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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF AUGUST 01, 2010 FBO #3172
DOCUMENT

A -- "Development of Computer Aided Design Tools for Automotive Batteries" - RFP

Notice Date

7/30/2010
 

Notice Type

RFP
 

NAICS

336322 — Other Motor Vehicle Electrical and Electronic Equipment Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

Department of Energy, Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (DOE Contractor), National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, Colorado, 80401
 

ZIP Code

80401
 

Solicitation Number

RCI-0-40497(RFP)
 

Archive Date

9/15/2010
 

Point of Contact

Kathee Flanagan Roque, Phone: 303-275-3124
 

E-Mail Address

kathee.roque@nrel.gov
(kathee.roque@nrel.gov)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

National Renewable Energy Laboratory Managed and Operated by the Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC Request for Proposals Number RCI-0-40497 “Development of Computer Aided Design Tools for Automotive Batteries” REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Issue Date:07/30/10Due Date:08/31/10Time Due:04:30p.m. Mountain Time Technical questions must be received in writing no later than 08/09/10 1.Solicitation TypeBest Value Selection Submit offers to and request information from the NREL RFP Contact below: 2.NREL RFP ContactKathee Flanagan Roque, Senior Supervisor National Renewable Energy Laboratory 1617 Cole Boulevard, MS: 1533 Golden, CO 80401-3393 Email:Kathee.Roque@nrel.gov Electronic (PDF) copies of forms and appendices can be found at: http://www.nrel.gov/business_opportunities/related_docs.html No hand-delivered proposals will be accepted. Original proposal must be shipped by overnight courier or the United States Postal Service;.pdf files accepted as described in Section 9.c and 9.d of this RFP 3.Background The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is issuing this Request for Proposals (RFP) to co-fund subcontractors to develop computer aided design tools for batteries intended for Electric Drive Vehicles (EDV). The goal for these design tools is to shorten the prototyping and manufacturing cycles and optimize batteries for improved performance, safety, long life, and low cost in EDVs. EDVs, such as Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV), Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs), and Electric Vehicles (EVs), have the potential to significantly reduce petroleum consumption and dependence on imported oil while improving emission of greenhouse gasses and criteria pollutants. Switching from petroleum to electricity provides the opportunity to use energy from renewable sources such as solar, wind, and biomass for transportation. One of the major barriers to the mass adoption of these electric drive vehicles is their affordability, due to high cost and limited performance and life of their battery, particularly lithium-ion. Currently the battery industry depends mostly on the expensive and time consuming process and cycle of design-build-test-break for prototyping and manufacturing of these batteries. Sophisticated battery modeling and simulation design tools are not widely available and are not as advanced as some of the tools available for internal combustion engines. In support of the development of advanced batteries for electric drive vehicles and the Nation’s goals of significantly reducing dependence on imported petroleum, the Vehicle Technologies Program at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) initiated an activity called Computer Aided Engineering for Electric Drive Vehicle Batteries (CAEBAT) in April of 2010. The objective of this activity is to introduce battery simulation and modeling design tools to the development of batteries at early stages to reduce many steps in the design-build-test-break prototyping and manufacturing process. CAEBAT activities will be performed by national labs, industry, academia and other R&D institutions, with NREL integrating the overall effort for DOE. The industry’s involvement on cell and pack level modeling in CAEBAT activity will be funded through this competitive procurement process. As part of this effort, NREL is seeking organizations from industry and academia to serve as subcontractors to help develop computer aided design tools for automotive batteries. The focus of the effort for these subcontracts is to develop multi-physics simulation models capturing realistic three-dimensional geometries and configurations of cell level and pack level of batteries or other energy storage devices that could meet the requirements of electric drive vehicles. The models need to address electrochemical, thermal, mechanical, chemical, electrical, and/or structural physics in cells and battery packs. 4.Project description The objective of this project is to develop suites of software tools that enable automobile and battery manufacturers, pack integrators, and other end-users to simulate and design battery packs and accelerate development of energy storage systems that meet EDV requirements. Since there are a number of electrodes, components, and cell level models that have already been developed at national laboratories, academia, and even industry, it is desirable to utilize these models to integrate them in the proposed cell or pack modeling efforts, if applicable, as a way to reduce project cost and speedier development time. NREL is seeking subcontractors to perform the work outlined in the accompanying Statement of Work (SOW), which is broken down into three major tasks: 1.Battery Cell Level Model Development, 2.Battery Pack Level Model Development, and 