SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Broad Agency Announcment for Cooperative Science, Technology, Research and Development Opportunities in Naval and Marine Machinery.
- Notice Date
- 3/6/2003
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- N00167 9500 MacArthur Blvd West Bethesda, MD
- ZIP Code
- 20817-5700
- Solicitation Number
- N0016703BAA01
- Response Due
- 3/6/2004
- Point of Contact
- Cathrine L. Rowe 301-227-1100
- Description
- I. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION This publication constitutes a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) as contemplated in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.102(d)(2). A formal Request for Proposals (RFP), solicitation, and/or additional information regarding this announcement will not be issued. This announcement will remain open for approximately one year from the date of publication or until replaced by a successor BAA. Initial responses to this announcement must be in the form of White Papers, as detailed in Section V. 2.1. Proposals shall be requested only from those offerors selected as a result of the scientific review of the White Papers made in accordance with the evaluation criteria detailed in Section VI.1. White Papers may be submitted any time during this period. Awards may take the form of contracts, cooperative agreements, or other transactions agreements. The Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division (NSWCCD) will not issue paper copies of this announcement. NSWCCD reserves the right to select for proposal submission all, some or none from among the white papers submitted in response to this announcement. For those who are requested to submit proposals, NSWCCD reserves the right to award all, some or none of the proposals received under this BAA. NSWCCD provides no funding for direct reimbursement of white paper or proposal development costs. Technical and cost proposals (or any other material) submitted in response to this BAA will not be returned. It is the policy of NSWCCD to treat all white papers/ proposals as sensitive competitive information and to disclose their contents only for the purposes of evaluation. II. GENERAL INFORMATION 1. Agency Name - Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division 9500 MacArthur Boulevard West Bethesda, MD 20817-5700 2. Research Opportunity Title - Cooperative Science, Technology, Research and Development Opportunities in Naval and Marine Machinery. 3. Response Date - This announcement will remain open for approximately one year from the date of publication or until replaced by a successor BAA. White Papers may be submitted any time during this period. 4. Research Opportunity Description - The NSWCCD Machinery Research and Engineering Directorate (Code 90), is interested in White Papers for long and short term Science and Technology (S&T) and Research and Development (R&D) projects which offer potential for advancement and improvements of Naval machinery operations and the scientific knowledge necessary to create such advancements. Our scientists and engineers provide the technology development, acquisition support, and life cycle management for vital machinery systems and equipment which enable all Navy ships to meet performance and mission requirements for mobility, crew systems support, and combat systems interfaces. This is achieved by, working with industry and academia partners, and employing modern laboratories and research equipment to develop and validate fundamental concepts necessary for the transition of new technologies into naval machinery applications. Our mission is central to the continued effectiveness of the Navy by ensuring that newly emerging technologies are operationally ready, affordable, survivable, and environmentally compliant. The S&T/R&D functions include: mechanical and electrical power and propulsion systems; auxiliary machinery systems; hull, deck and habitability machinery systems; machinery automation, controls, sensors, and network systems; and machiner y integrated logistics systems and procedures. In their application, these products and their management over the life cycle greatly influence the viability of operation and the affordability of naval platforms. Our work is focused on providing, at best value, the present and future Navy with systems that meet stated or implicit requirements for: new or extended depth, range, speed, and better control; quicker or more responsive action; quieter operation; greater life; higher reliability; and improved safety. The areas of focus for White Papers and Proposals submitted in response to this BAA should include, but are not limited to, the following machinery systems and components areas: Integrated Electric Power Systems The development, implementation and demonstration of future electric power, emphasizing shipboard power distribution and control; power quality/con tinuity and system stability; electric power system/component level modeling and simulation; and electrical system survivability. Power generation, transmission, distribution, & conversion Power system control Power quality Pulsed power systems Energy storage systems Weapon effect analysis Shipboard integration Power continuity Systems engineering Advanced distribution architecture Modeling and simulation analysis Design and trade-off studies Electric Propulsion and Machinery