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SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION C - DESCRIPTIONS AND SPECIFICATIONS

AMENDMENT 0002

0.1 Scope: The items contained in the General Statement of Work Requirements section of this contract apply to Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINs) 0001, 0002, 0003 and 0006 only; the items contained in the General

Statement of Work Requirements section of this contract do not apply to CLINs 0004, 0005, and 0007, 0008, and

0009. All costs attributable to the General Statement of Work Requirements section of this contract shall be included in CLIN 0001 until such time as the option to perform CLIN 0006 is exercised, at which time all costs attributable to the General Statement of Work Requirements section of this contract shall be included in CLIN 0006.

Subparagraphs contained in the Section C Descriptions and Specifications of the contract have requirements that shall be considered a part of the next higher paragraph; subparagraph contain amplifying information that pertain to the scope of the higher paragraph and any associated Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) item. The

Contractor shall provide services, materials, facilities and personnel necessary to perform the tasks identified below.

Each deliverable indicated below shall be delivered in accordance with CLIN 0002 of the contract, and the

Contractor shall comply with the detailed contents specified in the CLINs below for each data item. In addition to the technical requirements contained herein, the Government Program Office (PEO SHIPS PMS 320) goals for this effort include the incorporation of wide band-gap power electronics devices (such as Silicon-Carbide (SiC), greater than 6KV rating) into the power conversion equipment; the identification and integration of domestic source of battery cells, if battery cells are used; an increased level of small business participation during contract execution;

and the operating systems contained within the Energy Magazine shall not be Microsoft Windows based.

0.3.1.1 Integrated Master Schedule (IMS): The Program Plan shall include an event-based, resource allocated, costed IMS, reflecting how the effort will be executed, including timing of reviews and the planned cost of each event which rolls into the Estimate at Completion (EAC) for each priced CLIN and Option Exercised CLINS. The

IMS shall be developed in a manner that reflects the Contractor’s customary way of organizing projects and the need to have a direct relationship between project events and cost projections. The IMS shall be maintained in Microsoft

Project™ format and shall be made available to the Navy electronically, in both Microsoft Project™ and PDF formats. The schedule shall be organized in accordance with the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and contain the planned events and milestones, accomplishments, estimated cost, exit criteria, and activities from contract award to the completion of the contract. No less more than 95% of the tasks in the IMS shall have a duration of less greater than 40 business days, with exception for procurement of materials with long lead times. The Contractor shall not maintain separate schedules for internal use and external reporting to the Navy. CDRL data deliveries shall show the dependencies to the work required to complete the CDRL (as a successor task) and not be tied to key events (as a predecessor task), such as design reviews, in order to avoid artificial completion dates that would lead to an inferior

CDRL product and design review dates being planned when all of the precursor work is not complete. The IMS shall be baselined as part of the Program Plan and the Contractor shall provide status against this baseline as part of the IMS updates provided as an appendix to the Progress Reports cited below. The Contractor shall ensure schedule integration with any subcontractors and shall verify/ensure the validity of the subcontractor’s schedule data, including demonstrating effective methods for incorporating schedule data from subcontractors into the Contractor’s

IMS.

0.13.1 To establish the integrated performance management system, the EVMS shall be linked to and supported by the Contractor’s management processes and systems to include the IMS, contract WBS, change management, material management, procurement, cost estimating, and accounting. The correlation and integration of these systems and processes shall provide for early indication of cost and schedule problems, and their relation to technical achievement. The Contractor shall report program cost, schedule and earned value status in an Integrated

Program Management Report (IPMR) submitted as an appendix to the Progress Report. The Contractor shall provide a reconciliation of the Contractor Funds Status Report (CFSR) with the IPMR as an addendum to the

IPMR. The Contractor shall provide the IPMR and reconciled CFSR monthly in conjunction with the monthly status report (A001).

