SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT FY2009
- Notice Date
- 5/4/2009
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army Engineer Research & Development Center (ERDC), Waterways Experiment Station (WES), U.S. Army Engineer Research & Development Center (ERDC), Waterways Experiment Station (WES), 3909 HALLS FERRY ROAD , VICKSBURG, MS 39180-6199
- ZIP Code
- 39180-6199
- Solicitation Number
- W912HZ09BAA02
- Response Due
- 2/28/2010 11:59:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 4/29/2010
- Point of Contact
- Chelsea Whitten, 601-634-4072<br />
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Action Code: Presolicitation Notice Classification Code: A Subject: AERDC Broad Agency Announcement Additional Energy-Related Topics Solicitation Number: W912HZ-09-BAA03 Set Aside Code: UP (unrestricted) Response Date: 02282010 Place of Performance: To Be Determined Description: The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) issued a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for various research and development topic areas. This notice is to identify additional areas of interest to the Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL), Facilities Division, under Topics CERL 4 and CERL 7. As a result the following topics are added: D.1. Energy Security Assessments and Islanding Methodologies (CERL 4 -1) 1. OBJECTIVE: Installation energy security consists of the capacity to avoid adverse impact of critical missions caused either by natural, accidental, or intentional events adversely affecting Army installation energy and utility supply and their respective distribution systems. Energy and utility supply and their distribution systems include electricity, natural gas, steam, liquid fuel, water, and others. While all Army installations are required to maintain individual energy security plans (e.g. Defense Energy Program Policy Memorandum (DEPPM) 86-2), little guidance is available as to how the installations should perform their own energy security assessments. Further, recent Defense Science Board (DSB) findings point to installation missions being vulnerable to the fragility of the commercial electric grid, leading to a recommendation to develop the capability to island critical missions from the commercial electric grid for up to six months in duration. 2. DESCRIPTION: a. Focus. This topic focuses on advanced research and development for energy security at Army installations. Proposals are sought for the development and execution of the following:: (1) develop installation energy security self-audit methodologies and models, including energy security metrics for critical missions. Proposals are encouraged to include methodologies, standards and procedures, such as (A) energy security survey methodologies, (B) standards for utility systems and energy supply reliability, (C) facilities prioritization methodologies, (D) coordination with resident anti terrorism / force protection (AT/FP) offices and procedures, and (E) economic impact methodologies for various energy interruption scenarios. (2) validate the energy security self-audit models at up to sixteen (16) force projection installations based on the methodologies and models developed in (1) above, (3) demonstrate the capability of the methodologies and models of (1) above at up to sixteen (16) force projection installations in (2) above to project lists of actionable items to consider for implementation toward improving energy security, and (4) develop methodologies and strategies to island the critical missions from the commercial electric grid for a six (6) month period. b. Special Considerations. Special attention shall be paid to the following: Level of understanding of energy security methodologies and assessment techniques required for a campus of various buildings, interconnected utility systems, and diverse missions. (Contact: Frank Holcomb, 217-373-5864, Email: franklin.h.holcomb@usace.army.mil) D.2. Ultra Low Energy Community Systems (CERL 4-2) 1. OBJECTIVE: Energy efficiency and energy security are of growing importance for the Army and the nation. To reduce the economic burden for obtaining these goals, alternatives are sought to existing practices and technologies used in retrofitting projects by utilizing all waste streams and low energy approaches in combination with using renewable energies. Greater cost effectiveness for energy retrofitting projects may be achieved by transitioning from the individual building approach to developing and implementing installation-wide energy master plans for ultra low energy communities. Proposals are sought to develop concepts, methodologies, integrated technologies, and validations by modeling one or more Army installations within the context of Master Planning an orderly approach to changing the typical Army installation to an ultra low energy consuming community that achieves: (1) Reduced energy wastes and greater use of energy conserving (ultra-low energy) technologies, (2) Maximized use of renewable energy technologies, and (3) Optimized Life-Cycle Cost. Awardees should anticipate validating their most promising concepts at candidate installations such as Ft Irwin and Ft Carson. Validation outcomes should focus on the ability to readily implement results at Army ultra low energy installations. 