SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Market Research Questionnaire Next Generation Chemical Detector Variant 4 (NGCD 4)
- Notice Date
- 10/29/2014
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334511
— Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- ACC-APG - Edgewood, ATTN: AMSSB-ACC-E, 5183 Blackhawk Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010-5424
- ZIP Code
- 21010-5424
- Solicitation Number
- W911SR-15-RFI-NGCD4
- Response Due
- 11/26/2014
- Archive Date
- 12/28/2014
- Point of Contact
- LaVetta Wynn-Smith, (410) 436-2739
- E-Mail Address
-
ACC-APG - Edgewood
(lavetta.d.wynn-smith.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Joint Project Manager for Nuclear Biological and Chemical Contamination Avoidance (JPM NBC CA) under the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense (JPEO-CBD) within the Department of Defense (DoD) is seeking a wearable Individual Detector to indicate a hazardous environment. The Next Generation Chemical Detector Variant 4 (NGCD 4) is intended to be an individual detector worn by individuals or attached to a Modular Lightweight Load-Carrying Equipment (MOLLE) to alert them to immediate health effects and indicate hazardous environment. The detector will detect Lower Explosive Limits (LEL), hazardous oxygen levels, Chemical Warfare Agents (CWAs), and Toxic Industrial Chemicals (TICs), in vapor and particulate (aerosols) challenge states (as applicable). The goal of the NGCD 4 program is to provide a lightweight, low cost detector that weights less than 0.5 kg, is less than 325 cm3 in volume and alarms within 30 seconds to critical concentration levels of contamination. The purpose of this market research is to gather information on the current state of detectors and detection technology from Research and Development (R&D) to commercially available items, especially those with the potential to be converted to a wearable system. This information will aid in the organization of a demonstration using technologies that could meet the requirements in the short, mid and long term. It will provide critical information which the JPM NBC CA will use in making program and acquisition decisions The Government appreciates you taking the time to complete the attached questionnaire. Please note, this is not a solicitation nor will the Government reimburse costs associated with responding to this Request for Information. The Government is interested in technologies that could be used to meet NGCD 4 requirements. Companies with promising technologies may be invited to an Industry Day with JPM NBC CA involving potential technology demonstrations to military end users interested parties and one-on-one discussions with the JPM NBC CA, the Joint Science and Technology Office (JSTO) and any other interested Government agencies. Prior to an NGCD 4 program, there may be a formal demonstration of promising technologies with war fighter involvement to further scope the program. Should the technology warrant, a Government/Industry partnership may begin to further mature the technology and potentially expedite the acquisition timeline. Interested parties are advised that responses to this RFI will be released to non-Government personnel for review and analysis. The participation of these non-Government personnel will be limited to compiling market research data. JRAD, a service oriented company has been tasked on contract SP0700-00-D-3180 to compile the data received in response to this Request for Information on behalf of the Government. Data provided to JRAD will not be released to anyone other than Government officials directly involved in the NGCD variant 4 effort. IMPORTANT! Please read all instructions before continuing. DO NOT include any classified information in this survey or in the support documents provided! The Attachment 1 - NGCD Variant 4 Questionnaire has 67 questions and should take approximately 45 minutes to complete. Questions 65 -67 will require the use of Attachment 2 - Maturity Table. We understand that not all of the questions will apply to your system. Therefore, please complete all questions relevant to your system as completely and accurately as possible. We ask that you complete this survey once for each system or technology capable of detecting any of the following: Chemical Warfare Agents (CWAs): Such as G-series, H-series, Lewisite, and VX Toxic Industrial Chemicals (TICs): Such as AC, CK, Cl2, CG, H2S, NH3, NO2, and SO2 Explosive Materials: Such as Acetylene, Carbon Monoxide, Ethylene, Methane, Nitroglycerin, and Propane Oxygen (O2) deficiency and/or enrichment Please return your completed survey by November 26, 2014 Jasmine Wilding at jasmine.t.wilding.civ@mail.mil If you require any assistance in the completion of the questionnaire, please contact: Jasmine Wilding at jasmine.t.wilding.civ@mail.mil.
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(https://www.fbo.gov/notices/f3fe0b656359eda049d322a931739905)
- Place of Performance
- Address: ACC-APG - Edgewood ATTN: AMSSB-ACC-E, 5183 Blackhawk Road Aberdeen Proving Ground MD
- Zip Code: 21010-5424
- Zip Code: 21010-5424
- Record
- SN03561098-W 20141031/141030001558-f3fe0b656359eda049d322a931739905 (fbodaily.com)
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