SPECIAL NOTICE
A -- Lithium Battery Man Portable Hazard Containment Challenge
- Notice Date
- 1/8/2021 7:31:08 AM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 335912
— Primary Battery Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- NSWC CRANE CRANE IN 47522-5001 USA
- ZIP Code
- 47522-5001
- Solicitation Number
- N0016420SNB52
- Response Due
- 1/22/2021 11:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 02/06/2021
- Point of Contact
- Marissa Wagler
- E-Mail Address
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marissa.wagler@navy.mil
(marissa.wagler@navy.mil)
- Description
- Synopsis Title: Lithium Battery Man Portable Hazard Containment Challenge Notice Type: Special Notice- N0016420SNB52 PSC: AT82 Transporting Hazardous Materials � Applied Research/Exploratory Research NAICS: 335912 Primary Battery Manufacturing Synopsis: Naval Surface Warfare Center � Crane Division (NSWC-CD) in coordination with government partners is announcing a prize competition called Lithium Battery Man Portable Hazard Containment Challenge in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2374(a). This prize competition is focused on methods to mitigate the risks associated with transportation of rechargeable lithium batteries and allow for an increase of use in military applications. The prize amount includes $750,000 to be disbursed among those who do well and pass certain challenge milestones. Interested participants should visit https://challenge.gov/challenge/Lithium-Battery-Man-Portable-Hazard-Containment for additional details and information on how to register for the challenge and for information on the prize breakout. The challenge Phase I goes live April 02, 2020 and will run through April 23, 2020 with an anticipated completion date of all phases in 1st Quarter of FY21. Furthermore, the Government may choose to award a FAR-based procurement contract, an Other Transaction Authority (OTA) award (under 10 U.S.C. 2371 or 2371b), a procurement contract for experimental purposes (10 U.S.C 2373), or a combination of awards under those authorities to any chosen participant in this prize challenge. Interested members should contact the challenge manager Marissa Wagler at �marissa.wagler@navy.mil' for any follow-up questions after visiting the registration site where they can find the challenge terms and conditions. AMENDMENT 0001: The purpose of this amendment is to answer questions regarding the Lithium Battery Man Portable Hazard Containment Challenge. �While carefully reading the threshold parameters, we came across �Physical dimension must have a single side that is less than 36� in circumference and 11.5� in radius�. It looks like that you are assuming the cylindrical object to hold four batteries and not rectangular. However, in order to have 36� circumference, is the 11.5� is radius or diameter. If its diameter, the calculations for circumference C (36�) = 2PI r = 2x3.14x5.75 would make sense. Please clarify. Answer:��The requirement is that one orientation of the containment system must have a maximum diameter of 23�. This containment system does not have to have a side that is round. �Please clarify the dimension requirements and in particular this: �Physical dimension must have a single side that is less than 36� in circumference and 11.5� in radius�. For a rectangular enclosure of dimensions 14.5� x 13.5� x 5.5�, how would you calculate the sides circumference and radius for such enclosure? Would it meet your requirements? Answer: The requirement is that one orientation of the containment system must have a maximum diameter of 23�. This containment system does not have to have a side that is round. �AMENDMENT 0002: The purpose of this amendment is to answer questions regarding the Lithium Battery Man Portable Hazard Containment Challenge. 1. Are the cells used in the BB-2590 Bren-Tronics BT-70791CG military battery cylindrical cells (i.e. 18650 or similar dimension) ; or are they polymer flat cells? a. If they are cylindrical cells, how many cells comprise the battery?� What is the composition of the cells and at what percentages?� (i.e. Li-Cobalt, Li-Nickel, etc.) b. If they are polymer flat cells, how many cells comprise the battery?� What is the composition of the cells and at what percentages? Answer: The BB-2590 batteries use the cylindrical format 18650 Li-ion cells configured as two series sets, each with 3 parallel strings of 4 cells in series, for 24 cells total in each BB-2590. �For the answers, you may refer to the Safety Data Sheet (SDS) provided by the BB-2590 manufacturer for details on chemistry and composition of the cells used in the battery. As for cell count, you can obtain the number of cells based on the cell chemistry characteristics, case dimensions, battery overall capacity and voltage. Not applicable. � 2. Can a company that is currently producing similar products and selling them modify a product to specifications set forth, or does the USN desire a prototype developed strictly for their use? Answer: As stated in the challenge, either a BB-2590 Bren-Tronics BT-70791CG or similar approximately 300 Wh Li-ion battery may be used. If you produce a battery that can be proposed for the challenge as �similar� to the BB-2590 (meaning sufficiently close in Wh, voltage range, packaging and dimensions), that would be acceptable. You may submit details of your proposed substitute and we can give you a more definitive answer as to the suitability for the purposes of the challenge. 3. What type of battery case is used for these batteries?� E.g., metal and type of metal, plastic and type of plastic as well as thickness of plastic, other case materials? Answer: For details on the construction of the BB-2590 type batteries referenced in the challenge, please refer to the �military performance specification� document that specifies attributes of this type of battery. You may download this document, MIL-PRF-32052/1, from the web. The case is plastic, with an approximate thickness of 1/16th inch. Other case materials are listed generically in the manufacturers Safety Data Sheet document. 