1.1.2 Integrated Baseline Review (IBR): An IBR focusing on the realism of the Contractor’s integrated

Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB) and the appropriateness of the Earned Value Management (EVM) methodology to be employed under the contract shall be scheduled as soon as possible after the contract PMB is in place, but, in no event without specific authorization of the Navy and in no event later than sixth month after contract award. The Government will verify during the IBR, and follow-on IBRs when required, that the Contractor has established and maintains a reliable PMB. The Contractor shall ensure that the baseline includes the entire contract technical scope of work consistent with contract schedule requirements and has adequate resources assigned. The Contractor shall ensure that effective EVM methods are used to status contract cost, schedule, and technical performance. The IBR is used to achieve a mutual understanding of the baseline plan, cost and schedule risk, and the underlying management processes used for planning and controlling the program. The Ccontractor shall flow-down the IBR requirement to those subcontractors that meet the applicable thresholds for EVM reporting and the Ccontractor shall lead the IBRs that are conducted at subcontractors.

1.2.1.2 Energy Magazine Power Conversion Cabinet (PCC): There is a baseline and three additional input/output variants that the Contractor shall design, fabricate, and test as part of CLIN 0001. The Contractor shall design, fabricate and test the baseline PCC power conversion, electrical interfaces with the ESC, ship and load; associated cooling system, Human Machine Interface (HMI), and ancillary components and assemblies. The baseline Energy

Magazine PCC, as specified in Section J Attachment C, features a 4,160 VAC bi-directional input/output, a 650

VDC output; a 375 VDC output; and a 1000 VDC unregulated output. All necessary functionality of the baseline and variant inputs/outputs shall be accomplished by higher frequency transformers contained within the Energy

Magazine specified volume. The Contractor shall demonstrate the functionality of the EM baseline as well as with each Variant power converter installed to verify modularity of the Contractor’s design.

1.3.1.1 Energy Storage Media (if Battery-Based): Should the Energy Magazine design feature a battery based energy storage media, the Contractor shall provide safety qualification test assets to include 100 individual battery cells; 17 instrumented Battery Line Replaceable Unit (LRU) test assets for destructive testing; 3 Battery

Management System (BMS)/Control LRUs for non-destructive Electrical Safety Device (ESD) testing (may be partial string as directed by the Navy Battery Safety Subject Matter Expert); 3 full voltage, production representative, battery strings with associated BMS and cabling; a production representative cabinet; any cabinet level hardware and software that provide control over the BMS and the battery; any necessary electrical safety devices (fuses, contactors, breakers, etc.); and any test harnesses and cooling system connections necessary to complete S9310-AQ-SAF-010 and SG270-BV-SAF-010 required testing. The 17 Battery LRUs shall each be modified with bypassed safeties and include 8 heater rods and 36 thermocouples, with access to 2 parallel battery strings within the LRU. Details of the heater rods, thermocouples, and inter-LRU string access shall be presented in the preliminary design of the battery system, with input from the Navy battery subject matter experts, and provided to the Navy as part of the design review process defined herein. The Contractor shall provide 5 spare battery LRUs, and 6 sets of spare consumable electrical safety devices (fuses, contactors, etc.). The Contractor shall provide a charging and balancing apparatus/device that is capable of charging and balancing a single LRU from industrially available 110VAC, 220VAC, or 440VAC power to a user selectable state of charge. These battery-based safety qualification test assets shall be provided to the Navy no later than four (4) calendar months prior to PDR to enable the Navy to initiate the required S9310-AQ-SAF-010 characterization and assess how the battery-based system would survive at high temperature/current for a meaningful length of time and for cell-level results to be available for PDR.

