MODIFICATION
59 -- Vehicle Optics Sensor Systems for Medium Mine Protected Vehicles
- Notice Date
- 6/10/2013
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 333314
— Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- ACC-APG - Washington, ATTN: CCCE-CW, 10205 Burbeck Road, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-5863
- ZIP Code
- 22060-5863
- Solicitation Number
- W909MY-13-R-V001
- Response Due
- 6/17/2013
- Archive Date
- 8/9/2013
- Point of Contact
- Karen Travis, 703.704.0813
- E-Mail Address
-
ACC-APG - Washington
(karen.travis1@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Response to this Sources Sought is extended to 17 June 2013. The U.S. Army Contracting Command - Aberdeen Proving Ground, Belvoir Division, on behalf of the Product Manager Ground Sensors (GS), Project Manager Night Vision Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition (NV/RSTA) is seeking sources for Vehicle Optics Sensor Systems (VOSS) for Medium Mine Protected Vehicles (MMPV). The VOSS is a vehicle-mounted, multi-sensor optical device with a telescoping mast that can be raised and lowered to enable Soldiers inside MMPV Type I and Type II vehicles to optically scan, locate, and identify suspected explosive hazards, explosive hazards indicators, and personnel while the vehicle is stationary or on the move far forward of the formation. The intent of this market research is to identify potential sources for building and delivering VOSS, associated spare parts, technical data, Logistics Management Information, test data, and contractor logistics support. The Government will accept responses from sources with a demonstrated ability to build a VOSS for MMPVs Type I and Type II vehicles and provide data needed for organic support. The Government is also interested in options for interim contractor logistics support. The VOSS must have the following characteristics and performance capabilities: 1) The VOSS will be transportable (in shipping containers if required) for any transport mode and capable of being prepared for transport by the Soldiers assigned in the Platoon/Team in less than six hours without special tools. 2) VOSS will be operated by one soldier inside the host vehicle. 3) VOSS will enable the operator to scan 360 degrees around the stationary or moving vehicle on primary and secondary roads at distances from the sides, front, and back of the vehicle from 5 meters (m) to 1,900 m line of sight (LOS) during hours of daylight and darkness in clear conditions. 4) VOSS will enable the operator inside the vehicle to optically scan, locate, and identify 90% of the fully exposed suspected explosive hazards, explosive hazards indicators, and personnel while the vehicle is stationary on level roadways by viewing into second story windows with and without glass, viewing roadway surfaces of highway overpasses, and viewing behind/the other side of concrete walls each from a minimum height of 6 m from the vehicle during the hours of daylight with low light conditions. 5) VOSS shall be capable of providing daylight imagery, night vision imagery, and thermal imagery to the user within the transport vehicle via separate display panels for the VOSS operator and Vehicle Commander. 6) The VOSS Operator's Control will be a hand controlled joy stick controller strapped to the operator's leg and capable of operating all the functions of the VOSS. 7) VOSS will enable an operator inside the vehicle to record real-time high quality image digital video stream and digital still photos on a removable storage device compatible with standard Army hardware and software. 8) VOSS will allow the operator inside the vehicle to range suspected explosive hazards at 300 m, explosive hazards indicators at 150 m, stationary and moving personnel at 450 m from the vehicle with an range accuracy of +/- 5 m. 9) VOSS will provide the operator inside the vehicle with an 8-digit grid coordinate Military Grid Reference System (MGRS) location of an object at 450 m and a Target Location Error (TLE) 90% of +/- 30 m. 10) VOSS will enable the operator inside the vehicle to optically scan, locate, and identify surface-laid suspected explosive hazards, explosive hazards indicators, and personnel while the vehicles are moving at route clearance speeds at an average of 8 kph on primary and secondary roads and trails, and optically scan, locate, and identify personnel up to a maximum speed of 40 kph on primary and secondary roads. 11) If required, the air source required to operate the VOSS will be provided by the host vehicle (range of 16 to 32 Volts direct current (VDC) with a 26.5 VDC nominal power supply. The electrical power required to power the VOSS will be provided by the host vehicle's electric power sources and will not exceed the existing capability of the host vehicle. 12) The Operator inside vehicle will have the capability to raise the VOSS mast from the lowest position to the highest position within 2.5 minutes while the vehicle is on the move or stationary. Operators will have the capability to completely lower the mast from the highest position to the lowest position within 45 seconds. In the event of loss of electrical or pneumatic power to VOSS, the operator will be capable of lowering the mast to the stowed position. 