SPECIAL NOTICE
A -- BROAD AREA CRADA ANNOUNCEMENT (BACA) FOR cOLLBORATION OPPORTUNITIES IN "Trusted (1) and Assured(4) Radistion-Hardened Microelectronics"
- Notice Date
- 8/13/2018
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, Naval Sea Systems Command, NSWC Crane Division, 300 Highway 361, Building 3373, Crane, Indiana, 47522-5001, United States
- ZIP Code
- 47522-5001
- Solicitation Number
- N0016418SNB98
- Archive Date
- 12/17/2018
- Point of Contact
- Jenna Dix, Phone: 812-854-5049
- E-Mail Address
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jenna.dix@navy.mil
(jenna.dix@navy.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- N00164-18-S-NB98 BROAD AREA CRADA ANNOUNCEMENT (BACA) FOR COLLABORATION OPPORTUNITIES IN "Trusted(1) and Assured(4) Radiation-Hardened Microelectronics" QUALIFICATION - PSC AC14 - NAICS 541330 ISSUE DATE 13 AUG 2018 - CLOSING DATE 30 OCTOBER 2018 - TIME 2:00PM EASTERN Special Notice Synopsis: The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane), through its Flight Systems Division is looking to collaborate with industry partners towards improving the access, availability, and assurance of trusted and radiation-hardened microelectronics for the DoD. The Flight Systems Division routinely collaborates with academia and industry on projects that create jointly beneficial partnerships. NSWC Crane is interested in joint research and development in the characterization of hardware security features and the radiation tolerance of state-of-the-art and state-of-the-practice microelectronics. NSWC Crane seeks Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) partners that possess the expertise, capabilities, facilities, and experience in this area to explore R&D opportunities with the Flight Systems Division. The specific areas to be explored are as follows: 1. Evaluation of the radiation tolerance of microelectronic components for DoD missions. Radiation testing on these components will be performed by NSWC Crane in conjunction with the industry partners. NSWC Crane will provide feedback to the manufacturers to help improve the radiation tolerance in order help meet and/or qualify the components for DoD mission needs. 2. Evaluation of the hardware security features to increase the trust(1) of microelectronic components for DoD missions. NSWC Crane will provide feedback to the manufacturers to help improve the security in order to help ensure the components can meet DoD mission needs. 3. Identifying innovative assurance(2) test methodologies for the verification(3) and validation(4) of microelectronic components.. This synopsis serves as a sources sought for CRADA participants and seeks information from companies capable of providing expertise, capabilities, facilities and experience in any of these fields and applications with respect to a CRADA effort. Any group that believes it has the ability to perform collaboration with NSWC Crane in these areas can identify its capabilities by submitting the information to Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, Chief Technology Office (Code 00T), Attn: Mrs. Jenna Dix, Bldg 2036, 300 Hwy 361, Crane, IN 47522 or jenna.dix@navy.mil. Responses are requested by close of business October 30, 2018. After reviewing the responses, NSWC Crane may request a meeting or teleconference with responding parties to gain further insight into their capabilities. NSWC Crane is not obligated to hold these meetings with any or all respondents. If NSWC Crane decides to meet with a party, it will only meet with those that responded to this notice. NSWC Crane will not reimburse costs for participation in these meetings or teleconferences. NSWC Crane reserves the right to enter into CRADA agreements with no, any or all respondents based upon NSWC Crane's judgment of the potential success of collaborative efforts. There may be a future acquisition directed to some or all of the capabilities which are the subject or focus of this research and development effort. Therefore NSWC Crane desires to avoid or mitigate unfair competitive advantages being conferred on any potential contractor or offeror as a result of CRADA efforts herein which actually or appear to compromise the integrity of the procurement process. In particular, NSWC Crane seeks to avoid or mitigate (1) -unequal access to information on Government needs and Warfighter evaluations of proprietary systems or improved versions resulting from this CRADA effort; (2) -impaired objectivity arising from CRADA partners' collaborative efforts with Government employees or Warfighters; and (3) -biased ground rules for a possible or potential future acquisition directed to a capability which may be a focus of this CRADA effort. This effort is expected to produce CRADA subject data deliverables which may be used to facilitate a possible follow-on acquisition using a Name Brand or Equal acquisition strategy, which is designed to ensure a fair competition while respecting the proprietary rights and previous investment of potential CRADA partners. This is not a procurement, nor a notice for such a procurement, and at this time there is no plan or funding for a follow-on procurement. The legal authority for this cooperative research effort is the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986, codified in Title 15 United States Code, Section 3710a, et seq. Under a CRADA, the partner contributes funds, equipment, or in-kind services to the joint research effort, leveraging their efforts with those of the federal agency for a mission-related objective. At Government discretion, subject data deliverables and inventions delivered under any CRADA agreement may be used in future competitive acquisitions. (1) Trust - "The level of confidence that microelectronics suppliers' component design, manufacturing, supply chain, and distribution processes maintain integrity (in context to DoD program application, environment, and assurance needs), through the application of assurance measures to known exploitable vulnerabilities and potential malicious insertion points. (2) Assurance - "The measure of confidence, or actions performed to advance that confidence, that the system and its critical components function only as intended after selected mitigation of known exploitable vulnerabilities and potential malicious insertions, and protection of IP throughout their lifecycle. (3) Verification - Confirms that a system element meets design-to or build-to specifications. Throughout the system's life cycle, design solutions at all levels of the physical architecture are verified through a cost-effective combination of analysis, examination, demonstration, and testing. (4) Validation - The process of evaluating a system or software component during, or at the end of, the development process to determine whether it satisfies specified requirements.
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