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A -- RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INVESTIGATING THE USE OF MICROENCAPSULATED PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS IN A FOAM MATRI SOL N00178-96-C-3014 DUE 042597 POC Ken Gibbs, Contract Specialist (540) 653-7765; J. E. Thomson, Contracting Officer WEB: Dahlgren Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, http://proc_div.nswc.navy.mil. E-MAIL: Dahlgren Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, bgetty@nswc.navy.mil. This synopsis and any applicable amendments will also be available on the World Wide Web at http://www.nswc.navy.mil/ under Procurement Division or http://pro_div.nswc.navy.mil/. THE DAHLGREN DIVISION, NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER INTENDS TO MODIFY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT N00178-96-C-3014 WITH FRISBY TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 417 SOUTH MAIN STREET, FREEPORT, NEW YORK, ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS. THE CONTRACT MODIFICATION WILL REQUIRE THE CONTRACTOR TO CONDUCT EXPERIMENTS TO DETERMINE THE MAXIMUM LOADINGS BY WEIGHT OF MICROENCAPSULATED PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS THAT CAN BE INCORPORATED INTO A FOAM MATRIX WHILE RETAINING FOAM CHARACTERISTICS SUITABLE FOR USE IN THERMAL PROTECTIVE DRY SUIT LINERS. THIS MODIFICATION WILL ALSO REQUIRE THE CONTRACTOR TO DEVELOP PROTOTYPE MICROENCAPSULATED PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL FOAM GLOVE LINERS, AND TO DELIVER PROTOTYPES OF VARIOUS CONFIGURATIONS OF PROTOTYPE FOAM LINERS. THIS MODIFICATION IS EXPECTED TO COST APPROXIMATELY $30,000. INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD CONTACTTHIS ACTIVITY FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. Note 22 APPLIES!! (0099)

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