SPECIAL NOTICE
16 -- CALL W911W6-15-R-0008 issued under BAA W911W6-15-R-0004
- Notice Date
- 3/6/2015
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- ACC-RSA-AATD - (SPS), ATTN: AMSRD-AMR-AA-C, Building 401, Lee Boulevard, Fort Eustis, VA 23604-5577
- ZIP Code
- 23604-5577
- Solicitation Number
- W911W615R0008
- Archive Date
- 3/5/2016
- Point of Contact
- Laurie Pierce, 757 8782071
- E-Mail Address
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ACC-RSA-AATD - (SPS)
(laurie.pierce@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- 1.0 Purpose & Background Call No. W911W6-15-R-0008, Autonomous Sustainment Technologies for Rotorcraft Operations-Electrical (ASTRO-E), solicits proposals for development and demonstration of sustainment technologies for Army aircraft electrical systems. The objective of the research is to develop and demonstrate technologies and methodologies to enable more efficient designs and reduce the maintenance burden for future and current fleet vertical lift aircraft. Past applied research and advanced technology development efforts have focused on developing diagnostic, prognostic, and system health assessment technologies. This call seeks to extend these efforts by integrating sustainment technologies into the design process, real-time system control, mission planning and overall maintenance philosophy. This call will cover the technical area of the aircraft electrical system, with anticipation of one award. ASTRO-E will enable design methodologies that leverage monitoring technologies to reduce weight, improve life, optimize performance and reduce maintenance burden. Integration of health assessment capabilities into real-time control is sought with the ability to adapt to faults and minimize component damage with nominal impact on performance. 2.0 Scope of Research Effort The Aviation Development Directorate-Aviation Applied Technology Directorate (ADD-AATD) is soliciting technical and cost proposals that encompass both 6.2 Applied Research, and 6.3 Advanced Technology Development. The starting Technology Readiness Level (TRL) may be as low as TRL 3 (characteristic proof of concept). Technologies are expected to be matured to a TRL 6/7 (system prototype demonstration in a relevant environment or flight test). The Government is seeking solutions in the rotorcraft electrical technology area. This area is described in greater detail below. Offerors may submit multiple proposals. Each proposal shall describe an effort to address all of the requirements defined within the technology area description. Offerors shall describe in their proposal a clear path to transition the proposed solution to current and/or future Army rotorcraft. Offerors shall also describe and substantiate the anticipated operations and support benefits of their proposed solution. Offerors are strongly encouraged to take advantage of currently available technologies (sensors, algorithms, etc.) and existing aircraft data sources wherever possible. Demonstration testing shall be full scale and representative of the expected aircraft operating environment and be of sufficient scope to demonstrate the capability, accuracy and robustness of the technologies. Although ASTRO-E is not a fielding effort, offerors should consider qualification requirements in the design and when proposing a technical approach (e.g. ADS-79D, MIL-STD-810G for system durability, MIL-STD-461F as modified by ADS-37A-PRF for EMI, MIL-STD-704F for aircraft power compatibility, DO-178C for software, and DO-254 for hardware). 3.0 Performance Objectives and Technical Constraints Considerable work has already been done developing diagnostic and prognostic technologies for the electrical system and electrical components. The objective of this effort is to demonstrate a comprehensive integrated aircraft wide electrical system capability for diagnostics, fault isolation, and generate trendable health indicators. The system should provide maintainers with accurate system wide fault isolation to reduce the burden associated with maintaining complicated electrical networks. The system should cover the aircraft buses, electrical wiring, connectors, power distribution, and LRUs. This capability should allow the operator to make risk based decisions concerning the aircraft to prevent excessive down time for inspections and troubleshooting of electrical systems and components. The integrated aircraft level solution shall demonstrate its capabilities using an onboard (ex: maintenance tab on an aircraft display) and/or off-board interface (ex: aircraft notebook). The demonstration shall include the ability to trigger and analyze BIT checks, collect electrical system state data, detect wire faults, and prognose/diagnose the electrical system to include LRUs. Approaches should consider failure modes to be detected, data handling and processing requirements, false removals, intermittent faults and the precision required for wire fault locations. The fault isolation capabilities should be executable from an onboard and/or off board system(s) with only aircraft or auxiliary power. It is desired that weight, complexity, and use of special equipment be minimized to enable cost effective platform and support system