4. Are there vents or other pressure relief mechanisms on the battery cases? Answer: For details on the construction of the BB-2590 type batteries (including the case vent) referenced in the challenge, please refer to the �military performance specification� document that specifies attributes of this type of battery. You may download this document, MIL-PRF-32052/1, from the web. 5. What is the Wh rating of the individual cells in these batteries at 100% State of Charge (SOC)? Answer: For the Wh rating of the individual cells, you may refer to the Safety Data Sheet (SDS) provided by the BB-2590 manufacturer for details on chemistry and composition of the cells used in the battery you chose. It is possible to estimate the cell-level Wh rating for the specific cells being used in the BB-2590 you are considering using. The Wh estimate can be calculated from the number of cells in the battery (24 total for BB-2590, configured as two series sets, each with 3 parallel strings of 4 cells in series), the cell chemistry characteristics, and, battery overall capacity and voltage. 6. Will NSWC assist us in sourcing the military versions of these batteries from the manufacturer(s) and authorized distributors? Answer: Given the time and resources it would take to acquire and distribute these batteries and the process involved with re-selling or otherwise supplying �government furnished materials,� NSWC Crane will not be able to provide batteries to participants. The BB-2590 type battery referred to in the challenge can be readily purchased from multiple sources. 7. Alternatively, would NSWC be willing to purchase the military versions of these batteries in bulk for participants in the challenge and sell them to participants at cost? Answer: Given the time and resources it would take to acquire and distribute these batteries and the process involved with re-selling or otherwise supplying �government furnished materials,� NSWC Crane will not be able to provide batteries to participants. The BB-2590 type battery referred to in the challenge can be readily purchased from multiple sources. AMENDMENT 0003: The purpose of this amendment is to answer questions regarding the Lithium Battery Man Portable Hazard Containment Challenge. We currently produce a containment system that has been tested to similar standards.� Can we modify that product for the challenge or does the USN want a completely new product? Answer: Yes, you can modify your current containment product to meet the goals of the challenge. Note that the judging criteria rewards innovation in proposed solutions over existing products. Modifications to existing products would still be regarded positively if the innovation substantially enhanced the existing product's performance. For the Proof of Concept testing at what state of charge (SOC) is required of the battery during testing? Answer: All batteries are required to be at 100% SOC. AMENDMENT 0004: The purpose of this amendment is to extend the Phase I Submission Deadline for the Lithium Battery Man Portable Hazard Containment Challenge. Phase I Submission Deadline has been extended by fourteen (14) Calendar Days from 23 April 2020 at 02:00 PM Eastern Time to 07 May 2020 at 02:00 PM Eastern Time. Participants that have already submitted solutions prior to the announcement of this extension can submit revisions to their White Paper Concepts to the Challenge Manager prior to the revised closing date. The deadline for prize challenge question submission has been extended to 2:00 PM Eastern Time on 30 April 2020 02:00 PM ET. After this date and time, the Government may not respond to questions received. AMENDMENT 0005: The purpose of this amendment is to answer questions regarding the Lithium Battery Man Portable Hazard Containment Challenge. Does the ""references"" section (i.e., the bibliography of references used to prepare the white paper) at the end of the white paper count toward the five-page limit?� The NSWC-CD document provided in Challenge.gov does not talk about this although the document does state that the cover sheets at the beginning of the white paper concept will not be counted toward the five-page limit.� Answer: The references page is not included the page count limitation. AMENDMENT 0006: The purpose of this amendment is to answer questions regarding the Lithium Battery Man Portable Hazard Containment Challenge. Can the Challenge be extended for two additional weeks? �� Answer: We understand that COVID-19 has created unique challenges that all companies and the Government have had to innovate around. This effort, as with all Government projects, has its own set of deadlines and metrics that we must meet independent of the COVID-19 impacts. Our position is that the additional two-week extension that was given to extend the submission deadline to 07 May 2020 is sufficient for interested organizations to develop the minimalistic white paper submission required for Phase I. We do not intend at this time to provide any additional extensions to this initial phase of this challenge. AMENDMENT 0007: The purpose of this amendment is to notify the public of the fourteen (14) participants that have been selected for invitation to provide a virtual presentation of their submitted white paper concept to the Lithium Battery Man Portable Hazard Containment Prize Challenge judging panel.� Participant names are listed below in alphabetical order. ADA Technologies, Inc. Americase, LLC Cornerstone Research Group, Inc. Energy Storage Safety Products International, LLC Fire Containment Concepts KULR Technology Corp. Mistral, Inc. Proycon Alpha Squared, Inc. Purdue University Scimitar Technologies StatDiagnostics Texas Research Institute � Austin ViPER (Purdue University) Zarges Inc. AMENDMENT 0008: The purpose of this amendment is to notify the public of the five (5) participants that have been selected for invitation to participate in Phase II of the Lithium Battery Man Portable Hazard Containment Prize Challenge.� Participant names are listed below in alphabetical order. 1.���� Americase, LLC 2.���� Fire Containment Concepts 3.���� Mistral, Inc. 4.���� Texas Research Institute � Austin 5.���� Zarges Inc. AMENDMENT 0009: The purpose of this amendment is to notify the public of the three (3) participants that have been selected for invitation to participate in Phase III of the Lithium Battery Man Portable Hazard Containment Prize Challenge.� Participant names are listed below in alphabetical order. 1.���� Fire Containment Concepts 2.���� Mistral, Inc. 3.���� Zarges Inc.
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