1.3.1.2 Power Hardware-in-the-Loop (PHIL) and Controller Hardware-in-the-Loop (CHIL): The Contractor shall conduct provide PHIL and CHIL testing assets for useing in Navy conducted real-time modeling and simulation techniques. The Contractor shall supply the controller hardware and software to be interfaced to a real-time simulation of the power hardware for CHIL simulation testing prior to PRR. The Contractor shall use CHIL testing prior to PDR and PHIL testing after prior to completion of FAT at a capable test site as a method of de-risking the Energy Magazine hardware and software to ensure operation within the ship service electrical architecture. In order to properly coordinate with the Navy’s own modeling and simulation capability, the test site shall employ commercial Real Time Digital Simulator (RTDS) hardware and software so that all models and simulations developed may be transferred to the Navy for additional testing. The Contractor shall maintain a robust method of verification and validation of models, simulations, and results in order to properly and accurately capture the behavior of the Energy Magazine in the ship applications. The Contractor shall supply the controller hardware and software to be interfaced to a real-time simulation of the power hardware for CHIL simulation testing. The controller shall be configured with inputs and outputs suitable for interfacing with the real-time simulation model (power hardware) provided, as described above, and other emulated supervisory control systems (if applicable). The Contractor shall provide necessary support for setup and commissioning of the CHIL test setup. Physical input/output interfaces used for variable signaling purposes, (e.g. voltages, currents, references, etc.), should be mapped to analog voltages from +10V to -10V. Discrete control bits (e.g. firing pulses, enable, trip, status) should be 5V (Low Voltage Transistor-Transistor Logic (LVTTL)) or similar. Upon request by the Contractor with supporting information and approval by the Navy, the Contractor may be permitted to provide alternate signaling and control interfaces. Necessary emulated supervisory control systems that interact with the target controller via communication network interfaces and protocols may be allowed, with

Navy approval.

2.2 Data shall be submitted to PMS 320, the Electric Ships Office in an electronic mailing using Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, or PDF file formats, unless otherwise agreed to. that Tthe documents will shall be posted to the PMS 320 IDE and the Contractor IDE as described above. The name of the data files shall start with the CDRL number and serial number (for example: “CDRL A004-03F for ABC company Energy

Magazine.pdf”). No paper copy shall be delivered unless otherwise agreed to by the Navy. Unless otherwise specified, the Contractor's format is acceptable, provided the technical content requirements are met. The content requirements are specified for each data item in the SOW and the Data Item Descriptions (DIDs) provided as GFI and referenced for each data item. Formal deliverable documents posted to the PMS 320 IDE and the Contractor

IDE as described above shall be accompanied by direct notification to the Contracting Officer’s Representative

(COR) that the document is posted along with a link that can be followed to the location on the IDE. The Contractor shall use the Section J Attachment M PMS 320 Report Style Guidance as a guide for uniformity of the deliverable cover pages and labelling. Certain deliverable data shall conform with Section J Attachment M, as specified in the

Contract Data Requirements List, DD Form 1423, Exhibit(s) A, attached hereto. For the purpose of calculating the delivery schedule noted on the DD Form 1423, Exhibit(s) A, days means calendar days and the date of award is the date in which the Navy Contracting Officer signs the contract (form SF 33, block 28).

SECTION F - DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE

The following Delivery Schedule item for CLIN 0003 has been changed from:

DELIVERY DATE QUANTITY SHIP TO ADDRESS DODAAC /

CAGE

3 mths. AOE 1 NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER

PHILADELPHI

: MIKE DIPROSPERO

1601 LANGLEY AVE., BLDG 542

PHILADELPHIA PA 19112

215-897-8258

FOB: Origin (after Loading)

N64498

To:

DELIVERY DATE QUANTITY SHIP TO ADDRESS DODAAC /

CAGE

6 mths. AOE 1 NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER

PHILADELPHI

: MIKE DIPROSPERO

1601 LANGLEY AVE., BLDG 542

PHILADELPHIA PA 19112

215-897-8258

FOB: Origin (after Loading)

N64498

SECTION I - CONTRACT CLAUSES

The following included by reference have been revised:

