A -- CALL FOR R&D PROPOSALS FOR THE DOE KANSAS CITY PLANT

Notice Date

March 30, 2001

Contracting Office

US Department Of Energy Albuquerque Operations Office, Contracts and Procurement Division, PO Box 5400, Albuquerque, NM 87185-5400 Mexico 87185-54

ZIP Code

87185-54

Solicitation Number

DE-AC04-01AL66850

Response Due

June 1, 2001

Point of Contact

Caron O'Dower 816-997-2645

E-Mail Address

For additional information or questions about the (codower@kcp.com)

Description

The National Nuclear Security Administration s Kansas City Plant (KCP), operated by Honeywell Federal Manufacturing and Technologies for the U.S. Department of Energy is actively seeking proposals (technical and cost) from U.S companies and organizations wishing to collaborate on cost-shared research and development projects in the following areas: 1. Lasers and Optics: High Power Miniature lasers, laser improvement technologies, characterization studies, novel laser designs, and fiber optics evaluations. 2. Miniature High Voltage, High Energy Products, and Packaging: CDU, HV Photocells, HV Switches, pulse capacitors, hermetic fiber coupled electronics, GaA switches, and optical triggering method. 3. Microsystems and Microelectronics: LTCC networks, photodefinable ink characterization and testing, embedded components in microelectronics, smaller lower cost microelectronics, MEMS packaging, 20 GHz microelectronic device development, piezoelectric actuators, and mesomachining. 4. RF and Microwave Designs: Antenna modeling, design, and testing; COTS components characterization, RF design, wireless communications, miniature telemetry packaging, and GaN High Power/High Temperature applications. 5. Material Engineering and Development: On demand adhesives, coatings, and sealants; improved cellular silicon materials; conformal coatings; surface preparation methods; Thin Film vacuum deposition material development, and specialized absorption getters. 6. Computer Connectivity and Information Management: Authentification, authorization need-to-know tools and techniques such as DCE, DFS, and PKI. Data warehousing implementation in a large manufacturing environment primarily using Oracle, and advanced CAN application software and diagnostic hardware. 7. Science-Based Manufacturing: Physics based integrated component modeling, toolsets for simulated component analysis, solid modeling techniques, and EMR/EMP modeling. 8. Sensors and Data Transmission Systems: Optical, chemical, temperature, and pressure sensors, sensor suites; hydrogen sensing, non-intrusive and monitor sensing, sensor improvements: sensitivity, accuracy, and reduced power requirements; magnetic sensors, high temperature/high power sensors, and DC Squid technology. 9. Other: Inspection techniques including circuit fault detection and irregular shape analysis using SAM, advanced non-contact inspection techniques; MEMS inspection processes and equipment; imaging system development; rapid prototyping; and equipment monitoring of manufacturing machinery. Partnerships are subject to applicable policies and approval of the U.S. Department of Energy. Projects are contingent on availability of government funds assigned to partnership projects. The scope of each project should fall within a range of $75K -- $150K per participant, $150K -$300K per project and reflect a minimum of 50% cost share. Project funding can be larger if the industry participant plans to fund a portion of the government work. Neither the NNSA, DOE, nor Honeywell FM&T, make any guarantee that any proposals will be selected for funding. None of the CRADA projects will result in grants or other funding awarded directly to the industrial partner. The KCP will accept proposals describing the proposed technology development project that contain a maximum of ten (10) pages (including attachments, appendices, drawings, and coversheets) using a font text in Ariel or Times New Roman and a minimum font size of 12pt. Companies should not include proprietary information in the proposals without first signing a nondisclosure agreement. Proposal format should include: A title block containing company name, address, phone, fax, and website. Indicate type of industry, number of employees, and ownership origin. Provide the proposer s name, phone, fax, and email address. The body of the proposal containing the following sections: h title and short nonproprietary abstract or summary stating the purpose of the project, h description of the general nature of the problem and resulting impact to industry, h category of project as basic research, exploratory research, applied engineering, or product development / prototyping, h any technical merits that show strong and innovative scientific achievement, h how the work currently compares to state-of-the-art or current industry practices, h anticipated duration of project (in project months), h whether this project is tied to any other federal or state government agency funded project such as SBIR, ATP, NSF, DARPA, h the scope of work that will be performed by the industrial partner and the work performed by the KCP, h a statement on any background intellectual property such as patents that will be used in the project, h any environmental, safety, or health issues that might arise from the scope of work, h the commercialization potential or the pervasive impact to industry that will result from the proposed partnership, h benefits to the industrial partner that will show how the project helps the partner compete in the United States or globally, and h the researcher/participant s background and relevant experience in the proposed technology area. Proposals will be evaluated for technical merit, benefit to DOE mission work, and cost share proportion. Proposals may be submitted anytime throughout FY01 but proposals that want to be considered for start in the FY02 project year are required to be submitted by June 1, 2001. All proposals are to be submitted with one hard copy and one electronic copy in Microsoft Word format on 3.5 disk, or email proposals to codower@kcp.com. Selections will be made by June 29, 2001 and participants notified within 15 days. Questions regarding the proposal process should be referred to Caron O Dower at (816) 997-2645 or (800) 225-8829. Proposals should be directed to: Honeywell FM&T Attn: M. Caron O Dower Office of Business Partnerships P.O. Box 419159 Kansas City, MO 64141-6159

Record

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