SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- NOTICE OF INTENT
- Notice Date
- 7/12/2016
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- 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-NOI-03541
- Archive Date
- 8/11/2016
- Point of Contact
- Christopher R. McGucken, Phone: 3019758249, Lynda Roark,
- E-Mail Address
-
christopher.mcgucken@nist.gov, lynda.roark@nist.gov
(christopher.mcgucken@nist.gov, lynda.roark@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This synopsis is hereby issued in accordance with FAR Part 5.203 in response to the mandatory requirement for a 15-day notification. The purpose of this synopsis is to announce the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) intent to negotiate a Firm Fixed Price sole source purchase order with NH Research, Incorporated located at 16601 Hale Ave, Irvine, CA 92606-5025 under the authority for FAR Part 13.106-1(b)for the purpose of obtaining a regenerative grid simulator system to upgrade an existing system located within the Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML) in Gaithersburg, MD: NIST is building a Smart Grid testbed that includes the ability to test microgrid power conditioning systems (PCS), interconnection equipment, and controllers. The microgrid test laboratory will use multiple power supplies to emulate AC and DC grid and load conditions and will also export power and information exchange to adjacent laboratories testing other interconnected Smart Grid devices and systems. This microgrid equipment test lab requires a multi-channel bi-directional AC/DC regenerative grid/load simulator system for laboratory testing of the NIST microgrid power conditioning systems, interconnection equipment, and controllers. The existing (NIST owned) regenerative grid simulator system requires a power level upgrade (from 96 kW / 192 kVA to 168 kW / 336 kVA) to meet new higher power application needs of the NIST project. The microgrid equipment test lab within PML contains high power instruments and equipment under test that requires physical separation from users and operators, that requires remote programing capabilities for the regenerative grid/load simulator system. The multiple user laboratory requires line of sight from control room through power equipment room into microgrid experiment room resulting in a maximum height of the units. This application requires a total of 168 kW of real power and 336 kVA of apparent power reconfigurable to be used with any of 3 master controllers. 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, grid/load simulator system shall be composed of 3 master controller modules and 11 auxiliary modules, where each auxiliary can be configured to operate synchronously with any of the three master control modules. 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. The upgraded system shall be configured using three of the existing (NIST owned) auxiliary modules, one existing (NIST owned) master control module, and six new (vendor provided) auxiliary modules into a cabinet with maximum dimensions of 46”X30”X72” (WxDxH). The new modules provided by the vendor must be identical to the existing modules to enable them to operate synchronously when configured as a single grid/load emulator. The existing (NIST owned) regenerative grid/load simulator system was produced by NH Research and the NH Research controllers are only intended to work with synchronously with NH Research auxiliary modules. The NH Research Model 9410-96 Regenerative Grid Simulator system is the sole equipment that fully meets the requirements for the NIST Smart Grid Interoperability Test Facility. The NAICS doe for this acquisition is 334516, with a size standard of 1,000 employees. A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is NOT a request for competitive quotations. However, responses received by 07/27/2016 3:00 PM Eastern Time will be considered.
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