Lockheed Idaho Technologies Company, P.O. Box 1625, Idaho Falls, ID 83415-3521

99 -- HIGH POWER FANS FOR WIND TUNNEL APPLICATION SOL cbd078 DUE 071897 POC Jeff Lacy WEB: LMITCO Procurement area, http://www.inel.gov/procurement/litco/index.html. E-MAIL: Jeff Lacy, lcy@inel.gov. Lockheed Martin Idaho Technologies Company (LMITCO), a management and operating contractor for the Department of Energy (DOE) at the Idaho National Engineering & Environmental Laboratory (INEEL)is seeking sources only. There is no solicitation available. The Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory is developing a design for a large-scale structural wind test facility as a critical activity of the Partnership for Natural Disaster Reduction. The conceptual design for this facility is an open-circuit, open- test section wind tunnel, with fans mounted in an array upstream of the test section. An airflow of 90 m/s is required over a throat area of 300 sq. meters. It is estimated that between 250 and 300 MW will be required to provide this airflow, subject to design optimization of the facility. Current schedule will require delivery of fan system in early 2000. Sources are sought for candidate propulsion systems to provide the described airflow. There is currently no restriction on type of power source, however, the ability to prescribe and vary the longitudinal large scale turbulence produced is required. It is expected that an array of fans will be employed, with numerical limits imposed by control and maintenance issues. Interested firms with either pre-existing or proposed design solutions are invited to respond within 30 days of this notice. Responses should include candidate physical dimensions, power, efficiency and reliability and maintainability statistics, as available. (0168)

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