2. DESCRIPTION: a. Focus. This topic focuses on advanced research and development for: (1) Energy models providing an optimal selection of cost effective low energy technologies for a specific site with its unique weather, building/energy systems, energy costs, and occupancy demands; (2) Master Planning an orderly approach to changing a typical Army installation to an ultra low energy consuming community which includes consideration of interruptions and meeting the energy demands of Army operations during the implementation of ultra-low energy technologies, The orderly approach should also account for the use of land and space of a given installations long range master plan for growth and mission. b. Special Considerations. Special attention shall be paid to the following: i. Effectiveness of the models for selecting ultra-low energy technologies. ii. Design and construction requirements to install ultra-low energy technologies. iii. Optimized cost of selected ultra-low energy technologies. (Contact: Alexander Zhivov, 217-373-4519, Email: Alexander.M.Zhivov@usace.army.mil) G.1. Microgrid Field-Scale Demonstration (CERL Topic 7-1) 1. OBJECTIVE: Evolutionary changes in the regulatory and operational climate of traditional electric utilities and the emergence of smaller generating systems (greater than 5MW) have opened new opportunities for on-site power generation by electric power consumers. Distributed energy resources (DER) have emerged as a promising option to meet growing customer needs for electric power, with an emphasis on flexibility, reliability, power quality and improved efficiencies. The portfolio of DER includes advanced generators, micro-turbines, fuel cells, energy storage, renewable energy technologies, and smart loads. The microgrid represents an entirely new approach to integrating DER. Traditional approaches for integrating DER focus on the impacts on grid performance of one, two, or a relatively small number of sources and depends on the grid to provide voltage and frequency support. Emergency back-up generation is an example of islanded generation using traditional approaches. This is effective if the generator is never connected electrically to the grid or to other back-up generators. Currently the use of multi-generators in an island operation requires a fast coordination controller to insure acceptable operation. This greatly reduces the ability to add generation as needed, and loss of the controller results in loss of the generation. The daunting challenge of building a microgrid with a large number of DER units requires a system of systems approach with extraordinary flexibility. Controls need to be fast and smart. For major events such as loss of utility power or loss of a DER unit, the control response must be in milliseconds. This level of response is achieved by each component of the microgrid using autonomous controls, based only on local information. The longer time frame needs of the microgrid are provided by a distributed system controller, which optimizes the operation of each component of the microgrid, depending on mission. Proposals are sought to develop, validate and demonstrate the microgrid concept, methodology, and technology integration, through modeling and simulation. Validation of system performance of the resulting microgrid design may be performed via a field-scale demonstration at a subset of buildings that are part of the Field Artillery Training Center at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. The demonstration will determine the microgrids ability to quantifiably and optimally combine distributed energy technologies with other Distributed Generation (DG) sources in a seamless manner, for meeting the power and energy needs of all mission critical loads. 2. DESCRIPTION: a. Focus. This topic focuses on advanced network science research and development resulting in: (1) developing decision architecture and system control models that integrate all DERs and loads on the microgrid, for both grid-connected and islanded operation, while maintaining grid stability in both modes; and (2) validating the microgrid design improves energy system reliability and security, for meeting critical mission power and energy requirements in a long term sustainable environment. Successful completion of this demonstration at Fort Sill is a major step toward enabling the Army to implement microgrid power architecture for deployed bases, as well. b. Special Considerations. Special attention shall be paid to the following: i.Designing a control system to effectively manage and control energy and storage resources, to safely provide energy in a grid-connect mode that reduces grid energy demands, and to reduce operating costs during peak demand periods. ii.Developing a control system architecture to effectively manage available energy and storage resources, to safely provide secure and highly reliable energy, and, to demonstrate environmental performance in an islanded mode for a period of 30 days. iii.Evaluating the capability of the microgrid to be certifiable for purposes of environmental sustainability, energy safety, security, reliability, and cost elements for all operating modes. (Contact: Roch Ducey, 217-373-6760, Email: roch.ducey@us.army.mil) The BAA is available at http://www.mvk.usace.army.mil/contract/docs/BAA.pdf and is open until superseded. Proposals may be accepted at any time. For questions concerning proposals to CERL, contact Andrea J. Krouse at 217-373-0000 or via email at Andrea.J.Krouse@usace.army.mil or Rita S. Brooks at 217-373-7280 or via email at Rita.S.Brooks@usace.army.mil. Contact the technical personnel listed at the end of each topic area for questions concerning the topic areas themselves.
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- Zip Code: 39180-6199<br />
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