FA8650-19-S-1031-NOCA.pdf

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FedBizOps Notification of Contract Action (NOCA)

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT

FA8650-19-S-1031

1. NAICS CODE: 541715

2. FEDERAL AGENCY NAME: United States Air Force (USAF) Air Force Research Laboratory

(AFRL)

3. BROAD AGENCY ANOUNCEMENT TITLE: RF Analysis and Validation Engineering Software (RAVEnS)

4. BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT TYPE: One-Step Closed Broad Agency Announcement

5. PROPOSAL DUE DATE AND TIME: A call requesting proposals for these topics is anticipated to be published within approximately sixty (60) days. This is not a call for proposals. Do not submit proposals at this time. Any proposals received at this time will be disregarded. The anticipated funding listed below reflects estimated funding only. This estimate is not a promise of funding.

Funding is uncertain and is subject to change. Changes in availability may occur at the discretion of the Government.

6. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: This announcement focuses on research and development in the area of computational electromagnetics. The RAVEnS effort will serve to fund research, development, and quality assurance within the CREATE-RF suite of tools. Computational tools that meet government requirements for modeling RF components integrated into next generation weapons systems do not exist. CREATE-RF’s mission is to develop the algorithms and tools to bridge this gap and provide decision makers and designers with high quality RF modeling data that meets requirements in terms of accuracy, schedule, security, and budget.

STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVE/NEEDS:

1. Research, develop, verify, validate, test, and apply computational electromagnetic design tools – in concert with the government-led team to produce the next generation of HPCMP CREATE™ tools.

2. Research and develop advanced computational methods for the design and development of weapon systems – methods that exceed currently used techniques in accuracy, fidelity, time to solution, and usability.

3. Develop and deploy multi-physics engineering software applications on increasingly capable high performance computing systems. These applications will accurately predict the performance of weapon systems and enable the trade space optimization of new and retrofit designs.

4. Incorporate requirements and feedback from weapon systems analysts/designers (end users of the CREATE-RF tools) to develop and deploy next generation multi-physics engineering software applications. Goals are: 1) to enable the trade space optimization of new systems to avoid costly (time and money) retrofits when design flaws are discovered later in production; 2) create tools to upgrade fleeted systems to new performance requirements, 3) reduce build-and-test prototype cycles in new weapon acquisition programs.

5. Improve the productivity of the weapon system designers by incorporating new methodologies for CAD and mesh generation, analysis scenario descriptions, effective use of high-performance computer resources, management of models, and analysis results throughout design cycles, and use of computer graphical techniques to display engineering analysis results effectively.

7. AWARD INFORMATION:

ANTICIPATED FUNDING: It is estimated that the total value of contracts will be $49.9 million.

ANTICIPATED NUMBER OF AWARDS: 1

ANTICIPATED AWARD DATE: August 2019

8. OTHER:

General Operations Security (OPSEC) procedures, policies and awareness are required in an effort to reduce program vulnerability from successful adversary collection and exploitation of critical information. OPSEC will be applied throughout the life cycle of the contract. The Critical Information List (CIL) will be provided upon request by the AFRL/RYOY Information Protection Office. While working on the government installation, OPSEC guidance will be provided by the AFRL/RYOY Information Protection Office.

The contractor shall be required to deliver all hardware, software, and associated data developed and utilized in the development of any resulting contract. It is anticipated that a BAA providing details into this program will be released in next 90 days; the BAA will be made available at www.fbo.gov. Other business opportunities for AFRL are also available at www.fbo.gov. Any questions may be directed to the contracting or technical points of contact listed in the announcement.

9. TECHNICAL POC: Lance Griffiths, AFRL/RYMH Project Engineer/Program Manager Phone: 937-713-8911 Email: lance.griffiths.1@us.af.mil Address: 2241 Avionics Circle

WPAFB, OH 45433-7700

10. CONTRACTING POC: David J Smith, AFRL/RQKSE Contract Specialist Phone: 937-713-9970 http://www.fbo.gov/ http://www.fbo.gov/

Email: david.smith.383@us.af.mil Address: 2130 8th Street, Bldg. 45

WPAFB, OH 45433

THIS IS NOT A CALL FOR PROPOSALS.

DO NOT SUBMIT PROPOSALS AT THIS TIME.

ANY PROPOSALS RECEIVED WILL BE DISREGARDED.