RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF NAVAL POWER AND ENERGY SYSTEMS (N00024-19-R-4145 Broad Agency Announcement (BAA))

(MODIFICATION POSTED 05 AUGUST 2026) This is a modification to Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) N00024-19-R-4145. The purpose of this modification is to update the Technical Point of Contact (POC). Effective immediately, the Technical POC is changed from Josh Cushenette to Jim Dempsey. All technical inquiries and correspondence should be directed to Mr. Dempsey at james.a.dempsey.civ@us.navy.mil. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (PLEASE SEE LATEST BAA ANNOUNCEMENT WITHIN, POSTED 02 APRIL 2020) This is a modification to the Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) N00024-19-R-4145 to extend the date for receipt of white papers and full proposals to 6 February 2033 and correct some administrative information. Any white papers that have already been submitted do not need to be resubmitted. Included in this modification to the BAA is revision to the Power Controls section to augment the desired technology interests. Included in this modification to the BAA is the identification of an electronic mail submission address for white papers. Included in this modification to the BAA is also a change to the identified Procuring Contracting Officer and Contract Specialist. The NAVSEA Points of Contact (POC) are changed as follows: the Primary Point of Contact remains Mr. William Jee, Procuring Contracting Officer, william.j.jee.civ@us.navy.mil All other information contained in the prior announcements through Apr 02, 2020 remain unchanged. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (PLEASE SEE LATEST BAA ANNOUNCEMENT WITHIN, POSTED 04 JUNE 2019) I. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION This publication constitutes a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), as contemplated in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.102(d)(2). A formal Request for Proposals (RFP), solicitation, and/or additional information regarding this announcement will not be issued or further announced. This announcement will remain open for approximately one year from the date of publication or until extended or replaced by a successor BAA. Initial responses to this announcement must be in the form of White Papers. Proposals shall be requested only from those offerors selected as a result of the scientific review of the White Papers made in accordance with the evaluation criteria specified herein. White Papers may be submitted any time during this period. Awards may take the form of contracts, cooperative agreements, or other transactions agreements. The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) will not issue paper copies of this announcement. NAVSEA reserves the right to select for proposal submission all, some, or none from among the white papers submitted in response to this announcement. For those who are requested to submit proposals, NAVSEA reserves the right to award all, some, or none of the proposals received under this BAA. NAVSEA provides no funding for direct reimbursement of white paper or proposal development costs. Technical and cost proposals (or any other material) submitted in response to this BAA will not be returned. It is the policy of NAVSEA to treat all white papers and proposals as competition sensitive information and to disclose their contents only for the purposes of evaluation. White papers submitted under N00024-10-R-4215 that have not resulted in a request for a proposal are hereby considered closed-out and no further action will be taken on them. Unsuccessful offerors under N00024-10-R-4215 are encouraged to review this BAA for relevance and resubmit if the technology proposed meets the criteria below. Contract awards made under N00024-10-R-4215 and under this BAA will be announced following the announcement criteria set forth in the FAR. II. GENERAL INFORMATION 1. AGENCY NAME Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) 1333 Isaac Hull Ave SE Washington, DC 20376 2. RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY TITLE Research and Development of Naval Power and Energy Systems 3. RESPONSE DATE This announcement will remain open through the response date indicated or until extended or replaced by a successor BAA. White Papers may be submitted any time during this period. 4. RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY DESCRIPTION 4.1 SUMMARY NAVSEA, on behalf of the Electric Ships Office (PMS 460, organizationally a part of the Program Executive Office Ships) is interested in White Papers for long and short term Research and Development (R&D) projects that offer potential for advancement and improvements in current and future shipboard electric power and energy systems at the major component, subsystem and system level. The mission of PMS 460 is to develop and provide smaller, simpler, more affordable, and more capable ship power systems to the Navy by defining open architectures, developing common components, and focusing Navy, industry, and academia investments. PMS 460 will provide leadership of the developments identified as part of this BAA, will direct the transition of associated technologies developed by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), and will manage the technology portfolio represented by Program Element (PE) 0603573N (Advanced Surface Machinery Systems) for transition into existing and future Navy ships. 