SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Unambiguous Warning Capability for Air, Land, or Waterborne Personnel or Craft Approaching High-value Maritime Assets
- Notice Date
- 1/4/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- 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-R-R00003
- Response Due
- 1/31/2006
- Description
- THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES A BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (FAR) 6.102(d)(2). NO REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP), SOLICITATION, OR OTHER ANNOUNCMENT WILL BE MADE. THE U.S. COAST GUARD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER (RDC) WILL NOT ISSUE PAPER COPIES OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. THE "RESPONSE DATE" IDENTIFIED IN THIS NOTICE IS FOR WHITE PAPERS ONLY. ATTACHMENT (1) IS A COPY OF BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT HSCG32-06-R-R00003. THIS ATTACHMENT PROVIDES THE BACKGROUND AND SCOPE OF THIS REQUIREMENT AS WELL AS INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERS AND DUE DATES FOR WHITE PAPERS AND FORMAL PROPOSALS. ATTACHMENT (A) IS A SAMPLE STATEMENT OF WORK AND DELIVERABLES LIST TO BE USED FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY BY OFFERORS SUBMITTING FORMAL PROPOSALS. The scope of this BAA includes Phase I, Phase II, and Phase III. Phase I will be fully funded. Phases II and III will each be options that may or may not be exercised by the Government. Phase I, Phase II, and Phase III Research: Successful research will result in a device/system/capability that provides an approaching air, land, or waterborne (surface or subsurface) person or craft an unambiguous, cross-cultural warning that will distinguish innocent traffic from those intending harm. These warnings or this layered warning system, if ignored, will increase the certainty of (if not clearly demonstrate) hostile intent of that approaching person or craft. Phase I is short term ? completed by the end of 1Q FY07. More emphasis is anticipated on individual devices and/or new technologies and their potential for improved performance rather than its complete system integration to an asset. However, devices considered and/or eventually implemented will be only as good as the systems/strategies they serve. Thus, due consideration should be given to characterizing the concept of operations and representative threat scenarios being addressed. Phase II is expected to produce a preliminary design. In Phase III, the detailed design should be completed and initial demonstrations performed in operational settings on U.S. Navy/Coast Guard assets to fully demonstrate their efficacy. Human behavioral factors and cognition analyses, entailing warning and acknowledgement, will be ingredients of this project, within the context of tactically relevant scenarios. Additionally, acknowledgement and/or certainty of receipt of the warning are essential attributes of any system that will satisfactorily address this problem. Possible areas of investment include the creation of devices based on acoustic, electromagnetic, multi-modal, and projectile-based technologies. Warning technology is not limited to any one of the five senses or a specific combination of senses. Innovative solutions are sought, e.g., from virtual barriers to integrated suites of devices across a varied technology basis. Systems and technologies investigated should be focused on the maritime environment. The research effort should provide the warning capability at ranges of approximately 2,000 yards for surface contacts, 20,000 yards for air contacts, and 500 yards for sub-surface contacts. Decision support methods and tools, as well as stimuli and response algorithms and human effects, should also be considerations.
- Record
- SN00960748-W 20060106/060104211559 (fbodaily.com)
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