Request for Proposal No. RFX-2023-10210.pdf

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National Renewable Energy Laboratory Managed and Operated by the Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC

Request for Proposals (RFP) Number RFX-2023-10210

“Next Generation Research Turbine”

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP)

READ THIS DOCUMENT CAREFULLY

This solicitation is being conducted under the procedures for competitive subcontracts established by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). NREL will award a subcontract based on the following:

BEST VALUE SELECTION

All Statement of Work (SOW) requirements being met with the best combination of:

• Technical factors (based on qualitative merit criteria), and

• Evaluated price (or cost)

Issue Date: 6/29/2023 Due Date: 7/28/2023 Time Due: 2:00 pm Mountain Time

Technical questions must be received in writing no later than 7/10/2023

Written questions concerning this solicitation document and its requirements will be answered in writing. In response to technical questions, NREL will issue an amendment to this solicitation document that will formally provide all the questions and answers. All recipients of the solicitation document will receive responses to questions.

1. Solicitation Type Best Value Selection Firm Fixed Price, Subcontract

SUBMIT OFFERS TO AND REQUEST INFORMATION FROM THE NREL RFP CONTACT

BELOW

2. NREL RFP Contact Kyndall Jackson, Subcontract Administrator National Renewable Energy Laboratory 15013 Denver West Parkway, MS: RSF030 Golden, CO 80401

Email: Kyndall.Jackson@nrel.gov

Electronic copies of forms and appendices can be found at:

http://www.nrel.gov/workingwithus/standard-terms.html

Procurement Forms | NREL mailto:Kyndall.Jackson@nrel.gov https://www.nrel.gov/workingwithus/forms.html

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3. Project description:

NREL is seeking a modern wind turbine that can be used as a research asset for demonstration of decarbonizing industrial processes, wind energy specific research and development (R&D), and grid integration R&D as part of the ARIES (advanced research of integrated energy systems) platform.

As such the turbine needs to have modern power electronics and the manufacturer needs to be willing to either participate in R&D or provide information to NREL to allow utilization of the wind turbine for R&D projects which may require non-standard operation (for example, changing (part of) the blade for aerodynamics research, direct current (DC) coupling the turbine with other assets on campus, deploying novel wind plant control schemes)

SPECIFICATIONS:

REQUIRED CAPABILITIES

• Wind turbine must have a power rating of at least 3MW

• Maximum tip height of less than 500ft above ground level

• Ability to interconnect at 34.5kV

• Ability to add underwriters laboratories (UL) 6141 listing of the equipment

• Suitable for NREL Flatirons Campus environmental conditions

(https://www.nrel.gov/wind/nwtc/135m-turbine-inflow-towers.html)

• Should either be controllable from existing General Electric (GE) Windcontrol™ wind plant controller or should come with wind plant controller that also can control a GE 1.5 SLE wind turbine.

• Wind turbine should allow for reconfigurability in the future for direct DC coupling with hydrogen electrolyzer, ability to utilize turbine power electronics for shared control of hydrogen electrolyzer

• Wind turbine should allow for future integration of Department of Energy (DOE) control system for management and provisions of grid services (e.g., essential reliability services (ERS), inverter-based resources (IBR), black start services)

• Wind turbine should be compatible for future operation on a DC-microgrid

• Wind turbine should allow for research on blade aerodynamics by having the ability to reconfigure the blade (e.g., replaceable tips, panels)

Post manufacturing support:

• Site support during receiving of components

• Potential providing of specialized installation tools

• Technical support during turbine commissioning

• Supporting IT integration of turbine into NREL network

TECHNICAL OR SAFETY REQUIREMENTS

The turbine should comply to (ideally be certified to) the appropriate International Electrotechnical Committee (IEC) standards. An IECRE type certificate is preferred.

A follow-on agreement under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) is anticipated for the R&D portion of this work. For further information, please visit https://www.nrel.gov/workingwithus/technology-partnership-agreements.html.

https://www.nrel.gov/workingwithus/technology-partnership-agreements.html

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POTENTIAL RESEARCH AREAS

The turbine is intended to become a key long term research platform for three (3) major R&D areas:

Industrial decarbonization Rapid decreases in the cost of renewable energy technologies and electrolyzers for hydrogen production offer an economic pathway to decarbonize a variety of hard to abate sectors (e.g.

