SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Market Survey Load Bank and System
- Notice Date
- 12/14/2016
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, ACC - WRN (W56HZV)(DTA), 6501 EAST 11 MILE ROAD, Warren, Michigan, 48397-5000, United States
- ZIP Code
- 48397-5000
- Solicitation Number
- W56HZV-17-R-L525
- Archive Date
- 12/23/2016
- Point of Contact
- Karen Kennedy, Phone: 5862828297
- E-Mail Address
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Karen.L.Kennedy26.civ@mail.mil
(Karen.L.Kennedy26.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- US Army RDECOM-TARDEC Market Survey / Sources Sought DESCRIPTION OF INTENT: This is a Market Survey. No contract will be awarded from this announcement. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) or an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation, nor is it a request seeking contractors to be placed on a solicitation mailing list. Response to this market survey is voluntary and no reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this market survey and any follow-on information requests. Data submitted in response to this market survey will not be returned. No solicitation document exists at this time, and calls requesting a solicitation will not be answered. DISCLAIMER: Reference herein to any specific commercial company, product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or the Department of the Army (DA). The opinions of the authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or the DA, and shall not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this market survey questionnaire is to provide information to the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development, and Engineering Center (TARDEC) is looking for one non-developmental commercially available 3 Mega Watt (MW) resistive load bank and load bank system such as the dynamic braking system, the reactive power module, cooling/exhaust system, power protection system, and smart control programmable system. Without the addition of this 3MW resistive load bank, the test cell dynamometer system, which is already on contract, cannot operate. The focus of the 3MW load bank is to absorb generated power from the dynamometers while the commissioning process is completed and for future Government testing that will take place in the Combat Powertrain Lab. TARDEC's existing four alternating current (AC), 800 kilowatts each, dynamometers are complex custom systems and slightly modified to meet the Government's need and installed by Horiba Instrument's, Inc. (Horiba). Load Bank Details: -Capacity - 3MW (5 load steps of 600KW each) -Load steps - 600kW, 523A, 2.2 ohms each load circuits are networks of elements divided into 10 discrete branch circuits suitable for fusing at approximately 75A each. Aggregate circuit shall be wired to copper bus bar for connection of bolt-on cables. -Duty Cycle - Continuous; Ambient temperature - 125F -Equipped with: -Cooling system such as AC unit, Exhaust fan, and louvers (blades are rated for extreme temperature). Note: Exhaust air shall be directed South (away from the building) of building 212 -Uninterruptable Power System (UPS), Capacitor banks, and complete load bank system protection -Smart monitoring system capable to display real time data (such as voltage, current, power, temperature, etc...) and communicate with other load bank system devices and building power grid -Smart control programmable system to perform full synchronization with building power, power quality and management including power dissipation amount on the load bank -Outdoor Enclosures - Per NEC (min. NEMA3R) with hinged access doors, lifting eyes, bolt-down lugs, painted grey, on concrete slab, and protected by a chain link fence with gate -Indoor Enclosures: Per NEC, hinged access doors, lifting eyes, bolt-down lugs, painted RESPONSES: Each initial response to this market survey is requested to include: 1. A brief company description (no more than ½ page) summarizing the organization's history and pertinent defense industry experience, CAGE code, business size and contact info. 2. An executive summary (no more than two pages) of the information submitted in response to this market survey. 3. Point(s) of Contact (POC) with associated contact information. RESPONSES DUE: Responses to this market survey are due by 9:00 AM EST December 19, 2016. Please submit all responses and any questions prior to full response via email to Karen.L.Kennedy.26.civ@mail.mil. Please format the subject line of the response email as follows: "[Organization Name] response to Market Survey-Load Bank and Load Bank System" RESPONSE FORMAT: Only electronic responses are requested. Please provide e-mail responses in PDF format to the Government POC(s) listed below. If you submit multiple e-mail messages, please make sure the subject lines include, for example, "message 1 of 3, 2 of 3, 3 of 3," as well as [Organization Name]. All interested entities (e.g. companies, non-profit organizations, and academic institutes), regardless of size, are encouraged to respond to this request for information. All material submitted in response to this market survey must be unclassified and properly marked GENERAL INFORMATION: The Government appreciates the time and effort taken to respond to this market survey. The Government acknowledges its obligations under 18 U.S.C. §1905 to protect information qualifying as "Confidential" under this statute. [To avoid possible confusion with the meaning of the term "Confidential" in the context of "Classified Information," we will use the term "PROPRIETARY."] Pursuant to this statute, the Government is willing to accept any PROPRIETARY (e.g., trade secret) restrictions placed on qualifying data forwarded in response to the survey questions and to protect it from unauthorized disclosure subject to the following: 1. Clearly and conspicuously mark qualifying data with the restrictive legend (all caps) "PROPRIETARY" with any explanatory text, so that the Government is clearly notified of what data needs to be appropriately protected. 2. In marking such data, please take care to mark only those portions of the data or materials that are truly proprietary (excessive breadth in marking inappropriate data as "PROPRIETARY" may diminish or eliminate the usefulness of your response - see item 6 below). Use circling, underscoring, highlighting, or any other appropriate means to indicate those portions of a single page which are protected. 3. The Government is not obligated to protect unmarked data. Additionally, marked data that is already in the public domain or in the possession of the Government or third parties, or is afterward placed into the public domain by the owner or another party through no fault of the Government will not be protected once in the public domain. Data already in the possession of the Government will be protected in accordance with the Government's rights in the data. 4. Proprietary data transmitted electronically, whether by physical media or not, whether by the respondent or by the government, shall contain the "PROPRIETARY" legend, with any explanatory text, on both the cover of the transmittal e-mail and at the beginning of the file itself. Where appropriate, when only portions of an electronic file are proprietary, use the restrictive legends ‘PROPRIETARY PORTION BEGINS:" and "PROPRIETARY PORTION ENDS." 5. In any reproductions of technical data or any portions thereof subject to asserted restrictions, the government shall also reproduce the asserted restriction legend and any explanatory text. 6. The Government sometimes uses support contractors in evaluating responses. Consequently, responses that contain proprietary information may receive only limited or no consideration since the respondent's marking of data as "PROPRIETARY" will preclude disclosure of same outside the Government and, therefore, will preclude disclosure to these support contractors assisting the evaluation effort. The Government will use its best efforts to evaluate those responses that contain proprietary information without using support contractors consistent with the resources available. GOVERNMENT POINT(S) OF CONTACT: Karen Kennedy Contract Specialist email: Karen.L.Kennedy26.civ@mail.mil SURVEY QUESTIONS: General: 1. Please describe your company's experience to integrate a 3 MW resistive load bank and load bank system with a custom test cell dynamometer system, (where the dynamometer system is already on contract with Horiba). 2. Please describe the potential issues with using another company's custom dynamometer to provide a load bank and load bank system. 3. Please describe the potential issues with the control logic of the load bank and system in relation to dynamometers power generation. Include any interoperability and compatibility issues.
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