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A -- ELECTRIC SHIP PROPULSION TECHNOLOGY SOL 00-004 DUE 030100 POC Technical Point of Contract Mr. Jon Kark, ONR 334, (703) 696-0945 The Office of Naval Research is interested in receiving white papers addressing advanced electric propulsion technology that is appropriate to Navy ships. For the purpose of this announcement a propulsion module constitutes the following physical and functional elements: a ship propulsor, a propulsion motor, and a motor drive with controls. White papers may offer technology for a motor or the entire propulsion module, however the issues of integration and control of a complete module must be addressed. For example, a motor-only development requires ship propulsor characteristics and motor drive performance to be defined. The desired system is to be compatible with Navy all electric ship concepts. A key aspect of the all electric ship concept is that all electric power generated is available for distribution to ship service, propulsion, future weapon systems or other loads. Background information along with some explanation of the desired system attributes resulting from this technology may be accessedvia the Internet at http://www/sci_tech/engineering/espt/. Electric drive is being considered for both near and far term naval platforms. This BAA deals with far term concepts; specifically those which will allow substantial increases in torque and/or power density, and/or other substantial improvements in performance. Present Navy concepts have two features: 1) All main electric power generation is available for distribution to ship service and propulsion loads. 2) Generation power would be 60 Hz AC with several voltage standards possible, but the upper limit on voltage would be 13.8 kV. There are other options to power generation. If the proposed technology requires, or would greatly benefit from, a change in the power supplied to the motor drive then this change can be considered in the investigation, if awarded. The interface to the generation system or an alternative system approach must be described in the proposed effort. The interface with this type of system or an alternative system approach to the same ends must be described in the proposed effort, including an explanation of the desired system attributes that will provide metrics of the value of an individual technology. The intended awards for the technology investigation will have two phases. Phase I will result in a definition of the conceptual full-scale electric system, addressing the integration of the technology into an all electric ship concept, and will include a discussion of how the proposed scaled hardware of Phase II relates to the full-scale system. The intended schedule for Phase I is a six week performance period. Phase II will provide risk reduction demonstration through scale model hardware development and/or design and analysis as appropriate, and define any remaining risk to future Naval application of the technology. The definition of risk will include assessment of the industrial base and potential market share of the technology in order to define availability and affordability of production capability to meet future Naval needs.The intended schedule for Phase II is a performance period ending on or before September 30, 2001. White papers may offer technology for a motor or the entire propulsion module, however the issues of integration and control of a complete module must be addressed. This requires that the characteristics of the motor drive be defined or, for a motor-only development, that an appropriate propulsor characteristic and motor control be defined. White papers are initially sought to preclude unwarranted effort on the part of the offeror in preparing a full proposal. Offerors submitting the most promising white papers will be invited to submit a full technical and cost proposal on all or part of their white paper submission. However, such an invitation does not assure a subsequent award. It is anticipated that several contacts, grants, cooperative agreements, or other transactions will be awarded during FY00. White papers (three copies, 10 pages maximum, excluding cover) should include the following items: (A) Cover page, clearly labeled AWHITE PAPER@, including the BAA title and date, title, plus the technical point of contact along with telephone and facsimile numbers; (B) a summary of technical ideas for proposed research; (C) a summary of the deliverables associated with the proposed research; (D) a summary of the schedule and milestones for the proposed research; (E) a summary of the cost of the proposed effort, broken down by year. (All GFE, GFI and/or other government support for the proposed effort should be clearly stated and the cost estimated); (F) a listing of key personnel and their qualifications (resumes are not counted against the 10 page limit) along with the approximate percentage of time to be expended by each person during the contract performance period; (G) a summary of company experience (H) a technical description of the proposed effort including: 1. A definition of the benefits derived from the technology in terms of warfighting and affordability criteria, 2. Description of the full-scale propulsion module, 3. Description of the electric ship concept, 4. The risk reduction technology demonstration intended for the second phase, articulating how the demo scaling correctly validates the technology at full scale, 5. Definition of the industrial base (who would produce final production units?) and potential market share for the technology by identifying possible commercial applications. This CBD notice constitutes a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) as contemplated in FAR 6.102 (d)(2). This announcement will close 01 MAR 2000. White papers will be protected from unauthorized disclosure in accordance with FAR 15.413, applicable law and DoD/DoN regulations. White papers will not be returned after evaluation. Except as otherwise stated herein, neither additional written information is available, nor will a formal RFP or other solicitation regarding this announcement be issued. Requests for the same will be disregarded. No portion of this BAA has been set aside for HBCU, MI, or TCU participants, though their participation is encouraged. Awards may take the form of contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or other transactions. White paper submission is not restricted in any way to any particular entity. Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Minority Institutions, Tribal Colleges and Universities, and small, HUBZone small, small disadvantaged, and women owned small businesses are encouraged to participate. ONR highly encourages partnering among industry and academia with a view to speeding the incorporation of new science and technology into fielded systems. White papers that utilize industry-academic partnering which enhances the development of novel S&T advances will be given favorable consideration. Proposals (once requested) should also be accompanied by a completed certification package which can be accessed on the ONR Home Page at Contract & Grants "How to Submit a Proposal". For grant proposals (normally submitted by universities) the certification package is entitled "Certifications for Grants". For contract proposals (normally submitted by commercial contractors) the certification package is entitled "Representations and Certifications for Contracts". The DoD High Performance Computing Program (HPCMP) furnishes the DoD S&T and DT&E communities with use-access to very powerful high performance computing systems. Awardees of ONR contracts/grants may be eligible to use HPCMP assets in support of their funded activities if Contracting Officer Representative approval is obtained and if the security/screening requirements are favorably completed. Award decisions will be based on a competitive selection of proposals resulting from a scientific/technical review. Evaluations of the white papers (and proposals if invited to do so) will be conducted using the following evaluation criteria: (1) overall scientific, technical and/or socio-economic merits of the proposal; (2) potential naval relevance and contributions of the effort to the agency's specific mission; (3) the offeror's capabilities, related experience, facilities, techniques or unique combinations of these which are integral factors for achieving the proposal objectives; (4) the qualifications, capabilities and experience of the proposed Principal Investigator, team leader and key personnel who are critical in achieving the proposal objectives; (5) realism of the proposed cost and availability of funds. For awards made as contracts, the socio-economic merits of each proposal will be evaluated based on the commitment to provide meaningful subcontracting opportunities for Small Businesses, HUBZone small businesses, Small Disadvantaged Business, Woman-Owned Small Business Concerns, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Minority Institutions, and Tribal Colleges and Universities. The standard industrial classification code is 8731 with the small business size standard of 500 employees. In addition, contract proposals that exceed $500,000, submitted by all but small business concerns, must be accompanied by a Small Business Subcontracting Plan in accordance with FAR 52.219-9. Technical point of contact is Mr. Jon Kark, ONR 334, (703) 696-0945. Posted 01/11/00 (W-SN414760). (0011)

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