integration and facilitate platform transition. Open systems architecture and use of common data standards are desired. Demonstration testing shall be full scale and representative of the expected aircraft operating environment and be of sufficient scope to demonstrate the capability, accuracy and robustness of the technologies. Offerors should justify how the proposed testing meets TRL 6. Offerors should consider transition of the technology to future vertical lift platforms and insertion of high payoff capabilities into the current fleet. Program efforts shall identify the requirements to qualify and transition the technology. Proposed approaches should limit the amount of data that is transmitted off the aircraft by performing preprocessing on sensors, in an onboard processing unit, and/or utilize smart components. Efforts should be made to substantiate that the proposed technology is better than currently fielded techniques and that the solution exhibits a greater probability of fault detection and accurate isolation than is currently available. 4.0 Call Specific Instructions This call will use the Proposal Submission Process as described in 5.2 of the Broad Agency Announcement, as further supplemented below: 4.1 Due Date for Proposals As stated in the FedBizzOpps Announcement 4.2 Proposal Instructions Specific instructions pertaining to the content and structure of provided proposals are provided in BAA W911W6-15-R-0004, paragraphs 5.2.2 and 5.2.3. Technical proposals are subject to a 40 page limit for this Call. In addition to the content provided in the BAA, W911W6-15-R-0004, paragraph 5.2.3, the offeror shall provide the following: Technical Volume: The offeror shall provide justification of the selection of the technologies and solution proposed, benefits of the proposed solution relative to the ASTRO-E objective and the specific technology area, and a plan to develop, mature, and transition the technology. Cost Volume: As part of this volume, Offeror's proposing use of a TIA, either as a Cooperative Agreement or OT, shall include the draft TIA provided by the Government with proposed changes clearly marked to facilitate Government evaluation of the proposal. If a foreign entity is participating as part of a prime's team, the cost volume shall clearly identify such participant and the Offeror's planned compliance with U.S. export controls, including any required export licensing. 4.3 Period and Place of Performance Offerors should clearly depict their proposed schedule. Anticipated Period of Performance: Not to exceed 39 Months Total (36 technical and 3 for Final Report). 4.5 Funding Any award made from this call will be subject to availability of funds. The Government anticipates a single award, however, we reserve the right to make multiple or zero awards based upon the technical merit and affordability of technical proposals received. Anticipated Government funding is approximately $3.0M total (6.2 and 6.3 funds). Government fiscal year distribution is as follows: FY15/16 $1.0M, FY17 $1.0M, and FY18 $1.0M. 4.6 Required Government Facilities, Property and Data It is the Offeror's responsibility to identify, coordinate, and furnish supporting documentation in the proposal for use of any Government furnished facilities, equipment, or property. Government furnished data will not be provided. Offerors must have access to or be capable of generating the data required to develop and validate the algorithms or systems proposed. 4.7 Security Performance will require access to and/or generation of technical data the export of which is restricted by the Arms Export Control Act (Title 22, U.S.C., Sec. 2751 e t. seq.) or the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended, Title 50, U.S.C. App. 2401 et. seq. Prior to award, the successful offeror will be required to provide an Export-Controlled DoD Data Agreement certification number issued in accordance with DoD Directive 5230.25. This certification number may be requested from the Defense Logistics Services Center, ATTN: DLSC-FBA Federal Center, Battle Creek, MI 49017-3084, Telephone 1-800-352-3572. Pre-award access to or submission of a classified proposal is not authorized. This Announcement is limited to U.S. firms as Prime Contractors. 4.8 Data Rights The Government desires, quote mark Unlimited Rights quote mark, but requires at a minimum, quote mark Government Purpose Rights quote mark as defined by DFARS Part 227, to all technical data, deliverables, and computer software developed under this program, and no limitations on the use of delivered and/or residual hardware. It is the Offeror's responsibility to clearly define the proposed data rights for technical data, computer software and each deliverable. Ambiguities will be negatively evaluated against the Offeror. 5.0 Required Reporting and Deliverables The award under this announcement will require a kickoff meeting following award. The award will require delivery of the following data items or deliverables: (1) Program Management Plan, (2) Bi-Monthly Progress, Cost and Performance Reports, (3) Final Report, (4) Final Briefing Charts (5) Design Review Briefing Charts, (6) Test Plans, (7) Test Reports, (8) Technology Transition Plan and may require (9) Interface Control Document, (10) Interface Requirements Specification, (11) Software Development Plan, (12) Software Requirements Specification, (13) Software Design Documents, (14) Software Source Code. (Note: Each of these items shall be delivered in the Offeror's format). All awards will include a requirement to present the results of the work in a final briefing at Ft. Eustis, Virginia upon completion of all technical effort. 