SPECIAL NOTICE
99 -- Large Command Post Shelter for Brigade, Division and Corps Sized Units
- Notice Date
- 1/23/2004
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- Contracting Office
- US Army Robert Morris Acquisition Center, Natick Contracting Division (R&D and BaseOps), ATTN: AMSRD-ACC-N, Natick Contracting Division (R and BaseOPS), Building 1, Kansas Street, Natick, MA 01760-5011
- ZIP Code
- 01760-5011
- Solicitation Number
- USA-SNOTE-040123-001
- Archive Date
- 3/23/2004
- Description
- SUBJECT Large Command Post Shelter for Brigade, Division & Corps Sized Units General Information Document Type: Request for Information Solicitation Number: Posted Date: Original Response Date: Current Response Date: 60 days after submission Archive Date: Contracting Office Address US Army Robert Morris Acquisition Center, ATTN: AMSSB-ACN-S, Natick Contracting Division (R&D and BaseOPS), Building 1, Kansas Street, Natick, MA 01760-5011 Description The desired capabilities are listed below. In some cases the minimum requirements are noted as (T) for threshold and the Objective requirements are designated (O). The shelter will be compatible with Standard Integrated Command Post Light Sets, NSN 6230-01 -4 85-6375, Mapboards, NSN 7110-01-327-6124 and Tables, NSN 7110-01-327-7685. The Natick Soldier Center (NSC) will consider commercial items, military items and modified variants of each category. Suppliers are requested to provide a manufacturer's product information sheet, interior and exterior photos if available, a strategy to meet any requirement that the proposed product does not currently meet and an estimated price for the shelter. Responses to this market survey are due on or before 60 days from po sting of this survey. The NSC will review the submittals and may invite certain Vendors to demonstrate their product within 60 days of this announcement (approximately May 04). The product demonstration may take place at the Natick Soldier Center, Natick, MA, Ft. Monmouth, NJ or Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD. All cost associated with the product demonstration, to include but not limited to travel cost and models, are at the sole expense of the Vendor. A. General Description: (1) Provides a modular soft wall shelter building block for use in Brigade, Division and Corps level Tactical Operations Centers (TOC) with a minimum of four (4) personnel doors and four (4) windows with screens (T). Minimum width/length dimension for the module is 28 feet (T) and the module square footage can range from 900 square feet to 1000 square feet. Shelter needs to be continuously extendable in the longitudinal direction without breaking the plane of the roof (T). The shelter needs to be a minimum height of seven (7) feet (T) at the eave line or seven (7) feet (T) at 13 feet off the longitudinal centerline of the tent. Maximum peak height may not exceed 16 feet (T) with a 14-foot height (O). (2) Shelter is required to be setup or disassembled in 60 minutes with no more than six unit personnel (T). It is desired, that the shelter be set up or taken down in 40 minutes with no more than six unit personnel (O). Time includes staking required to me et high wind conditions noted in paragraph b.3, the installation of the interior electrical distribution and lighting systems. Time for set up begins when the shelter, enclosed in the transport bags, case, or diapers are on the ground at the erection site . Time for disassembly/striking ends when, components are secured in the transport bags/case/diapers. No ladders, vehicles or tools except for stake installation may be used to setup or strike the shelter or any part of the shelter. A type of non-powered hand tool may be used for installing stakes. (3) Provides an open interior architecture with unrestricted floor space, which facilitates group work in a collective staff environment with good visual access to all Large Scale Display (LSD) devices and collaborative planning tools. Shelter shall have n o poles or support members except around the perimeter of the shelter (T) (4) Provide an interior power distribution system that meets National Electric Code for temporary structures and is compatible with MIL-STD Generators. The interior power distribution system will provide 12-16, dual 15 amp GFCI receptacles to power 16 ???? ?? 20 workstations. The system will include a lighting system providing an illumination level of at least 325 lux (30 foot-candles) (T) at operator workstations using NSN 6230-01-485-6375 lights. It is desired to provide 540 lux (50 foot-candles) (O) at operator workstations using NSN 6230-01-485-6375 lights. (5) Provides a cable management system to consolidate power cables and wiring harnesses that requires no specialized training or tools. This includes a minimum of one, 3 inch diameter cable access duct, with cinch-able sleeves at each end and side of the s helter module (T) (6) Shall be available in woodland green #483 or desert tan #454 colored exteriors both with a white interior. (T) (7) Provides lightweight, integrated modular flooring (T) which prevents the intrusion of water and/or rain from coming up into the floor area/surface of the tent (O) (8) Has a system R value of three (3) with an add on liner (T) and desirable R value of three (3) without a liner (O) (9) Utilizes standard mil spec fasteners, stakes and ancillary hardware (T). All hardware must be captivated or attached (T). (10) Able to be transported on a standard 463L pallet, by C-130, or by cargo HMMWV and LMTV (T). (11) Be designed so the tent will complex with other Army tents utilizing a TEMPER Vestibule NSN 8340-01-186-3026 and complex to vehicles & vehicle mounted rigid wall shelters utilizing bootwalls. The requirement is to complex with eight (8) vehicles/shelt ers (T) or twelve (12) vehicles/shelters (O). B. Environmental Threats: (1) Withstand a snow load of 20 lbs per square foot for 12 hours without damage or permanent deflection that requires the frame member to be replaced in order to complete the mission (T) or frame deflection greater than 1 cross sectional height of the defl ected section (O). Example, if the frame member is a 3-inch diameter tube, the non-permanent deflection may not exceed 3 inches. (2) The shelter shall not pool water on any part under any circumstance and shall be capable of withstanding rain at a rate of two (2) inches per hour for thirty (30) minutes without evidence of leakage through the tent fabric, flaps, seams or vents that w ould result in degradation of safety or loss of mission capability. Leakage is defined as: Negligible - Damp spots, barely noticeable (O). Minor - Droplets forming on the fabric or at the seams and hanging there (no movement of water) which under ordinary circumstances will not impair its intended military use (T). Major - Water continually leaking and dropping off or running down the items inner surface, which impairs the items intended military use (Failure). (3) Withstand wind load of 55 mph with gusts up to 65 mph (T). Be capable of withstanding a steady wind speed of 55 mph for a 30 minute duration with three occurrences of wind gusts to 65 mph occurring within the 30 minute duration and resist intrusion by rain under the same wind conditions (O). (4) Remain operational at temperatures ranging from -50 to +120 degrees F. Must be fully deployable after storage for 36 hours at temperatures ranging from - 60 degrees to +150 degrees F. The fabric shall be resistant to cold crack at -60 degrees F when te sted in accordance with ASTM D2136 (T). (5) Include four (4) uniformly spaced , sealable, roof openings for a flue stack using either stovepipe shields NSN 8340-00-896-9053 or in compliance with MIL-S- 43002 Shield, Stovepipe, Tent (T). 6) Include a minimum of two (2) ECU duct openings with cinch-able sleeves per endwall and two (2) ECU duct openings with cinch-able sleeves per side wall that will permit the passage of two 16 inch diameter ducts, 5 to 6 feet apart, through the tent wall a t a centerline height of 22 inches above ground level to allow interface with existing ECU units. It shall include an ability to seal the outer wall to the duct to prevent water migration, loss of conditioned air, or leakage of outside air into the conditi oned space. The interface shall seal against the intrusion of rain, snow, blowing sand, flying/crawling insects and animals when in use and when closed (T). C. Dete ction Threats. (1) All fabric and support systems shall have a matt/dull finish with no more than a 2% gloss. (2) While in use or during the entry and exit of personnel the tent when illuminated, in conformance with paragraph a.(4), should not be observable at night within 100m with the naked eye or within 300m with night vision goggles. (3) The shelter must be co mpatible and interface with the standard Army camouflage net system. No ladders or vehicles shall be required for installation of standard camouflage net system. D. Safety. (1) The fabric (roof, walls, floor, liner) shall be flame resistant, self-extinguishing and shall have no flaming melt drip or molten pieces when exposed to flame or heat. The shelter shall be tested IAW ASTM-D 6413 Standard Test Method for Flame Resistanc e of Textiles (Vertical Test). All fabric components shall be self-extinguishing within 2.0 seconds after exposure to the flame source for 12 seconds in both the warp and fill directions. The damaged char length shall be less than 50% of the sample length of 12 inches. (2) The fabric should not have any coatings that cause skin irritation or skin toxicity and is constructed from non-toxic materials. (3) The shelter or any components (i.e. fabric, floor, frame, etc) will meet human factors requirements for soldier lift so that no single component or package should exceed a 6-soldier lift (220 lbs) (T) or a desired 4 soldier lift (140 lbs) (O). The de sired basic shelter weight (to include fabric, frame, floor, walls, roof, high wind lines and stakes) shall not exceed 1000 lbs. Shelter will be packed in component bundles that do not exceed 220 lbs each. E. Durability. (1) Withstand 50 cycles during a 2-year period of erect and strike without any damage that would lead to a failure of one of the above criteria (T). Withstand 100 cycles of erect and strike during a 2-year period without any damage that cannot be repaired and would lead to a failure of one of the above criteria and prevent the shelter from being operational (O). (2) Fabric shall be able to withstand two years of continuous use in all environmental conditions (T). All information submitted shall be considered confidential. Interested firms should indicate in their response whether or not they are a small or large business. The Federal Supply Code is 8340. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Cod e is 314912, the size standard for which is 500 employees or less to be considered a small business (formerly the SIC Code). Please provide name of firm, address, POC, phone/fax number and email address if available. Submit data of the item to US Army Nati ck Soldier Center, ATTN: AMSRD-NSC-CP-F, Mr. Steve Nye, Kansas Street, Bldg #5, Room S-114, Natick, MA 01760-XXXX. This synopsis is being utilized as a Market Search Only to gain information and does not constitute an Invitation for Bid or Request for Prop osals, It is not to be construed as a commitment by the government to issue an order or otherwise pay for the information solicited. Email your questions to US Army Robert Morris Acquisition Center at steven.nye@natick.army.mil
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