52.202-1 Definitions JUN 2020

52.203-6 Restrictions On Subcontractor Sales To The Government JUN 2020

52.203-7 Anti-Kickback Procedures JUN 2020

52.203-12 Limitation On Payments To Influence Certain Federal

Transactions

JUN 2020

52.203-13 Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct JUN 2020

52.203-16 Preventing Personal Conflicts of Interest JUN 2020

52.203-17 Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights and Requirement

To Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights

JUN 2020

52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier

Subcontract Awards

JUN 2020

52.209-6 Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting

With Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for

Debarment

JUN 2020

52.210-1 Market Research JUN 2020

52.215-2 Audit and Records--Negotiation JUN 2020

52.215-14 Integrity of Unit Prices JUN 2020

52.219-9 (Dev) Small Business Subcontracting Plan (Deviation 2018-O0018) JUN 2020

52.219-28 Post-Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation MAY 2020

52.222-20 Contracts for Materials, Supplies, Articles, and Equipment JUN 2020

52.222-36 Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities JUN 2020

52.222-37 Employment Reports on Veterans JUN 2020

52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies To Ban Text Messaging

While Driving

JUN 2020

52.227-1 Alt I Authorization And Consent (JUN 2020) - Alternate I APR 1984

52.227-2 Notice And Assistance Regarding Patent And Copyright

Infringement

JUN 2020

52.244-6 Subcontracts for Commercial Items JUN 2020

52.248-1 Value Engineering JUN 2020

252.204-7002 Payment For Contract Line or Subline Items Not Separately

Priced

APR 2020

252.225-7013 Duty-Free Entry--Basic APR 2020

252.249-7002 Notification of Anticipated Contract Termination or

Reduction

JUN 2020

The following included by full text have been revised:

(52.222-35 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR VETERANS (JUN 2020)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause--

"Active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran," "Armed Forces service medal veteran," "disabled veteran,"

"protected veteran," "qualified disabled veteran," and "recently separated veteran" have the meanings given at

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 22.1301.

(b) Equal opportunity clause. The Contractor shall abide by the requirements of the equal opportunity clause at 41

CFR 60-300.5(a), as of March 24, 2014. This clause prohibits discrimination against qualified protected veterans, and requires affirmative action by the Contractor to employ and advance in employment qualified protected veterans.

(c) Subcontracts. The Contractor shall insert the terms of this clause in subcontracts valued at or above the threshold specified in FAR 22.1303(a) on the date of subcontract award, unless exempted by rules, regulations, or orders of the Secretary of Labor. The Contractor shall act as specified by the Director, Office of Federal Contract Compliance

Programs, to enforce the terms, including action for noncompliance. Such necessary changes in language may be made as shall be appropriate to identify properly the parties and their undertakings.

(End of clause)

52.244-2 SUBCONTRACTS (JUN 2020)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause--

Approved purchasing system means a Contractor's purchasing system that has been reviewed and approved in accordance with Part 44 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR).

Consent to subcontract means the Contracting Officer's written consent for the Contractor to enter into a particular subcontract.

Subcontract means any contract, as defined in FAR Subpart 2.1, entered into by a subcontractor to furnish supplies or services for performance of the prime contract or a subcontract. It includes, but is not limited to, purchase orders, and changes and modifications to purchase orders.

(b) When this clause is included in a fixed-price type contract, consent to subcontract is required only on unpriced contract actions (including unpriced modifications or unpriced delivery orders), and only if required in accordance with paragraph (c) or (d) of this clause.

(c) If the Contractor does not have an approved purchasing system, consent to subcontract is required for any subcontract that—

(1) Is of the cost-reimbursement, time-and-materials, or labor-hour type; or

(2) Is fixed-price and exceeds—

(i) For a contract awarded by the Department of Defense, the Coast Guard, or the National Aeronautics and Space

Administration, the greater of the simplified acquisition threshold, as defined in FAR 2.101 on the date of subcontract award, or 5 percent of the total estimated cost of the contract; or

(ii) For a contract awarded by a civilian agency other than the Coast Guard and the National Aeronautics and Space

Administration, either the simplified acquisition threshold, as defined in FAR 2.101 on the date of subcontract award, or 5 percent of the total estimated cost of the contract.

