FORCE PROTECTION EQUIPMENT DEMONSTRATION III (FPED III) The U.S. Army Product Manager, Physical Security Equipment (PM-PSE), under the sponsorship of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology (OUSD A&T), the Joint Staff, the Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate, the National Institute of Justice, and the Department of Energy will sponsor a Force Protection Equipment Demonstration III (FPED III) at Quantico Marine Corps Base, Virginia during the period 8 to 10 May 2001. FPED II attracted 366 vendors who demonstrated close to 1000 items of force protection products on the Quantico airfield and range facilities to over 4000 senior leaders and decision-makers from the Department of Defense, federal departments and agencies, state and local law enforcement and corrections departments, and select foreign attendees. The purpose of FPED III is to demonstrate commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) force protection products available to attendees for possible future testing and/or potential procurement. No testing of the products will be conducted during the demonstration. FPED III has Joint Military Service and other Federal Agency interest, and will address the needs of actual users for future test, evaluation, and fielding. Due to limited resources, attendance is by invitation only. PM-PSE invites equipment manufacturers to submit applications for demonstration of their products at FPED III. Participants will be selected based on information provided to PM-PSE on the application, available in the FPED III Information Packet. Equipment must fall within the following categories to be considered for the demonstration: Physical Security Equipment (PSE) Sensor and Surveillance Systems (Interior, Exterior, Perimeter, Tactical), Unattended Ground Sensors, Explosive Detection (to include handheld, static, and under water) and Cargo Inspection Devices (to include under vehicle surveillance systems), Blast Protection/Mitigation (to include Structural Building Materials (new or retrofit)), Vulnerability Assessment/Analysis Software Tools, Delay andDenial Technology (to include Fences, Barriers(active, passive)(portable and fixed), and Locks), Non-Lethal Weapons and Technology, Individual Soldier Protective Gear (to include CB protective gear, protective vests), Automated Entry Control Systems/Equipment, Communications Equipment (to include personnel alerting systems), Night Vision and Optics Devices, Chemical and Biological Detection and Mitigation Equipment, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Robotic Vehicles and Systems, Armored and Utility Vehicles, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Equipment, and Biometrics. If active demonstration of products is not possible or practical, a display that includes videotaped demonstrations or other media presentations will be considered, provided the display focuses on the commercially available equipment. Criteria for participation includes the key requirement that the equipment must be COTS and be available for test or procurement by the DoD not later than ninety (90) days after completion of the demonstration. All prospective participants can obtain an FPED III Information Packet and application at http://www.monmouth.army.mil/smc/pmpse/fped, or may request one in writing from the Product Manager, Physical Security Equipment, c/o CSC (Attn: Mr. Mark Foelker), 7405 Alban Station Court, Suite B-200, Springfield, VA 22150. The FPED III Information Packet contains application forms and other necessary information. The participants must transport their selected force protection products to the Quantico demonstration site for set-up and demonstration rehearsals during the days prior to the demonstration and operate it during the demonstration period. The demonstration will begin on Tuesday morning, 8 May 2001 and manufacturers must clear the site not later than 1300 hrs on Friday, 11 May 2001. Equipment will be set-up in an austere or field environment. Applications must be received at PM-PSE no later than 30 September 2000. Selected applicants will be notified in writing. All applications and demonstrations will be unclassified. The entire cost of each participant's involvement in the demonstration will be borne by that participant. Participation in the FPED III does not constitute Government endorsement of any equipment, nor does it commit the Government to procurement of any products. WEB: Information Packet and Application, http://www.monmouth.army.mil/smc/pmpse/fped. E-MAIL: POC Mark Foelker, www.csc.com/fped. Posted 05/16/00 (W-SN455368).

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