R&D Contracting Division, Bldg 7, 2530 C Street, WPAFB OH 45433-7607

A -- ADVANCED MOTOR DRIVES FOR MORE ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT SOL PRDA #95-01-POK DUE 040695 POC Gregory L. Fronista, Project Engineer, WL/POOC-1, 513-255-6016; Rose E. Minch, Contracting Officer, WL/POKA, 513-255-2730. Advanced Motor Drives for More Electric Aircraft, PRDA 95-01-POK. The Aero Propulsion and Power Directorate, Aerospace Power Division, Power Components Branch (WL/POOC) is interested in receiving proposals (technical and cost) on the development effort described below. Proposals in response to the PRDA shall be submitted by, 1500 hours local time, 45 days after the publication of this announcement and be addressed to WL/POKA, Bldg 7 Area B, 2530 C St, Attn: Dennis Strobel, Wright Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7607. This is an unrestricted solicitation. Small Businesses are encouraged to propose on all or any part of this solicitation. Proposals submitted shall be in accordance with this announcement. Notice: FAR 52.215-10 entitled ''Late Submissions, Modifications, and Withdrawals of Proposals'' applies to this PRDA. There will be no formal Request for Proposal or other solicitation request in regard to this requirement. Offeror's should be alert for any PRDA amendments that may be published. This PRDA may be amended to allow subsequent submission of proposal dates. Offerors should request a copy of the WL Guide entitled ''PRDA and BAA Guide for Industry''. This guide was specifically designed to assist offerors in understanding the PRDA/BAA proposal process. Copies may be requested from WL/POKA, Bldg 7, Area B, 2530 C St, Wright Patterson AFB OH 45433-7607. The accompanying cost proposal/price breakdown shall be supplied on an SF 1411, together with supporting schedules, and shall contain a person hour breakdown per task. Copies of the above referenced form may be obtained from the contracting office cited below. Offerors shall submit an original and two copies of the proposal. Proposals shall be valid for Government acceptance for a period of not less than 180 days after the cutoff date. The selection of one or more sources for contract award shall be based on a scientific and/or engineering evaluation of each response (both technical and cost aspects) to determine the technical merit of each proposal in response to the announcement. Technical merit, which is ranked as the first order of priority, shall be evaluated based upon the following criteria which are of equal importance: (a) new and creative solutions, (b) the offeror's understanding of the scope of the technical effort, (c) soundness of offeror's technical approach, (d) the availability of qualified technical personnel and their experience with applicable technologies, (e) the offeror's experience with aircraft electrical power systems, aircraft motor drives and aircraft components that will be powered by electrical motor drives. Cost is ranked as the second order of priority. No other evaluation criteria will be used. The technical and cost information will be evaluated at the same time. Responders must provide new or unique concepts, ideas, or approaches in order to qualify for evaluation and consideration for award. The technical proposal must include a discussion of the nature and scope of the research, the method or technical approach, and expected results. Additional information on prior work in this area, description of available data, facilities, capabilities, and resumes of personnel who will be participating in this effort should be included. The offeror's proposal shall specify the principal investigator, if applicable, and delineate those items that will remain proprietary if a contract is awarded. A limit for the technical proposal is not more than 50 double-spaced double-sided pages. The goal for the cost proposal is not more than 30 single-sided pages. The technical proposal and cost proposal shall be in separate volumes. Proposals should reference the above PRDA number. The Air Force reserves the right to select for award any, all, part, or none of the proposals received. The contractor's proposal shall include a Statement of Work detailing the technical tasks proposed to be accomplished under the proposed effort and suitable for contract incorporation. The Statement of Work shall be prepared in accordance with MIL-HDBK-245B. Any questions concerning Statement of Work preparation shall be referred to the AF project engineer cited in this announcement. This announcement is an expression of interest only and does not commit the Government to pay for any response preparation costs. This cost of preparing proposals in response to this PRDA is not considered an allowable direct charge to any resulting contract, or any other contract. It is, however, an allowable expense to the normal bid and proposal indirect costs as specified in FAR 31.205-18. Specific technical requirements and other information follow: B -- (l) REQUIREMENTS: The contractor shall develop and demonstrate in a specific MEA application, a highly reliable electrical motor drive with significant improvements in power density and efficiency. By definition for this PRDA, a motor drive consists of a motor and motor controller. Typical applications include electric motor driven actuators for flight controls and utility systems and electric motor driven compressors and pumps for environmental control systems and fuel systems. The contractor shall address issues of reliability through reduced parts count in the motor controller's power and control electronics and simplified motor configurations. Power