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A--SPECIALIZED TECHNICAL SERVICES

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N0016707Q5291Federal

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The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division (NSWCCD), Code 613, is seeking to acquire specialized technical services from Dynaflow Inc., located in Jessup, MD, through a non-competitive procurement. The contract involves research and development support focused on evaluating the cavitations erosion resistance of coatings considered for use on LCAC lift fan blades. Dynaflow brings unique expertise and equipment to this effort, including an experimental test assembly with high-speed video capabilities to conduct small-scale cavitations erosion testing and visualization. The company, led by principal investigator Dr. Georges Chahine, offers an alternative and accelerated test method using cavitating jets, which produces realistic cavitation bubble clouds and allows testing of various sample shapes, providing faster results than the traditional ASTM G-32-98 vibratory apparatus test. The services provided under this contract will include preliminary testing, investigation of cavitations erosion phenomena, development of measurement techniques, and comparative analysis of several coatings based on erosion damage over time and removal rates per energy expended. While the Government intends to negotiate directly with Dynaflow due to their specialized capabilities, all responsible sources are invited to submit capability statements by the specified deadline for consideration. The decision regarding competition is at the Government’s discretion, with information collected primarily to determine the necessity of a competitive procurement. This effort supports NSWCCD’s broader goal of advancing the durability and performance of materials used in critical naval aviation components.

General Info

NSWCCD contracts Dynaflow for specialized cavitation erosion research on LCAC lift fan blade coatings.

Agency

Department Of Defense → Nswc Carderock

Contract Value

$29,000

NAICS

541715 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)

Place of Performance

MD, USA

Set-Aside

NONE

Awardee

DYNAFLOW, INC.

Award Issued Date

09/29/2007, 12:00:00 AM UTC

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PhaseAwarded

PostedAug 23

Presolicitation

AwardedSep 29

Contract was awarded

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Organization & Contact Information

AgencyDepartment Of Defense → Nswc Carderock

ContactsNo contacts available

OfficeBETHESDA, MD, 20817-5700, USA

Organization / AgencyDepartment Of Defense → Nswc Carderock

Office AddressBETHESDA, MD, 20817-5700, USA

ContactsNo contact information available

Full Description

The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division (NSWCCD), Code 613, has a requirement to determine cavitations erosion resistance of coatings that are being considered for potential use as LCAC lift fan blade coatings. NSWCCD intends to negotiate a non-competitive procurement with Dynaflow Inc. (DynaFlow), located in Jessup, MD to provide specialized technical services to support its research and development efforts through conduct of preliminary small scale testing, visualizations, investigation of cavitations erosion issues, development of measurement techniques, and comparison of cavitations erosion resistance characteristics of selected coatings. Dynaflow's expertise in cavitations erosion testing and characterizations as well as the equipment available are unique. DynaFlow has a suitable experimental test assembly, complete with high speed video equipment, intended to test the type of phenomena of interest to NSWCCD. Dr. Georges Chahine is the principal investigator for this work and has extensive experience in cavitations erosion testing, flow visualization and numerical analysis. Current research indicates that DynaFlow, Inc. has developed an alternative cavitations erosion test method for testing a material for erosion resistance. The cavitations generated by a cavitating jet provides realistic cavitations bubble clouds with distribution of various size micro bubbles, shear flows with vortices, and hemi-spherical bubble clouds around the test sample. The cavitating jet is also flexible that any sample shapes can be used as long as the size and weight are in a manageable range. The method is faster than the ASTM G-32-98, a standard test method for cavitations erosion using vibratory apparatus. DynaFlow will support NSWCCD's research and development efforts through conduct of erosion testing using cavitations jets for several coatings intended to be put on LCAC lift fan blades. The results are to be presented in terms of damage versus time. For comparative purposes, the results are also presented in removal rates per energy spent. All responsible sour! ces submitting offers will be considered. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Interested parties may forward their capabilities statements to the Government POC on or before 09/07/2007 and referencing RFQ N00167-07-Q-5291.