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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF MAY 31, 2002 FBO #0180
SOURCES SOUGHT

63 -- SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE. Radiation Pagers.

Notice Date

5/28/2002
 

Notice Type

Sources Sought
 

Contracting Office

Defense Threat Reduction Agency , DTRA Annex, 8725 John J. Kingman Road, MSC 6201, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6201
 

ZIP Code

22060-6201
 

Solicitation Number

AIC-OSA029950718
 

Response Due

6/10/2002
 

Archive Date

7/10/2002
 

Point of Contact

Nancy Mahoney, 703-767-4769
 

E-Mail Address

Email your questions to Defense Threat Reduction Agency
(nancy.mahoney@dtra.mil)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

NA SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE. The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) seeks to satisfy a requirement for radiation pagers. DTRA intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) to purchase an initial quantity of 700 pagers, and potential (option) orders for 700 to 1200 pagers in each of the following two fiscal years. The required pagers shall be Sensor Technology Engineering, Inc., Radiation Pager?-S or equivalent to meet operational and equipment standardization requirements of the Border Security Initiative. Any product identified as equal to the Radiation Pager?-S must meet these minimum characteristics: small (approximately the size of a common message pager), lightweight, rugged, self-contained device to be worn on a belt or carried in a pocket, must be e asily utilized with minimal training, and must come with an instruction manual (in English and, if available, other foreign languages). Any product proposed as equal to the Radiation Pager?-S must also meet the following minimum operational requirements a nd technical specifications: significantly greater sensitivity and detection of radioactive material than the commercially available Geiger-Muller tube type detectors; x-ray and gamma ray detection at levels above the natural background; operator alert/ala rm (flashing high-intensity light and operator's choice of using either an audible or vibrating alarm); Cesium Iodide scintillation detector; capable of continuous use for 1 year on 2 AA alkaline batteries; operates within a temperature range of 5 to 122 d egrees Fahrenheit; 45 KeV energy cutoff; less than one second integration time; and a seven segment LED display indicated radiation intensity. DTRA's intent is to award a single contract to obtain these radiation pagers. It is currently anticipated that the contract will have one basic quantity order and two (2) options for additional orders in future fiscal years. This SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS is NOT a Request for Proposals (RFP); it is a market research tool being used to determine the availability of s ources prior to issuing an RFP. Any information submitted by respondents as a result of this synopsis is strictly voluntary. This synopsis is for information planning purposes and the Government will not pay or otherwise reimburse respondents for informa tion submitted. Prospective suppliers are requested to provide company literature, product literature/specifications, or like information not to exceed a total of five (5) pages in length. Information must clearly demonstrate that a proposed product meet s or exceeds the salient characteristics identified above and is equal to the Radiation Pager?-S. Please include a point of contact. All information submitted in response to this synopsis shall be received no later than 4:00 PM EST, 10 June 2002. Submit information to: Defense Threat Reduction Agency (ALO), ATTN: Mike Deaton, 8725 John J. Kingman Rd, MSC 6201, Ft. Belvoir, VA 22060-6201. E-mail submission may be sent to michael.deaton@dtra.mil. Telephone responses are not acceptable. All documentatio n shall become the property of the Government. NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS.GOV ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (28-MAY-2002). IT ACTUALLY FIRST APPEARED ON THE FEDBIZOPPS SYSTEM ON 29-MAY-2002. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
 

Place of Performance

Address: Defense Threat Reduction Agency DTRA Annex, 8725 John J. Kingman Road, MSC 6201 Fort Belvoir VA

Zip Code: 22060-6201

Country: US
 

Record

SN00084886-W 20020531/020529213530 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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

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