Phillips Laboratory, Directorate of Contracting, 2251 Maxwell Avenue SE, Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5773

A -- DIRECTED ENERGY, HIGH POWER MICROWAVE (HPM), PULSED POWER SYSTEMS (PPS) SOL F29601-98-R-0016 POC Brendell Gallegos, DET 8 AFRL/PKDP, (505) 853-3434 DIRECTED ENERGY, HIGH POWER MICROWAVE (HPM), PULSED POWER SYSTEMS (PPS) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D) EFFORTS PROGRAM, Solicitation No. F29601-98-R-0016. Point of Contact (POC) for contracting issues: Brendell Gallegos, Contract Specialist, 505-853-3434. POC for technical issues: Major Thomas Dipp, 505-846-8571. The Air Force Research Laboratory, Directed Energy Directorate (AFRL/DE) is interested in identifying only Small Disadvantaged Businesses and Small Woman Owned Businesses capable of providing supporting technical capabilities and ancillary supplies and services for the subject solicitation as a subcontractor to the prime contractor awardee. This requirement was previously advertised (reference CBD No. 251047, 17 Sep 98) to determine potential as a Small Business Set-Aside (SBSA) in its entirety. Based on the evaluated results of that advertisement, the contracting officer determined that a SBSA was not appropriate. This announcement solicits a market survey for only Small Disadvantaged Businesses and Woman Owned Small Businesses in a subcontract relationship. The estimated value of the acquisition is $49.3 million which includes an option estimated at $9.0 million for a contemplated Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract. The performance period of the contemplated contract is five years to commence on or about 1 Feb 00. The estimated value of the subcontracting opportunities for ancillary supplies/services is $12 million. This amount does not include any value for technical support, which would be extra. For a copy of the current bidders list please contact Mr. Brendell Gallegos, DET 8 AFRL/PKDP, Directorate of Contracting, 2251 Maxwell Ave SE, Kirtland AFB NM 87117-5773. This is also the mailing address to provide your plan (original plus four copies) demonstrating the unique capabilities your firm may have in supporting the prime contractor. Your plan should be received at the address listed above no later than 20 calendar days from issuance of this notice. The following is a topic list of the subcontracting opportunities: ability to perform/provide basic R&D, operation and maintenance of HPM sources, Pulsed Power (PP), PPS, Theoretical and Computational Studies and Analyses, and Prime Power and ancillary supplies/services such as; Machined Parts, Electric/Electronic Hardware/components which includes detectors, pumps, gauges, controllers, power supplies, capacitors, switches, wire and cable, R&D Test Services which includes design, test, evaluation and reports dealing with unique hardware components and gasses, and Security Upgrades and Site Preparation. DET 8 AFRL/PKDP will use the plans submitted under this market survey request to facilitate establishment of Small Business subcontracting goals for evaluation in the source selection in the event that large businesses submit proposals for the subject solicitation. The plan shall address the requirements identified in Commerce Business Daily Numbered Note 25. Relative to Note 25, the plan shall discuss and be segmented into the following areas: 1) Identify your firm by company name, address, telephone number and POC; what is your firm's size status, Small Disadvantaged Business or Woman Owned Small Business. 2) HPM Technical Experience: Experience over the last three years in HPM. Your firm should address the following as applicable. Experience in R&D efforts for both pulsed and Continuous Wave (CW) HPM systems and sources (wideband and narrowband). R&D will also include switching systems, antenna systems, increasing power extracted/radiated from existing HPM sources, extending radio frequency (rf) pulse lengths, and developing new loading sources (other than HPM) including other electromagnetic radiation, plasma, and/or particles. As part of this work, new cathode materials, beam transport systems (guiding magnetic fields) and electron beam collectors shall be studied. Prototype sources shall be developed, field-tested, and used to assess suitability of new designs for effects testing and advanced weapons application. Weapon concepts include HPM narrowband and impulse wideband devices, which could be single shot, repetitively pulsed, or CW. Included are pulsed HPM microwave and impulse wideband devices capable of terawatt peak powers and multi-kilojoule pulses at multi-megawatts average power, and pulse rep-rates from a single pulse to thousands of pulses per second. CW devices are required to develop up to multi-megawatts of power for operating durations of a few seconds to several minutes. This effort will also consist of electrical and mechanical design, fabrication testing, implementation, and/or retrofit of HPM systems, microwave diagnostic and technical support of field tests or demonstrations of completed systems. Systems to be operated include CW and pulsed HPM. HPM systems will include MW- and GW-class generators. 3) Pulsed Power Technical Experience: Experience over the last three years in PP. The firm should address the following as applicable. Experience in R&D efforts for conventional and explosive pulsed power. R&D will include the design and fabrication of compact Marx banks and explosive Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) and Magnetocumulative (MCG) generators. Included are high voltage and high current switching, generation of plasma and particle beams, and high voltage insulation. This effort will also consist of electrical and mechanical design, fabrication testing, implementation, and/or retrofit of PP drivers for HPM sources; PP for PP drivers, PP diagnostics; and technical support of field tests or demonstrations of completed systems. Systems to be operated include supporting explosive magnetic Flux Compression Generators (FCG) in the 1-100 megajoule, 1-100 megamp class using up to 1,000 pounds of high explosives per shot. 4) Pulsed Power Systems, Theoretical and Computational, and Prime Power Experience: Experience over the last three years in Pulsed Power Systems, Theoretical and Computational Studies and Analyses, and Prime Power. Your response should address the following as applicable. Experience in R&D efforts on modular capacitor systems capable of storing several megajoules, delivering multi-megamps with flexible timing and triggering of separate modules. Additional systems to be operated include Prime Power interfaces, cryogenic supporting systems, microwave transmission systems, antennas, instrumentation systems, safety monitoring systems, data acquisition, and reduction systems. Theoretical and Computational studies and Analyses include modeling and simulation of HPM and PP components and systems through the use of 3-D PIC plasma physics simulation software, 3-D and 2.5-D MHD simulation software and the use of DoD high-performance computing assets for the application of scaleable plasma physics and computational electromagnetic software. Prime Power includes the use of conventional and unconventional power sources to delivery energy for HPM and PP systems. The planned effort shall require technical and analysis reports, test reports, prototype hardware/software, development/maintenance/operation of prototype/test hardware. The subcontractor may operate and maintain various test and experimental equipment, and maintain for R&D purposes, a number of Kirtland AFB NM facilities. 5) Resumes: Firms will provide resumes of key personnel. 6) Ancillary Supplies/Services: These include Machined Parts, Electric/Electronic Hardware/components which includes detectors, pumps, gauges, controllers, power supplies, capacitors, switches, wire and cable, R&D Test Services which includes design, test, evaluation and reports dealing with unique hardware components and gasses, and Security Upgrades and Site Preparation. Firms will address each section above separately and may subdivide each section. Each of the applicable technical areas must be addressed individually. The plan shall be limited to a maximum of 40 pages, not including resumes. Top Secret Security clearances will be required at time of award. Foreign owned firms are advised that they will not be allowed to participate as the primecontractor. Large businesses and Small Businesses should not submit a plan, only Small Disadvantaged Businesses and Woman Owned small Businesses should submit plans. The Standard Industrial Classification Code for this acquisition is 8731, 500 employees. Replies to this announcement must reference RFP number F29601-98-R-0016. Posted 07/07/99 (W-SN351254). (0188)

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