SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Army Fuel Cell System
- Notice Date
- 8/23/2004
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- TACOM - Warren, ATTN: AMSTA-AQ-AMB, E Eleven Mile Road, Warren, MI 48397-5000
- ZIP Code
- 48397-5000
- Solicitation Number
- MARKET-SURVEY-TAR-FC-04-1
- Response Due
- 9/23/2004
- Archive Date
- 11/22/2004
- Point of Contact
- Pauline Ash, 568-753-2619
- E-Mail Address
-
Email your questions to TACOM - Warren
(ashp@tacom.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS A MARKET SURVEY REQUESTING INFORMATION IN SUPPORT OF THE FOLLOWING POTENTIAL REQUIREMENT. No contract will be awarded from this announcement. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) or an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation, nor is it a request seeking contractors to be placed on a solicitation mailing list. Response to this survey is voluntary and no reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this market survey and any follow-on infor mation requests. Data submitted in response to this market survey will not be returned. No solicitation document exists at this time, and calls requesting a solicitation will not be answered. POTENTIAL REQUIREMENT: TARDEC is conducting a market survey to i dentify companies and partnerships that can perform modeling and simulation, laboratory testing, reformation R&D, and fuel cell integration for a military environment. The initial target is for the incumbent to develop and test a 5-20 kW APU prototype for the military within 3-5years. A critical component of this development will be research and development focused on onboard JP-8 fuel (MIL-DTL 83133E) reformation. The contractor may work with other government agencies and contractors to enhance the capabil ity of the APU system. RATIONALE: TARDEC has received Army approval to investigate this technology area under an FY05 Science and Technology Objective (STO). This STO program will be executed in the years FY05-08. The results of this market survey will be used to refine the program plan. The next step for industry participation following this survey will be an industry day in the Warren, MI, area. A notice of this event will be posted at a future date. RESPONSE FORMAT(S): ELECTRONIC. Electronic responses ar e preferred and strongly encouraged. It is requested that electronic responses be provided in any of the following format: Microsoft word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint. The maximum size of each e-mail message should be no more than three and on e-half (3.5) megabytes. You may use multiple e-mail messages. The subject line must include message 1 of 3, 2 of 3, 3 of 3, etc., as well as [Organization Name] response to TAR-FC-04-1. All interested entities (e.g. companies, non-profit organizations, and academic institutes), regardless of size, are encouraged to respond to this request for information. Partnering with other entities to collaborate and provide the maximum amount of capability for this endeavor is encouraged. Please submit electronic respo nses to this survey as well as industry questions for clarification to Erik Kallio via email at kallioe@tacom.army.mil. The Questionnaire for Military Fuel Cell Systems, all questions submitted by industry for clarification and responses to those questions will be posted to: PROC-NET (contracting.tacom.army.mil/ssn/sources.htm) Market Survey TAR-FC-04-1. GENERAL INFORMATION: All proprietary data should be marked appropriately. We appreciate you interest and thank you in advance for your participation in thi s market survey.
- Place of Performance
- Address: TACOM - Warren ATTN: AMSTA-AQ-AMB, E Eleven Mile Road Warren MI
- Zip Code: 48397-5000
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 48397-5000
- Record
- SN00649676-W 20040825/040823212334 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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