Analysis and Preliminary Design of a Wind Tunnel

N00164-16-S-NB43 - Analysis and Preliminary Design of a Wind Tunnel 5865 - FSC 334511 - NAICS Issue Date: 10 February 2016 Closing Date: 29 April 2016 Time 3:00 EST Notice Information Agency/Office: NSWC Crane Location: Crane, Indiana Title: Wind Tunnel Test facility Description(s): Reference Number N00164-16-S-NB43, is a request for information (RFI) issued by the NSWC Crane for information and planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a Request for Proposal (RFP) or as an obligation on the part of NSWC Crane to acquire any product or services. NSWC Crane does not intend to award a contract based on this RFI or otherwise pay for the information requested. Submission of a response to this RFI is voluntary. The voluntary submission of a response to this RFI shall not obligate NSWC Crane to pay or entitle the submitter to any compensation. All information and data received in response to this RFI marked or designated as corporate or proprietary information will be protected as such. There is no solicitation available at this time. However, should such a requirement materialize, no basis for claims against NSWC Crane shall arise as a result of a response to this Sources Sought notice or NSWC Crane use of such information as either part of our evaluation process or in developing specifications for any subsequent requirement. Technical Point of Contact Information Responses may be transmitted by email to Gary Roach, at Gary.Roach@.navy.mil, in either Microsoft Office or PDF formats. Important Dates All responses shall be received on or before April 29, 2016 by 12 p.m., Eastern daylight time (EDT). 1) Objective The NSWC Crane Airborne Electronic Attack Division (AEA) is responsible for research, development and sustainment in support of the Navy's tactical airborne electronic warfare requirements and missions. These include electronic warfare support measures, electronic countermeasures, and supporting counter-countermeasures, as well as studies, analyses, and simulations for determining and improving the performance of Airborne Electronic Warfare Systems. AEA is requesting sources that can perform requirements analysis and preliminary design of a wind tunnel facility to perform acceptance testing on a wing stores pod. The front cross section of the pod measures approximately 30 inches in diameter with horizontal flaps extending to 43.4 inches in width. The vertical dimension of the flaps is approximately 23.1 inches centered evenly on the pod. The pod is approximately 120 inches in length. If necessary, a requirements conference will be conducted at NSWC Crane for further requirements clarification. A ROM estimate is requested for 1) design and build of a wind tunnel facility, or 2) identification of the cost to upgrade an existing Wind Tunnel Facility located at NSWC Crane. The wing stores pod includes a submerged Ram Air Turbine (RAT) attached by shaft to a Generator. At full power, the RAT shaft power is 102 kW. The wing stores pod includes an airflow management system (AMS) that feeds ram air to the RAT through two sets (inboard and outboard) of inlet and exhaust flaps, with flap angles that vary from 0 to 35 degrees. 2) Requirements 2.1) Wind Tunnel Airflow Speed, Density, and Temperature: 2.1.1) Airspeed and Density - Simulated Altitude for Pod full power performance: With the Pod operating at 102 kW shaft power (full power), the wind tunnel shall be capable of maintaining airspeeds and altitude density within the envelope depicted in Figure 1 with the label "Max EIRP Threshold Region" that is defined by the Mach-altitude points: 2.1.1.1. (U) (0.90M, 35.0 kft) 2.1.1.2. (U) (0.90M, 26.0 kft) 2.1.1.3. (U) (0.80M, 21.0 kft) 2.1.1.4. (U) (0.65M, 15.0 kft) 2.1.1.5. (U) (0.67M, 20.0 kft) 2.1.1.6. (U) (0.70M, 25.0 kft) 2.1.1.7. (U) (0.75M, 30.0 kft) 2.1.1.8. (U) (0.81M, 35.0 kft) 2.1.2) Airspeed and Density - Simulated Altitude for Pod 50% full power performance: With the Pod operating at 51 kW shaft power (50% full power), the wind tunnel shall be capable of maintaining airspeeds and altitude density within the envelope depicted in Figure 1 with the label "Pod Radiating Limit". 2.1.3) Wind Tunnel Test Operating Temperature The wind tunnel shall be capable of maintaining the airflow temperature below 110 degrees F. Figure 1: Operating and Maximum EIRP Test Envelopes is provided as an attachment to this notice. 2.2) Test Equipment and Instrumentation: The measurement requirements are as follows: 2.2.1) Vibration measurements of unit under test 2.2.2) Elapsed time measurements 2.2.3) Optical IR measurements of unit under test 2.2.4) Wind tunnel pressure measurements 2.2.5) Temperature measurements of unit under test, wind tunnel inlet, wind tunnel outlet, wind tunnel ambient 2.2.6) Conversion of pressure readings to air speed indication 2.2.7) Test software to control and execute various test patterns for the above equipment. 3) Scope of Information to be included in response to RFI: 3.1) Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) estimate on the costs to design and build a wind tunnel facility capable of performing the testing on an assembly with the specified size and test requirement set detailed earlier. Include approximate costs for the hardware required to operate this wind tunnel. 3.2) the infrastructure power and any additional environmental or additional requirements the wind tunnel would present along with projected power usage comparisons 3.3) the building size required to accommodate such a wind tunnel. 3.4) Wind tunnel technical specifications such as blower efficiency and diffuser efficiency as well as overall wind tunnel specification including whether a closed return or open return wind tunnel is planned. 3.5) An identification of the trade space of any requirements that cannot be met NSWC Crane desires that a single vendor complete the required tasks, and as many of the desired tasks as possible; subcontracting for specific commercial items is acceptable. 4) CONTRACTOR RESPONSE FORMAT 4.1) NSWC Crane asks that interested parties, at a minimum, supply the following information: 4.2) Name of Company and Point of Contact (POC) 4.3) Telephone Number, Fax Number, Address and email address of POC 4.4) Business Size and number of employees 4.5) Type of Set Aside (if applicable) 4.6) Capabilities statement and relevant experience in the area of work listed in the sources sought 4.7) Proposed NAICS code 4.8) Proposed PSC code 4.9) Please specific if subcontracting possibilities exist and/or if all tasks can be performed by a single vendor 4.10) Please provide in the response a list of Navy, DoD or Federal contracts supported during the past 36 months with a brief description of the supply or service provided for the same or similar type work. Pricing and Schedule Information NSWC Crane is requesting interested contractors provide a Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) estimate of costs. Assumptions Please provide a list of assumptions, if any, which were considered in formulating the response. Submission of Information It is requested that the above information be provided no later than April 29, 2016 by 12 pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Responses may be e-mailed to contact@example.gov.