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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF AUGUST 28, 2010 FBO #3199
MODIFICATION

K -- Request for Information

Notice Date

8/26/2010
 

Notice Type

Modification/Amendment
 

NAICS

238210 — Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors
 

Contracting Office

USACE District, Philadelphia, 100 Penn Square East, Wanamaker Bldg (RM 643), Philadelphia, PA 19107-3390
 

ZIP Code

19107-3390
 

Solicitation Number

W912BU-10-RFI-SPIDER
 

Response Due

8/27/2010
 

Archive Date

10/26/2010
 

Point of Contact

James M Jackson, Phone: 2156566469
 

E-Mail Address

james.m.jackson2@us.army.mil
(james.m.jackson2@us.army.mil)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) Smart Power Infrastructure Demonstration for Energy Reliability and Security (SPIDERS) INTRODUCTION: This announcement constitutes an RFI notice for planning purposes. This is NOT a Request for Proposals. NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS EXIST AT THIS TIME. This RFI does not constitute a commitment, implied or otherwise, that the Philadelphia Corps of Engineers will take procurement action in this matter. Neither Philadelphia Corps of Engineers nor the Government will be responsible for any cost incurred in furnishing this information. The Philadelphia Corps of Engineers in support of U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM) and U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) technology requirements is interested in understanding the current availability of a Contractor that can act as an integrator for technologies that will comprise a defensible smart microgrid that reduces vulnerability to energy supply disruptions, energy price volatility, and unusual load increases while reducing the heavy carbon footprint. The integrator will need to use a combination of increased energy efficiency, intelligent power distribution and alternative/renewable/hybrid power in order to decrease the amount of energy consumed and enable the ability to operate in an islanded mode during emergency for an extended period of time. Specific areas of interest for this RFI include: 1) Providing cyber defense of a smart microgrid network, 2) Intelligent and secure electric distribution grid providing efficient and reliable 24/7/365 power to military task critical assets, and 3) Ability to adequately develop appropriate Concept of Operations (CONOP) and Tactics, Techniques & Procedures (TTPs). GENERAL BACKGROUND: The Defense Science Board Task Force on DoD Energy Security released a report in 2008 that concluded, Critical national security and homeland defense missions are at an unacceptably high risk of extended outage from failure of the electric grid. Likewise, the Center for Naval Analyses Military Advisory Board in May 2009 published Powering Americas Defense, Energy and the Risks to National Security. In the report they articulated the general cyber threat to electric grids posed mostly by Chinese and Russian spies, and the specific Aurora threat which revealed the possibility that sophisticated hackers could seriously damage the grid by destroying equipment downstream from the initial point of attack. They recommended that, DoD should pioneer the adoption of smart-grid technologies on its installations. These technologies would help the installations better manage their energy demand, increase efficiency, enable more effective use of renewable sources, and provide resilience against electrical disruptions. The Smart Power Infrastructure Demonstration for Energy Reliability and Security (SPIDERS) Joint Capabilities Technology Demonstration (JCTD) intends to be the pioneer in the area of cyber defense of smart microgrids. STRATEGIC & OPERATIONAL ISSUE: " The ability of todays warfighter to command, control, deploy, and sustain forces is adversely impacted by a fragile, aging, and fossil fuel dependent electricity grid, posing a significant threat to national security. " Inability to protect task critical assets from loss of power due to cyber attack " Inability to integrate renewable and other distributed generation electricity to power task critical assets in times of emergency " Inability to sustain critical operations during prolonged power outages " Inability to manage installation electrical power and consumption efficiently, to reduce petroleum demand, carbon bootprint, and cost STRATEGIC & OPERATIONAL DESIRED CAPABILITIES: " Provide cyber defense of a smart microgrid network Provide cyber defense for industrial control systems " Establish a strategy of defense-in-depth using virtual secure enclaves and a sensor architecture " Institute strong authentication and role-based access controls " Intelligent and secure electric grid providing efficient and reliable 24/7/365 power to military task critical assets ensuring uninterrupted national defense " Allow power to be used with maximum efficiency " Institute energy demand management systems " Maximize asset utilization " Make the DoD demonstration grid both fault and attack tolerant with rapid recovery after natural disaster or deliberate attack " Enable islanding, protection of power supply & task critical assets " Allow all sources of power to provide electricity to the grid " Integrate into existing commercial utility power systems " Enable the high penetration, stability and security of renewable energy production " Dynamic/adaptive protective relaying scheme " CONOP and TTPs " Coordination and demonstration with utilities, military installations/organizations and others The Department of Defense (DoD) must have a