SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (SUAV) Platform and Support
- Notice Date
- 10/14/2005
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541710
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
- Contracting Office
- DHS - Direct Reports, United States Coast Guard (USCG), Contracting Office, USCG Research and Development Center, 1082 Shennecossett Rd, Groton, CT, 06340-6096
- ZIP Code
- 06340-6096
- Solicitation Number
- HSCG32-06-I-R00001
- Response Due
- 11/4/2005
- Archive Date
- 11/19/2005
- Description
- THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE FOR THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD (USCG) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER (RDC) IN GROTON, CT. This RFI is part of a market research effort to assess industry capabilities that will best address the USCG?s need. The USCG RDC is chartered to conduct research, development, testing and evaluation activities. The USCG RDC is seeking sources capable of providing a small, unmanned aerial vehicle (SUAV) platform to support a 14-day evaluation which shall consist, at a minimum, of one six-hour missions each day. The goal of the evaluation is to conduct an assessment during actual field operations of an SUAV system. The SUAV system shall be leased or rented from the manufacturer. The SUAV system shall identify, classify, and assess targets within a short-range offshore environment. The field test will be conducted in the late spring/early-summer 2006 timeframe. The SUAV system shall: (1) Deploy the FLIR Ultra 7500 or equivalent sensor package. This equipment shall be a stabilized turret mounted or pan/tilt/zoom capable electro-optical/infrared sensor with tracking/autotracking capabilities; (2) The sensor shall be capable when in the electro-optical mode of reading 18-inch contrasted lettering from a minimum of 500 feet; (3) The SUAV system shall be catapult or equivalent ?no runway? launch from a waterfront location within thirty (30) minutes of launch notification; (4) The SUAV system shall be capable of flying a minimum of a six-hour mission once launched; (5) The SUAV system shall require no more than two qualified personnel for launch and recovery; (6) The SUAV system shall require no more than two qualified operators for flight and sensor operation; (7) The SUAV system shall be capable of delivering reliable, real-time flight status data telemetry to the SUAV operator location (ground control station); (8) The SUAV system shall be capable of recovery on less than 100 yards of waterfront (shoreline); (9) The SUAV system shall be capable of launch, operation and recovery in 30-knot winds; (10) The SUAV system shall require less than a sixty-minute turnaround time from recovery to launch, to include any maintenance and refit; (11) The SUAV manufacturer shall be able to provide adequate on-site staff to conduct all flight operations; (12) The SUAV manufacturer shall be able to coordinate with the cognizant FAA controller for issuance of a Certificate of Authorization for the duration of the test period. Statements addressing the above capability areas shall be limited to ten (10) pages. INFORMATION COLLECTED THROUGH THIS ANNOUCEMENT WILL BE REVIEWED BY INDIVIDUALS FROM THE USCG AND FROM SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (SAIC). Responses to this market survey shall be sent directly to: Joan.D.Silver@uscg.mil with a copy to Joyce.M.Overton@uscg.mil. Only electronic responses will be accepted and shall be submitted no later 4 November 2005. Please identify if you are a Small or Large Business. PHONE CALLS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AND MESSAGES LEFT WILL NOT BE RETURNED.
- Record
- SN00915657-W 20051016/051014211529 (fbodaily.com)
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