Systems The research and development of quiet electric drive technologies, including electroacoustics; large-scale electric machine energy transfer via advanced brush/current collectors; integrated ship electric power technologies; advanced electro-mechanical actuators and linear motors; and electric machinery energy storage technologies. Energy storage devices Electric propulsion motors Electric motors Machinery design and development Electroacoustics Current collectors Cryogenics Modeling and simulation analysis Electric Actuators Propulsion motor drives Ship service generators Machinery systems evaluation Design and trade-off studies Magnetics Superconductivity Power Electronic Components and Devices The research and development, simulation and prototyping of electrical systems power semiconductors (including application guidance/device characterization) and power conversion devices; linear and rotary motor drives; solid state/electromechanical circuit breakers; and microprocessor control for electric power systems. Power converters Semiconductors Motor controllers Device development Thermal management System protection components Modeling and simulation analysis Design and trade-off studies Manufacturing Alt ernate Energy Sources and Power Systems The research and development of advanced power generation and transmission systems such as engines, fuel cells, batteries, and alternative energy and power sources; gears, shafting, bearings and associated components which provide the transmission of power for mobility, range, and endurance for ships, submarines and watercraft. Gas turbine engines Fuel cells Energy conservation Diesel engines Engine emissions Hybrid Cycles Thermal and Auxiliary Systems The research and development of alternative cooling technologies, advanced pumps, composite machinery, fluid systems, desalination equipment, piping structures, heat exchangers, hydraulic systems, advanced ventilation fans, and air conditioning/ refrigeration equipment. Reverse osmosis desalination Advanced heat exchangers Advanced actuators Thermal analysis Biofou ling control Climate control systems Alternative cooling systems Modeling & Simulation Machinery Automation and Control Systems The development, demonstration, and implementation of automation and control technologies to reduce ownership costs by replacing personnel with dependable and survivable automated shipboard machinery and electrical systems. Included are the machinery architecture concepts, modeling and simulation tools, control algorithms, and advanced sensors. Advanced architectures Advanced sensor development Control systems simulation and modeling Robotics Distributed control networks Automated system reconfiguration Machinery Acoustic Silencing Systems The development of technologies to control machinery acoustic noise generation at the source as well as noise transmission to the ship's hull. Included are quiet pumps and compressors, electric mot or acoustic & electromagnetic modeling, acoustic filter development, transient noise analysis, machinery system noise prediction, weapons delivery and launch acoustics, fluid system acoustic analysis, and main propulsion unit acoustics & electromagnetics. Instrumentation and measurement techniques for acoustic characterization of machinery, components, and structures are also developed. Auxiliary component source silencing Isolation mount development Fluid system acoustic analysis Machinery airborne noise control Weapons handling and launch system silencing Advanced sound isolation couplings Ventilation system silencing Damping treatments System noise modeling COTS equipment silencing Modeling & Simulation Ship's Logistics and Maintenance Systems and Processes: The research, development, and implementation of future ship logistics and maintenance systems an d processes, emphasizing support of the future littoral positioned ships in minimally manned configurations, under heavily constrained operating budgets, in extended deployments, and under reduced maintenance and resupply availabilities. Material, corrosion mitigation, e-business, information and knowledge management, web-based, asset management, wireless, open architecture, documentation management, and Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) concepts and solutions are being sought. Advanced Logistics Analysis Advanced Open Systems Architectures Modeling and simulation analysis Process design and business case analyses Automated Mission Readiness Assessment Technologies Data mining technologies Self-healing systems Corrosion monitoring and mitigation Advance Integrated Maintenance and Logistics Information Systems Wireless sensors and networking Virtual training sys tems Tele-maintenance and remote repair technologies Advanced diagnostics and prognostics Automated maintenance prescription and execution Semantic and Case based reasoning systems Decision Support Systems Ontology and software agent design Material Movement modeling and studies Virtual Warehousing and material distribution technologies For further information regarding submission of a white paper under this Broad Agency Accouncement go to: http://www.dt.navy.mil/acquisition/acq/announce/baa/baa.html NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS.GOV ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (06-MAR-2003). 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