SOURCES SOUGHT
20 -- Control and Monitoring Systems
- Notice Date
- 5/15/2008
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, Naval Sea Systems Command, NSWC Carderock Division, N65540 NAVAL SHIP SYSTEM ENGINEERING STATION, CARDEROCK DIVISION, PA Naval Surface Warfare Center Naval Business Center, Naval Base Philadelphia, PA
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- N6554008SMJD2
- Response Due
- 6/6/2008
- Point of Contact
- Dorothy Kraynik 215-897-8764
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sources Sought Notice Title Control and Monitoring Systems Market Survey Classification Code: 20 - Ship and marine equipment Purpose The Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division (NSWCCD) is hereby conducting a market survey of all potential sources of control and monitoring system hardware and software for use on Naval Air Cushion Vehicles (ACV). The control systems should be currently in production or already in development and be capable of being in production by 2009. This market survey in no way binds the Government to offer contracts to responding companies. The information provided will assist NSWCCD in understanding the options available for control system technology on an air cushion vehicle. Defense and commercial contractors, including small businesses, veteran-owned businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned businesses, HUBZone small businesses, and woman-owned small businesses are encouraged to participate. However, respondents should demonstrate that they currently produce control systems that meet the listed description for commercial or other military applications. Description The control and monitoring system would be used to interface to, monitor and control devices, instrumentation and sub-systems of an air cushion vehicle, including, engine controls, craft control surfaces, electrical plant systems and auxiliary systems. The following list of information is requested for control and monitoring system. Please provide the information at a component level AND as a configured control subsystem/system (see Response Section, Item 8). Physical Information: WeightSpace WxHxDPower Requirements (Peak and Normal Load)Power Type (AC(Freq))/DC)External Interfaces supported Modes Cooling RequirementsMil-Std-901D shock test (Y/N)Mil-Std-810F, Method 516.5, procedure 1 shock test (acceleration and waveform)Mil-Std-167-1A, type 1 vibration test (Y/N)Mil-Std-810F, Method 514.5 vibration test (category and figure used)Operational temperature rangeNon-operational (storage) temperature rangeCondensing humidity (Y/N)Drip/splash proof (provide test method)Salt fog testing (provide test method)Blowing sand testing (provide test method)Govt Maintenance Support PlanTraining (military schools, vendor schools, etc)MTTRMTBFEquipment mounting options Equivalent commercial environmental test standards will be considered. NOTE: While the ACV will encounter a wide range of harsh environmental conditions representative of amphibious assaults in diverse regions of the world, there are ACV level and subsystem level approaches possible to reduce the range of environmental conditions encountered by the control subsystem/system. When responding to this market survey, please provide information on all products provided by the respondent over a wide range of environmental specifications. The following section provides a set of performance characteristics that meet the needs of a potential ACV control and monitoring system. These should be considered when responding to this survey. When responding to this survey, indicate which of the below characteristics are achievable by the proposed vendor product/s. Performance Characteristics: 1.Communication/Interfaces ID interfaces supported (physical and protocol). Features of interest include: a. Capable of communicating and transferring data to other craft computer systems over a high speed communications network. b. Capable of interfacing with various I/O signal types; typically would include multiple analog and discrete I/O options, temperature inputs and high speed counter inputs. c. Capable of communicating with distributed I/O and instrumentation over a standard process automation protocol. d. Capable of interfacing with a Human Machine Interface (HMI) computer or include HMI functions and/or operator display to allow operator interface and control of the system. 2.User Configurable features of interest include: a. Configurable for a wide range of input/output signals using modules, circuit boards, expansion cards, etc. b. Configurable to execute a control program which will read the control system input values, process the data and write data to the control system outputs. The control program should be a standard programming language, or conform to the IEC 61131-3 standard. 3. Redundancy features of interest include: a. Configurable for complete redundancy. b. Configurable to transfer control from a primary processing unit to a backup unit in the case of a failure of the primary unit 4. Program/Configuration/data storage capabilities features of interest include: a. Program code/configuration data should remain intact when system power is removed. b. Program code/configuration data capable of being stored to removable media. c. Capable of storing historical analog/discrete/program data for analysis purposes. 5. Performance Monitoring/diagnostics: Capable of providing system health and/or health monitoring/diagnostic capabilities to the Line Replaceable Unit (LRU) level. Responses Responses to this Market Survey should include supporting materials that provide a demonstration of your companys capabilities, experience, and overall understanding of the criteria. The following information is requested (please indicate if the information is an estimate or actual). For costs, please provide any applicable quantity discounts. 1. Description of the overall control system (see table and performance characteristics listed above). a. Include its population base and applications, including an indication of the degree to which it is marinized and/or militarized. b. Include a description of the technology used. (i.e. PLC, PAC, VME, PXI, cPCI, PC based, embedded microcontroller, etc.) 2. Installation and integration requirements including (for software, if applicable) Operating Systems supported and approximate processing characteristics required for host computers 3. Description of possible control system architectures, including connectivity to other control systems, I/O, processors and computers; system redundancy and expandability capabilities. 4. List and definition of system interfaces supported including data description and protocols. 5. Applications and history of fielded systems 6. Required Configuration Software, Operating System Software 7. Performance Data (program execution times, signal sampling/update times, variable data rates, etc.) 8. Cost for each of the following control system components or cost for a single unit solution that includes: a. Processor b. Power Supply c. Rack/Backplane d. Ethernet Board e. I/O Boards: 1 of each: Discrete Output, Discrete Input, Analog Output, Analog Input, RTD Input, Thermocouple Input 9. Cost and lead time for a typical control subsystem/system of 100 I/O signals containing each of the above I/O types. 10. Cost for hardware maintenance fees (including updates, technical support, obsolescence services, etc) 11. Cost for software licensing fees and associated terms (development, installation, maintenance, etc) 12. US Military applications including points of contact NSWCCD requests your responses by 10:00 am (EST), on 6 June 2008. Information should be e-mailed to Ms. Dorothy Kraynik at dorothy.kraynik@navy.mil or mailed to Naval Surface Warfare Center, Attn: Dorothy Kraynik, 1000 Kitty Hawk Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19112 and labeled with the solicitation number and title. Questions can be submitted electronically to dorothy.kraynik@navy.mil. Information provided will be treated as Business Sensitive and will not be shared outside of Government activities and agencies without the permission of the provider. All information shall be provided free of charge to the Government. NSWCCD may request further information regarding the capabilities of respondents to meet the requirements and may request a presentation and/or a site visit as deemed necessary. Request vendors fill out the attached Cost Form. For questions regarding the Cost Form, please contact Mr. Thomas Wasniewski, at (202)781-1255, thomas.wasniewski@navy.mil. Points of Contact Name:Phone:E-Mail:Dorothy Kraynik(215) 897-8764dorothy.kraynik@navy.mil Jonathan Schrier (215) 897-8681 jonathan.schrier.ctr@navy.mil John Messick(215) 897-7338john.e.messick.ctr@navy.mil Jim Mariani(215) 897-8851james.mariani@navy.mil
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