SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Safety Performance of Rechargeable Energy Storage Systems
- Notice Date
- 1/26/2011
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), National Highway Traffic Safety Administration HQ, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, Washington, District of Columbia, 20590
- ZIP Code
- 20590
- Solicitation Number
- DTNH22-11-R-00438
- Archive Date
- 3/31/2011
- Point of Contact
- Sheronda Jones,
- E-Mail Address
-
NHTSAOAM@DOT.GOV
(NHTSAOAM@DOT.GOV)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (USDOT) NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION (NHTSA) January 25, 2011 Title: Safety Performance of Rechargeable Energy Storage Systems (RESS) The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) intends to negotiate two cost reimbursement cost-sharing Contracts to focus on safety performance in areas of potential safety concerns associated with the Rechargeable Energy Storage Systems Program (RESS). Background: The RESS is a completely functional energy storage system consisting of the pack(s), and necessary ancillary subsystems for physical support and enclosure, thermal management, and control, including electronic control. The automotive application and use of a RESS, such as Lithium-ion battery based system, imposes certain theoretical safety risks to the operators and occupants of these vehicles using this technology that is inherently different when compared to that of vehicles using only an internal combustion engine. None of these risks have been demonstrated in the field since these batteries have very limited field exposure to date. Hence all safety risks for these systems must be considered as theoretical or potential risks. Among the most severe potential safety risks is "thermal runaway" of the cell or battery which in some cases may result in potentially toxic effluent venting or fire. These potential safety risks can be associated to the responses of undesired abuse mechanisms, conditions, or environments that may arise as a result of operator negligence, vehicle accidents, device or system defects, poorly informed or trained users or repair technicians, failure of specific RESS control and support hardware, or transportation/handling incidents. The potential safety risks may be observed in many operational modes and conditions including: storage, charging, normal operation, vehicle crash, and/or post crash conditions. Objective: The Contractors shall develop and document repeatable vehicle level safety performance tests and methods with accurate boundary and/or limit test conditions for the battery pack and/or vehicle in which the testing should be conducted. The Contractors shall also develop and document detailed quantifiable measurement, performance criteria, and safety-metrics which may be used by NHTSA to objectively measure and compare safety performance of a RESS equipped vehicle or component system in their analysis. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541330, Engineering Services. NHTSA intends to award a cost reimbursement cost-sharing Contract, in accordance with FAR 16.303. By submission of offers, the offerors acknowledges the requirement that the prospective awardees shall be registered in the CCR at: www.ccr.gov/ prior to award during performance. This is a synopsis, only. The solicitation number for this requirement is DTNH22-11-R-00438 and will be available for downloading from www.FedBizOpps.gov on or about March 30, 2011. All questions regarding this solicitation must be submitted in writing via e-mail to NHTSAOAM@dot.gov. The solicitation date provided is a projected date. Offerors are solely responsible for monitoring FedBizOpps for the actual release date of the solicitation. It is important to reference e-mail correspondence with the solicitation number.
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