SPECIAL NOTICE
58 -- TECHNOLOGY READINESS EVALUATION (TRE-10) FOR THE JOINT CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL AND RADIOLOGICAL AGENT WATER TESTING (JCBRAWM)
- Notice Date
- 1/29/2010
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- Contracting Office
- RDECOM Contracting Center - Edgewood (RDECOM-CC), ATTN: AMSSB-ACC-E, 5183 Blackhawk Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010-5424
- ZIP Code
- 21010-5424
- Solicitation Number
- W911SR-10-R-JCBRAWM
- Archive Date
- 4/29/2010
- Point of Contact
- Mary Ann Mitchell, 410-436-0642
- E-Mail Address
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RDECOM Contracting Center - Edgewood (RDECOM-CC)
(maryann.mitchell@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC), Chemical Biological Radiological (CBR) Technology Evaluation Branch, in support of the Chief, Chemical Biological Point Detection Branch, Edgewood Chemical Biological (CB) Center, is sponsoring in FY 2010 a Technology Readiness Evaluation (TRE) 10-1. The TREs purpose is to evaluate advanced radiological detection technologies for the Joint Chemical, Biological, and Radiological Agent Water Monitor (JCBRAWM). The TRE will consist of a Panel of subject matter experts for purposes of Technology Readiness Level (TRL) assignment. The Government anticipates conducting a side by side test and evaluation of vendor systems in June 2010. Vendors both domestic and international are encouraged to respond to this RFI opportunity with details of hardware and data demonstrating a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 5 or higher. Vendors are being sought that have a detection system capable of detecting radiological contamination in formulated tap water. This is not a Request for Proposal and no contract will be awarded as a result of this Request for Information (RFI). Interested vendors should respond to this opportunity with descriptions of hardware and data that demonstrate the following: 1. Performance (a.) performance capability to automatically detect the presence of Alpha and Beta contamination in formulated tap water, (b.) 80 % probability of detection and a 10% false detection rate, (c.) detects contamination at two levels; 3 micro-Curies per Liter within 30 minutes and 0.05 micro-Curies per liter within 50 minutes of Alpha and Beta contamination upon challenge presentation, (d.) set up and operational in ten (10) minutes or less (unpackaged configuration), (e.) and start up time and operational within one (1) minute upon operator initiation, after being non-operational for at least one (1) hour. 2. Suitability (a.) lightweight and man-portable, size of two (2) cubic feet or less and weight of 25 pounds or less, and (b.) easy to operate, maintain and is cost efficient. (c.) In addition, include in your proposal descriptions of the size, weight, power requirements, sensitivity, limits of detection, technology employed, system maturity (technology readiness level), ease of operation and maintenance, operable with battery power (type) and length of time, audio and visual signals, and Built-In Test capability used. 3. Test: A side by side test is planned and test duration will be approximately three (3) to four (4) weeks, during June 2010 at White Sands Missile Range Test Facility (U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command), White Sands, and New Mexico. At this time there are two options open concerning the operation of the vendor systems: 1.) Either the vendors will operate their own system at White Sands Missile Range Test Facility for up to 4 weeks, or 2.) The Government personnel will operate vendor systems, preceded by sufficient hands-on training of Government personnel by the vendor. Vendors will provide operating instructions and/or manuals to Government personnel three (3) weeks prior to the Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI). Vendors will be required to provide three (3) of their identical systems to test. The Operational Readiness Inspection, a preliminary test using known samples, will be conducted over one (1) or two (2) days prior to start of the formal test. This will allow for adjustments to vendor systems with known isotopes. No subsequent adjustments will be allowed. The vendor systems will be tested with low concentrations of radiological contamination in formulated tap water. Vendors are advised that the Government does not warrant that all components of a vendors system will be 100 % decontaminated. Therefore, those components or systems not decontaminated 100 % will be retained and destroyed by the laboratory. The Government will prepare and provide certification of destruction to each vendor. Prior to the start of testing compensation will be negotiated in the event partial or 100 % of vendors equipment is to be destroyed. To be responsive to this announcement, vendors must supply their white paper proposal of ten (10) pages or less excluding photos and cover page as follows: 1. Contractor format, 12 point font in writing to U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM), 5183 Blackhawk Road ATTN: RDCB-DRD-E (Daniel M. Nowak), Building E3326, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010, no later than close of business 29 February 2010. 2. Concurrently, an electronic copy of the white paper will be placed in this electronic Drop Box [https://dropbox.apgea.army.mil/cgi-bin/dropbox.pl]. Access to the ECBC drop box can be accessed from any Browser. The Recipient Email Addresses for the Drop Box are: joseph.anthony.traino@us.army.mil and michael.desha@us.army.mil. Only PDF format is acceptable for information submitted. Your files have a special prefix designation of JCBRAWM RAD Detector, followed by your company name, and then the name of the file. For example: JCBRAWM_Rad_Detector_ (company name)_whitepaper.pdf. DO NOT use blank spaces in the file name and the file name is not case sensitive. Electronic submissions will be accepted in addition, but not in place of the written submissions. Vendors are asked to provide an electronic photo of their hardware as a separate submission concurrent with the white paper proposals. Commercial applications of vendor hardware should be revealed as well. In addition, indicate the name of the Point of Contact (POC) for your company, the POCs telephone number, FAX number, email, and complete company mailing address. The U.S. Army is under no obligation to select any participating technologies. TRE 10-1 will offer participants an opportunity to obtain unique performance data that can be used in their development work. Email your questions, if preferred, directly to the US Army CBR Technology Evaluation Branch (TEB), Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. The address is joseph.anthony.traino@us.army.mil. Format is plain text.
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