FA8650-18-S-5001-Amd1.pdf

Amendment 01

FA8650-18-S-5001

BAA Title: “Quick Reaction Evaluation (QRE)

Materials and Processes III”

Federal Agency Name: Air Force Research Laboratory, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate (AFRL/RX)

Broad Agency Announcement Title: Quick Reaction Evaluation (QRE) Materials and Processes III

Broad Agency Announcement Type: This is an Amendment to the Initial Announcement

Broad Agency Announcement Number: FA8650-18-S-5001

AMENDMENT: This Amendment to BAA FA8650-18-S-5001 is being released to incorporate the following changes:

1) Update the estimated program cost of the BAA

2) Update the Brief Program Summary

3) Update the Statement of Objective/Description of Technical Area(s)

4) Update the Anticipated Funding

5) Update the attachment 1 to the Model Contract (Statement of Objectives – Basic Contract)

1) From PAGE 2 of the Original BAA:

Estimated Program Cost: FROM: $49,968,000.00

TO: $72,000,000.00

2) From PAGE 2 of the Original BAA

Brief Program Summary: Is amended to add the following paragraph:

4. Provide engineering and technical support to evaluate a number of environmentally friendly technologies. An additional objective is the development and evaluation of alternative energy, alternative fuels, reduced emissions, and energy conservation. These alternative technologies must be thoroughly tested on materials representative of military and commercial systems prior to qualification and implementation. This effort will investigate candidate materials and processes to reduce or eliminate the use of environmentally harmful materials.

3) From PAGE 4 of the Original BAA The Statement of Objective/Description of Technical Area(s):

The objective of this is to provide quick reaction evaluation of materials, corrosion control, protective coatings, materials testing and evaluation, materials analysis, and existing/emerging manufacturing and processing technologies in the fields of electronics, materials, and structures essential for supporting mishap investigations, root cause, and failure analysis as well as

(R&D) engineering support in the area of testing and characterization of environmentally friendly and energy efficient technologies and processes for the United States Air Force. Quick reaction support related to a wide variety of weapon systems and defense-related applications and issues associated with all phases of a system's life cycle from concept refinement through operations and support includes component failure analyses; material identification and characterization; mechanical property evaluations; characterizations of corrosion/erosion behavior; facilitate the transition of emerging materials and processing technologies; investigate materials and processing; characterization of environmentally friendly and energy efficient technologies and processes

(see attachment 1)

4) From PAGE 9 of the Original BAA

2. Anticipated Funding for the program (not per contract)

FY18/$2,772,250; FY19/$14,930,000; FY20/$13,073,000; FY21/$11,775,000;

FY22/$12,138,000; FY23/$11,261,000; FY24/$6,050,750

5) From PAGE 21 of the Original BAA

List of Attachments

1. Model Contract and Section K:

Statement of Objectives Basic Contract (Atch 1), dated 12 March 2018

(replaces the SOO dated 13 Feb 2018 in its entirety) NOTE: The terms of the model contract remain unchanged. The only document revised is Attachment 1 of the Model Contract, which is contained in this revision.

Address technical questions to: Mr. Edward White

Program Manager

AFRL/RXSA

Bldg. 652, Rm. 022

2977 Hobson Way

WPAFB, OH 45433

(937) 656-9162 Edward.White.9@us.af.mil mailto:Edward.White.9@us.af.mil

Address contracting questions to: Sarah Haines (Primary)

Contract Negotiator

AFRL/RQKMS

Bldg. 45, Area B 2130 Eighth St.

WPAFB, OH 45433

(937) 713-9879 Sarah.Haines@us.af.mil

Charlotte Chumack (Secondary) Contracting Officer

AFRL/RQKMS

Bldg. 45, Area B

2130 Eighth St.

WPAFB, OH 45433

(937) 713-9876 charlotte.chumack@us.af.mil mailto:Sarah.Haines@us.af.mil mailto:charlotte.chumack@us.af.mil

STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES (SOO)

QUICK REACTION EVALUATION OF MATERIALS AND PROCESSES

12 March 2018

1. Program Goals: This program is a follow-on program to continue providing quick reaction evaluation of materials, corrosion control, protective coatings, materials testing and evaluation, materials analysis, and existing/emerging manufacturing and processing technologies in the fields of electronics, materials, and structures essential for supporting mishap investigations, root cause, and failure analysis for the United States Air Force.

1.1. General Program Objectives:

1.1.1. Program Management: Provide administrative oversight necessary to plan, coordinate, schedule, and report all the contractor activities in the performance of this program.

