SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Quest Black Advanced Technology Demonstration
- Notice Date
- 4/11/2003
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- Other Defense Agencies, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, DTRA Annex 8725 John J. Kingman Road, MSC 6201, Fort Belvoir, VA, 22060-6201
- ZIP Code
- 22060-6201
- Solicitation Number
- TDS030000684
- Archive Date
- 6/30/2003
- Point of Contact
- Cynthia Sanders, Contract Specialist, Phone (703) 325-9210, Fax (703) 325-9294,
- E-Mail Address
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cynthia.sanders@dtra.mil
- Description
- This is a Sources Sought Synopsis. There is no solicitation available at this time. Requests for solicitation will not receive a response. This Sources Sought Synopsis is published for market research purposes only, and in no way obligates the Government in an award of any contract. The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is seeking commercial technology solutions to requirements associated with response to the threat of proliferation of chemical weapons of mass destruction (WMD). This synopsis seeks to identify qualified sources from Government or Industry for the following requirements: 1. Chemical Agent Sample Collection. Methods and containers for the safe transport of samples with minimal sample degradation over an extended period of time are needed. Containers must be lightweight, man portable, rugged and able to withstand temperature extremes while maintaining sample integrity. New sampling devices and the means to manipulate and safely transport potentially contaminated samples/materials with minimal degradation of sample integrity will enable later forensic analysis of chemical materials for attribution. Material incompatibilities, limits of use and appropriate instructions for use are required. 2. Chemical Agent Detection. State of the art detection of chemical agents (to include toxic industrial chemicals (TICs) and toxic industrial materials (TIMs)) in a variety of backgrounds including air, water and surface materials are desired. Detection may be accomplished through fieldable point or standoff detectors. Systems should be able to identify at least the specific class of agents (e.g., nerve agents, blister agents) if not the actual agents themselves. Detectors that can function in the presence of organics and other potential interferents are desirable. False negative rates and false positive rates must be minimized. Detection should be rapid, reliable and easy to use. Instruments should be man portable, ruggedized, lightweight and have low power requirements. Methods for intrusive and non-intrusive detection agents in liquid, vapor and dry states will be considered. Responses should also address the capability to provide hands-on training and appropriate manuals for system operation. 3. Chemical Agent Identification. Identification of specific chemical agents, as well as several chemical agents simultaneously, is desired. Other parameters and criteria for identifiers are the same as those described for detectors. Again, technologies should function effectively in the presence of interferents. Instruments should be man portable, ruggedized, lightweight and have low power requirements. Responses should also address capability to provide hands-on training and appropriate manuals for systems operations. 4. Individual Protection. Individual chemical protection may include new clothing materials, prophylaxes, masks, respiratory systems, cooling suits, isolation systems, etc. 5. Decontamination. Lightweight, rapid chemical decontamination methods for personnel, equipment (including sensitive equipment) and vehicles are examples of decontamination items that are desired. 6. Rapid Destruction of Chemical Materials. Rapid destruction methods that either neutralize specific chemicals or render them useless (i.e., can no longer be used in a specific product formulation) are of interest, including methods for bulk agents. Methods should be able to destroy even the most concentrated forms of chemical materials in the presence and absence of contaminating organic species. All forms of deactivation and delivery methods will be considered. Proposed performance characteristics for this requirement are: 1) Destruction efficiency measured in percent neutralization for chemical agent efficacy or the degree of irreversibility for technologies that render target chemicals useless; 2) Ease of use. Minimal preparation time. Minimal exposure of user to chemical material. Autonomous use is preferred. Ease of handling, transportation and storage. 3) Speed of neutralization or inactivation (faster is better); 4) Mass ratio of inactivating agent or equipment to chemical being neutralized or rendered useless (i.e. lowest mass of inactivating agent/equipment that services the greatest mass of target chemical); 5) Stability and shelf life (greater stability and longer shelf life is better); 6) Destruction method is least hazardous to user. 7. Facility Decommissioning. Buildings and various pieces of equipment (including production, weaponization and storage equipment) need to be decommissioned. Rapid methods which render equipment and infrastructure unusable and minimize potential contamination of the surrounding environs are desired. Because these buildings and equipment will no longer be used, destruction methods that are easy to use and user friendly are desired. Sources having the capability to provide technologies addressing any or all of these requirements are invited to submit white papers (6-10 pages maximum); white papers need to include sufficient technical information for a review panel to assess the scientific validity of the submitted technology. Separate white papers are requested for responses addressing more than one of the seven requirements, or for submission of multiple technologies for the same requirement. Responses should include a cost estimate ROM (rough order of magnitude) and the capability to participate in a concept demonstration by March 2006. Documents shall be provided in electronic form (Microsoft WORD, EXCEL, or PowerPoint) to the contract specialist at DTRA, Attn: ALT/ Cynthia Sanders, via e-mail: Cynthia.Sanders@dtra.mil no later than 30 April 2003; include 'AIC# TDS030000684' in the subject line of all email correspondence. Company information should include qualifications and experience in work of this nature, point of contact, business size and disadvantaged, 8(a) or HUBZone. Any information submitted in response to this synopsis is strictly voluntary. The Government will not pay for any information submitted in response to this Sources Sought. This announcement in no way obligates the Government to issue a solicitation or otherwise make a contract award.
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