3.Interface Development to Interact with the CAEBAT Open Architecture Software. Under Task 1, the Subcontractor shall develop software tools that incorporate a cell’s electrochemical, thermal, life, cost, and/or safety in 3-D realistic geometry of cells. Under Task 2, the Subcontractor shall develop software tools that incorporate the pack’s electrochemical, electrical, thermal, life, cost, and/or safety in 3-D realistic geometry of packs. Under Task 3, the Subcontractor shall develop interfaces to make the interactions with other design tools through the CAEBAT OAS practical. Each task shall be integrated with the input/output of the other tasks. These task areas, required stage gates, and deliverables are fully described in the Statement of Work. Offerors may propose on a combination of Tasks 1 and 3, Tasks 2 and 3, or all three Tasks in the Statement of Work. However, no proposal will be accepted that addresses only Task 3. Special Considerations: oAny energy storage device that meets EDV requirements, such as batteries or symmetric and asymmetric capacitors may be considered. oIt is important to note that Figure 1. CAEBAT Program Structure, its Four Elements and Potential Sub-elements (Appendix A – Statement of Work, page 3) is not a comprehensive list of possible sub-elements that proposals can model, nor is it a requirement that each proposal must address all sub-elements. Rather, the intent of this RFP is to select proposal(s) that create CAE software programs which model battery cell and pack parameters that are able to incorporate as many other sub-element models as possible. oAs project integrator, NREL will not be a subcontractor for any application. However, NREL is a resource for Offerors to use NREL’s modeling tools in their proposals. DOE will provide funding to NREL to continue development and optimization of NREL’s modeling tools and to be a resource for other organizations, including selected proposals. Applicants are not required to utilize NREL’s models for this RFP, nor will NREL’s proposed participation as a resource be a factor in evaluation scoring/selection process. If applicants choose to use NREL’s models, the DOE will provide minimal funding support for NREL to incorporate and/or modify its models for the Offeror’s application. The proposals should specify any modification to NREL’s model that would be required, should that proposal be selected. oAll national laboratories may be used as resources within the proposal; however, no national laboratory may be the prime or lower-tier subcontractor as a result of this competitive RFP. The cost of the national laboratory(ies)’s contribution may not be included in the overall cost of the project, nor in a proposal’s cost-share contribution, as the national laboratories are directly funded by DOE. 5.Proposed subcontract award and period of performance The Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC has entered into Contract No. DE-AC36-08GO28308 with the Department of Energy (DOE), an agency of the U.S. Government, for the management and operation of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (hereinafter called “NREL”). All references to “NREL” in this solicitation shall mean the Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC. It is the intent of NREL to award up to five Cost-Sharing subcontract(s) under this RFP. Estimated period of performance, estimated funding and cost share stipulations, as well as full RFP details, proposal preparation instructions and appendices/forms required may be found at: www.nrel.gov/business_opportunities, Current RFPs/Solicitation link, RFP No. RCI-0-40497. NAICS Code and Small Business Size Standard a.The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this solicitation : NAICSDescription See b. 335911Storage Battery Manufacturing500 335912Primary Battery Manufacturing1,000 335999All Other Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing 500 336111Automobile Manufacturing1,000 335112Light Truck & Utility Vehicle Mfg1,000 335113Heavy Duty Truck Manufacturing1,000 336322Other Motor Vehicle Electrical & Electronic Equipment Manufacturing750 641330Engineering Services$27.0M 541511Custom Computer Programming Services$27.0M 541519Other Computer Related Services$25.0M 541690Other Scientific & Technical Consulting Services$ 7.0M 541990All Other Professional, Scientific & Technical Services$ 7.0M b.The small business size standards shown in the table above indicate the number of employees, or less, in whole numbers. The small business size standards in the table above indicate dollars in annual receipts. (Annual receipts of a concern mean the annual average gross revenue for the last three fiscal years.) APPENDIX A - STATEMENT OF WORK, dated July 26, 2010 and Sample (Proforma) Subcontract - see www.nrel.gov/business_opportunities, Current RFPs/Solicitations linik, RFP No. RCI-0-40497, "Development of Computer Aided Design Tools for Automotive Batteries".
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOE/NREL/NR/RCI-0-40497(RFP)/listing.html)
 

Document(s)

RFP
 

File Name: RFP No. RCI-0-40497 and attachments are found at the Current RFPs/Solicitations link at this site. (http://www.nrel.gov/business_opportunities)

Link: http://www.nrel.gov/business_opportunities

 

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Place of Performance

Address: Tasks 1 and 2 - Offerors'/Team's facilities; Task 3 - Offerors' facilities in conjunction with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee., United States
 

Record

SN02224337-W 20100801/100730235457-27869de7d6f0a8a4975f0b55e864ca7d (fbodaily.com)
 

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