iron/steel, ammonia, and cement). This proposed research turbine would be the center-piece of an effort to advance critical path research, development, analysis, and demonstration toward a decarbonized steel production system based on purpose-built “hybrid energy system -> H2 -> DRI-system”. While our initial demonstration focus is on green steel, the approach is readily generalized to green ammonia, cement and other industries. We envision an off-grid system composed of wind turbines and photovoltaic (PV) tightly coupled with electrolyzers and optimized specifically for lowest cost production of green hydrogen. This in turn would be co-located with or in close proximity to steel production, though other distributed generation based industrialized consumer loads could be considered. The advantages of this approach include optimized H2 production for specific end uses, independent of grid connection permits or large-scale transmission build outs. The new research turbine will anchor a first of a kind 5-10MW pilot-scale demonstration of purpose-built hybrid energy to H2 production at NREL’s Flatirons campus. The demonstration would include a research Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) steel production furnace capable of producing 1 tonne/week of green iron. This new research turbine is essential to support fundamental Wind to H2 research including the design and control of DC- DC direct connected electrolyzers, shared Power Electronics, integrated AI/machine learning controls and the exploration of novel pathways to lowest cost production of green H2 feedstock, to be validated in a uniquely designed pilot project.

Efficient Electricity Generation Meeting the 2035 goal of carbon-free electricity generation hinges on large-scale wind energy deployment in land-based, offshore, and distributed wind applications. The new turbine is expected to support the new, emerging technology driven DOE R&D needs across application spaces. The increasing sizes and flexibility of wind turbines have surpassed modeling tools. To update those models, researchers need more large-scale experimental data to validate upgrades and develop new simulation tools. Potential R&D use of this modern turbine will include:

• High Fidelity Model (HFM) verification and validation through laboratory and field experiments on components and turbine of relevant scale.

• Aerodynamics and Aeroelasticity through comprehensive field assessment of the aeroelastic system design of flexible blades installed on a large modern turbine.

• Aeroacoustic Noise: research different blade tip designs that allow for parametric studies of tip and airfoil geometries and validation of design models.

• Drivetrain Reliability: research on the reliability, operations and maintenance of modern drivetrains and components.

• Advanced Controls: research highly flexible wind turbine control strategies that monitor and fly rotors in response to changing wind inflow conditions, reduce turbine wakes in wind plants, and integrate seamlessly with power electronics, systems like a hydrogen electrolyzer, load coupling, or energy storage, and the electrical grid.

• Wind/wildlife research focused on detection/deterrent technology development and demonstration at relevant scale.

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• Blade integrated sensors in exchangeable tips using pressure measurements for aerodynamic validation.

• Distributed aerodynamic control systems that feature on-blade aerodynamic control mechanisms to alleviate blade loads without pitching the entire blade.

• Wind flow field acoustic tomography research to develop and validate innovative measurement techniques.

• New materials and novel manufacturing processes on blade tips that can be made on site in the Composites Manufacturing Education and Technology Facility (CoMET) facility, characterized in the Structural Technology Laboratory, and then validated in the field on a full-size wind turbine.

• Community based turbine operation, including noise, flicker, or local disturbance operational control

• Advanced manufacturing demonstration. For example swap out of components with lower percentage critical materials, additively manufactured gears.

Grid Integration NREL’s Advanced Research on Integrated Energy Systems (ARIES) research platform matches the complexity of the modern energy system and supports integrated research to support the development of groundbreaking new energy technologies. The Flatirons Campus has a wide variety of grid integration generation assets including utility-scale and distributed wind turbines, solar photovoltaic arrays, energy storage, power electronics, hybrid energy systems, and hydrogen fuel cell and electrolyzer, future energy infrastructure, and cybersecurity. The turbines are over a decade old and based on technologies that were developed two decades ago. The modern turbine will have next-generation power electronics and controls which are representative of technology that is currently being deployed commercially. Since it is a modern turbine, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) have more interest in performing joint research with DOE-national laboratories and supporting modifications to the turbine, for instance adaptions for grid forming technology and a wide range of grid services (e.g., Black start and Essential Reliability Services in the Flexpower project validation and innovation). In addition, research into co-located distributed renewable energy-based generation, including hybrid and micro-grid energy systems, for industrial and distributed power generation, including the provision of local or regional advanced grid services. Finally, this research will result in demonstrations that can be proven in the field and be ready for commercialization.

In initial years (3-5 years) OEM must be willing to support the research (such that minimal sensitive information needs to be provided to NREL), in later years (5-20 years) it is expected that more and more information would be provided to NREL as to allow NREL to need less and less OEM support (as it is expected that the turbine will be of less interest to the OEM over time). This data can be protected from public release.

Some examples of the kind of data that is envisioned (may depend on proposed turbine)

Near term 0-5 years

Mid term 5-10 years?