electronic building blocks and high speed digital signal processors or application specific integrated circuits (ASIC) and robust high temperature wire insulation shall be explored to further improve power density and reliability. Fault tolerance, if required for flight and mission critical applications, shall be achieved through advanced fault sensing and redundancy management of multiple isolated power and control channels in the motor drive. Also, advanced motors shall also be investigated that offer multiple channels of redundancy such as reluctance motors. Power density improvements will be achieved through parts count reduction, advanced packaging and thermal management techniques, and the use of soft switched power electronics to reduce the EMI filter weight. The contractor shall also address issues of acquisition cost. Specific goals for the program are as follows: a) 25,000 hours Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) for the motor controller and 50,000 hours MTBF for the motor, b) develop and demonstrate the motor control technology to enable fail safe operation after one or more electrical channel faults, c) a motor drive power density of 2 kW/lb and d) efficiency of 96% for the motor controller. Since some responders will have unique qualifications or specialized capabilities which will enable them to perform portions of this R&D program without necessarily having the qualifications to perform the entire program, it is possible that awards will be made for specific portions of this program. Therefore, each proposal task shall be costed separately so that each task contains labor hours and cost data including, but not limited to, representative management and overhead figures. Proprietary equipment, materials, and ideas in which the contractor expects exclusive rights shall be identified in the proposal. Any proprietary restraints on data to be collected on this program shall also be identified in the proposal. Publication restrictions may apply to these efforts. The contractor shall exercise administrative and financial management functions during the course of this effort such as: scheduling of activities and milestones, describing status, outlining contractor activity and progress toward accomplishment of objectives, planning, forecasting, and suggestions on funding and funding changes, program planning, describing in detail the overall results of the effort, and documenting any new technological breakthroughs. (2) DELIVERABLE ITEMS: The following deliverable items are required: (a) Presentation Material, DI-ADMN-81373/T (as required), (b) Status Report, DI-MGMT-80368/T (monthly), (c) Project Planning Chart, DI-MGMT-80507A/T (quarterly), (d) Funds and Man-Hour Expenditure Report, DI-FNCL-80331/T (monthly), (e) Scientific and Technical Reports, (Contractor's Voucher) DI-MISC-80711/T, (monthly), (f) Scientific and Technical Reports (Interim and/or Final Reports), DI-MISC-80711/T (as required), (g) Contract Funds Status Report (CFSR), DI-F-6004B/T (quarterly). (h) Hardware: All hardware developed under this procurement (as required). (3) TOTAL CONTRACT PERIOD ANTICIPATED: 32 Months of technical effort plus four months to process final report. (4) EXPECTED AWARD DATE: Between 1 September 1995 and 3 November 1995. (5) GOVERNMENT ESTIMATE: Level of effort for the technical tasks for the total program is estimated to be 14 person years. (6) TYPE OF CONTRACT: Cost plus fixed fee with a total program (all awards) estimate of $1,925,000 in government funds. This technology should lend itself to cost sharing proposals by offerors due to potential commercial applications. Teaming arrangements between universities and private industry will also be considered and are encouraged. Award of a grant or cooperative agreement, in lieu of a contract, to universities and non-profit institutions will be considered subject to the mutual agreement of the parties. (7) GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY: None. (8) SECURITY REQUIREMENTS: It is anticipated that work done under this contract will be unclassified. (9) SIZE STATUS: Applicable size standard for small business is 1000 employees. Firms responding should indicate whether they are or are not a socially and economically disadvantaged business, whether or not they are a woman-owned business, and should indicate their size status. (10) NOTICE TO FOREIGN OWNED FIRMS: Such firms are asked to immediately notify the Air Force point-of-contact cited below upon deciding to respond to this announcement. Foreign contractors should be aware that restrictions may apply which could preclude their participation in this acquisition. (11) PUBLIC LAW 98-94: Since Public Law 98-94 is applicable to this program, offerors must prepare a DD Form 2345, Export-Controlled DoD Technical Data Agreement, and forward it to: Commander, Defense Logistics Service Center, Battle Creek, Michigan 49017-3084, or provide evidence that registration with DLSC is already on file. (12) PRDA CONTACT POINT: Questions on technical issues may be referred to the Project Engineer, Gregory L. Fronista, WL/POOC-1, Wright Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7251, 513-255-6016. Questions related to contract/cost issues should be directed to Directorate of Research and Development Contracting, WL/POKA, Attn: Rose Minch, Wright Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7607, 513-255-2730. Offeror's are advised that only contracting officers are legally authorized to commit the Government. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. (0048)

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