SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Power Sources for Unattended Ground Sensors, Request for Information
- Notice Date
- 11/20/2006
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541710
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
- Contracting Office
- US Army C-E LCMC, Acquisition Center - Washington, ATTN: AMSEL-AC-W, 2461 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22331-0700
- ZIP Code
- 22331-0700
- Solicitation Number
- W909MY-07-R-PUGS
- Response Due
- 12/20/2006
- Archive Date
- 2/18/2007
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The awareness and use of passive sensor technologies for remote battlefield applications has greatly increased over the last few decades. UGS consist of a variety of sensor technologies that are packaged for deployment and perform the mission of rem ote target detection, location and/or recognition. Ideally, the UGS are small, low cost and robust, and are expected to last in the field for extended periods of time after deployment. They are capable of transmitting target information back to a remote op erator. These devices could be used to perform various mission tasks including perimeter defense, border patrol and surveillance, target acquisition, and situation awareness. UGS Devices consist of a battery-powered, single or multiple co-located sensors, with signal processing capability to analyze target characteristics, and transmit target recognition information to a remote monitoring location. UGS can be deployed by one of many different techniques. The operational life of UGS can be greatly extended with smart power management, which can extend the useful life of the device beyond that of normal, continuous operation. Currently the U.S. military uses a variety of unattended sensor for reconnaissance and detection. These sensors are crucial to savin g lives and situational awareness. Currently sensors are powered by military battery technology. In many cases the available batteries only power the sensor for a limited amount of time, requiring individual to return to the sensor to change out the powe r source. This may be in very remote and sometime dangerous situations. An ideal mission for an unattended aground sensor would be operation without re-supply for 30-60 days. The U.S Army CERDEC is interested in determining companies that have the capa bility to develop a fuel cell power source for unattended ground sensors. The goal of the program would be to develop a lightweight, silent, fuel cell system capable of providing between 5 and 10Watts of power (depending on sensor chosen). The fuel cell system should be designed to power the sensor unattended for 30-60 days without refuel. Commercial firms shall select a military sensor or several military sensors and submit an analysis of capability and benefit in comparison with currently used battery technology. The CERDEC Power Technology Branch is interested in obtaining white papers, not exceeding 10 pages in length, describing the contractor's experience in design, development, fabrication and testing of fuel cell power source for unattended ground sensors, detailed specifications of their power source, organizational capabilities, and a Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) unit cost for potential future government procurements. Technical Information submitted should include: Fuel cell technology proposed and fuel type; size and weight of the system with fuel and without fuel; overall power output; energy density of the system; size and weight of fuel required for 30-60 day mission duration; volume and form factor; and analysis of benefit over current batt eries used. The data received in response to this RFI is for information purposes only and does not mandate or impose requirements. It is desirable that data be received with unlimited rights to the Government. However, we recognize that proprietary data may be included with the information provided. If so, clearly mark such proprietary information and clearly separate it from the unrestricted information as an addendum. All responses to this market research shall be submitted within 30 calendar days of th e date of this announcement. Responses must be submitted via electronic mail to Ms. Elizabeth Bostic, Project Engineer at elizabeth.bostic@armypower.army.mil. All questions of a technical nature should be directed to Ms. Bostic the above email address. Al l questions of a contractual nature shall be directed to Ms. Patricia Davis, Contracting Officer at pat.davis@cacw.army.mil. No telephonic inquiries or requests will be honored. Please reference solicitation number W909MY-07-R-PUGS in all request for information and in the White Paper submission. See note 26.
- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army C-E LCMC, Acquisition Center - Washington ATTN: AMSEL-AC-W, 2461 Eisenhower Avenue Alexandria VA
- Zip Code: 22331-0700
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 22331-0700
- Record
- SN01184271-W 20061122/061120220942 (fbodaily.com)
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