B01.01 SAM Combined Synopsis and Solicitation.pdf

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) requires commercial sources for the procurement and installation of Strain and Displacement Digital Image Correlation Equipment in Champaign, IL.

This procurement is 100% set-a-side for small business concerns under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) – 333314 – Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing. The small business size standard is 500 employees.

The contractor shall provide measurement equipment and analysis tools that perform Digital Image Correlation for:

a) Modular optical sensors

b) Sensor mounts and lights

c) Image acquisition and analysis tools.

Background: There is a need for equipment and analysis tools to measure small area strains for materials testing and large area displacements for structural testing at the US Army Corps of Engineers

(USACE), Engineer Research and Development Center Construction Engineering Research Laboratory

(ERDC-CERL) in Champaign, IL. The amount of testing required in this space leads to difficulty in implementing traditional measurement methods, which often leads to testing delays for physically installing numerous sensors. Furthermore, this lab space is being used to investigate non-traditional construction methods, which are expected to behave differently than the traditional counterparts. This leads to difficulty in placement of traditional surface mounted sensors to ensure that measurements capture the true behavior of materials and structures. The intent of this announcement is to obtain Digital

Image Correlation (DIC) Equipment and analysis tools to measure small area strains, interface strains, and fracture characteristics for material testing and large area displacements for structural components.

The sections below define the Digital Image Correlation System Requirements (Section 1.0), and the

Installation and Training Requirements (Section 2.0) to be supplied by the contractor.

1.0 Digital Image Correlation System Requirements

The contractor shall provide measurement equipment and analysis tools that perform Digital

Image Correlation and meets the below requirements for a) modular optical sensors, b) sensor mounts and lights, and c) image acquisition and analysis tools.

1.1 Modular Optical Sensors

1.1.1 Capable of measuring 6 degree of freedom motion and ability to measure 2D and 3D displacements, strain fields, and modal responses.

1.1.2 Capable of materials testing with a measurement areas of 50 - 600 mm.

1.1.3 Capable of materials testing with a measurement areas of 0.9 - 9 m.

1.1.4 Camera resolution of 12 Megapixels with at least 4,096 x 3,068 pixels

1.1.5 Adjustable lights for specimen illumination

1.2 Sensor Mounts and Lights

1.2.1 Adjustable base with camera mounts and includes tube, camera holders, slider units, with travel case for small area strain measurements.

1.2.2 Camera Mount for large area displacement measurements capable of measuring areas up to 5000 x 4400 mm²

1.2.3 LED lights with polarizers capable of mounting in conjunction with mounts used for sensors.

1.2.4 High-power 1kW white lights with at least 36 degree to 60 degree beam angle for large area measurements.

1.2.5 Includes tripod with swivel head and Stable sensor stand

1.3 Image Acquisition and Analysis Tools

1.3.1 Rolling rack workstation capable of image acquisition, analysis of data, and live processing.

1.3.2 DIC Measurement tools

1.3.2.1 Full-field 3D displacements in X, Y and Z

1.3.2.2 Strains from 100 microstrains to 2,000%

1.3.2.3 Velocities and acceleration

1.3.3 Photogrammetry 6 Degrees-of-Freedom Point Tracking

1.3.4 Tools

1.3.4.1 Crack propagation scripts and fracture mechanics

1.3.4.2 Finite-element validation package

1.3.4.3 CAD import, mesh projection tools and shape comparison

1.3.4.4 Capability to perform automated materials characterization

2.0 Installation and Training Requirements

The contractor shall provide installation of the system and training on basics of Digital Image Correlation, hardware setup and troubleshooting, post processing and application specific topics. The contractor shall provide installation and training 30 days after delivery.

DIC Equipment and Analysis Tools shall be delivered and installed no later than August 30th, 2022.

All questions are due no later than NLT 2:00 PM (CST), 24 June 2022 to: chl-ct-quotes@usace.army.mil.

The Government will provide responses as quickly as possible

Please provide responses to this notice NLT 2:00 PM (CST), 30 June 2022 to: chl-ct-quotes@usace.army.mil.

Note: In order to be eligible for award of a Government contract, vendors must be actively registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), have no active exclusions, and complete the FAR and DFARS representations and certifications.

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