SOURCES SOUGHT
10 -- Laser Effects Assessment, Modeling and Research (LEAMR)
- Notice Date
- 6/19/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFRL/RVK - Kirtland AFB, 3550 Aberdeen Ave SE, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, 87117, United States
- ZIP Code
- 87117
- Solicitation Number
- BAA-RVKD-2014-0001
- Archive Date
- 7/18/2013
- Point of Contact
- Dalila Burton, Phone: 505-846-6144, Susan Thorpe, Phone: 505-846-3404
- E-Mail Address
-
Dalila.Burton@kirtland.af.mil, Susan.Thorpe@kirtland.af.mil
(Dalila.Burton@kirtland.af.mil, Susan.Thorpe@kirtland.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- LASER EFFECTS ASSESSMENT, MODELING AND RESEARCH (LEAMR) ________________________________________ General Information Documents Type: Sources Sought Notice Solicitation Number: BAA RVKD-2014-0001 Classification Code: A - Research & Development The Government is issuing this Sources Sought announcement as part of a market research survey for CALL 0001 under BAA RVKD-2014-0001. This announcement is for information ONLY and will be used for preliminary planning purposes and to determine whether the envisioned acquisition could be set aside for small businesses. Any information submitted will be utilized as part of furthering the Government's understanding of market capabilities. Proposals are NOT being requested or accepted with this synopsis. This announcement shall NOT be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract relative to this technology area, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. Any information provided to the Government as a result of this Sources Sought notice is voluntary. Responses will NOT be returned. Submitted information shall be UNCLASSIFIED. NO reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this synopsis or any follow up information requests. Any costs incurred as a result of this announcement shall be borne by the Respondent and will NOT be charged to the Government for reimbursement. ALL interested sources are encouraged to submit company and product literature, and/or other pertinent information for the Government's consideration. ALL entities having the capability to perform this work are invited to submit a Statement of Capability (SOC) in order for the Government to determine set aside possibilities. Based upon responses to this announcement, the Government may elect to set aside this acquisition for small businesses, qualifying 8(a) businesses, certified HubZone small businesses, or research and educational programs and activities: historically black colleges and universities, and minority-serving institutions of higher education that meet the definition of "Covered Institution" as defined in 10 USC 2362 Covered Educational Institution is (1) an institution of higher education eligible for assistance under title III or IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965(20 U.S.C. 1501 et seq); or (2) and accredited postsecondary minority institution. DO NOT SUBMIT A SOC IF YOU DO NOT INTEND TO BE A PRIME OR LEAD. Description The Air Force Research Laboratory, Directed Energy Directorate, Laser Effects Research Branch is seeking sources capable in advancing the state-of-the-art technologies in Applied and Advanced Laser Effects research at the Air Force Research Laboratory Laser Division (AFRL/RDL) research sites at Kirtland Air Force Base (KAFB), New Mexico. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract. The Laser Effects Research Branch conducts research and development in areas of laser effects and vulnerability. The primary goals of the Laser Effects Research branch are to: 1) Conduct experiments to quantify and understand the phenomenology of laser interaction and the effects of directed energy laser weapons on targets of interest to Department of Defense (DoD) applying innovative and state-of-the-art diagnostic and testing methods and hardware; 2) Investigate the underlying physical principles of laser/material interactions including, but not limited to high energy laser-induced damage, laser absorption, reflection, transmission, and scatter into dynamically changing surfaces, thermal-mechanical properties at representative heating rates, ablation and surface recession. 3) Enhance and extend vulnerability assessment modeling and simulation capabilities for assessing laser effects on target systems, subsystems, and components; and 4) Evaluate the effectiveness of laser systems as countermeasures and counter-countermeasures. For the Laser Effects Assessment, Modeling and Research (LEAMR) program (CALL 0001) the focus is on the following three technical areas: a) Technical Area 12 - Laser Interaction Testing: Laser interaction testing addresses the need for well-controlled experimental procedures to quantify the effects of high energy continuous and pulsed lasers interacting with individual materials, multi-material subsystems, and/or fully functional targets. End-to-end testing covers several technical areas including but not limited to test article acquisition or surrogate fabrication, target system and component functionality, failure mode analysis, thermo-mechanical and angular-resolved optical property measurements, temperature-dependent optical properties, optical beam train design, laser systems operation, diagnostic equipment, sensor systems design, vacuum systems, metrology, as well as an understanding of the uncertainties and governing physics of high heating rate induced damage and in-band effects on optical sensors. Innovative approaches are often needed for addressing new phenomenology or laser-target synergistic effects. Primary (localized) and secondary (system level) damage effects on the functionality of target systems must be assessed in detail for understanding vulnerability/susceptibility of the entire target system. Experimental conditions must replicate relevant target environments either in the laboratory or in the field and may require the use of vacuum chambers or wind tunnels and the control of target dynamics or real-time system monitoring. b) Technical Area 13 - Target Vulnerability Assessments and Data Analysis: The Target Assessments area constructs end-to-end vulnerability assessments of specific targets and develops and validates engagement or system level tools and target folders for further trade studies. Needed are complete assessments that combine target