SOURCES SOUGHT
16 -- Request for Information (RFI) for Persistent Surveillance Family of Aerostat Systems
- Notice Date
- 2/11/2011
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- CECOM Contracting Center (CECOM-CC), ATTN: AMSEL-AC, Building 1208, Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703-5008
- ZIP Code
- 07703-5008
- Solicitation Number
- W15P7T-PTDS-2011-0001
- Response Due
- 2/25/2011
- Archive Date
- 4/26/2011
- Point of Contact
- Hung Le, 433-861-2289
- E-Mail Address
-
CECOM Contracting Center (CECOM-CC)
(hung.le@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Request for Information (RFI) for Persistent Surveillance Family of Aerostat Systems This request for information (RFI) is for planning purposes only and shall not be considered as an invitation for bid, request for quotation, request for proposal, or as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services. Your response to this RFI will be treated as information only. No entitlement to payment, of direct or indirect costs, or charges by the Government will arise as a result of a contractor's submission of a response to this announcement or the Government's use of such information. This request does not constitute a solicitation for proposals or the authority to enter into negotiations to award a contract. The information provided may be used by the Government in developing its acquisition strategy and statement of work/statement of objectives and performance specifications. Interested parties are responsible for marking proprietary or competition sensitive information contained within their response. The Product Manager Robotic and Unmanned Sensors is conducting market research to determine the status of currently available products and technologies capable of providing an affordable, low cost material solution for a family of aerostat-based persistent surveillance systems. The Government is interested in two classes of aerostat system, medium and large, as described below: Medium class systems must fly at least 1650 feet above ground level (AGL) given site elevation of 5500 feet above mean-sea-level (MSL), carrying two Mid-size electro-optic/infrared (EO/IR) sensors and having additional lifting capacity of 50 lb and 500 W power for integration of future payloads. Medium class systems must be capable of maintaining continuous mission operations, without recovering the aerostat, for at least 10 days. The Mid-size EO/IR sensor must meet the following: Detection FOV > 6.5 degrees diagonal FOV - Detection of vehicle size targets with 70% probability, 9.0 Km minimum. Detection of personnel with 70% probability, 3.5 Km minimum for both FLIR and TV sensors. Identification of vehicle size targets with 70% probability, 5.5Km minimum for both FLIR and TV. Large class systems must fly at least 5000 feet AGL at MSL, carrying two Large-size EO/IR sensors and having additional lifting capacity of 150 lb and 1000 W power for integration of future payloads. The Large class systems must be capable of maintaining continuous mission operations, without recovering the aerostat, for at least 20 days. Large-size EO/IR sensor must meet the following: Detection FOV > 3.5 degrees diagonal FOV Detection of vehicle size targets with 70% probability, 17.0 Km minimum. Detection of personnel with 70% probability, 7.0 Km minimum for both FLIR and TV sensors. Identification of vehicle size targets with 70% probability, 8.0 Km minimum for both FLIR and TV. Both EO/IR sensor classes must include high magnification thermal imager, daylight camera with zoom lens, daylight camera with spotter lens, eye-safe laser range finder and laser-illuminator to mark ground targets. Eye safe laser range-finder range must be from 500 m to 10Km (mid-size), 30 Km (large size). Laser illuminator should be compatible with NVGs and have constant and pulse capability. Additional, the aerostat systems must broadcast at least one channel of full motion video to One System Remote Video Terminals (OSRVTs). Systems must be transportable by air (C-17), road, and ship. Systems must be capable of being set-up or disassembled within 72 hours on a prepared site. Systems must be capable of operating in at least 50 knot sustained winds and surviving 70 knot sustained winds when moored. Payload Subsystem/Gondola. Systems must have a modular and flexible payload support structure that permits substituting other government-furnished equipment (GFE) payloads as required. The payload support structure must include payload power distribution and network/data interface. It should include 5 rack units (8.75" high) of 19" rack space for housing additional payloads. Note that a GFE sensor may replace one EO/IR sensor depending on SWAP allocation. Family of systems mission payload capabilities may include but are not limited to: ground/dismount moving target indicator radar (GMTI/DMTI), wide area motion imagery (WAMI) sensor, tactical communications relay (EPLRS, SINCGARS, PRC-117G), and/or broadband data links or other voice or data communications. Aerostat Subsystem. The aerostat subsystem includes an aerostat envelope, tether, power