Special Notice N0016423SNC12

Agency: Department of the Navy

Office: Naval Sea Systems Command

Location: NSWC Crane Division

Classification Code: AC11 – National Defense R&D Services; Department of Defense – Military; Basic Research

NAICS Code: 541715 – Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)

Response Due Date: 28 August 2023 at 12:00 P.M. ET; Questions Due Date: 17 August 2023 12:00 P.M. ET

Request for Solutions:

CHARACTERIZATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF MATERIALS OF BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBES AND THEIR COMPOSITES (S2MARTS)

1. PURPOSE

This Request for Solutions (RFS) is issued to seek research (utilizing 10 U.S.C. § 4021 Authority) to expand capability to design, process, characterize, and test materials for research and development. The Government intends to award at least one Other Transaction Agreement on a fixed-price basis as a result of this RFS. Please note, multiple awards may be issued if determined to be in the Government’s best interest. The Government also reserves the right to execute fewer awards than anticipated, select aspects of a proposal for award, or not select any of the solutions proposed.

Partial responses addressing only a subset of the project’s overall objectives are permitted and encouraged for this effort.

2. BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY

2.1 S2MARTS

Vendors interested in responding to this RFS must be members of the Strategic & Spectrum Missions Advanced Resilient Trusted Systems (S2MARTS) consortium. Interested parties may visit S2MARTS.org for membership information. This project will be managed by a Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division Project Manager.

2.2 PROJECT OVERVIEW

Boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) is an emerging material that has many unique properties including directional thermal conductivity, high strength, and electrical resistivity. As manufacturing techniques improve and these materials become more easily accessible, their characterization, improvement, and optimization need attention for continued development. BNNTs need to be characterized at a fundamental level as well as their potential form factors and processing methods. This is to include but not limited to pure BNNTs, BNNT fabrics, and BNNTs incorporated into ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) and polymer matrix composites (PMCs).

While BNNTs are highlighted here, this is not to limit the research and development to only this materials system but may also include materials with similar properties and the materials that may be used in conjunction to improve their performance and use case.

Please visit the S2MARTS website at https://s2marts.org/ to review the full RFS.

Contracting Office Address:

300 Hwy 361
Crane, IN 47522
United States

Primary Point of Contact:

Danielle Julian-Klier

danielle.m.julian-klier.civ@us.navy.mil

Phone: 812-381-7106

Secondary Point of Contact:

Sydney Wittmann

sydney.l.wittmann.civ@us.navy.mil

Phone: 812-381-0990

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