Request for Solutions: Aviation Universal Charger

Special Notice N0016424SNC21

Agency:  Department of the Navy

Office:  Naval Sea Systems Command

Location:  Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane Division

NAICS Code:  541715 – Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Science

PSC Code: AC13 – National Defense R&D Services; Department of Defense

Response Due Date:  5 September 2024

Request for Solutions:

Aviation Universal Charger

1.  PURPOSE

This special notice is to inform vendors of an existing Request for Solutions (RFS). The purpose of this RFS is to solicit innovative proposals for fieldable, deployable, functional way to maintain, analyze, charge, and discharge the legacy and future aviation batteries.  The Government will evaluate the solutions with the intent of awarding a Project Order under the Expeditionary Missions Consortium (EMC2) Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) in accordance with 10 U.S.C. § 4022.

BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY

1. 1. EMC2

Vendors interested in responding to this RFS must be members of the (EMC2). Interested parties should visit emccrane.org for membership information. This project will be managed by a Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division Project Manager. The RFS released via the weblink listed above for EMC2 on 8 August 2024.
 

1. 1. PROJECT OVERVIEW

A three year approach is preferred. The first year takes the project through preliminary design review and closeout. This first phase should include identifying the necessary requirements and designing a universal aviation charger. The government team will identify many of the necessary requirements in the Statement of Need. It is expected the Government and the vendor will collaborate in this first phase.  The second year ends with critical design review and close out. This second year should include finalizing the design and limited testing along with providing at least one prototype. Third year is prototypes and testing.  

Contracting Office Address:

300 Hwy 361
Crane, IN 47522
United States

Primary Point of Contact.:

Mark Dravet

mark.v.dravetciv@us.navy.mil

Phone: 812-381-7085

Secondary Point of Contact:

Sydney Wittmann

sydney.l.wittmann.civ@us.navy.mil

Phone: 812-381-0990