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A -- RESEARCH SUPPORT FOR VARIOUS BRANCHES OF NRL'S CHEMISTRY DIVISION SOL N00173-00-R-KK04 POC Kevin M. King, Contract Specialist, Code 3220.KK, (202) 767-1495, Wilberena C. Cosby, Contracting Officer WEB: CLICK HERE, http://heron.nrl.navy.mil/contracts/rfplist.htm. The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has a requirement for contractor support for various branches of its Chemistry Division. Major topics of research are 1) Fire Research 2) Improving Service Life, Affordability, Maintainability and Safety of the Fleet 3) Synthesis and Characterization of Advanced Chemical Materials Destined for Use in Navy Systems and Other Chemical Material Research 4) Development and Characterization of New Polymeric Materials for Naval Systems and 5) The Study of Propulsion Fuels and Other Fuels. Fire research will include studies of combustion and the development of fire models, research to develop a replacement for halon as a firefighting agent, fire suppression system modeling and engineering, statistical research in support of shipboard combustion research tests and shipboard fire scaling to test potential new ship designs and equipment. Research to improve service life, affordability, maintainability, and safety of the fleet includes research into corrosion issues, cathodic protection, anode investigations, research on fouling and antifouling, research on protective coatings and composites, materials testing, characterization, and analysis, system prototyping and evaluation on ships, and general program support. Synthesis and characterization of advanced chemical materials destined for use in Navy systems and other chemical material research includes research to improve the reliability of sonar dome rubber windows and sonar rubber domes, research of advanced nondestructive examination techniques for sonar domes, research of new materials systems or designs for sonar dome rubber windows and sonar rubber domes, materials synthesis for nanotechnology, and research and characterization of advanced materials for use in Naval systems. Research into the development and characterization of new polymeric materials for Naval systems includes formulation, evaluation, testing and applications development of fluoropolymer materials and coatings, studies on the interactions between polymeric materials and high energy laser and microwave radiation, development of magnetic resonance methods for detection of explosives, technical support for sonar rubber domes and sonar dome rubber windows, development and evaluation of new analytical technologies, and development and application of X-ray characterization methods. The study of propulsion fuels and other fuels includes research into the performance of Navy fuels as a function of compositional and physical properties, and research into fuel chemistry in support of Naval air engineering programs. This will be a cost plus fixed fee, level of effort type contract, with a five year period of performance. Although the majority of the work will be performed on site at the Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C., some portions of the effort will be performed at the ex USS Shadwell, Mobile, AL, at the Naval Research Laboratory's Key West, FL facility, at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Brookhaven, NY, at the Naval Air Warfare Center, Trenton, NJ and the Patuxent Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, Md. The incumbent contractor for tasks 1, 2, 3, and 5 is Geo-Centers, Inc., Newton Centre, MA. The incumbent contractor for Task 4 is SFA, Inc., Landover, MD. Multiple awards may be made against this solicitation. The solicitation will close 30 days after the issuance date. NRL uses Electronic Commerce (EC) to issue RFPs and amendments to RFPs. The solicitation and any amendments to it will be available via the Internet at http://heron.nrl.navy.mil/contracts/rfplist.htm. Paper copies of the RFP will not be provided. Posted 04/25/00 (W-SN448361). (0116)

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