Long term >10 years

Turbine components

• Lumped parameters for models including blade/rotor aerodynamic and structural properties sufficient for aeroelastic

• Drawings of key components

• Loads envelope for turbine and

Full drawing set

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• Electrical drawings

• Details of tip to main blade connection and rotor balancing requirements critical components

Controls Dynamic Link Library (DLL) for modelling

Access to some parameters

Full access or sufficient information to allow insertion of new control system

Power electronics

Support implementation of advance power electronics controls methods

Access to power converter controls

4. Proposed subcontract award and period of performance

The Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC has entered into Contract No. DE-AC36-

08GO28308 with the Department of Energy (DOE), an agency of the U.S. Government, for the management and operation of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (hereinafter called “NREL”). All references to “NREL” in this solicitation shall mean the Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC.

It is the intent of NREL to award one (1) Firm Fixed Price subcontract under this solicitation. The anticipated period of performance is execution through mid-2026.

5. Competitive negotiated subcontract using Best Value Selection

This solicitation shall be conducted using Best Value Selection that results in an award that is most advantageous to NREL based on the best value combination of (a) evaluated qualitative merit and (b) evaluated price (cost) of the offers submitted.

Best Value Selection is based on the premise that, if all offers are of approximately equal qualitative merit, award will be made to the offeror with the lowest evaluated price (cost).

However, NREL will consider awarding to an offeror with a higher evaluated price (cost) if

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6. Qualitative merit criteria for Best Value Selection

This RFP serves as NREL’s baseline requirements that must be met by each offer.

The qualitative merit criteria establish what NREL considers the technical factors valuable in an offer. These qualitative merit criteria are performance-based and permit selection of a higher priced offer that provides higher qualitative merit.

The following qualitative merit criteria will be used to determine the technical value of the offer in meeting the objectives of the solicitation.

Each qualitative merit criterion (and sub-criteria, if included) and its assigned weight are listed below:

Criterion # Criterion Assigned Weight

6.1 Required Specifications, including any changes that the

original equipment manufacturer (OEM) suggests making for a more robust and flexible R&D platform (e.g. beefier tower)

15%

6.2 Ease of making aerodynamic changes to the turbine

Describe aerodynamic change capabilities of the Turbine 10%

6.3 Controller capabilities (independent pitch control, ability to integrate with GE wind control plant controller, coupling with other RE assets)

15%

6.4 Presented solution for retrofit to DC couple with electrolyzer, PV, and storage 15%

6.5 Describe offerors collaborative capabilities and willingness to participate and share information in the near/long term.

See above for list of “Potential research areas”.

25%

6.6 Certification (Ideally IECRE) or stated compliance with IEC standards and either UL 6141 compliant (ideally listed) 5%

6.7 OEM track record 15%

100%

7. Price (cost) evaluation for Best Value Selection

After evaluation of the qualitative merit criteria, the price (cost) evaluation will be used to determine the best value of the offer in meeting the objectives of the solicitation.

The combined qualitative merit value will be considered substantially more important than the price (cost).

8. Evaluation process

NREL will evaluate offers in two general steps:

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Step One—Initial Evaluation An initial evaluation will be performed to determine if all required information has been provided for an acceptable offer. Offerors may be contacted only for clarification purposes during the initial evaluation. Offerors shall be notified if their offer is determined unacceptable and the reasons for rejection will be provided. Unacceptable offers will be excluded from further consideration.

Step Two—Discussion, Selection, Negotiation, and Award All acceptable offers will be evaluated against the Statement of Work and the qualitative merit criteria listed above. Based on this evaluation, and taking into consideration the proposed price (cost), NREL has the option, depending on the specific circumstances of the offers received, to use one of the following methods of selection:

(a) make individual selection(s), conduct negotiations, and make an award(s);

(b) conduct parallel negotiations with all offerors and make award(s);

(c) conduct discussions with all offerors, select successful finalists, conduct parallel negotiations with successful finalists, and then make award(s);

(d) conduct discussions with all offerors, conduct parallel negotiations with the finalists, select successful finalist(s), and then make award(s);

(e) select successful finalists, conduct successive negotiations, and make successive selections and awards;

(f) make no award(s).

9. Proposal preparation information

a. The proposal must include a title page, including the RFP title and number, name of your organization and principal investigator or project manager (with postal address, telephone number(s), and email address). The title should be succinct and capture the essence of your offer. The technical proposal with its title page, along with all components of the proposal and other required documents as described sections b through g below shall each be provided as separate PDF files (provided in a compressed or “zipped” folder, preferred).

b. Formatting instructions

- A page is defined as one side of an 8 ½” x 11” sheet of paper.

- Use a 12-point font.

- Maintain at least 1-inch margins on all sides.

