SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Research and development.
- Notice Date
- 12/20/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541710
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
- Contracting Office
- U.S. ARMY TACOM LCMC, WARREN, MICHIGAN 48397-5000
- ZIP Code
- 48397-5000
- Solicitation Number
- W56HZV07R0200
- Response Due
- 2/7/2023
- Archive Date
- 3/9/2023
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THE UNITED STATES ARMY TACOM LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT COMMAND PROPOSES TO AWARD A NEW CONTRACT ON A SOLE SOURCE, COST PLUS FIXED-FEE BASIS, USING RDT&E FUNDS, WITH GENERAL DYNAMICS ROBOTICS SYSTEMS, IN WESTMINSTER, MD. GENERAL DYNAMICS ROBOTICS SYSTEMS WILL INTEGRATE AND TEST PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED SENSORS AND ALGORITHMS TO ALLOW UNMANNED GROUND VEHICLES TO SAFELY OPERATE AMONG CIVILIAN VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIANS. IN THIS PROGRAM, THE CONTRACTOR WILL INTEGRATE AND TEST ARMY RESEARCH LAB ROBOTICS-COLLABORATIVE TECHNOLOGY ALLIANCE (ARL R-CTA) DEVELOPED ALGORITHMS ON A NON-DEVELOPMENTAL ROBOTIC TEST BED VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH AN FCS AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION SYSTEM. THIS WORK IS IN DIRECT SUPPORT OF THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR FUTURE COMBAT SYSTEMS TO ADDRESS ?UGV SAFE OPERATIONS IN FCS UNIT OF ACTION (UA)?, DESIGNATED AS FCS RISK UGV0213. RESEARCH WILL BE PERFORMED IN THE AREA OF ON-VEHICLE HIGH SPEED COMPUTING THAT IS CAPABLE OF PROCESSING LADAR DATA AND ALGORITHMS AT RATES THAT ALL OW THE TEST BED TO SAFELY MOVE THROUGH COMPLEX TERRAIN AT HIGH SPEEDS, INTEGRATION OF HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE ON A NON-DEVELOPMENTAL ROBOTIC VEHICLE; AND FINALLY TESTING & EXPERIMENTATION OF THE INTEGRATED SYSTEM TO MEET THE METRICS IN FCS RISK UGV0213. THE TOTAL PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE SHALL BE 31 MONTHS FROM CONTRACT AWARD. THIS ACTION WILL BE SOLICITED ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS WITH GENERAL DYNAMICS ROBOTICS SYSTEM, WESTMINSTER, MD. AWARD OF A COST PLUS FIXED FEE CONTRACT IS ANTICIPATED. THE ESTIMATED RELEASE DATE FOR REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL W56HZV-07-R-0200 IS 22 JAN 07 AND THE ESTIMATED CLOSING DATE IS 23 FEB 07. THE RFP WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE CONTRACTING WEBPAGE HTTP://CONTRACTING.TACOM.ARMY.MIL/RESEARCH/RESEARCHPROC.HTML. THE POINT OF CONTACT REGARDING THIS RFP IS ROSALIE WILLIAMSON, AMSTA-AQ-ASGA, EMAIL: ROSALIE.A.WILLIAMSON@US.ARMY.MIL, (586) 574-8089 OR DEREK MCALEER, CONTRACTING OFFICER, AMSTA-AQ-ASGA, EMAIL DEREK.MCALEER@US.ARMY.MIL, (586) 574-8093. NUMBERED NOTES 22 AND 26 APPLY.
- Place of Performance
- Address: U.S. ARMY TACOM LCMC, WARREN, MICHIGAN 48397-5000
- Zip Code: 48397-5000
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 48397-5000
- Record
- SN01200498-W 20061222/061220221003 (fbodaily.com)
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