Aerospace Project

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Tendering Procedures: Generally only one firm has been invited
to bid
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Non-Competitive Procurement Strategy: Exclusive Rights
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Vendor Name and Address: 
Carleton University
Office of Research Services
510F Tory Building
1125 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa Ontario
Canada
K1S5B6
Nature of Requirements: 
Aerospace Project

W0046-14090S/A
Porter, Marta M.
Telephone No. - (613) 547-7587 (    )
Fax No. - (613) 545-8067

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Requirement
The overall objective of the Royal Military College is for a
three (3) year long collaborative project between RMCC and
Carleton University with a long term goal to develop a nonlinear
aeroelastic prediction and uncertainty quantification capability
for general 3-dimensional aircraft applications.  The project is
directed by Dr. Poirel from RMCC.  The project is sponsored by
the Royal Canadian Air Force Director General Aerospace
Equipment Program Management (DGAEPM).

Background
The Department of National Defence (DND), specifically Director
of Technical Airworthiness and
Engineering Support (DTAES), is sponsoring a three year long
project to develop a nonlinear aeroelastic
prediction capability and uncertainty quantification for general
3-D aircraft applications. Classical
aeroelastic prediction methodologies are currently based on
linearity of both the structure and its
aerodynamics. In general, this approach has served reasonably
well the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF)
operational requirements, but has also showed its limitations in
various instances some of which could
have proved fatal. Flight envelopes have been restricted due to
unexpected nonlinear aeroelastic events,
and the ability to clear new stores has been compromised. It is
envisaged that this problem will be even
more prevalent for new aircraft acquisitions as technology
advancements push operational limits such that
nonlinear behaviour may become the norm as opposed to the
exception. At this time, the Canadian
Forces (CF) has no capability to assess nonlinear aeroelastic
behaviour, be it in-house and even at the
Canadian level. For instance, Bombardier aeroelastic evaluation
methodologies are still based on linear
behaviour. Nonlinearities are not considered explicitly and are
somehow managed by enhanced safety
margins, which can be over-conservative and sometimes not
necessarily safe. Over the years, the Royal
Military College of Canada (RMCC) has developed a very good
understanding of nonlinear aeroelastic
behaviour, along with prediction and identification tools of
physically challenging canonical problems, but
which are relatively small in terms of degrees of freedom.  We
now have the objective to address complex
and large scale realistic configurations, such as eventually the
CF18. 

Scope

The scope of the project is to assess the guidelines below from
a flutter point of view and apply explicit
uncertainty quantification methodologies. The most efficient
method to certify new stores is clearance by
similarity with previously cleared stores. MIL-HDBK-1763
(Military Handbook 1763) provides guidelines
with allowable variations in stores physical properties which
could allow the application of such an
approach. However, these guidelines have been constructed from
store separation experience and are
therefore strictly applicable to the separation problem only,
not to the flutter problem which is different.
Moreover, these guidelines are based on dated methodologies
which do not explicitly consider uncertainty
in the system. A set of similarity criteria will be developed
for linear flutter store clearance similar to what
exists already for separation purposes in the form of
MIL-HDBK-1763 Table B-1 (military handbook). In
doing so, Carleton University will be constructing the
Computational Structural Dynamics (CSD) model
and then implementing an uncertainty quantification capability
on both linear and nonlinear structures.


Tasks include:

Conduct a literature search on aeroelastic sensitivity studies
for wing stores.

Develop a linear FEM model of a generic but realistic
wing/stores configuration.

Assess the effect of stores structural properties and location
on the modal characteristics of the wing.

Purely based on the no-flow wing modal characteristics, develop
similarity criteria for flutter applying uncertainty analysis
tools.

Add a simple linear aerodynamic model and assess effect of
stores structural properties and location on the modal and
flutter characteristics of the wing.

Based on the simple linear aeroelastic model, develop updated
similarity criteria for flutter applying uncertainty analysis
tools.

Add nonlinear structural models and evaluate scope of effect of
nonlinearities on flutter similarity criteria applying
uncertainty analysis tools.

Develop a FEM model of a generic but realistic full aircraft
configuration and/or acquire a CF18 FEM model or other CF
relevant aircraft.


Trade Agreements
The requirement is subject to the following the North American
Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA),  the Canada-Peru Free Trade
Agreement (CPFTA), Canada-Columbia Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA)
and the Agree on Internal Trade (AIT) however it is proposed to
invoke limited tendering reasons in accordance with the
following:
Single Sourcing applies under the following

GCR:  Section 6d) Only one person is capable of performing the
contract:
NAFTA:  Article 1016: (2b) Limited Tendering Procedures
where, for works of art, or for reasons connected with the
protection of patents, copyrights or other exclusive rights, or
proprietary information or where there is an absence of
competition for technical reasons, the goods or services can be
supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable
alternative or substitute exists; 
AIT:  Article 506, (12b) 
where there is an absence of competition for technical reasons
and the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular
supplier and no alternative or substitute exists;
Scheduled Dates of Service:  
For 31 March, 2014 develop a linear FEM model of a generic but
realistic wing/stores configuration and based on the simple
linear aeroelastic model, develop updated similarity criteria
for flutter and submit results in a report end-December 2013 and
end-February 2014.
For 31 March, 2015 develop a FEM model of a generic but
realistic full aircraft configuration and/or acquire a CF18 FEM
model or other CF relevant aircraft and submit results in a
report end-December 2014 and end-February 2015.
For 31 March, 2016 develop a set of similarity criteria based on
a generic but realistic full aircraft configuration accounting
for stores' structural and submit results in a report
end-December 2015 and end-February 2016.

The estimated cost of the contract is $72,000.00 + HST if
applicable.
Sole Source Justification
Uncertainty quantification is structural dynamics and
aeroelasticity is a very specialized engineering field, which
requires expert knowledge in both disciplines.  There exists
only one group in Canada which possesses this set of skills.  It
is the Uncertainty Quantification group at Carleton University.

Carleton University owns the proprietary software which the
Royal Military College will use for their date analysis.

Proposed Supplier:
Carleton University
1125 Colonel By Dr. Room 1303
Ottawa Ontario
K1S 5B6
SUPPLIER'S RIGHT TO SUBMIT A STATEMENT OF CAPABILITIES:
"Suppliers who consider themselves fully qualified and available
to provide the services and/or goods described herein, may
submit a statement of capabilities in writing to the contact
person identified in this notice on or before the closing date
of this notice. The statement of capabilities must clearly
demonstrate how the supplier meets the advertised requirements."
Closing date for a submission of a statement of capabilities. 
December 23, 2013
The PWGSC file number, the contracting officer's name and the
closing date of the ACAN must appear on the outside of the
envelope in block letters or, in the case of a facsimile
transmission, on the covering page.
Inquiries and statements of capabilities can be directed to:
Marta Porter
Supply Specialist
Public Works and Government Services Canada
86 Clarence St. 2nd Floor
Kingston, Ontario  K7L 1X3
Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

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the requirements set out in the ACAN, the contracting authority
may then proceed with the award.  However, should a Statement of
Capabilities be found to meet the requirements set out in the
ACAN, then the contracting authority will proceed to a full
tendering process.

Suppliers who consider themselves fully qualified and available
to provide the services/goods described herein, may submit a
statement of capabilities in writing to the contact person
identified in this Notice on or before the closing date of this
Notice. The statement of capabilities must clearly demonstrate
how the supplier meets the advertised requirements.

The PWGSC file number, the contracting officer's name and the
closing date of the ACAN must appear on the outside of the
envelope in block letters or, in the case of a facsimile
transmission, on the covering page.

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procurement.

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