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Solicitation #: N00173-19-RFI-AL06 Procurement Type: Sources Sought Title: Power Beaming - Request for Information NAICS: 221118 - Other Electric Power Generation Classification Code: 61 - Electric wi... Solicitation #: N00173-19-RFI-AL06 Procurement Type: Sources Sought Title: Power Beaming - Request for Information NAICS: 221118 - Other Electric Power Generation Classification Code: 61 - Electric wire & power & distribution equipment Response Date: 30 September 2019 Primary Point of Contact: Anastasia Lenfest, Contract Specialist, Anastasia.Lenfest@nrl.navy.mil Description: The purpose of this announcement is to request information from industry, academia, and other relevant parties concerning power beaming technology. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) AND NOT A SOLICITATION. This Request For Information (RFI) is for planning purposes only and shall not be considered as an invitation for bid, request for quotation, request for proposal, or as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services. Your response to this RFI will be treated as information only. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise as a result of contractor submission of responses to this announcement or the Government use of such information. This request does not constitute a solicitation for proposals or the authority to enter into negotiations to award a contract. No funds have currently been authorized, appropriated, or received for this effort. The information provided may be used in developing its acquisition strategy, or performance work statements, or performance specifications. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or competition sensitive information contained in their response. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this RFI or to otherwise pay for the information submitted in response to this RFI. Synopsis: Many military energy applications are hamstrung by dependence on fossil fuels, batteries with limited life and capacity, and operations in areas that are difficult, expensive, and risky for energy resupply via conventional means. Within the past few years, there has been surge in advances in multiple technology areas that have direct and compelling relevance to these problems. Technology to support the ability to send energy over long distances without wires ("power beaming") has gained momentum, currency, and recognition. by many entities, including DARPA , the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy , the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers , industry, and in countries such as Japan. The benefit and motivation for power beaming is its ability in contexts unsuitable for wires to move energy from a place where it is comparatively easy to generate or store to a place where it is more challenging to generate or store. The technology itself takes several forms, including: (1) laser transmission at a range of possible wavelengths to receivers consisting of bandgap-tuned photovoltaics, thermophotovoltaics, or heat engines, (2) millimeter-wave transmission using solid state or gyrotron sources to rectennas or heat engines, and (3) microwave transmission at a range of possible frequencies from vacuum or solid state electronics to rectenna receivers. Supporting technology, including high altitude vehicles, aerostats, inexpensive adaptive optics, and others have also made significant recent gains. For defense purposes, a number of application areas are of immediate interest: swarming, teamed, and individual autonomous air, ground, and sea vehicles, off board countermeasures, unattended ground and sea sensors, explosive ordnance disposal, and camp/convoy/port/fleet security. These cover a range of mission areas, including providing communications, intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance. They are applicable in numerous military contexts, such as forward operating bases, combat outposts, landing parties, fleet operations, and distributed sensor networks. Power beaming can also be used to enhance energy harvesting or traditional solar energy collection. This RFI seeks inputs for how best to implement a demonstration of a power beaming capability that is safe for users and bystanders, and that delivers on an ongoing basis at least 1 kW at a distance of at least 1 km. The NRL asks that interested parties, at a minimum, supply the following information: • Contact Information • Name of company, mailing address, and point of contact (POC) • Telephone number, fax number, address, and e-mail address of POC • Business size and number of employees • If a small business identify if your firm if an 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB • If your company is a GSA schedule contract holder AND if the items are available under the schedule Submission of Information: All information and data received in response to this RFI marked or designated as corporate or proprietary information will be protected as such. Please include this notice number on all documents and email. Classified Material shall not be submitted. Please transmit responses by e-mail to Anastasia Lenfest, Contract Specialist, at anastasia.lenfest@nrl.navy.mil in either Word or .pdf formats. All responses must be received on or before 5:00PM, (EST), 30 September 2019. Phone solicitations or emails regarding the status of this Request for Information (RFI) will not be accepted.