SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Radiation Mitigation by Arithmetic Codes (RadMAC)
- Notice Date
- 10/24/2013
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Other Defense Agencies, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (Headquarters), DTRA Annex, 8725 John J. Kingman Road, MSC 6201, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 22060-6201
- ZIP Code
- 22060-6201
- Solicitation Number
- J9NTS139926869
- Archive Date
- 11/23/2013
- Point of Contact
- Gage N. Levac, Phone: 7037670782, Debra Mudd,
- E-Mail Address
-
gage.levac@dtra.mil, Debra.Mudd@dtra.mil
(gage.levac@dtra.mil, Debra.Mudd@dtra.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) intends to negotiate and award a sole source contract to the University of Southern California, Information Sciences Institute (USC-ISI), 4676 Admiralty Way, Marina del Ray, CA 90292 for an effort entitled "Radiation Mitigation by Arithmetic Codes (RadMAC)." The statutory authority for this non-competitive action is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services will Satisfy Agency Requirements, 10 U.S.C 2304(c)(1). USC-ISI is the only responsible source capable of fulfilling this requirement without substantial duplication of cost to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition. Under a prior contract effort, USC-ISI examined SEU mitigation effectiveness through analysis of the functional simulation results for RAC enhanced circuits at the discreet compute circuit level. The scope of this effort is to: Explore and validate the effectiveness of residual arithmetic codes (RAC) by simulating and analyzing RAC circuits implemented in 45 nm and 32 nm silicon-on insulator (SOI) technologies. Using advanced simulation and design techniques based on graph organizational structure, RAC will be optimized to mitigate against single and multiple SEUs. To provide validation of RAC's effectiveness RAC will be imbedded into the processing chain of increasingly larger computational and processing circuits. Using SEU susceptibility information about the 45 nm and 32 nm SOI technologies from previous DTRA programs, this program will use a fault injection framework that includes cell radiation characterization information to accurately characterize RAC's effectiveness. This notice of contract action is not a request for competitive proposals; no formal solicitation will be issued as a result of this announcement. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement which shall be considered by the Government. The Government will not be responsible for any costs incurred by responding to this notice. A determination to proceed with this effort on a sole source basis based upon capability statements received and evaluated in response to this announcement is solely within the discretion of the Government.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: University of Southern California, Information Sciences Institute (USC-ISI), 4676 Admiralty Way, Marina del Ray, California, 90292, United States
- Zip Code: 90292
- Zip Code: 90292
- Record
- SN03221743-W 20131026/131024234125-38575ec35c6844aed3939ac0efa25262 (fbodaily.com)
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