SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Market Survey: Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) Active Protection
- Notice Date
- 1/7/2011
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- TACOM Contracting Center (TACOM-CC), ATTN: AMSTA-AQ-AMB, E Eleven Mile Road, Warren, MI 48397-5000
- ZIP Code
- 48397-5000
- Solicitation Number
- W56HZV11R0136
- Response Due
- 2/14/2011
- Archive Date
- 4/15/2011
- Point of Contact
- William L. Shivas, 586-282-6045
- E-Mail Address
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TACOM Contracting Center (TACOM-CC)
(william.l.shivas@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- MARKET SURVEY DESCRIPTION ROCKET PROPELLED GRENADE (RPG) ACTIVE PROTECTION I. DESCRIPTION OF INTENT: THIS IS A MARKET SURVEY REQUESTING INFORMATION IN SUPPORT OF THE FOLLOWING POTENTIAL REQUIREMENT. No contract will be awarded from this announcement. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) or an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation, nor is it a request seeking contractors to be placed on a solicitation mailing list. Response to this survey is voluntary and no reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this market survey and any follow-on information requests. Data submitted in response to this market survey will not be returned. No solicitation documents exists at this time, and calls requesting a solicitation will not be answered. II. TOPIC: The Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) Ground Systems Survivability (GSS) is conducting a market survey to identify potential sources and the status of state-of-the-art RPG active protection technology and its capabilities against tactical and (or) combat vehicle requirements. TARDEC is requesting a detailed breakdown of the cost, schedule, and logistics necessary to mature an Active Protection System (APS) to the provided vehicle threshold requirements. The intent of the market survey is to gather information to assess the potential for TARDEC to obtain an RPG active protection system meeting a set of threshold requirements that will successfully complete component-level maturation testing and integration and system level testing on a vehicle demonstrator. The data gathered in the market survey will help define and influence the trade space and requirements of a follow-on Request for Proposal (RFP) for APS maturation released through the TARDEC Omnibus. Each responding contractor shall provide a brief description of the overall system to include the defeat mechanism and integration requirements needed to support the technology. Identify the components and sub-components of the system; provide the function of each component and sub-component of the overall system and the interfaces between each component; provide the space, weight, and power required for each component and sub-component; and provide a description of testing and analysis completed to date on each component and sub-component. Provide the individual component costs and overall system cost for three scenarios: 1) prototype cost for system as-is, 2) estimated prototype cost for system meeting threshold requirements, 3) production cost for system meeting threshold requirements assuming 1000 units. Provide a detailed status report of the system compared to the requirements provided in Attachment A. Each requirement should be addressed in the response. If your system meets a requirement without additional optimization, provide data to support the claim through system specifications, models or previous test results. For instances where the current system does not meet the threshold requirement, provide a technology maturation plan needed to mature the system to meet it. This multi-year plan should include specific design and development tasks, cost estimates and any component or system level testing needed to mature the technology to the requirements. The plan should be presented as an Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) compatible with Microsoft Office 2007. For reference, a conceptual vehicle is: Length: 27 feet Width: 9 feet Height: 13 feet III. RESPONSES: Responses must be post marked by February 14, 2011. Please address any questions regarding this market survey via email to DAMI_TARDEC_GSS_AP.C@conus.army.mil; include name, phone number and email address for a response. Questions may be answered via email or phone. a. Each response should include three (3) documents (at a minimum): 1. System description with component and system costs (contractor format acceptable). 2. Requirements compliance spreadsheet provided in Attachment A. 3. Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) showing development plan. b. In addition, state whether your company has an Earned Value Management (EVM) system in place and whether it is in compliance with the EIA 748B specification. If it is not compliant, provide information that shows where your EVM system deviates from the specification. c. Provide information from any previous Army Fuze Board evaluation hearings the system has gone through. Specifically, when they were and how far the system got in the Fuze Board process. Describe system compliance with MIL-STD-1316 and provide information as to where the system deviates from MIL-STD-1316. d. Provide the required scheduled maintenance interval for calibration of the system and the steps required for calibration. Submit all responses, including UNCLASSIFIED and DOD SECRET documents, on a DVD via registered mail to: Inner Label: US Army RDECOM/TARDEC 6501 E. Eleven Mile Road, MS 263 ATTN: Lisa Lynch/RAP Team Warren, MI 48397-5000 Outer Package Label: US Army RDECOM/TARDEC 6501 E. Eleven Mile Road, MS 263 ATTN: Security Office Warren, MI 48397-5000 Please submit the relevant Classification Guide with all classified data. Participants with questions regarding the handling of classified data should send an email with contact information to Lisa Lynch, Security Officer at lisa.m.lynch@us.army.mil. Participation in this market survey is completely voluntary. If the Government seeks additional information that is not included in a submittal, TARDEC representatives may contact the participant for further information exchange. Vendor teaming is permitted, but not required. Information developed as part of this market survey may be shared with US Army Research, Development Engineering Command (RDECOM) subordinate commands; Program Executive Office for Ground Combat Systems Program Offices; Program Executive Office for Combat Support and Combat Service Support (PEO CS&CSS) Program Offices; and Other Government Agencies (OGAs) (i.e. Office of Naval Research, Marine Corps, etc.). IV. PROPRIETARY INFORMATION: GENERAL INFORMATION: The Government appreciates the time and effort taken to respond to this survey. The Government acknowledges its obligations under 18 U.S.C. 1905 to protect information qualifying as "confidential" under this statute. [To avoid possible confusion with the meaning of the term "confidential" in the context of Classified Information," we will use the term "PROPRIETARY."] Pursuant to this statute, the Government is willing to accept any PROPRIETARY (e.g., trade secret) restrictions placed on qualifying data forwarded in response to the survey questions and to protect it from unauthorized disclosure subject to the following: 1. Clearly and conspicuously mark qualifying data with the restrictive legend (all caps) "PROPRIETARY" with any explanatory text, so that the Government is clearly notified of what data needs to be appropriately protected. 2. In marking such data, please take care to mark only those portions of the data or materials that are truly proprietary (over breadth in marking inappropriate data as "PROPRIETARY" may diminish or eliminate the usefulness of your response - see item 6 below). Use circling, underscoring, highlighting or any other appropriate means to indicate those portions of a single page which are to be protected. 3. THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT OBLIGATED TO PROTECT UNMARKED DATA. Additionally, marked data that is already in the public domain or in the possession of the Government or third parties, or is afterward placed into the public domain by the owner or another party through no fault of the Government will not be protected once in the public domain. Data already in the possession of the Government will be protected in accordance with the Government's rights in the data. 4. Proprietary data transmitted electronically, whether by physical media or not, whether by the respondent or by the government, shall contain the "PROPRIETARY" legend, with any explanatory text, on both the cover of the transmittal e-mail and at the beginning of the file itself. Where appropriate for only portions of an electronic file, use the restrictive legends 'PROPRIETARY PORTION BEGINS:" and "PROPRIETARY PORTION ENDS." 5. In any reproductions of technical data or any portions thereof subject to asserted restrictions, the government shall also reproduce the asserted restriction legend and any explanatory text. 6. The Government sometimes uses support contractors in evaluating responses. Consequently, responses that contain proprietary information may receive only limited or no consideration since the Respondent's marking of data as "PROPRIETARY" will preclude disclosure of same outside the Government and therefore will preclude disclosure to these support contractors assisting the evaluation effort. The Government will use its best efforts to evaluate those responses that contain proprietary information without using support contractors consistent with the resources available
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- Address: TACOM Contracting Center (TACOM-CC) ATTN: AMSTA-AQ-AMB, E Eleven Mile Road Warren MI
- Zip Code: 48397-5000
- Zip Code: 48397-5000
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