Commander, U.S. Army Aviation and Troop Command (ATCOM), Physical Security Equipment Management Office (PSEMO), 5900 Putman Road, Suite 1, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-5420

A -- RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) INVENTORY TRACKING SYSTEM The Army has identified a requirement to provide an integrated RF inventory tracking system to integrate into the Mobile Detection Assessment Response System (MDARS). MDARS is a semi-autonomous, mobile security platform that will provide intrusion detection and assessment, and inventory assessments while on routine patrol within a protected area. Inventory assessments will be conducted by MDARS reading and recording data on Radio Frequency (RF) transmitters (tags) affixed to items within the protected area. The MDARS Program point of contact (POC) is Lieutenant Colonel Bernard C. Wilson, Sr., PSEMO, 5900 Putman Road, Suite 1, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-5420, phone number (703) 704-2416. This is not a solicitation notice, but a market survey to determine potential sources for RF inventory tracking systems. The Army needs to identify a currently available Product Assessment Subsystem (PAS) for the MDARS-Interior (MDARS-I) platform. The components of the PAS should be RF tags, a tag reader that can be mounted on and integrated into the MDARS-I platform, a RF tag database, and RF transmission links between the components on the platform and the command control center. RF tags must be low cost, omni-directional, approximately credit card sized, and attachable to a variety of products. It is preferred that the tag be able to indicate tamper, which is defined as an unauthorized attempt to separate the tag from the product. Tags must have a read-write capability. The RF Tag Reader (Interrogator) must be able to operate from a mobile platform and read RF tag up to twenty five feet away, non-line-of-sight, with an accuracy rate of .99. The reader should be able to determine and indicate the location of the RF tag it is reading with an error radius of not more than five feet. The RF Tag Database must be a flexible database that can receive, record, and sort tag data (including tag location) in a variety of formats and provide this data, on demand, in the form of printed reports, or as input to other databases. RF transmission links must address a capability of data transmission that will not be degraded or interfere with or degrade other RF signals within a facility. This is not a request for proposal and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract. Any cost incurred as a result or response to this announcement shall be borne by the offerer and will not be charged to the Government for reimbursement. Responses are requested to the POC not later than thirty days after publication of this notice. (226)

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