1.1.2. Quick Reaction Support: The primary objective of this program is to provide quick reaction support to the AF including, but not limited to: AF Program Offices, Air Force Materiel

Command (AFMC) Centers, and AFRL organizations. Quick reaction support will include, but not be limited to: component failure analyses, material and mechanical property evaluations, research and development (R&D) engineering support in the area of testing and characterization of environmentally friendly and energy efficient technologies and processes and characterizations of corrosion, erosion, and degradation of materials used for weapon systems and defense-related applications. This program will also facilitate the transition of emerging

Materials and Processing (M&P) technologies to AF and DoD weapons systems. The program will investigate materials and processing related issues associated with all phases of a system’s life cycle from concept refinement through operations and support. This program is multi-disciplinary in that it covers the technology areas of structural materials, electronic materials, assessments and prevention of material degradation (e.g., corrosion), protective coatings, environmentally friendly and energy efficient technologies and processes, and materials testing and evaluation for existing and emerging materials and processes.

1.1.3 It is expected for the tasking to be accomplished primarily onsite, or possibly offsite during surge. Contractor personnel need to be onsite or within a one hour drive in order to be available for quick reaction response on projects categorized as such. This includes attending planning, information and technical interchange meetings related to the project, collecting test articles, performing analysis, providing results, and returning test articles within short timeframes typically ranging from 8 hours to within a week or in the case of mishap investigations all within less than 30 days.

2. Specific Program Objectives:

2.1. The program will initially consist of four (4) task orders (TO) that will include the following objectives:

2.1.1. Materials Protection and Containment: Provide support to research and development efforts in the technical core area of corrosion analysis. The purpose of this task order is to assist the AFRL Corrosion Integrated Product Team (CIPT) in its mission to reduce the cost of corrosion maintenance; create safer working environments; develop and maintain quick reaction competency and lab capability for materials degradation analysis; shape future acquisition and sustainment strategies; and increase aircraft, spacecraft, and weapon system availability.

2.1.2. Structural Aerospace Materials Evaluation and Testing: Perform root cause failure analyses and materials and processing evaluations of structural aerospace materials; to include performing mechanical property evaluations, developing improved testing methodologies on a wide variety of alloys and matrix materials, and developing mechanical properties for a better understanding of materials behavior or effects of a manufacturing process.

2.1.3. Electrical and Electronic Materials Evaluation: Perform root cause failure analyses on electrical (electronic) assemblies to include developing materials and processes, and test and evaluate ESD protective materials, processes, and equipment preventing electrostatic discharge.

2.1.4. Environmental and Energy Evaluation: Provide engineering and technical support to evaluate a number of environmentally friendly technologies. An additional objective is the development and evaluation of alternative energy, alternative fuels, reduced emissions, and energy conservation. These alternative technologies must be thoroughly tested on materials representative of military and commercial systems prior to qualification and implementation.

This effort will investigate candidate materials and processes to reduce or eliminate the use of environmentally harmful materials.

2.2. Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Support: Support AF depot- and field-level operations in the technical areas listed in paragraph 1.1.2 above. This support shall range from conducting a failure analysis investigation and recommending corrective actions to providing an M&P solution (such as inserting emerging material or an improved processing procedure) to an O&M field-level problem.

2.3. Aircraft Procurement Support: Provide M&P support to the warfighter to increase the useful life of a weapon system. These efforts shall include the technical areas listed in paragraph

1.1.2 above.

3. Deliverables: The deliverables under this contract shall include data items, test samples, any acquired or modified special test equipment, and residual materials from manufactured products, material characterization measurements, test data, activity reports, written evaluation reports, and scientific and technical papers. All test data collected during the analyses performed under this contract, including laboratory analysis, review of supplied technical documents, or data generated during an on-site visit cannot be released outside the Air Force without the approval of AFRL/RXS. Reference CDRL Data Items A001-A008.

4. Special Considerations:

4.1. Task Ordering: Work to be performed shall be assigned periodically as part of the basic contract and on a relatively short notice throughout the effort. Specific task orders shall be created as needed using requirements laid out in section 2 of this SOO. The Air Force contracting officer shall issue task orders, and no effort shall be conducted until such task orders have been awarded.

4.1.1. Contactor personnel shall attend meetings/symposia engaged in materials development, testing, evaluation, and sustainment activities in order to support the objectives of this program. The contractor shall also sponsor/co-sponsor meetings/symposia to effectively disseminate information. In addition, the contractor shall maintain a high level of expertise by attending technical society conferences, training seminars, or courses of instruction. This shall be coordinated with the Air Force project engineer where appropriate.

4.1.2. Data shall be reported in metric (SI) and English units where appropriate. Where standard practice dictates the use of only one system, only that system of units shall be required.