(d) If the Contractor has an approved purchasing system, the Contractor nevertheless shall obtain the Contracting

Officer’s written consent before placing the following subcontracts:

(e)(1) The Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer reasonably in advance of placing any subcontract or modification thereof for which consent is required under paragraph (b), (c), or (d) of this clause, including the following information:

(i) A description of the supplies or services to be subcontracted.

(ii) Identification of the type of subcontract to be used.

(iii) Identification of the proposed subcontractor.

(iv) The proposed subcontract price.

(v) The subcontractor’s current, complete, and accurate certified cost or pricing data and Certificate of Current Cost or Pricing Data, if required by other contract provisions.

(vi) The subcontractor’s Disclosure Statement or Certificate relating to Cost Accounting Standards when such data are required by other provisions of this contract.

(vii) A negotiation memorandum reflecting—

(A) The principal elements of the subcontract price negotiations;

(B) The most significant considerations controlling establishment of initial or revised prices;

(C) The reason certified cost or pricing data were or were not required;

(D) The extent, if any, to which the Contractor did not rely on the subcontractor’s certified cost or pricing data in determining the price objective and in negotiating the final price;

(E) The extent to which it was recognized in the negotiation that the subcontractor’s certified cost or pricing data were not accurate, complete, or current; the action taken by the Contractor and the subcontractor; and the effect of any such defective data on the total price negotiated;

(F) The reasons for any significant difference between the Contractor’s price objective and the price negotiated; and

(G) A complete explanation of the incentive fee or profit plan when incentives are used. The explanation shall identify each critical performance element, management decisions used to quantify each incentive element, reasons for the incentives, and a summary of all trade-off possibilities considered.

(2) The Contractor is not required to notify the Contracting Officer in advance of entering into any subcontract for which consent is not required under paragraph (c), (d), or (e) of this clause.

(f) Unless the consent or approval specifically provides otherwise, neither consent by the Contracting Officer to any subcontract nor approval of the Contractor’s purchasing system shall constitute a determination—

(1) Of the acceptability of any subcontract terms or conditions;

(2) Of the allowability of any cost under this contract; or

(3) To relieve the Contractor of any responsibility for performing this contract.

(g) No subcontract or modification thereof placed under this contract shall provide for payment on a cost-plus-a-percentage-of-cost basis, and any fee payable under cost-reimbursement type subcontracts shall not exceed the fee limitations in FAR 15.404-4(c)(4)(i).

(h) The Contractor shall give the Contracting Officer immediate written notice of any action or suit filed and prompt notice of any claim made against the Contractor by any subcontractor or vendor that, in the opinion of the

Contractor, may result in litigation related in any way to this contract, with respect to which the Contractor may be entitled to reimbursement from the Government.

(i) The Government reserves the right to review the Contractor’s purchasing system as set forth in FAR Subpart

44.3.

(j) Paragraphs (c) and (e) of this clause do not apply to the following subcontracts, which were evaluated during negotiations:

(End of clause)

SECTION J - LIST OF DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS AND OTHER ATTACHMENTS

AMENDMENT 0002

ATTACHMENT TABLE OF CONTENTS

ATTACHMENTS

DOCUMENT TYPE DESCRIPTION

Attachment B Technical Specification for Energy Magazine, Revision 1.0.1, June 25, 2020

Attachment H Integrated Operational Concept Description (IOCD) for the Energy Magazine

(EM), Revision 1.0.1, June 25, 2020

*Verification that the requestor is a bona fide U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) contractor familiar with the procedures to handle technical data packages that may include limited distribution information. Evidence in the form of a fully executed DD Form 2345 (MILITARILY CRITICAL TECHNICAL DATA AGREEMENT), signed by both the US and Canadian representative, will be required prior to receipt.

