SOURCES SOUGHT
99 -- Market Survey Request for Sources Capable of Manufacturing a MV-4B Mechanical Anti-Personnel Mine Clearing System
- Notice Date
- 5/15/2008
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 339999
— All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U. S. Army Materiel Command, U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (Warren), TACOM - Warren Acquisition Center, ATTN: AMSTA-AQ-AMB, E Eleven Mile Road, Warren, MI 48397-5000
- ZIP Code
- 48397-5000
- Solicitation Number
- W56HZV-08-R-HH11
- Response Due
- 6/6/2008
- Point of Contact
- Harmony Hunsanger, 586-574-7239
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- 1. Robotics Systems. The Project Manager, Robotics Systems Joint Project Office (RS JPO) located at the United States Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC) in Warren, Michigan is seeking to identify sources capable of manufacturing a MV-4B Mechanical Anti-Personnel Mine Clearing System. The MV-4B is a 7 ton tracked, combat engineer vehicle teleoperated light flail system, that can either neutralize antipersonnel (AP) mines by destroying or detonating them with its rotating flair head. The MV-4B can be teleoperated from within the blast protected Medium Mine Protected Vehicle (MMPV) or from a safe dismounted location. It will neutralize antipersonnel and antitank (AT) mine blasts. The MV-4B is capable of being sling loaded by joint and Army heavy rotary wing helicopters. The MV-4B will neutralize non-hardened, simple pressure mines in designated areas. The unmanned, teleoperated systems will keep Soldiers out of harms way by providing safe standoff distances. The hand held, stand off remote control feature of the system allows the operator to remain outside the range of exploding mines during the clearing process, while machines engine and vital components are protected by steel armor plates against mine explosion fragments. The MV-4B will neutralize antipersonnel land mines in marked areas. The MV-4B shall be a Commercial off the shelf (COTS)/Non-developmental Item (NDI) *Attachment 1 -The Performance Specification for the MV-4B Mechanical Anti-Personnel Mine Clearing System, may be requested from the Point of Contact. 2. Market Survey Request. This market survey seeks to determine industry capability to provide the MV-4B, including any appropriate technical manuals, sustainment and engineering support. If interested, furnish your detailed response and technical information questionnaire. Additionally, provide any supplemental information or commercial literature describing the human factors, engineering, safety, supportability, quality, cost, product availability or other information not specifically requested that you feel would be informative. The Government does NOT wish to obtain any proprietary or otherwise protected documents as a result of this market survey. The Government may return such data or documents submitted that have proprietary or protected markings. This market research process is intended to obtain only commercially available information about contractors products. All portions of these enclosures are merely for market research purposes, subject to change at any time, are in no way binding on the Government and do not represent an established requirement. These enclosures are furnished for information purposes only with the understanding that the Government is under no obligation of any kind to proceed with an acquisition in any way related to or based upon the data set forth in these enclosures. Nothing contained in this survey should be regarded as a basis upon which to seek payment, reimbursement or other consideration from the Government. Moreover, this letter is not intended as a solicitation of any proposal. 3. Response Format. Electronic responses are required. It is requested that electronic responses be provided in any of the following formats: Microsoft Word 2003 or earlier, Microsoft Excel 2003 or earlier, Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 or earlier or Adobe Acrobat. The maximum size of each e-mail message should be no more than three and one-half (3.5) megabytes. You may use multiple e-mail messages. The subject line must include the message number, (example: 1 of 3, 2 of 3, 3 of 3), and [Firms Name] response to MV-4B Mechanical Anti-Personnel Mine Clearing System. All interested firms, regardless of size, are encouraged to respond to this request for information. 4. Responses Due. Please submit electronic responses to this survey, comments to the Performance Specification, as well as industry questions for clarification to: Ms. Amy Zappitell at (586) 574-9283 or by email at amy.zappitell@army.mil Survey responses should be furnished by 6 June 2008 5. Market Survey Questionnaire. The below questions are intended to provide a snapshot of your capabilities to supply the MV-4B System as per the attached performance specification with appropriate logistics and engineering support. To obtain a Word Document version of the market survey and questionnaire, interested parties can visit the following website: http://contracting.tacom.army.mil/sources.htm MARKET RESEARCH SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE ROBOTICS SYSTEM JOINT PROJECT OFFICE Company Identification: Company Name: ________________________________________________________ Mailing Address: _________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ Company website: Point of Contact: _________________________________________________________ Phone Number: __________________________________________________________ Fax Number: ____________________________________________________________ Email: _________________________________________________________________ Location of Facilities:______________________________________________________ Business Profile: 1. What products/services does your company primarily manufacture? Please list the names and/or identifying numbers of the specific systems you are describing in response to this questionnaire. 2. How long has your company been in business? 3. What business type is your company (large, small, small-disadvantaged, women-owned or 8(a)? Is your company located in a labor surplus or HUB-zone (See FAR Part 19 Small Business Programs)? 4. List your North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Codes, Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code and Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number. Past Performance: 5. What experience does your company have in military procurements? 6. Are your described systems bought and sold commercially? If so, how many years have they been on the market? Logistics: 7. Describe your Integrated Logistics Support program including personnel, maintenance training and support, technical manual development, spares etc. Production Capability: 8. Would a sub-contractor produce some or all of this system? Please elaborate. 9. What is the production lead time to deliver test systems after contract award? 10. What is your production rate per month? 11. With your current facilities, what is your maximum (surge) production rate? Engineering: 12. What is your process for implementing engineering changes and drawing changes into production? Service Support: 13. How do you support your current products? 14. Do you have any locations Outside Continent of United States (OCONUS)? If so, where are they located? NOTE: The Government is not asking you to develop or provide drawings or develop any technical data in response to this market survey. Please send your completed survey questionnaire to Ms. Amy Zappitell at amy.zappitell@us.army.mil. Companies responding to this survey are required to submit electronic responses in accordance with paragraph 3 of this survey. Questions regarding the market survey should be directed to Ms. Amy Zappitell at amy.zappitell@us.army.mil or (586) 574-9283. Alternate POC is MAJ Mike Scuteri, (586) 574-7099, email michael.scuteri@us.army.mil.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: TACOM - Warren Acquisition Center ATTN: AMSTA-AQ-AMB, E Eleven Mile Road Warren MI
- Zip Code: 48397-5000
- Zip Code: 48397-5000
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