SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- USARIEM - Development of Software Tool to Predict Ensemble Thermal and Evaporation Resistence
- Notice Date
- 8/16/2017
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 611310
— Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, Attn: MCMR-AAA, 820 Chandler Street, Frederick, MD 21702-5014, Maryland, 21702-5014, United States
- ZIP Code
- 21702-5014
- Solicitation Number
- W81XWH-17-R-0065
- Point of Contact
- Kandy B. Clark, Phone: 3016192093
- E-Mail Address
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kandy.b.clark.civ@mail.mil
(kandy.b.clark.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE. THIS NOTICE IS ISSUED FOR MARKET RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT, NOR IS IT A SOLICITATION OR REQUEST FOR OFFERS. The U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity on behalf of the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, Massachusetts, is conducting market research to determine availability of companies who can provide a software tool to predict ensemble thermal and evaporation resistance. 1.1. Introduction. The U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, USARIEM, performs essential biomedical and physiologic research focused on optimizing Warfighters health and performance during training and on deployments worldwide. Our research teams collaborate extensively with national and global partners exploiting synergies between subject matter experts in human performance, nutrition, environmental stressors, and modeling. The USARIEM Biophysics & Biomedical Modeling Division (BBMD) develops and validates biomedical models to predict the effects of heat, cold, high altitude, hydration, and clothing systems and equipment on Warfighter performance. One of BBMD's main task areas is to support materiel developers by performing biophysical analysis of new clothing and individual equipment (CIE). This requires deep understanding of heat and mass transfer process from skin to environment through clothing layers. 1.2. Scope of Work. The primary objective is to develop and deliver a Matlab-based software tool that will predict CIE ensemble thermal and evaporative resistance from measured properties of textile samples. Development efforts include documentation and validation data sets. The software tool will allow BBMD to perform initial biophysical assessments of proposed articles of CIE without using actual prototypes. The basis of the tool shall be the numerical model developed by Dr. Guowen Song of Iowa State University, ISU (see References), that describes heat and moisture transport from skin to environment through textile materials. Using this model we will be able to explore the various effects of textile material properties, system geometry, as well as the environmental conditions on the performance of the multiple fabric systems. It will allow BBMD to perform initial biophysical assessments of proposed articles of CIE without using actual prototypes. 1.3. Performance Requirements. 1.3.1. The contractor shall develop and deliver a Matlab-based software tool to predict CIE thermal and evaporative resistances; develop and deliver associated documentation and validation data sets for the software tool. 1.3.2. The basis of the software tool shall be the numerical model for heat and moisture transport from skin to environment through fabrics developed by Dr. Guowen Song of Iowa State University. This model predicts the thermal and evaporative resistance provided by the fabric with a developed air layer. The model includes all major heat/mass transfer mechanisms: natural convection within the airgap (space between skin and fabric), radiative heat exchange between skin and the fabric, heat/mass transfer through fabric, and forced convection in the environment. 1.3.3. The software tool considers temperature dependent physical properties of air and moisture, which describes the behavior of the fabric/airgap system under a broad range of ambient temperature and relative humidity conditions. Furthermore, thermal comfort properties, in particular, thermal and evaporative resistances, are predicted from the model and agree well with experimental measurements. 1.3.4. Inputs of the tool shall be airgap thickness, fabric properties, and environmental conditions. Outputs shall be ensemble thermal and evaporative resistances. 1.3.5. The tool shall be fully functional as delivered, when installed into a computational environment that duplicates the environment used for development of the model. The tool shall include an interactive user interface that allows for both manual entry of input parameters and entry from a text-based file. There should be provisions for default values for the input parameters, and to save the outputs to a text based file. 1.4. References. Ding D, Tang T, Song G, McDonald A (2011) Characterizing the performance of a single-layer fabric system through a heat and mass transfer model-Part I: Heat and mass transfer model. Textile Res J 81:398-411. Ding D, Tang T, Song G, McDonald A (2011) Characterizing the performance of a single-layer fabric system through a heat and mass transfer model-Part II: Thermal and evaporative resistances. Textile Res J 81: 945-958 The proposed North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 541715 or 611310. THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS ONLY. THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. PROPOSALS ARE NOT REQUIRED AT THIS TIME AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. Any information submitted is voluntary. The Government will not pay for any information that is submitted in response to this sources sought synopsis. Respondents having proven capability of satisfying the requirements stated herein should provide a capability statement (narrative) that includes identifying the business size (large business, small business, and small disadvantaged business, etc.), applicable designators (service-disabled veteran-owned, HUBZone, woman-owned, etc.), and experience performing the same or similar requirements. All responses must be received by Tuesday, August 22, 2017. E-mail capability statements to Kandy Clark at kandy.b.clark.civ@mail.mil. TELEPHONE INQUIRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Natick, Massachusetts, United States
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