The following included by full text have been revised:

52.230-1 COST ACCOUNTING STANDARDS NOTICES AND CERTIFICATION (JUN 2020)

Note: This notice does not apply to small businesses or foreign governments. This notice is in three parts, identified by Roman numerals I through III.

Offerors shall examine each part and provide the requested information in order to determine Cost Accounting

Standards (CAS) requirements applicable to any resultant contract.

If the offeror is an educational institution, Part II does not apply unless the contemplated contract will be subject to full or modified CAS coverage pursuant to 48 CFR 9903.201-2(c)(5) or 9903.201-2(c)(6), respectively.

I. Disclosure Statement -- Cost Accounting Practices and Certification

(a) Any contract in excess of the lower CAS threshold specified in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 30.201-

4(b) resulting from this solicitation will be subject to the requirements of the Cost Accounting Standards Board (48

CFR chapter 99), except for those contracts which are exempt as specified in 48 CFR 9903.201-1.

(b) Any offeror submitting a proposal which, if accepted, will result in a contract subject to the requirements of 48

CFR Chapter 99 must, as a condition of contracting, submit a Disclosure Statement as required by 48 CFR

9903.202. When required, the Disclosure Statement must be submitted as a part of the offeror’s proposal under this solicitation unless the offeror has already submitted a Disclosure Statement disclosing the practices used in connection with the pricing of this proposal. If an applicable Disclosure Statement has already been submitted, the offeror may satisfy the requirement for submission by providing the information requested in paragraph (c) of Part I of this provision.

Caution: In the absence of specific regulations or agreement, a practice disclosed in a Disclosure Statement shall not, by virtue of such disclosure, be deemed to be a proper, approved, or agreed-to practice for pricing proposals or accumulating and reporting contract performance cost data.

(c) Check the appropriate box below:

* (1) Certificate of Concurrent Submission of Disclosure Statement. The offeror hereby certifies that, as a part of the offer, copies of the Disclosure Statement have been submitted as follows:

(i) Original and one copy to the cognizant Administrative Contracting Officer (ACO) or cognizant Federal agency official authorized to act in that capacity (Federal official), as applicable; and

(ii) One copy to the cognizant Federal auditor.

(Disclosure must be on Form No. CASB DS-1 or CASB DS-2, as applicable. Forms may be obtained from the cognizant ACO or Federal official.)

Date of Disclosure Statement: ___ Name and Address of Cognizant ACO or Federal Official Where Filed: ___

The offeror further certifies that the practices used in estimating costs in pricing this proposal are consistent with the cost accounting practices disclosed in the Disclosure Statement.

* (2) Certificate of Previously Submitted Disclosure Statement. The offeror hereby certifies that the required

Disclosure Statement was filed as follows:

Date of Disclosure Statement: ___ Name and Address of Cognizant ACO or Federal Official Where Filed: ___

The offeror further certifies that the practices used in estimating costs in pricing this proposal are consistent with the cost accounting practices disclosed in the applicable Disclosure Statement.

* (3) Certificate of Monetary Exemption. The offeror hereby certifies that the offeror, together with all divisions, subsidiaries, and affiliates under common control, did not receive net awards of negotiated prime contracts and subcontracts subject to CAS totaling $50 million or more in the cost accounting period immediately preceding the period in which this proposal was submitted. The offeror further certifies that if such status changes before an award resulting from this proposal, the offeror will advise the Contracting Officer immediately.

* (4) Certificate of Interim Exemption. The offeror hereby certifies that

(i) the offeror first exceeded the monetary exemption for disclosure, as defined in (3) of this subsection, in the cost accounting period immediately preceding the period in which this offer was submitted and

(ii) in accordance with 48 CFR 9903.202-1, the offeror is not yet required to submit a Disclosure Statement. The offeror further certifies that if an award resulting from this proposal has not been made within 90 days after the end of that period, the offeror will immediately submit a revised certificate to the Contracting Officer, in the form specified under subparagraph (c)(1) or (c)(2) of Part I of this provision, as appropriate, to verify submission of a completed Disclosure Statement.

