Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Contracts Management Office (CMO), 3701 N. Fairfax Dr., Arlington VA 22203-1714

A -- COMBAT HYBRID POWER SYSTEMS SOL BAA97-13 DUE 021097 POC Dr. Robert Rosenfeld, DARPA/TTO, FAX (703) 696-2204. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Tactical Technology Office is soliciting proposals for research, design, development, and demonstration of an integrated electrical Combat Hybrid Power System (CHPS). In addition to this Broad Agency Announcement and before submitting a proposal, prospective offerors must also refer to the associated BAA 97-13 Proposer Information Pamphlet (PIP) that provides further information on the technical scope, program structure, and proposal format. PROGRAM OBJECTIVES: The CHPS Program will research, design, develop, and demonstrate hybrid electric power system(s) to provide continuous and pulsed power for advanced military subsystems on future land combat vehicles. The CHPS should include components for power generation, energy storage, power averaging and distribution, energy and power management, thermal management, and other components needed for an integrated hybrid electric power system. Subsystems to be powered include C4, survivability, mobility, and weapons. The design focus for this effort is for a 15-20 ton Cavalry/Scout vehicle, however, DARPA desires to investigate scaleability between 4 and 40-ton combat vehicle classes. Further references to this 15-20 ton Cavalry/Scout vehicle will be designated as the "notional concept vehicle." TECHNICAL SCOPE: DARPA seeks innovative approaches to three interrelated tasks: Task 1. CHPS DESIGN AND SYSTEM INTEGRATION LABORATORY (SIL): The purpose of Task 1 is to design, build, and operate a laboratory version of the CHPS. The SIL(s) will evolve from an initial demonstration using existing equipment and near-term technologies to a final demonstration using critical technologies developed under this program. By interfacing with a virtual environment, hardware-in-the-loop verification of performance and warfighting advantages may be obtained. DARPA intends that the SIL(s) be used to demonstrate critical technologies developed by any of the contractors under the DARPA CHPS program. All resulting awards will contain provisions setting forth this requirement. Offerors are notified that the Government reserves the right to take delivery with unrestricted rights to all SIL hardware and software developed under the CHPS program. Use of contractor-owned equipment and facilities for the SIL is encouraged as proposed cost share to the CHPS program. Task 2. CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT: The purpose for Task 2 is to address solutions to technology deficiencies that are identified by the virtual prototypes in Task 3 and that constrain CHPS implementation in future combat vehicles. DARPA seeks research and new technology development on affordable high energy and power density electric power system elements and innovative thermal management technology for high-power-density electric power systems. Also, DARPA seeks research on fault tolerant, combat-safe electric power system architectures. Specifically excluded are research efforts in semiconductor materials, mobility systems, weapons systems, or survivability systems. When newly developed CHPS components are ready, they should be demonstrated in the SIL(s). Task 3. CHPS VIRTUAL PROTOTYPES: The purpose for Task 3 is to design and develop hybrid electric combat vehicle concepts and power system architectures in a virtual design environment to obtain performance and warfighting advantage assessments. Virtual prototypes and associated data should reflect vehicle design configurations for notional concept vehicles but be scaleable as required to address combat vehicles between 4 and 40-tons. PROGRAM MANAGEMENT: The Government desires to work with the contractor teams in an Integrated Product Team (IPT) structure. Government representatives to the IPT will include DARPA program managers, U.S. Army TARDEC representatives, and Marine Corps Program Office representatives, as well as DARPA Scientific and Engineering Technical Assistance (SETA) contractors. Contractors should have at least one representative from each subcontractor on the IPT during the time when the subcontractor is activelyparticipating in the program. PROGRAM SCOPE AND FUNDING: Multiple awards during the second quarter of FY1997 are anticipated. Each offeror must submit a proposal which includes all three tasks. Teaming and cost sharing is encouraged in all tasks. The prime contractor must have an existing approved capability (personnel and facility) to perform SECRET classified work. To give the Government flexibility, all offerors are required to segment and cost proposals as follows: an initial 9-month effort followed by one or more options corresponding to each of Tasks 1, 2, and 3 above. The total effort including options should not exceed 4 years. All resulting awards under this BAA will contain a requirement for a design review four months after award which may result in contract modifications. Offerors are directed to the PIP for further information on program scope. Up to $8.4M may be available in FY1997 for the initial effort, and pending annual Congressional approval, an additional $40M may be available through FY2000 for the options. Proposed efforts beyond the 9-month initial funding period should be costed on an annual basis to coincide with the Government fiscal year. GENERAL INFORMATION: An original and four (4) copies of each proposal must be submitted to DARPA/TTO, 3701 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203-1714 (ATTN: BAA 97-13) no later than 4:00 p.m. EST on February 10, 1997. Proposals submitted by fax will not be considered. Each technical proposal shall be in the format specified in the PIP. Proposal not meeting the format may not be reviewed. Technical and cost proposals shall be separately bound. This CBD notice itself and the PIP constitute the total Broad Agency Announcement as contemplated by FAR 6.102(d). No additional information will be made available, and a formal RFP or other solicitation regarding this announcement will not be issued. All responsible sources capable of satisfying the Government's needs may submit proposals which will be evaluated as received. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) and Minority Institutions (MI) are encouraged to submit proposals and join others in submitting proposals, however, no portion of this BAA will be set aside for HBCU or MI participation due to the impracticality of reserving discrete or severable areas of research in combat hybrid power systems technology. EVALUATION AND AWARD: Proposals will not be evaluated against each other since they are not submitted in accordance with a common work statement. Evaluation of proposals will be accomplished using the following criteria, which are listed in descending order of relative importance: 1) overall scientific merit in relationship to the soundness and innovation of the technical approach, 2) offeror's ability to implement the proposed program as demonstrated by availability of qualified personnel, equipment and facilities, expertise in hybrid electric power component technologies and system integration, and related experience in SIL development and operation, 3) soundness of management plan and the degree to which the offeror employs Integrated Product Teams, and 4) proposed cost and cost realism. Note: cost realism will only be significant in proposals which have significantly under- or overestimated the cost to complete their effort. Evaluation and selection of proposal(s) for award will be made to those offerors whose proposals are considered most advantageous to the Government. The Government reserves the right to select for award any, all, part, or none of the proposals received in response to this announcement. Awards are subject to availability of Government funds. Awards made under this BAA are subject to the provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Subpart 9.5, Organizational Conflict of Interest. All offerors and proposed subcontractors must affirmatively state whether they are supporting any DARPA technical office(s) through an active contract or subcontract. All affirmations must state which office(s) the offeror supports, and identify the prime contract number. Affirmation should be furnished at the time of proposal submission. All facts relevant to the existence or potential existence of organizational conflicts of interest, as that term is defined in the FAR 9.501, must be disclosed. The disclosure shall include a description of the action the offeror has taken, or proposes to take, to avoid, neutralize or mitigate such conflict. It is the policy of DARPA to treat all proposals as competitive information, and to disclose their contents only for the purpose of evaluation. The Government intends to use employees from two non-Government sources (System Planning Corporation (SPC) and Maritime Applied Physics Corporation) to assist as technical experts, and in administering the evaluation of the proposals (SPC only). Employees of these organizations engaged for these purposes are restricted by their contracts from disclosing the proposal information, and from using proposal information for other than performing administrative and/or advisory tasks. Personnel are required to sign Organizational Conflict of Interest and Nondisclosure Agreements. By submission of your proposal, you agree that your proposal information may be disclosed to those employees of the organizations identified above for the limited purpose stated above. Any information submitted with your proposal that you do not consent to limited release to these sources must be clearly marked and submitted segregated from other proposal material. Selections under this BAA will be made only by Government evaluators. All requests for the PIP, administrative correspondence, and questions on this solicitation should be directed to one of the administrative addresses below, e-mail or fax is preferred. Telephone inquiries are strongly discouraged. The administrative addresses for BAA 97-13 are: Fax: (703) 696-2204 (Addressed to: DARPA/TTO, BAA 97-13), E-Mail: baa97-13@darpa.mil, Mail: DARPA/TTO, Attn: BAA 97-13, 3701 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203-1714. The PIP may also be obtained by accessing the World Wide Web at URL address(http://www.darpa.mil) and downloading the information for storage and/or printing. (0002)

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