SPECIAL NOTICE
A -- NEPE Propellant Study - SOW
- Notice Date
- 5/17/2012
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFFTC - AF Flight Test Center, 5 S WOLFE AVE, Edwards AFB, California, 93524-1185, United States
- ZIP Code
- 93524-1185
- Solicitation Number
- F1SBAA2093B001
- Archive Date
- 6/16/2012
- Point of Contact
- Marc Venzon, Phone: 661-277-3986, Jocelyn C. Vigilante, Phone: 661-277-9554
- E-Mail Address
-
marc.venzon@edwards.af.mil, jocelyn.vigilante@edwards.af.mil
(marc.venzon@edwards.af.mil, jocelyn.vigilante@edwards.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Statement of Work The Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC), Edwards AFB intends to solicit and award a sole source, cost plus fixed fee contract, under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 15, Contracting by Negotiating, to ATK Launch Systems Inc., 9160 N Hwy 83, Brigham City, UT, 84302-0707. The NAICS code is 541712. The following item will be procured: CLIN 0001, Technical Effort - NEPE Propellant Study: The 1.3 Class NEPE Propellant Study will develop DoD hazard class 1.3 nitrate ester polyether (NEPE) propellants. These propellants have commonality with the ingredients used in DoD hazard class 1.1 NEPE propellants that are used by the US Navy. Additionally these propellants will be capable of being manufactured in the same facilities as the US Navy uses to manufacture their propellants used in their submarine launched ballistic missiles. This commonality between the propellants will reduce the overhead costs involved for both the US Air Force and the US Navy in procuring ballistic missiles. a. The requirement is to determine the feasibility of manufacturing propellants utilizing common facilities and materials for sea-based and land-based strategic missiles. In the development of the new propellant formulation, design and cost impacts to current missile components (e.g. nozzle and case) shall be identified and minimized. The objective of this effort is to develop and characterize a 1.3 hazard class NEPE propellant using solid propellant facilities and materials that are common to both sea-based and land-based strategic missiles. b. The baseline propellant is TP-H-1011 for 1st stage applications and ANB-3066 for upper stage applications. The 1.3 hazard class NEPE propellant shall target the following characteristics: 1. delivered Isp-density, derived analytically, that is equivalent to or greater than the current TP-H-1011 and ANB-3066 formulations (see CPIA/M1 and M2 manuals for motors and propellant, respectively), 2. ballistic properties that minimize potential changes to the expected trajectories and strategic telemetry/guidance systems, 3. mechanical and aging properties supporting a minimum service life of 20 years for 66" diameter strategic applications, and 4. 1.3 hazard class designation. c. The 1.3HC NEPE propellant development effort will continue maturing formulations that have already demonstrated feasibility to meet requirements of III. b. at the 1 gal mix level. In this effort the 1.3HC NEPE propellant characteristics shall be demonstrated through subscale testing at the five gallon mix size level. A minimum of 6 each 5 gallon mixes will be made and samples from each mix tested, to include: 1. Ballistics properties as demonstrated by 15 lb and 40 lb standard test motors 2. Physical properties through testing standard tensile dog bone type specimens to demonstrate properties at variable load rates, temperatures, and pressures. 3. Propellant aging characteristics through demonstrated chemical depletion studies and aged mechanical tensile specimens 4. Propellant hazards characteristics, demonstrating shock sensitivity using NOL card gap tests, determining the critical impact velocity, and determining impingement characteristics through a 25 mm shotgun test. 5. Propellant-bond line mechanical characteristics for assumed bond line system, by performing propellant-bond line tensile, peel, and penetrometer tests. d. Propellant density shall be determined using standard analytical laboratory methods and as-cast measurements of subscale motor grains. e. At the conclusion of this effort the propellant shall have been scaled thru the 5-gallon mix size and be ready for scale-up to production size mixers (greater than 600-gallon). f. This is a non-commercial supply. g. Schedule: The technical period of performance shall be six months plus three months for the Final Scientific and Technical Reporting Cycle. h. The total estimated value of the contract is $500,000. The estimate is based on discussion with ATK on 7 March 2012. i. Acronyms and abbreviations 1. ANB-3066 - designation for propellant used in Minuteman 2nd & 3rd stage motors 2. CPIA - Chemical Propulsion Information Agency 3. DoD - Department of Defense 4. F - Fahrenheit 5. ipm - inches per minute 6. Isp - specific impulse 7. lbm - pounds mass 8. M1 - CPIA's Rocket Motor Manual 9. M2 - CPIA's Solid Propellant Manual 10. mm - millimeters 11. MNA - methyl nitro aniline 12. NEPE - nitrate ester polyether 13. NOL - Naval Ordnance Laboratory 14. psia - pounds per square inch (absolute) 15. TP-H-1011 - designation for propellant used in Minuteman 1st stage motor 16. USAF - United States Air Force In accordance with FAR Part 5.207(c)(15), the statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), "...are available from only one responsible source or only from a limited number of responsible sources and no other type of property or services will satisfy the needs of the agency" as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii)(B) Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. Anticipated Award Date is 31 Jul 2012. Responses must be received no later than (NLT) 1:00 p.m., Pacific Daylight Time, 1 Jun 2012 to: Directorate of Contracting, AFFTC/PKT (Attn: Marc A. Venzon) 5 South Wolfe Avenue, Building 2800, Edwards AFB, CA 93524-1185, Fax: (661) 277-0470, or E-mail: marc.venzon@edwards.af.mil. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, interested parties who believe they can meet all the requirements may submit in writing a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, received within 15 days of the publication of this notice which shall be considered by the Government, in accordance with FAR Part 5.207(c)(16)(ii). A determination by the Government not to compete this acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Facsimile responses are acceptable and must be received on or before the closing date. Telephone requests to be placed on a mailing list will not be honored.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: ATK Launch Systems, Corinne, Utah, 84307, United States
- Zip Code: 84307
- Zip Code: 84307
- Record
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