The work will be conducted in three phases and this contract action includes all three phases. Phase I will involve the design and construction of a high power output, low-cost power supply with the following characteristics: (1) maintain process critical pulse specifications under a wide range of load conditions, without a significant increase in the peak output voltage requirements for the system, (2) design and/or recommend cabling required for delivering required performance at various installations, (3) design system to be compliant with global EMC and safety standards, and (4) design system to be scaled up. In parallel to the above work, the contractor will develop critical power supply specifications. The contractor will determine the effect of various pulse characteristics on the deposit material properties to support the optimization of the power supply. The contractor will design and develop a test protocol to verify functionality of the newly designed power supply and its compatibility with the nanostructured plating process. In Phase II, the contractor will use the newly developed power supply to develop and optimize electroplated coatings intended to replace the currently used electrolytic hard chromium (EHC) and cadmium coatings. This will involve: (1) defining a deposition window of operation compatible with the power supply, (2) demonstrating that the performance of coatings deposited using the new power supply meet or exceed the performance of the existing technology through materials testing, (3) transferring the process to a production facility an demonstrating the ability to work with large components that can test the capabilities of the optimized power supply. In Phase III, the contractor will develop an additional power supply to double the operating currents from the Phase I power supply without sacrificing pulse performance. The contractor will demonstrate that properties of coatings produced with the larger power supply are equivalent to those produced using the power supply developed in Phase I. This is a special notice prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii), Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. However, any firm that believes it can meet this requirement may give written notification to the Contracting Officer within 15 days from the date of publication of this announcement. Supporting evidence must be in sufficient detail to demonstrate the ability to comply with the requirement. Responses received will be evaluated; however, a determination by the Government to compete the proposed procurement based on the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. If no responses are received, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will proceed with awarding a Cost type contract to Integran Technolgies, Inc. for Demonstration/Validation for Environmentally Friendly Nanometal Electroplating Processes for Cadmium and Chromium Replacement. These services will be provided to the Strategic and Environmental and Development Research Program Office, Arlington, VA. Point of Contact for this requirement is Nancy Hilleary at Nancy.L.Hilleary@usace.army.mil, 7701 Telegraph Road, Alexandria, VA 22315.
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