Author: rjb
DoD Communities of Interest: Energy and Power Technologies
Subject: Jet Fuel Bulk Storage Innovations
Due Date: 10 May 2020
Government Organization: DIU
Description: The Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility is a military fuel storage facility near Honolulu, Hawaii. The facility can store up to 250 million gallons of fuel in 20 steel-lined underground storage tanks. After a jet fuel loss in 2014, the US Department of Defense (DoD) seeks solutions to provide a double-wall equivalency by equipping the Red Hill Fuel Facility with secondary containment, as defined by Hawaii Administrative Rules 11.280.1-24, by 2045.
In addition, the DoD seeks complete or partial solutions for the following secondary efforts.
Tank Inspection Repair and Maintenance (TIRM) - Improve the TIRM procedure, maintain the current standard of care and operational capability, increase Clean-Inspect-Repair (CIR) velocity, and decrease the risk of release and program cost.
The DoD seeks complete or partial solutions for the following research and development goals as tertiary efforts.
* Structural health monitoring of the vessel and sections of the vessel
* Corrosion and advanced techniques for measuring and controlling corrosion
* Continuous interstitial space monitoring
* Development of a virtual reality tour of Red Hill
Vendors, subcontractors, and their employees must be US persons and pass a background check to see full project information as well as to access the Red Hill Facility.
The selected vendor(s) will likely be notified of an award in the summer of 2020 and will be expected to deliver detailed prototype design(s) within six months of kickoff. Part of the detailed prototype design will be a draft Plan of Actions & Milestones (POA&M) to complete a prototype onsite in Hawaii within three years. Selected vendor(s) will be invited to some of the US Government testing events for the prototype(s). The future production numbers for the successful prototype(s) are anticipated to include the remaining 19 tanks over a 15-year period.
Website: https://www.diu.mil/work-with-us/submit-solution/PROJ01124
Questions or assistance, contact:
North Carolina Defense Technology Transition Office (DEFTECH)
Dennis Lewis
703-217-3127
Bob Burton
910-824-9609