- All pages must have the same page orientation (i.e., do not present pages that offset by 90 degrees).

- Include the following notice on your title page:

“Notice for Handling Proposals:

This proposal shall be used and disclosed for Alliance/NREL and Government evaluation purposes only. Any authorized restrictive notices which the Offeror places on this proposal shall also be strictly complied with. Disclosure of this proposal outside the Government, Alliance/NREL, Alliance/NREL consultants, or other national laboratories personnel for evaluation purposes shall be made only to the extend authorized by, and in accordance with, the procedures in DEAR 915.207-70 and, as applicable stated in

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Upon completion of the evaluation, the evaluator shall certify in writing to the Source Evaluation Team Chairperson that all copies of this proposal have been destroyed and/or deleted from any electronic device, medium or storage location with the exception of those retained in the procurement file or in the case of successful offeror(s) in the project management file.”

c. An electronic copy (assembled pdf) of the technical proposal directed toward meeting the requirements of the qualitative merit criteria (see item 6 above). The technical proposal shall identify any proposed changes to the Statement of Work as a stand-alone attachment to the technical proposal. The technical proposal shall not exceed thirty (30) pages, which includes all text, graphics, charts, attachments, appendices, addendums, indices, exhibits, etc.

d. A completed “Price/Cost Proposal Form” in an electronic copy (converted to pdf). An individual offeror’s price (cost) proposal standard format can be used if the data included is substantially the same as the NREL form. The offeror’s price (cost) and delivery terms must be valid for 90 days from the date of the offer. The price (cost) proposal should include support documentation for all categories of the proposed price (cost). The price (cost) proposal should separate price (cost) for lower-tier subcontract(s) and include support documentation for all categories of the proposed lower-tier subcontract(s) price (cost). See the “Price/Cost Proposal Form” for specific instructions. This form is found under “Request for Proposal (RFP) Forms (Non-Construction)” at the following link:

http://www.nrel.gov/workingwithus/forms.html

e. A completed “Representations & Certifications for Subcontracts/Purchase

Orders” form. Please download from the NREL general access website link below:

f. EITHER the “Organizational Conflicts of Interest Representation Statement” OR the “Organizational Conflicts of Interest Disclosure Statement”, as applicable per the “Instructions for Completion of Organizational Conflicts of Interest Statement – Disclosure or Representation Statement” . The forms and instructions are located at the following link:

g. A cover letter including either acceptance or change/exception with reason to the sample subcontract schedule (Attachment 2), anticipated period of performance, and the standard terms and conditions and/or the intellectual property terms and conditions in the appendices. The offeror shall explain any proposed change/exception with respect to the sample subcontract schedule and terms and conditions. Any proposed change/exception must contain sufficient amplification and justification to permit evaluation. Such proposed changes/exceptions will not, of themselves, automatically cause an offer to be termed unacceptable. However, a large number of proposed changes/exception or one or more significant exceptions http://www.nrel.gov/workingwithus/forms.html

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h. This solicitation requires the submittal of electronic proposals.

i. This solicitation does not commit NREL to pay costs incurred in the preparation and submission of a proposal in response to this RFP.

10. Solicitation Provisions—full text provided

a. Late submissions, modifications, and withdrawals of offers

Offers, or modifications to them, received from qualified organizations after the latest date specified for receipt may be considered if received prior to award, and NREL determines that there is a potential price (cost), technical, or other advantage, as compared to the other offers received. However, depending on the circumstances surrounding the late submission or modification, NREL may consider a late offer to be an indication of the offeror’s performance capabilities, resulting in downgrading of the offer in the technical evaluation process. Offers may be withdrawn by written notice received at any time before award.

b. Restrictions on disclosure and use of proprietary data (Nov 2018)

Offerors who include in their proposals proprietary data that they do not want disclosed to the public for any purpose or used by the government or NREL, except for evaluation purposes shall, in addition to including the “Notice for Handling Proposals” required in Paragraph #. b. above—

1. Mark the title page with the following legend:

“This offer includes proprietary data that shall not be disclosed outside the government or NREL and shall not be used or disclosed—in whole or in part—for any purpose other than to evaluate this offer. If, however, a subcontract is awarded to this offeror as a result of—or in connection with— the submission of proprietary data, the government or NREL shall have the right to duplicate, use, or disclose the proprietary data to the extent required in the resulting subcontract. This restriction does not limit the government or NREL’s right to use this proprietary data if obtained from another source without restriction. The proprietary data subject to this restriction are contained on pages [insert page and line numbers or other identification of pages] of this offer”; and