4.1.3. The contractor shall thoroughly document all test and evaluation results, observations, factual data, and other pertinent information obtained during each investigation and/or evaluation. The contractor shall provide digital and/or photographic images throughout all stages of the evaluation. The contractor shall also document new test methods.

4.2. Environmental Impact: The contractor shall assess the environmental consequences of the technology being developed from the standpoint of the project itself and from the standpoint of potential future scale ups to production-sized quantities. If the technology results in adverse environmental consequences, the contractor shall provide suggestions for making the technology environmentally acceptable and indicate what impact these suggestions have on the technology from an economic standpoint.

4.3. System Safety: This acquisition requires periodic design and modification to both new and existing experimental equipment. As required, the contractor shall conduct preliminary, subsystem and system-level hazard analyses. Any existing hazard analyses shall be updated and revised to reflect the current design of equipment. The contractor shall adhere to system safety principles. The contractor shall comply with Air Force and Industry recognized safety practices when using laser related equipment.

4.4. Hazardous Materials: The contractor shall provide to the Materials and Manufacturing

Directorate, Environmental Health and Safety Office (AFRL/RXOF), any and all residual hazardous materials. Material Safety Data Sheets for all hazardous and nonhazardous materials to be used or generated are available in AFRL/RX for use by the contractor. The contract shall specify that it does not require the contractor to use Class I Ozone Depleting Substances identified in the Air Force policy nor does it require the delivery of these Class I Ozone

Depleting Substances in any item or as part of any services. This effort does not involve the purchase of any item containing radioactive materials. There are no special atmospheric requirements for this system, no water resources, and no biological wastes. There are no construction requirements. The contractor shall be responsible for coordinating disposal of hazardous or chemical materials used on-site with the Air Force Materials and Manufacturing

IMMO office.

4.5. Equipment Inventory: The contractor shall annually perform a complete inventory, by room, of all contractually accountable equipment provided as base support. The contractor shall work with the equipment sub-custodian (AFRL/RXS) to add new equipment to the Custodian

Authorization/Custody Receipt Listing, to locate all missing base support equipment and prepare all missing equipment paperwork, equipment transfers, and turn-in paperwork. The contractor shall provide a single Point of Contact to manage and maintain the required “equipment custodian file” for each account within the branch.

5. Special Considerations:

5.1. Security:

5.1.1. Personnel/Facilities: The contractor shall assure that all employees comply with all security requirements (to include those imposed by the local commander during execution of specific Task Orders requiring Base Support). This compliance will be accomplished by all employees, and they shall follow the instructions of the local organizational commander pertaining to security. The contractor shall abide by all security regulations set forth by the government for all projects associated with a Special Access Program (SAP). Other requirements for dealing with SAP shall be detailed more completely in the DD Form 254. The contractor shall obtain favorable National Agency Check w/Inquiries (NACI) (or higher as required by contractual Task Order requirements to be established) investigations for its employees who require entrance to restricted areas and/or access to restricted information. The contractor shall contact the 88th Security Forces Squadron, Wright-Patterson AFB, to initiate this requirement. All contractors shall participate in all activities associated with the disciplines of the organization’s Information Security, Operations Security and Antiterrorism programs, following appropriate measures in each program during the performance of this contract.

5.1.2. Contractor employees requiring access to USAF bases, AFRL facilities, and/or access to U.S. Government Information Technology networks in connection with the work on this contract must be U.S. citizens. Possession of a permanent resident card (“Green Card”) does not equate to U.S. citizenship. This requirement does not apply to foreign nationals approved by the

U.S. Department of Defense or U.S. State Department under international personnel exchange agreements with foreign governments. Any waivers to this requirement must be granted in writing by the Contracting Officer prior to providing access. The above requirements are in addition to any other contract requirements related to obtaining a Common Access Card (CAC).

5.1.3. Operations Security (OPSEC): The contractor shall participate in all activities associated with the disciplines of the organization’s OPSEC program following appropriate measures required for this particular contract. This is required in an effort to reduce program vulnerability from successful adversary collection of possible sensitive unclassified and/or proprietary information, and violations of export control requirements. The contractor shall ensure that all subcontractors, if applicable, conform to these requirements as required by the prime contractor. Guidance can be provided by AFRL/RX Security as needed. OPSEC will be applied throughout the life cycle of the contract. The Critical Information List will be provided upon request by RX security Office. While working on the government installation, OPSEC will be provided by RX Security.

5.1.4. Program Protection Plan (PPP): The Contractor shall participate with the Government in the development of a PPP, to include the identification of Critical Program Information (CPI), and shall also participate with the Government in determining countermeasures needed to safeguard the CPI throughout the acquisition process. The Contractor shall plan for and execute program protection in accordance with the PPP and program guidance.