vulnerability data from testing, target optical signature, target exploitation intelligence, fault tree and failure mode analysis, functional assessments, and system-level modeling and simulation. A proper interpretation of post-test data, calibration into physical quantities, uncertainty, confidence intervals, and regimes of applicability are essential to a complete assessment. Post-test data are incorporated into system-level predictive tools for conducting trade-studies by extrapolating test data to a wider set of engagement scenarios. The tools are continuously developed and validated to address new systems, to address increased regimes of applicability, and to interface with broader engagement tools. c) Technical Area 14 - Laser Interaction M&S: Concurrent with the Laser Interaction Testing Technical Area is the Modeling and Simulation Technical Area addressing the need for application and continued development of credible, verified and validated predictive tools, methods and algorithms for predicting high energy laser effects from a physics-based level on targets and materials. Tools covered in this area are primarily high fidelity physics-based, but must cross-validate and interface with engineering and probabilistic models. The laser interaction starts with a given spatially and temporally resolved beam irradiance profile, absorption into the target, localized thermo-structural response, damage modes, macro-level structural response. High-fidelity tools are needed to address localized material thermo-mechanical damage and may need to be applied in series or fully coupled to address synergistic processes such as combined fluid, structural, and/or energetic interactions. Quantification of uncertainty is essential to appropriate application of results. The M&S Laser Interaction Area must work closely with the Laser Interaction Testing Area at all phases of testing to ensure proper code input is obtained and that test design reflects the validation needs of the modeling technical area. OVERVIEW OF THIS ACQUISITION Interested parties will need the capability to perform across the entire technical area. Respondents may provide a Statement of Capabilities (SOC) to meet all items in the technical area. Interested businesses are requested to submit a SOC no later than 03 July 2013 at 12:00pm Mountain Standard Time (MST). For each Technical Area of interest, please provide sufficient written information to indicate capacity and any other specific and pertinent information that would enhance the Government's consideration and SOC evaluation. Each submission must address items 1-8 listed below. Any responses received not addressing item 1-8 may not be evaluated as being capable. 1. Company Name and Mailing Address 2. CAGE Code and DUNS Number 3. Point(s) of Contact (POC) 4. POC Telephone Number and e-mail Address 5. Business Size Status (i.e. 8(a), HUBZone, woman-owned, Service Disabled Veteran-Owned, Small business, Large Business, Historically Black College/University). Also, indicate if entity is minority-serving institutions of higher education that meet the definition of "Covered Institution" as defined in 10 USC 2362 Covered Educational Institution is (1) an institution of higher education eligible for assistance under title III or IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965(20 U.S.C. 1501 et seq); or (2) an accredited postsecondary minority institution). The applicable NAICs code is 541712 with an associated small business size standard of 500. 6. DCAA-Approved accounting system in place to adequately track and accumulate expenditures 7. Relevant experience in the past five years in the technical areas of interest in: 1) Oversight or execution of field and laboratory laser experiments and measurements including innovative approaches to laser effects diagnostic methods, 2) experimental data reduction and analysis, 3) model development to predict experimental outcome, 4) Uncertainty quantification of prediction and probabilistic methods, and 5) the documentation and reporting of results. Note that these efforts will involve a significant amount of time to be spent in a Government laboratory and associated modeling facilities. The SOC must include evidence of the Respondents expertise in the area of laser effects research which could include contract efforts similar in magnitude and scope to the work described in this notice. Information such as contract amounts, performance periods, and points of contact should be submitted as part of the SOC reply. 8. Availability of an adequate number of qualified personnel to support the effort The SOC is limited to 10 pages, single-spaced, 12-point font, excluding resumes. Resumes of key personnel who might be assigned (not including clerical) may be included to enhance the Government's consideration and evaluation. Submitted information shall be unclassified. Submit SOC (original plus 2 copies) for Laser Effects Assessment, Modeling and Research to AFRL Det 8/RVKDL, Attn: Dalila Burton, 3550 Aberdeen Ave SE, Bldg 499, Kirtland AFB NM, 87117-5776 no later than 12:00pm MST on 03 July 2013. Foreign firms are advised they will NOT be allowed to participate under ITAR rules as the prime contractor or as a first-tier subcontractor. The operations, research, and test data produced under a resultant contract may contain Military Critical Technology List (MCTL) information whose export is restricted by the Export Control Act (Title 22, USC, Section 2751, et seq.) or the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended (Title 50, USC, App. 40-1, et seq.). Therefore, ONLY offerors who are certified by the Defense Logistics Information Service (DLIS) may submit statements of capability. Contact US/Canada Joint Certification Office, DLIS, Federal Center, 74 Washington Ave, North, Battle Creek, Michigan, 49037-3084, (800) 352-3572, http://www.dlis.dla.mil/jcp/, for further information on certification and the approval process. Point of Contact(s) Primary: Dalila Burton Title: Contract Specialist Phone Number: 505-846-6144 Email: Dalila.Burton@kirtland.af.mil Alternate: Susan Thorpe Title: Contracting Officer Phone Number: 505- 846-3404 Email: Susan.Thorpe@kirtland.af.mil
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, 87117, United States
- Zip Code: 87117
- Zip Code: 87117
- Record
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