SPECIAL NOTICE
A -- Intent to Sole Source Notice: Platform for Acquisition, Logging, and Analysis of Devices for Inertial Navigation (PALADIN)
- Notice Date
- 10/6/2011
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Other Defense Agencies, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Contracts Management Office, 3701 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia, 22203-1714
- ZIP Code
- 22203-1714
- Solicitation Number
- DARPA-SN-12-03
- Archive Date
- 2/22/2012
- Point of Contact
- Michael Blackstone,
- E-Mail Address
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DARPA-SN-12-03@darpa.mil
(DARPA-SN-12-03@darpa.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Contracts Management Office (CMO) on behalf of the Microsystems Technology Office (MTO), intends to award a Sole Source contract to Honeywell for a Platform for Acquisition, Logging, and Analysis of Devices for Inertial Navigation (PALADIN) under the Micro Rate Integrating Gyroscope (MRIG) Program. The primary goal of the MRIG program is to realize vibratory gyroscopes that can be instrumented to measure the angle of rotation directly, extending the dynamic range and eliminating the need for integrating the angular rate information. The research under this program is focused on developing isotropic, two degree-of-freedom (2-DOF) resonators with a primary interest in microscale 3-D shell resonators - spheres, "wine-glass" structures, or any spatially distributed symmetric shells. Under the MRIG program, the Honeywell team is developing a toroidal rate integrating gyroscope based on 3D, micro-scale glass blowing using high quality factor materials. During the course of their research, the Honeywell team will test their MRIG prototypes under extreme temperature and vibrational environments. Through this award, the Honeywell team will develop a single universal testing platform (PALADIN) to allow rapid, uniform early-stage Test and Evaluation (T&E) of prototypes in support of their MRIG effort. Typically, the evaluation of prototypes is a boutique process, where a customized setup (i.e. mechanical mounting, the electrical interfaces, etc.) is built for each individual device. The ad hoc nature of this approach requires significant time, effort, and resources and can introduce non-uniformities in the measurements due to subtle differences in the implementation of interfaces. The Honeywell PALADIN effort builds upon their prior work on the Tactical Underwater Navigation Systems (TUNS) Program. Under this program, they demonstrated their Agile Navigation & Guidance Integrated Electronics (ANGIE) platform which is an embedded computer that hosts navigation and guidance applications with custom electronics. The proposed PALADIN effort is a logical follow up to their prior work on TUNS as it leverages existing hardware and software which will be modified to realize an experimental testing platform that is capable of analog and digital data logging, performing real-time analysis of inertial sensors, and is deployable in harsh temperature and vibrational environments. The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under authority of FAR 6.302-1 "Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements." As the developer of the current ANGIE platform, Honeywell possesses unique knowledge, capabilities and intellectual property required to carry out the required research effort at significantly reduced cost and time to the government. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation is currently available. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement. Responses received within forty-five (45) days after date of publication of this notice will be considered by the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and open basis is solely within the discretion of the Government. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to meet the requirements by submitting a white paper and past performance data by no later than 21 November 2011 to The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Attn: Mr. Michael Blackstone, Contracts Management Office (CMO), 3701 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203-1714 or via email to DARPA-SN-12-03@darpa.mil. Questions shall be submitted to the above email address. It is noted that DARPA's Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) maintains an annual Office-wide Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) seeking revolutionary research in electronics, photonics, MEMS, algorithms, and combined Microsystems technology to deliver new capabilities to sense, communicate, energize, actuate, and process data and information for the war fighter. The "MEMS" mission thrust area under this BAA specifically seeks proposals for inertial sensor systems for PNT such as Honeywell's PALADIN effort. Parties wishing to respond to this notice are invited, as an alternative, to submit a white paper against DARPA-BAA-10-35.
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