reliable, assured source of electric power to execute its mission. A practical solution for DoD to contribute to this outcome is to develop a partnership, initially on a small scale, between USPACOM & USNORTHCOM representing DoDs equities, along with the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Energy and the rest of the U.S. electrical sector community. Information received in response to this RFI is intended to serve in the planning, shaping and understanding of the availability of industry to compete. SPECIFIC INFORMATION OF INTEREST: 1. The ability to integrate, via a third party company, cyber-security of electric grid by applying Virtual Secure Enclave (VSE) strategy to Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) industrial control systems 2. The ability to integrate Smart Grid Technologies & applications 3. The ability to integrate technology for a secure micro-grid for sustained mission assurance and emergency support 4. The ability to integrate distributed & variable renewable generation 5. Energy storage technologies for microgrids 6. The ability to integrate technology to control demand-side management 7. The ability to integrate technology for distributed back-up power systems 8. The ability to integrate technologies to construct the first DoD installation with a secure, smart islandable micro-grid 9. The ability to have Plug & Play connectivity with existing power grids 10. The ability to sense and localize disruptions or changes in power flows on the grid and communicate such information instantaneously and automatically for purposes of enabling automatic protective responses to sustain reliability and security of grid operations. 11. The ability to use digital information to operate functionalities on the electric utility grid that were previously electro-mechanical or manual. 12. The ability to use digital controls to manage and modify electricity demand, enable congestion management, assist in voltage control, provide operating reserves, and provide frequency regulation. 13. Such other functions as the SecDef may identify as being necessary or useful to the operation of a Smart Grid. CONTENT AND FORMAT OF TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTIONS: The electronic copy of responses is to be in Adobe Acrobat 9, Microsoft Word 2003, or Microsoft Word 2007 compatible format using a size 12 font with one inch margins. Adobe PDF format is preferred. Following a review of the responses received, The Philadelphia Corps of Engineers may elect to request additional information, or schedule one-on-one meetings with some respondents to gain additional information about their proposed solution(s). A submission should include: 1. A cover letter (optional) 2. A cover page labeled with the heading SPIDERS, including the product name, the manufacturer, manufacturers address, technical point of contact, telephone number and e-mail address, and at least one photograph of the item. 3. No more than ten pages of technical data including: a) Product (or targeted product) technical description b) Narrative describing how they could fulfill the Specific Information of Interest c) Relevant history of ability to integrate technologies d) Rough estimate of costs e) An indication as to whether the technology is sufficiently mature to demonstrate, or whether additional development would be more appropriate prior to a subsequent demonstration. NOTE: Please submit all pages as a single (.doc or.pdf) file. Name files in accordance with the following convention: Company Name Examples: ABC123 Engineering.doc Flippy Power Inc.pdf QUESTIONS AND POINTS OF CONTACT: Questions regarding this announcement shall be submitted in writing by e-mail to the following personnel: James M. Jackson Contract Specialist James.m.jackson@usace.army.mil SUBMISSION DATE AND ADDRESS: Electronic responses to this notice are requested to be emailed to james.m.jackson@usace.army.mil no later than Friday, September 10, 2010. The subject line of the e-mail should follow the form SPIDERS: Company Name. For example: SPIDERS: ABC123 Engineering. Files too large for email can be sent via CD, by the same date to: James M. Jackson Army Corps of Engineers The Wanamaker Building 100 East Penn Square Philadelphia, Pa 19107 NOTE: A SPIDERS POC will acknowledge receipt of all received submittals within one week of receipt. This will include the name of the submittal and the category in which it was received. If you do not receive an acknowledgement, then your submittal was not received. NOTE: This RFI is issued for the purpose of determining market capability of sources and does not constitute an Invitation for Bid (IFB), a Request for Proposal (RFP), a Request for Quote (RFQ) or an indication that the Government will contract for any of the items and/or services contained in this notice. All information received in response to this notice that is marked Proprietary will be handled accordingly. Responses may not include Classified material. Responses to this notice will not be returned. Availability of any formal solicitation will be announced under a separate Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) announcement.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USA/COE/DACA61/W912BU-10-RFI-SPIDER/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

Address: USACE District, Philadelphia 100 Penn Square East, Wanamaker Bldg (RM 643) Philadelphia PA

Zip Code: 19107-3390
 

Record

SN02256628-W 20100828/100827000353-b322950609e2e24720c7c03f0e3b7485 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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