distribution, navigation system and aerostat avionics. Systems must comply with Federal Aviation Regulation 101 for moored balloons. Ground Control Subsystem. The ground control subsystem (GCS) must be a containerized relocatable shelter providing an environmentally controlled space for operator personnel, command and control workstations for the installed payloads, and aerostat control and monitoring components. The GCS must be designed to handle video data classified up to the SECRET level. The GCS must include independent operator workstations for the command and control of each EO/IR sensor. The GCS must provide storage capacity for 30 days of video from each sensor. The GCS should include 26 rack units (45.5" high) of 19" rack space, as well as power, cooling and interface for ground equipment required to support additional payloads. The GCS must be capable of communicating with the supported unit via chat or secure voice-over-internet-protocol (SVOIP), and must be capable of integrating SINCGARS radios for tactical communications if provided by the supported unit. Ground Sensors. Systems must be capable of interfacing with unattended transient acoustic MASINT sensor (UTAMS) and using the input from these sensors to cross-cue the EO/IR sensors. Mooring Subsystem. The mooring subsystem anchors the aerostat to the ground and contains the facilities for launching and recovering the aerostat. Power Generation and Distribution. Because aerostat family systems must be capable of operating in a stand-alone environment, they must include equipment necessary to generate, condition and distribute power to all subsystems. The contractor may be directed to employ MEP-806B tactical quiet generators provided as GFE. Systems should also be capable of operating off of shore power if available. Site Support Equipment. Systems must be self-contained and stand-alone, meaning they must include all tools and support equipment. Systems should contain equipment necessary to setup/deploy the system. Systems must contain the equipment necessary to operate and maintain the system on a daily basis for an extended deployment. Recommended RFI Response Format Interested parties possessing relevant qualifications are requested to provide an unclassified white paper describing the following information: 1. System Concept: Identify and describe aerostat system concepts to meet either the medium or large class system described above. Provide general description and performance parameters for each system concept. For each system concept, also provide: a. Minimum time required after a contract award to deliver a first fully integrated and tested system and the maximum production rate (systems/month). b. Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) price for unit production. c. Flight profile for each aerostat system concept, showing flight altitude (AGL) versus site elevation (above mean sea level (MSL)). Please clearly identify assumptions, such as ambient temperature, helium purity, and persistent mission duration. d. Candidate EO/IR sensor(s) and performance parameters. e. Approach to integrate and interface a variety of sensor or communications payloads. f. Description of support equipment required to operate and maintain the system. 2. Operations and Support Concept: Provide an approach for operating and sustaining the persistent surveillance family of aerostat systems to include operator training and maintenance training. 3. Corporate capabilities, past and current performance information, available facilities and assets to support the above task and any applicable test documentation. Identify which parts of the proposed solutions are existing designs and which parts would be new development to support this effort. Identify any systems currently in operation. 4. Name, telephone number, fax number, street address and e-mail address for Program, Technical and Cost points of contact. RFI Administrative Information. All interested firms that possess the capabilities and capacities addressed herein are encouraged to respond to the notice by providing the information specified below, on or before 1700 hours on 25 Feb 2011. Information is preferred in soft-copy form in either Microsoft Word and/or Microsoft PowerPoint. If a soft-copy cannot be provided, written information will be accepted. Information may be provided through mail, or via e-mail. Telephone or email requests for additional information will not be honored. You may forward your UNCLASSIFED responses to PM Robotic & Unmanned Sensors, ATTN: SFAE-IEW-NV-RUS (MAJ. Robert Rugg) Building 6006, B2-133, Combat Drive, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005; and submitted electronically to MAJ. Robert Rugg (443-861-2290) at robert.rugg@us.army.mil. Sources responding to this notice should indicate whether or not they are a small business. Questions regarding this RFI may be addressed to MAJ Robert Rugg at robert.rugg@us.army.mil. Added: Feb 11, 2011 Request for Information Only:
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- Zip Code: 21005
- Zip Code: 21005
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