Amendment 6

Open Two-Step Advanced Research Announcement (ARA) Overview Information To access hyperlinks from this electronic solicitation – Hit CTRL and click on the link. This amendment will replace all prior versions. White papers are still being accepted for this ARA. This ARA is being modified IAW Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 35.015(b). Please read the ARA in its entirety for specific details on white paper and proposal submissions. NAICS Code: The NAICS Code for this acquisition is 541715 and the small business size is 1,000 employees.
Federal Agency Name: Air Force Research Laboratory, AFRL/RX Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, AFRL/RXMZ, the AFRL Energy Office ARA Title: The AFRL Energy Office – Government Requirement for Advanced Power and Energy (GRAPE)
ARA Type: This is an open ARA; AMENDMENT 06
ARA Number: FA8650-18-S-5008

PROGRAM SUMMARY:

This is an Open ARA announcement pursuant to the authority of 10 U.S.C. §4023 Procurement for Experimental Purposes. AFRL is interested in receiving white papers related to the AFRL Energy Office’s mission to lead the discovery, development, delivery, and integration of energy science, technology, and innovation. The AFRL Energy Office’s intent is to decouple mission effectiveness from energy, water, and other resource and supply chain vulnerabilities through the identification, development, and demonstration of critical technologies for the Department of Air Force (DAF). Technologies that offer key benefits to users (e.g. increased combat capability, readiness, energy resiliency/reliability, increased cost–effectiveness, etc.) in the areas of Operational Energy, Advanced Agile Combat Equipment, and Installation Energy. The AFRL Energy Office’s mission spans applied and advanced research and development through advanced technology demonstrations, including the required technology validation and risk reduction to facilitate technology transition. Dialogue between prospective Offerors and Government representatives is strongly encouraged.

BACKGROUND:

Proposed solutions should be innovative and substantially improve national defense capabilities. While the Government describes discrete topic areas below, it also anticipates that certain comprehensive technology solutions, processes, methodologies, and prototypes may require multidisciplinary approaches that address two or more topic areas. The topic areas covered under this announcement may be used in any combination. The Government reserves the right to add, delete or modify the topic areas