SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Manufacturers/Suppliers of Data Collection Platforms/ Data Collection & Transmission Equipment (DCP's) used for hydrologic and dam safety remote sensing and monitoring
- Notice Date
- 7/15/2011
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334515
— Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals
- Contracting Office
- USACE District, New England, 696 Virginia Road, Concord, MA 01742-2751
- ZIP Code
- 01742-2751
- Solicitation Number
- W912WJ11X0021
- Response Due
- 7/27/2011
- Archive Date
- 9/25/2011
- Point of Contact
- Lauren Devin, 978-318-8641
- E-Mail Address
-
USACE District, New England
(lauren.m.devin@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The US Army Corps of Engineers, New England District (NAE) is issuing a Sources Sought Announcement (SSA) for Manufacturers/Suppliers of Data Collection Platforms/ Data Collection & Transmission Equipment (DCP's) used for hydrologic and dam safety remote sensing and monitoring to determine the interest, availability and capability of Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, 8(a), HUBZone, Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned and Small Business concerns as described below. The NAICS code for this procurement is 334515. The resultant contract vehicle will be a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) that will allow individual calls to be placed up to $25,000 and a total BPA ceiling of $500,000. Calls may be placed for a three year period. NAE has over 325 DCP stations in use in its Reservoir Regulation & Dam Safety Sections. All DCP's are currently Sutron Corporation equipment, and are only half-way through their usable life-cycles. Therefore, manufacturers/suppliers interested in providing new DCP's shall also be capable of providing repair services & firmware/bug support to Existing Sutron DCP's. New DCP' equipment shall be capable of communicating with Sutron's complete DCP product line. New equipment shall communicate with Generation 1 & 2 Sutron Xpert Data Loggers, Generation 1 & 2 Xlite Data Logger's, and Generation 1 & 2 Satlink GOES Radio Transmitters using protocols in use by said equipment, namely SSP. New DCP manufacturers/suppliers will have to demonstrate full compatibility with the existing equipment currently in service both in writing and through reproducible benchmark testing across all product lines. New DCP's shall have a minimum 16 bit A/D converters, 8 digital and analog inputs, or connecting components to plug in expansion modules to achieve up to 32 sensors in increments of 6, or 8 per expansion board. Units shall also have SDI sensor support, allow for RS-232 and 485 connectivity, and have means to be connected via radio, analog telephone modem, and built-in Ethernet port. Units shall also have USB and SD card storage options. New equipment shall be able to run existing BASIC code without said code having to be re-written. New DCP's shall also be able to measure vibrating-wire sensors for dam safety performance monitoring. Repair services for existing DCP equipment, estimated to be up to 25% of contract volume shall be provided by same vendor providing new DCP's. Repair services shall consist of electronic circuitry/soldering/physical repairs to existing Sutron Xpert, Xpert2, 9210, 9210-B, SATLINK1, SATLINK2 units and existing Sutron accubar, radar, and bubble-gage sensors. Repairs services shall be competitive with existing rates, and shall not exceed 50% of the cost of a new DCP. Repair services also consist of software and firmware support to the product lines noted above. Firmware support consists of complimentary troubleshooting and repair of problems/bugs found during installation and configuration of Sutron DCP's in the field with existing and new sensor technologies currently on the market. Interested firms should submit a capabilities package to include the following: business classification (i.e. HUBZone, etc.); qualifications and experience in performing the work requirements stated above. Responses are due July 27, 2011. Responses should be addressed to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, 696 Virginia Road, Concord, MA 01742-2751, ATTN: Lauren Devin. Responses are limited to twenty pages. Firms interested shall provide the above documentation in one original form and one copy. The Government will not pay for any material provided in response to this market survey nor return the data provided. This notice is for information purposes only and is not a request to be placed on a solicitation mailing list nor is it a Request for Proposal (RFP) or an announcement of a solicitation. The results of this survey will be considered to be in effect for a period of one year from the date of this notice.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USA/COE/DACA33/W912WJ11X0021/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: USACE District, New England 696 Virginia Road, Concord MA
- Zip Code: 01742-2751
- Zip Code: 01742-2751
- Record
- SN02500377-W 20110717/110715235219-b0b9c3f891d80189daaba59c419c01b3 (fbodaily.com)
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