13) Ninety percent of all field level corrective maintenance to repair loss of an essential function (not including battle damage repairs) will be completed within 90 minutes. Potential sources are also asked to describe how the system could be organically supported under the US Army two-level maintenance construct (Field and Sustainment Maintenance) and identify capability to provide provisioning data, military standard operator and maintenance manuals, and data to support level of repair analysis and core depot assessment. Responses should also include reliability data, production capacity, production lead time and a rough order of magnitude per system price based on a quantity of 50 or 100. The Government is also seeking information to determine if the VOSS is a commercial item. If your company believes this requirement meets the criteria listed in FAR 2.101 for a commercial item, responses must include a summary rationale and provide supporting documentation such as commercial sales history for significant quantities (approximately 70 per year). Sources possessing the capability to produce a VOSS that satisfies the requirements listed are invited to submit a White Paper not to exceed ten (10) pages in length providing a description of their system. (Information supporting the commercial item request does NOT count towards the ten (10) page White Paper limitation). The White Paper must include at a minimum: 1) a description of the system and validating information supporting the claims that the proposed system meets the system requirements, 2) technical specifications of the system, 3) estimated cost for building a system that meets the system requirements, 4) estimated schedule for delivery of the system, 5) a description of how the system could be organically supported under the US Army two-level Field and Sustainment Maintenance construct, and 6) a description of technical data/information that can be provided with the system. NOTE: Responses to the following questions 1 through 9 do NOT count towards the above stated ten (10) page White Paper limitation. All responses should include the company name, CAGE code, point of contact; Papers shall also include: 1. Please provide the following Point of Contact information: Company: Address: Point of Contact: Phone Number: Fax Numbers: Email Address: 2. Please identify your company's business size standard based on the primary North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code of 333314. The Small Business Size Standard for this NAICS code is 500 employees. For more information, refer to http://www.sba.gov/content/table-small-business-size-standards. Large Business (LB) Concern Small Business (SB) Concern 8(a) Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) Woman-Owned Small Business Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Veteran-Owned Small Business Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business 3. Under the current SB recertification regulations, do you anticipate your company remaining a small business, under 333314? If you are a SB answer questions 3A, B & C. All others skip to Question #4. A. If you identify your company as a Small Business or any of the SB subcategories as stipulated in Question #2, then is your company interested in a prime contract? B. If you are a small business and plan to be a prime contractor on this effort please inform how you will meet the limitations on subcontracting in accordance with FAR 52.219-14. C. If you are a small business, can you go without a payment for 90 days? 4. Does your company possess an approved Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) accounting system? 5. Does your company have experience as a prime contractor administering Multiple Award Contracts (MACs)? 6. If you answered quote mark yes quote mark to Question # 5, please provide as much of the following information as possible; A. MAC contract number(s); B. Aggregate dollar value of entire MAC contract; C. Aggregate dollar value of task orders you prime on each MAC; D. Number of task orders you prime on MAC; E. Is the work on each MAC similar in scope to that of the attached PWS? 7. Is your company planning on business arrangements with other companies, please list the process used in selecting the members? 8. Please provide details regarding proposed joint ventures, teaming arrangements, strategic alliances, or other business arrangements to satisfy requirements of the effort. Offerors are encouraged to identify teams, indicating each team member's size based upon the NAICS code of the work that the team member may be doing. 9. Is your company currently providing similar items to another government agency (you may also include contract #s for government) or other non-government customer? If so, please identify the agency or non-government customer, Point of Contact (POC), e-mail address, phone number, and a brief description of your direct support of the effort. If you are unwilling to share your customer's identity, please address whether your company offers the same or similar items commercially. Interested parties who do not submit the above information on or before the response due date and time will not be considered for this procurement. This Request for Information (RFI) is for informational purposes only. It is not a request for proposal and does not constitute any obligation by the Government to award a contract based on the findings of this RFI; however, the information will be used in the assessment of capable sources and if a Commercial Item Determination is appropriate. The Government will not reimburse interested sources or respondents to notice, or any follow-on notice, for any costs incurred in association with this announcement or for subsequent exchanges of information. Proprietary information submitted in response to this Sources Sought shall be marked accordingly and will be protected when clearly identified as proprietary. The ideas presented in the white paper will be discussed and assessed by U.S. Army PM Ground Sensors. Response to this Sources Sought should be received no later than 37 calendar days from the date of this notice and should be submitted via email to Karen Travis, Contract Specialist, at karen.e.travis4.civ@mail.mil. Acknowledgement of receipt will be issued. The subject of the email message shall be: W909MY-13-R-V001 RFI - Your Company's Name. All requests for further information must be in writing and via email; telephonic requests for additional information will not be honored.
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- Zip Code: 22060-5863
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