SPECIAL NOTICE
A -- Collaborative Research Alliance (CRA) for Materials in Extreme Dynamic Environments (MEDE)
- Notice Date
- 10/28/2010
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- RDECOM Contracting Center - Durham (RDECOM-CC), ATTN: AMSSB-ACR, Research Triangle Park Contracting Division, P.O. Box 12211, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2211
- ZIP Code
- 27709-2211
- Solicitation Number
- W911NF-11-R-0001
- Archive Date
- 1/26/2011
- Point of Contact
- Joseph L. Morse, (919) 549-4311
- E-Mail Address
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RDECOM Contracting Center - Durham (RDECOM-CC)
(joseph.morse@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The U.S. Army RDECOM Contracting Center, RTP Contracting Division, on behalf of the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL), is issuing a DRAFT Program Announcement (PA), W911NF-11-R-0001, for the establishment of a Collaborative Research Alliance (CRA) for Materials in Extreme Dynamic Environments (MEDE). The objective of the MEDE CRA PA is to reach out to the national and international materials research community to solicit offers to fulfill strategic U.S. Army fundamental (basic and applied) research goals in material science. Specifically, the U.S. Army wants to develop the capability to design, create, synthesize, process and manufacture high strain rate tolerant material and material systems. ARL believes that the establishment of a CRA with a parallel and robust internal mission program provides the optimum path to success. Inherent in the decision to seek a CRA is the recognition that significant advances in fundamental multi-scale materials research are occurring in academia, industry and other government agencies. It is the goal of the CRA to create a collaborative environment that enables a research team of academia, government and industry that can advance the state of the art in MEDE and assist with transition of this research to the Army to enhance the performance, lethality and survivability of soldier and ground combat systems. The MEDE CRA focuses specifically on the extramural program in MEDE and the goals are: (1) drive forward and expand the state of the art in the area of multi-scale materials behavior in ultra-high loading rate environments; (2) execute a focused research program to realize a materials by design capability; (3) develop this capability for the following material classes and systems: metals, ceramics, polymers, composites and hybrids such as metal matrix composites, ceramic matrix composites and hybrids; and (4) create a framework that enhances and fosters cross disciplinary and cross organizational collaboration that brings a team of academia, industry and government together to address critical focused research in MEDE. To create this collaborative synergy the MEDE CRA will develop a comprehensive and focused basic research program that enables a systematic and synergistic approach with a materials by design strategy to perform the following: (1) Modeling and Simulation; (2) Bridging the Scales: Analysis, Theory and Algorithms; (3) Advanced Experimental Techniques; (4) Multiscale Material Properties; and (5) Processing and Synthesis. The DRAFT MEDE CRA PA can be found at http://www.arl.army.mil/CRAMEDE. This PA will result in the award of a cooperative agreement (CA) as defined at 31 U.S.C. 6305 for the execution of the MEDE CRA. The CA will be awarded to a Consortium of organizations that may include academic, industrial and non-profit organizations. To assure the creation of a well focused research program, the consortium will be kept small, ideally with no more than six members. The Consortium must be led by an academic institution that will be charged with spearheading the focused research program. Additionally, it is required that covered educational institutions (to include Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions) shall receive 5-10% of the annual CA funding. Under this PA, proposals are sought to select the consortium for the MEDE CRA. Planned funding levels for the CA are set forth in the MEDE CRA PA. Contingent upon available funding, the Army expects to support the MEDE CRA for five years with an option for an additional five years. An Opportunity Conference will be held on Friday, 19 November 2010 at the Fair Oaks Marriott, Fairfax, VA. The purpose of the Opportunity Conference is to provide potential offerors with scientific and business information concerning the MEDE CRA and to provide an opportunity for potential offerors to discuss the MEDE CRA with Government personnel. Details concerning registration and logistics associated with the Opportunity Conference can be found at the MEDE CRA website listed above. All presentations provided at the Opportunity Conference will be posted subsequently on the MEDE CRA website. In addition, all questions and answers resulting from the Opportunity Conference that do not include proprietary information will be posted on the MEDE CRA website. Interested offerors are strongly encouraged to thoroughly review the DRAFT MEDE CRA PA prior to attending the Opportunity Conference. It is noted that this Opportunity Conference will also include a discussion of the DRAFT PA issued under W911NF-11-R-0002 for the Multiscale Multidisciplinary Modeling of Electronic Materials (MSME) CRA. The DRAFT MSME PA can be found at http://www.arl.army.mil/CRAMSME. ARL will host an Open House at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD on 16 December 2010 in connection with the MEDE CRA. More information on the Open House can be found at the MEDE CRA website.
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