4.2 NAVAL POWER AND ENERGY SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ROADMAP Naval power and energy systems are described in detail in the 2019 Naval Power and Energy Systems Technology Development Roadmap (NPES TDR). The NPES TDR focuses and aligns the power system investments for the Navy, Defense Department, industry and academia to guide future research and development investments to enable the Navy to leverage these investments to meet its future needs more affordably. Included in the NPES TDR are specific recommendations and opportunities for near, mid and long term investments, with a renewed focus on energy management. These opportunities range from an energy magazine to support advanced weapons and sensors to the development of an Integrated Power and Energy System (IPES). The NPES TDR aligns electric power system developments with war fighter needs and enables capability-based budgeting. The NPES TDR is responding to the emerging needs of the Navy, and while the plan is specific in its recommendations, it is inherently flexible enough to adapt to the changing requirements and threats that may influence the 30-year ship acquisition plan. The first section of the roadmap establishes why NPES are a critical part of the kill chain based on the capabilities desired by the Navy in the near term, as well as supporting future platforms in the Navys 30-year shipbuilding plan. The second section of the roadmap presents power and energy requirements that are derived from mission systems necessary to support future warfighting needs. The third section describes required initiatives based on capabilities and the projected electrical requirements of the future ships. 4.3 FOCUS AREAS The areas of focus for this BAA include, but are not limited to, the "FYDP/NEAR-TERM" activities as described throughout the NPES TDR; the analysis, development, risk reduction and demonstration of future shipboard (both manned and unmanned) electric power systems and components, emphasizing shipboard power generation, electric propulsion, power conversion, energy storage, distribution and control; power quality, continuity, and system stability; electric power system and component level modeling and simulation; energy storage technologies; electrical system survivability; and power system simplicity, upgradeability, flexibility, and ruggedness. The Integrated Power and Energy System (IPES) architecture provides the framework for partitioning the equipment and software into modules and defines functional elements and the power/control and information relationships between them. For power generation, high power distribution, propulsion, and large loads, the architecture includes Medium Voltage AC power (with emphasis on affordability), and Medium Voltage DC power (with emphasis on power density and fault management). For ship service electrical loads, the architecture includes zonal electrical distribution which may be either AC or DC, depending upon the specific application. Also of particular interest are technologies that result in significant energy efficiency, power density improvements and/or carbon footprint improvements over existing propulsion and power system technologies. The NPES TDR partitions the power system in to functional areas that include the following. 4.3.1 ENERGY STORAGE Energy storage modules may support short duration to long duration energy storage applications, which utilize a combination of technologies to minimize power quality and continuity impacts across the system. For the short duration energy storage applications, the module should provide hold-up power to uninterruptible loads for fault clearing and transient isolation, as well as load leveling for pulse power loads. For the mid duration, the module should provide up to approximately 3MW (100 - 150 kW-hr) of standby power for pulse power loads while also providing continuity of operations for a subset of equipment between uninterruptible and full ships load (including emergency power generation starting in a dark ship condition). For long duration applications, energy storage modules should provide the required power as an emergency backup system or to provide increased stealth for specialty equipment. The required duration for this type of application may extend up to days or longer, and may be intermittent or continuous. A number of energy storage technologies for future ship applications are of interest to the Navy, including various electrochemical, capacitor-based, or rotating discussed below: a. Capacitor: Electrochemical capacitor improvements continue to focus on improving energy density while maintaining inherently high-power density. Design improvements include development and integration of higher temperature films, advanced electrolytes, advanced electrode materials, and minimizing equivalent series resistance (ESR). b. Rotating: The Navy has interest in the investment from the transportation industry in flywheel systems that can handle gyroscopic forces continues to support flywheel usage in commercial rail and ground transportation. Additional factors of interest to the Navy include safety, recharge/discharge rates, ship motion impacts, environmental impacts and control. c. Electrochemical: Factors of interest to the Navy with respect to electrochemical energy storage include the ability to maintain state of charge when not in use; change in voltage versus state of charge; charge and discharge capability; the temporary or permanent loss of capacity due to repeated shallow discharges; the ability to shallow charge and discharge or partially charge intermittently during a discharge; battery life considerations such as service-life, cycle life, and shelf-life; off-gas properties that affect the level of ventilation and associated auxiliary systems; and safety enhancements to support qualification for use onboard US Navy ships. Near term Navy interests are in the area of common and scalable hardware and software elements which enable advanced weapons and sensors and in understanding the sizing algorithms for how to optimize energy storage sizing against various competing system requirements (short duration/high power vs. long duration/low power, for example. The specific design issues to be considered include reliability, volumetric and gravimetric power and energy densities, differentiating between high levels of stored energy and high energy density. The relevant information required for characterizing technology performance include: Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of components and systems; production capability; safety evaluation and qualifications performed on relevant subsystems or components (any hazard analyses of systems designs as relevant