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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF APRIL 19, 2002 FBO #0138
SOLICITATION NOTICE

A -- Block 1 Airborne Standoff Minefield Detection System (ASTAMIDS) Pre-Solicitation Notice for Block 1 ASTAMIDS Draft Request for Proposal (RFP)

Notice Date

4/17/2002
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

Contracting Office

US Army Communications-Electronics Command, CECOM Acquisition Center Washington, ATTN: AMSEL-AC-W, 2461 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22331-0700
 

ZIP Code

22331-0700
 

Solicitation Number

DAAB15-02-R-0028
 

Response Due

6/30/2002
 

Archive Date

7/30/2002
 

Point of Contact

Jane Borden, 703-325-1709
 

E-Mail Address

Email your questions to US Army Communications-Electronics Command, CECOM Acquisition Center Washington
(jane.borden@cacw.army.mil)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

NA The US Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) and the Project Manager for Mines, Countermine and Demolitions (PM-MCD), Countermine Division plans to issue a Block 1 ASTAMIDS Draft RFP. The Draft RFP is expected to be ready for release on or about 30 May 2002. A thirty-day time period subsequent to the issuance of the Draft RFP will be allowed for respondents to submit comments and questions regarding the content of the Draft RFP to the point of contact herein. The final RFP is expected to be relea sed on or about 15 August 2002. The Block 1 ASTAMIDS will provide forward deployed troops with a Brigade asset that can be used in Tactical Operations in day and night to detect and locate obstacles and surface and recently buried minefields in near real t ime (NRT) using existing or modified visible/EO/IR sensors on the Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (TUAV), block 2 or other UAV with equal or greater payload capability such as the future Extended Range/ Multi Purpose (ER/MP) or Future Combat System (FCS) UAVs. The Block 1 ASTAMIDS system will consist of the two major components. The first major component, an airborne payload package is the set of capabilities carried by the aerial platform. The payload package can be removed/installed as a unit. It inc ludes the sensor(s), pre-processors, navigation/controlling hardware/software, enhanced data link and/or data relays. The payload package will be of modular design, tailored through open system architecture approach. Available common data links/relays, co mmunications, command and control (C3) systems will be utilized to the maximum extent possible. The second major component, a ground station composed of the data management, processing, and command, control and communications (C3) functionality will be im plemented through a common Army Ground Station that will be minimally modified to interface the Block 1 ASTAMIDS airborne payload. The Block 1 ASTAMIDS ground station will be capable of processing airborne payload data, finding and locating threat minefiel ds and obstacles and communicating that information to using units. Firms interested in submitting comments and questions regarding the content of the Draft RFP may send correspondence to the Point of Contact herein. Proprietary information submitted in response to the Draft RFP will be protected when clearly identified as proprietary. Response to the Draft RFP should be received no later than 30 days subsequent to the release of the Draft RFP. The draft RFP will be issued on the Interactive Business Oppo rtunity Page (IBOP), https://abop.monmouth.army.mil. No hard copies or copies via email will be available. Responses shall also be submitted via the IBOP. In order to use the IBOP a vendor must register by completing the following steps: 1) At the IBOP homepage select 'New User Registration' under the User Services; 2) click on the Industry Button; 3) Select either the Browse button or the Browse & Post button. (If you plan on responding to any future solicitations it is best to select Browse & Post Bu tton, otherwise you will have to register again. A CAGE Code and Duns Number are required); 4) Complete all the required information and then click on the 'Submit Request' button. Once Registered: 1) At the IBOP homepage select 'CECOM Comm.-Elec. Comm.-Ac tive' from the Army Solicitations, View By Army Contracting Activity drop down menu and click 'go'; 2) Enter your User Name and Password and click 'OK'; 3) Click on 'All Business Opportunities by Contracting Officer' and then click on the folder ICON to th e left of 'Davis, Patricia'; 4) Click on the folder ICON to the left of DAAB15-02-R-0028; 5) Once the draft RFP is posted it will be at the line entitled 'Messages & Documents; ASTAMIDS SD&D Draft RFP'. Click on that title and proceed to the bottom of the page. The Draft RFP will be posted as an attachment. It is also recommended that each offeror join the solicitation specific mailing list under the RFP numbe r DAAB15-02-R-0028. Once registered on the solicitation specific mailing list a vendor will receive email notification of any updates relating to the RFP. Any questions regarding the submission of materials should be addressed to Ms. Jane Borden, Contrac t Specialist at jane.borden@cacw.army.mil or Ms. Patricia Davis, Contracting Officer at pat.davis@cacw.army.mil. Release of this Draft RFP will be for planning purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the government to procure any items /services, or for the government to pay for any information received.
 

Place of Performance

Address: US Army Communications-Electronics Command, CECOM Acquisition Center Washington ATTN: AMSEL-AC-W, 2461 Eisenhower Avenue Alexandria VA

Zip Code: 22331-0700

Country: US
 

Record

SN00061517-W 20020419/020417213356 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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