SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Analyzers/instruments Capabilities to Replace CB Detection Equipment
- Notice Date
- 5/11/2016
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, ACC - APG (W911SR) Edgewood, E4455 LIETZAN ROAD, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, 21010-5424, United States
- ZIP Code
- 21010-5424
- Solicitation Number
- JPdM_CRBRNE_Analyzers_Instruments
- Archive Date
- 6/15/2016
- Point of Contact
- Brian E Mazen, Phone: 4104363955
- E-Mail Address
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brian.e.mazen.civ@mail.mil
(brian.e.mazen.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a Sources Sought Synopsis ONLY. The Joint Product Manager, Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive Analytics and Response Systems (JPdM CBRNE A&RS), Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD is conducting market research to identify potential Analyzers/instruments with the capability to replace chemical and biological detection equipment into a Mobile Laboratory. The purpose of this announcement is to gather information of state-of-the-art technologies in a bench-top configuration, and a man-portable configuration to replace existing GCMS, LCMS, FTIR, RAMAN, IMS, ECL technologies. For the bench-top configuration, the technology must have the following capabilities: •Rapid detection and identification of chemical warfare agents, toxic industrial chemicals, biological warfare agents, bacteria, viruses, and/or toxins. •Adaptable to mobile or field applications •Capable of analyzing and detecting targets combined with environmental matrices such as soil •Capable of sensitive, specific identification and Quantitation •Must be maintainable and sustainable in austere environments •Supportable for at least 7 years For the man-portable configuration, the technology must have the following capabilities: •Rapid detection and identification of chemical warfare agents, toxic industrial chemicals, biological warfare agents, bacteria, viruses, and/or toxins. •Adaptable to mobile or field applications •Capable of analyzing and detecting targets combine with environmental matrices such as soil •Capable of sensitive, specific identification and Quantitation •Must be maintainable and sustainable in austere environments •Supportable for at least 7 years •Weight of 40 pounds or less to be considered man-portable JPdM CBRNE A&RS requests that an information paper be submitted as part of the response. The information paper should address the following: 1. Describe the product's technical capability. Range of conditions the technology can be used in? How is the product supported and maintained? 2. Describe the company's capabilities and identify its manufacturing readiness level (MRL)? How is the company structured to support the product if JPdM CBRNE A&RS integrates it into their program in the near and long term? 3. What is the maturity of the instrument being recommended? Is it early development, late development? Is it in production? Has it been fielded to any of the services? 4. Describe the product's ability to interface with other equipment. What design considerations will be necessary to integrate the product into a system of systems? 5. What operating system does the product use? 6. What is the lead time for the product? What is the company's production capabilities/limitations? 7. What consumables and ancillary equipment are required to support this instrument? 8. How long will the product be available for purchase? 9. How long will this product be supported? 10. What is the instrument's "level of sensitivity" to identify/detect the targets previously mentioned? 11. Describe the Operator interface (i.e., software, ease of use, data capture, interpretation, and export) 12. Consumable materials and ancillary equipment must be fully identified, even if manufactured by vendors other than themselves. All firms responding to this Sources Sought Notice are advised that their response to this notice is not a request to be considered for a contract award. All sources that are able to provide technologies meeting criteria in this announcement should submit their interest to Joint Product Manager CBRNE Analytics and Response Systems Submissions are due no later than 5:00pm, May 31, 2016, Eastern Standard Time. The RFI response shall be submitted to: US Army RDECOM 2800 Bush River Road POC: Joint Product Manager Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive Analytics and Response Systems ATTN: Ryan Kuhns APG, MD 21010-5424 All information received in response to this notice that is marked proprietary will be handled accordingly. Acknowledgement of receipt of responses will not be made, nor will respondents be notified of the government's view of the information received. Responses to this notice will not be returned. The response to the RFI shall be limited to three to five (3-5) pages (8.5" x 11") of English text, excluding test results and reports. It shall be single-spaced, 12 pitch with 1 inch left, right, top and bottom margins. The respondent must also identify all technical data contained in the white paper that is to be treated by the Government as "subject to restrictive markings". In the absence of such identification, the Government will assume to have unlimited rights to all technical data in the white paper. The white paper shall be submitted in Portable Document Format (pdf) or Microsoft Word format and include an electronic copy on a Windows compatible CD-ROM. Respondents are responsible to ensure electronic copies on CD-ROM are virus free. Responses should be submitted, as indicated above, and at a minimum, should include: RFI number, company name, address, telephone number, website address (if available), and type of business (large or small), informational paper addressing the areas of interest listed above, brochures, published technical specifications, and 3rd party performance verification. The name, telephone number, and e-mail address of a point of contact having the authority and knowledge to clarify responses with Government representatives should also be included.
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