Caution: Offerors currently required to disclose because they were awarded a CAS-covered prime contract or subcontract of $50 million or more in the current cost accounting period may not claim this exemption (4). Further, the exemption applies only in connection with proposals submitted before expiration of the 90-day period following the cost accounting period in which the monetary exemption was exceeded.

II. Cost Accounting Standards -- Eligibility for Modified Contract Coverage

If the offeror is eligible to use the modified provisions of 48 CFR 9903.201-2(b) and elects to do so, the offeror shall indicate by checking the box below. Checking the box below shall mean that the resultant contract is subject to the

Disclosure and Consistency of Cost Accounting Practices clause in lieu of the Cost Accounting Standards clause.

* The offeror hereby claims an exemption from the Cost Accounting Standards clause under the provisions of 48

CFR 9903.201-2(b) and certifies that the offeror is eligible for use of the Disclosure and Consistency of Cost

Accounting Practices clause because during the cost accounting period immediately preceding the period in which this proposal was submitted, the offeror received less than $50 million in awards of CAS-covered prime contracts and subcontracts. The offeror further certifies that if such status changes before an award resulting from this proposal, the offeror will advise the Contracting Officer immediately.

Caution: An offeror may not claim the above eligibility for modified contract coverage if this proposal is expected to result in the award of a CAS-covered contract of $50 million or more or if, during its current cost accounting period, the offeror has been awarded a single CAS-covered prime contract or subcontract of $50 million or more.

III. Additional Cost Accounting Standards Applicable to Existing Contracts

The offeror shall indicate below whether award of the contemplated contract would, in accordance with subparagraph (a)(3) of the Cost Accounting Standards clause, require a change in established cost accounting practices affecting existing contracts and subcontracts.

( ___ ) yes( ___ ) no

(End of Provision)

SECTION L - INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS AND NOTICES TO BIDDERS

AMENDDMENT 0002

1.2 Planned Awards: The Government intends to award up to two contracts under this solicitation on the basis of initial proposal submission without conducting discussions with Offerors. Nevertheless, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if necessary. At the end of discussions, if they occur, the Government will request

Final Proposal Revisions (FPRs) from all Offerors still within the competitive range. The estimated award date is first second quarter of government fiscal year 2021.

2.4.2.1.5 Energy Storage Media Trade Study: The Offeror shall provide a detailed trade study to identify and justify its proposed energy storage media within the Energy Storage Cabinet (ESC). As a part of this trade study, the Offeror shall conduct a decomposition of requirements for the ESC based on the contents of the solicitation, including the technical requirements contained in Section J Attachments B through H. Ultimately, the Offeror shall identify the best candidate technology to meet the requirements, providing the positive benefits and negative attributes of the choice and similar relative attributes of other potential solutions not chosen. The Offeror shall identify any technology maturity and application specific risks and planned mitigations taken in the proposed design. The Offeror shall identify any strategic sourcing issues associated with the alternates explored, including geopolitical implications associated with raw materials and fabrication and testing of assemblies in non-domestic regions, citing the impacts of any present or future restriction that is or may be applied that would require domestic sourcing. This trade study shall also identify the modularity and graceful degradation (operational capability at a reduced power level when failure of one or more subsystems/components within critical subsystems occur, so that failure does not result in the failure of the entire Energy Magazine system features of the alternative selections and the chosen energy storage media for the Energy Magazine design. The trade study shall explicitly address any safety related issues with the alternatives and the chosen media and any special testing required to ensure the medial alternatives meet requirements. The Energy Storage Media Trade Study shall include relative cost comparisons of potential solutions on a normalized scale and is not required to have absolute costs.