Battery Trade Study

THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN FAR SUBPART 12.6-STREAMLINED PROCEDURES FOR EVALUATION AND SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL SERVICES-AS SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTATIONS ARE BEING REQUESTED, AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED.This solicitation is a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-60.***This solicitation is being issued using Simplified Acquisition Procedures. *** The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport intends to award this requirement as an unrestricted procurement to GENERAL ATOMIC TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION of San Diego, CA on a Firm- Fixed Price Purchase Order for efforts to provide a trade study on the General Atomics Secure High Energy Dense System (SHEDS) (Also known as Lithium-ion Fault Tolerant (LiFTTM)) battery system and its application to the Large Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (LDUUV) design.in accordance with the attached Performance Work Statement. General Atomics developed and manufactures a unique and innovative concept for a safe, scalable, high energy, large format lithium-ion battery system optimized for undersea vehicles. Proprietary safety features, intentional failure modes, and software controls have been incorporated into the system design to mitigate and prevent mechanical, electrical, and thermal propagation ensuing from a single cell failure. Additional effort would likely take up to a year to develop technology under a different manufacturer to meet the same requirements. This would severely impact the LDUUV program schedule. This synopsis is posted for informational purposes only and is not a request for competitive offers. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed action based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. No electronic or hard copy Request for Quote (RFQ) will be prepared or made available for distribution.. This action is conducted under FAR Part 13. Additional Info: Updates to this procurement and all associated documents will be made available on the FBO website. Point of Contact(s): Point of Contact - Michael Broomfield, Contracting Officer, +1 (555) 000-0000;contact@example.gov The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 541330 with a small business size standard of $38.5M. This requirement is unrestricted