2. Highlight (in yellow) the proprietary data on each page it wishes to restrict and add the following footer:

“Use or disclosure of proprietary data contained on this page is subject to the restriction on the title page of this offer.”

c. [RESERVED]

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d. Disclaimer

NEITHER THE UNITED STATES; NOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; NOR

ALLIANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, LLC; NOR ANY OF THEIR

CONTRACTORS, SUBCONTRACTORS, OR THEIR EMPLOYEES MAKE ANY

WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OR ASSUME ANY LEGAL LIABILITY OR

RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, OR USEFULNESS

FOR ANY PURPOSE OF ANY OF THE TECHNICAL INFORMATION OR DATA

ATTACHED OR OTHERWISE PROVIDED HEREIN AS REFERENCE MATERIAL.

e. Solicitation disputes

The General Accountability Office and the Department of Energy do not accept or rule on disputes for solicitations for Requests for Proposals issued by Management and Operating Contractors for the Department of Energy (operators of Department of Energy National Laboratories). Should an offeror have any concerns regarding the NREL solicitation process or selection determination, the offeror may contact Paul White, Advocate for Commercial Practices, at (303) 384-7575. NREL will address each concern received from an offeror on an individual basis.

f. Prohibition on use of certain telecommunications and video surveillance services or equipment per the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act Section 889(a)(1)(B)

In accordance with the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act Section

889(a)(1)(B), NREL is prohibited from contracting with any offeror that uses, and/or whose lower-tier subcontractor(s) use, covered telecommunication equipment or services as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as a critical technology of any system, on or after 08/13/2020, unless an exception applies or a waiver is granted. This includes such equipment or services from five Chinese companies: Huawei, ZTE Corporation, Hytera Communications, Hangzhou Hikvision, and Dahua Technology.

g. Compliance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act (found at 29 U.S.C. 794d)

The requirements of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act apply to NREL’s procurement of all electronic and information technology (EIT) and any development, maintenance, or use of EIT.

11. Small Business (Lower-Tier) Subcontracting Plan (derived from FAR 52.219-9)

The following requirement does not apply to small business offerors. This requirement only applies if offeror is notified of intent to negotiate a subcontract in response to this solicitation after the source selection process described above is complete.

Successful offerors shall be required to submit a lower-tier subcontracting plan upon notification of intent to negotiate a subcontract in response to this solicitation. The lower-tier subcontracting plan shall separately address lower-tier subcontracting with small business, small disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business concerns. If the offeror is submitting an individual subcontracting plan, the plan must separately address lower-tier subcontracting with small business, small disadvantaged business, and

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Lower-tier subcontracting plan requirements can be found at the following link:

http://www.nrel.gov/workingwithus/standard-terms.html (see Appendix F)

12. Solicitation provisions

The following solicitation documents are attached:

▪ Attachment 1, Sample Subcontract Schedule - Firm Fixed Price

13. Solicitation provisions—incorporated by reference—general access

This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. The following documents can be downloaded from http://www.nrel.gov/workingwithus/standard-terms.html and http://www.nrel.gov/workingwithus/forms.html or the NREL RFP Contact (see item 2) will make available upon request.

The documents and forms that are listed below are applicable to this solicitation and resulting award:

Appendix/Form

NREL Standard Terms and Conditions: Appendix B-7 (3/1/2020);

NREL Intellectual Property Provisions: Appendix C-3 (3/1/2020);

NREL Terms and Conditions for Subcontracts in excess of $700,000.00 Appendix D (3/01/2020);

NREL Representations and Certifications (8/1/2019) for Subcontracts/Purchase Orders;

NREL Proposal Form – Price/Cost Proposal Form (Adobe PDF)

NREL Conflicts of Interest Forms

NREL Small Business (Lower-tier) Subcontracting Plan Requirements (for subcontracts in excess of $700,000.00).

14. NAICS Code and Small Business Size Standard

a. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this solicitation is/are 221115 and 333611.

b. The small business size standard for 221115 is 250 or fewer employees. The small business size standard for 333611 is 1,500 or fewer employees.

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15. Notice Regarding NREL Payments to Subcontractors It is NREL’s standard practice to make all payments to domestic subcontractors via electronic (ACH) payments or to international subcontractors via wire transfers. Any Offeror receiving notification of an award under this solicitation must complete and submit a “Request for ACH/Wire Banking Information” form to the applicable NREL Subcontract Administrator. Payments to subcontractors will be deposited directly into the subcontractor’s designated bank account in accordance with the banking account/wire transfer information provided on the form by an authorized company representative. An electronic (PDF) copy of the form will be provided by the NREL Subcontract Administrator upon notification of award. Please do not include an ACH form with your response to this RFP.