6.0 Evaluation Criteria The criteria outlined below will be used to evaluate proposals submitted in response to this call. The selection of proposals will be based on a peer/scientific review of proposals (both technical and cost as it relates to technical effort). Proposals will be evaluated on their own merit without regard to others submitted under this announcement. The five evaluation criteria all weighted equally include: Criterion I: The extent to which affordable, comprehensive, efficient, and innovative technologies are proposed within the technology area to satisfy the ASTRO-E objective and call requirements. This includes understanding of the problem, current technical barriers, and how the proposed solution eliminates those barriers. Criterion II: The merit of the Offeror's proposed approach to develop and demonstrate the proposed technologies. This includes the reasonableness of the tasks, schedule, and approach to accomplish the proposed technical objectives. Criterion III: The benefit of the proposed technologies and the potential for transition to current and future Army rotorcraft. This includes a clear and reasonable path to transition the technology, and the efficiency and feasibility (e.g. weight and number of sensors /systems) of the proposed technologies. Factors affecting transition of the technologies (e.g. open systems architecture, common data standards, and qualification requirements) will be evaluated. Criterion IV: The capability of the Offeror to accomplish the proposed effort. This includes the experience and qualifications of the proposed personnel, the suitability of the proposed facilities, and the availability (or the ability to generate) of required technical and test data to validate the technology. Criterion V: The reasonableness and realism of the proposed cost to the Government. The proposed cost will be analyzed to determine whether the proposed cost elements (man-hours, labor categories, materials, travel, and other costs) are realistic for the work to be performed; reflect a clear understanding of the requirements; and are consistent with the unique methods of performance and materials described in the Offeror's technical proposal. Reasonableness of the proposed costs, in their nature and amount, will be evaluated against what would be prudent in the conduct of competitive business. The Government reserves the right to select for award all or part of any proposal received. Partial awards are conditioned upon the Government and the offeror reaching mutually agreeable terms for such partial awards. 7.0 Other Information In addition to the information provided in BAA, W911W6-15-R-0004, paragraph 7.4 the following applies. If proposing a procurement contract, offerors shall incorporate the subcontracting plan as part of the offeror's cost proposal submission. DFARS 226.370-8 discusses subcontracting incentive and goals with the Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions. DFARS 219.708(b)(1)(A) and (B), discusses the appropriate use of DFARS Clauses 252.219-7003 and 252.219-7004 in solicitations and contract related to small, small disadvantaged and women-owned small business subcontracting plans. Offerors are cautioned that in solicitations where subcontracting opportunities exist, the Government will not execute a contract unless the Contracting Officer determines that the negotiated plan provides the maximum practicable opportunity for SBs, SDB, WOSB, HUBZone, and Veteran-owned Small Business concerns or HBCUs/MIs to participate in the performance of the contract. Offerors should note that DFARS 219.705-4 provides for a goal of 5% for SDB concerns and HBCUs/MIs. Proposal Submission Instructions: Proposal preparation costs are not authorized. Proposals shall be valid for a period of six months from the closing date of this call. Technical and cost proposals shall be provided in original plus 3 paper copies and one electronic copy (CD ROM disk format). The cost proposal shall be provided in Excel format for cost verification puposes. Proposals shall be submitted to AATD, Attn: CCAM-RDT, Laurie Pierce, Bld. 401 Lee Blvd., Fort Eustis, VA 23604-5577. Questions may be submitted in writing via email to Laurie Pierce, laurie.a.pierce2.civ@mail.mil. All questions must be submitted within 14 days prior to the call closing date to ensure a response. All questions and responses received will be posted to FedBizzOpps as an amendment to the call. Proposals received after the date and time specified for closing will be handled in accordance with FAR 52.215-1, Instructions to Offerors - Competitive Acquisition. This call is issued subject to the availability of funds. In reference to paragraph 4.2, Cost Volume, a draft TIA is attached with this call.
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