SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Sources Sought - Regenerative Grid Simulator System
- Notice Date
- 6/8/2015
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334515
— Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B130, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1410, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1410
- Solicitation Number
- AMD-15-SS-03144
- Archive Date
- 6/30/2015
- Point of Contact
- Lynda M Roark, Phone: 3019753725, Patrick K Staines, Phone: (301)975-6335
- E-Mail Address
-
Lynda.Roark@nist.gov, patrick.staines@nist.gov
(Lynda.Roark@nist.gov, patrick.staines@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) seeks information on commercial vendors that are capable of providing a Regenerative Grid Simulator System. After results of this market research are obtained and analyzed and specifications are developed for the system that can meet NIST's minimum requirements, NIST may conduct a competitive procurement and subsequently award a Purchase Order. If at least two qualified small businesses are identified during this market research stage, then any competitive procurement that resulted would be conducted as a small business set-aside. The following are tentative requirements that NIST is seeking to find sources with the capabilities to meet these requirements: The multi-channel bi-directional regenerative grid/load simulator system will be located in a laboratory with high power cooling requirements and is thus required to return power back to the laboratory electric service circuits when operated in sink mode (regenerative) rather than dissipating the energy as heat (dissipative). Since the system will serve as the reference to evaluate the Smart Grid devices and systems under test, there are specific accuracy, precision, and bandwidth requirements for the controlled and measured parameters. For example, there are specific requirements for: • High bandwidth (MSample/sec waveform digitization) and fundamental frequency ranges (30 - 880 Hz) • Operate over a wide range of reactive power conditions (e.g., kVA rating twice the kW rating) • Flexible reconfiguration power block units that can be partitioned into any combination of multiple source/loads • Independently programmable phases • Flexible waveform shape specification • Multiple current and voltage ranges to support accurate source and measurement for 480 V and 280 V to three phase and 240 V two phase (2-phase) grid emulations for example at low or high current range. • Ability to implement smart inverter functional testing including IEEE 1547 and UL 1741 utility interactive extensions. The microgrid equipment test lab contains high power instruments and equipment under test that requires physical separation from users and operators, thus requiring remote programing capabilities for the regenerative grid/load simulator system. This application requires a total of 96 kW of real power and 192 kVA of apparent power (i.e. 4 regenerative grid/load simulator units). Because the laboratory will be used to test multiple types of microgrid equipment and configurations, the grid/load simulator is required to be composed of multiple reconfigurable units. Specifically, the 4 unit grid/load simulator system shall be composed of 3 master controller modules and 4 auxiliary modules, where each auxiliary can be configured to operate synchronously with any of the three master control units. Each module shall have 12 kW and 24 kVA capability. The system can be programed in any of the following four voltage and current ranges, including low-voltage/low-current, low-voltage/high-current, high-voltage/low-current, and high-voltage/high-current. This flexibility is needed so that the laboratory can be configured to emulate a single larger power supply, or as multiple smaller independent source/sink modules. Detailed performance specifications include: • AC Output Ratings: o Phases/Output Channels: 1, 2, or 3 o Power, Max (1 or 3-phase): 24 kW/48 kVA o Current ranges (per phase): 12, 60 A/phase o Current ranges (max 1-phase): 36, 180 A/phase o Peak current: 3 X Max RMS o Frequency: 30 - 880 Hz o Voltage ranges, L-N: 155, 310 V NIST is seeking responses from all responsible sources, including large, foreign, and small businesses. Small businesses are defined under the associated NAICS code for this effort, 334515, as those domestic sources having 500 employees or less. Please include your company's size classification and socio-economic status in any response to this notice. Companies that manufacture Regenerative Grid Simulator Systems are requested to email a detailed report describing their abilities to Lynda.Roark@nist.gov no later than the response date for this sources sought notice. The report should include achievable specifications and any other information relevant to your product or capabilities. Also, the following information is requested to be provided as part of the response to this sources sought notice: 1. Name of the company that manufactures the system components for which specifications are provided. 2. Name of company(s) that are authorized to sell the system components, their addresses, and a point of contact for the company (name, phone number, fax number and email address). 3. Indication of number of days, after receipt of order that is typical for delivery of such systems. 4. Indication of whether each instrument for which specifications are sent to Lynda.Roark@nist.gov are currently on one or more GSA Federal Supply Schedule contracts and, if so, the GSA FSS contract number(s). 5. Any other relevant information that is not listed above which the Government should consider in developing its minimum specifications and finalizing its market research.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899, United States
- Zip Code: 20899
- Zip Code: 20899
- Record
- SN03756655-W 20150610/150608234850-a3c46d7a5a75db9b9f7f3429cff1d563 (fbodaily.com)
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