SOURCES SOUGHT
20 -- Technologies, systems or devices for omnidirectional movement of vehicles and cargo aboard ships at sea.
- Notice Date
- 6/12/2007
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- N00167 9500 MacArthur Blvd West Bethesda, MD
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- N0016707SS110
- Response Due
- 7/27/2007
- Description
- PROBLEM: Current vehicle and cargo handling methods aboard ships require an inordinate amount of time and deck space to maneuver items into stowage locations and to extract them (i.e. jockeying around corners, parallel parking, etc,). These methods also require that a large amount of deck space remain open as maneuver area to facilitate offloading and is therefore lost as a stowage area. In order to maximize the use of available deck space on ships, a system or device is needed that facilitates the "dense packing" of vehicles and cargo, and enables access to specific items (i.e. selective access) after the ship has been loaded and is at-sea. DESCRIPTION: The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division (NSWCCD) and the Marine Corps Combat Development Command (MCCDC) are seeking information from potential sources that can provide technologies, systems, or devices for omnidirectional movement of vehicles and cargo aboard ships at sea. The technology, system or device must be capable of omnidirectional movement, of operating safely in dynamic shipboard environments subject to roll, pitch and heave motions, and of operating across impediments normally found on the deck of Large Medium Speed Roll-on Roll-off (LMSR) ships and Amphibious ships of the US Navy, such as small debris, nonskid paint or tape, weld seams, recesses and gripe holes (recessed tie-down sockets) in the deck. While multiple implementations may be necessary to handle all the vehicles and cargo required, the technology, system or device proposed must be capable in some form of lifting and moving all military wheeled or tracked vehicles used by the Marine Corps, as well as standard 20-foot containers. Vehicles may be categorized into types, with separate solutions for each type; for example, categories might be light vehicles (all HMMWV, M101 trailers), medium vehicles (MTVR, M105 trailer, LAV), heavy vehicles (LVS, M970 Refueler), tracke d vehicles (AAV, M1A2 Tank), and containers (TEU, ISO). Similarly, we are interested in technologies capable of moving any substantial subset of the cargo listed above (eg, all the wheeled vehicles but nothing else, or all the tracked vehicles but nothing else). Wheeled vehicles range in weight from 6,000 lbs (for an empty HMMWV) to 70,000 lbs (for a loaded MTVR) and have a variety of axle arrangements; tracked vehicles range in weight from 45,000 lbs (AAV) to 144,000 lbs (M1A2 Tank). The technology, system or device must be capable of approaching, lifting and moving vehicles and containers into and out of stowage spots with access to only one side of the vehicle or container, and moving that vehicle or container in any required direction, or pivot the load 360o within the footprint of the vehicle. The system must be capable of moving vehicles without requiring them to drive onto the system or device. Vehicles in open areas should be able to drive on or off the system or device. Since overhead space aboard an LMSR or Amphibious ship is limited, and since vehicles are often densely packed, the technology, system or device for moving vehicles must be capable of operating with limited lift height and limited access. Potential sources of solutions are requested to respond with a white paper of 5 to no more than 10 pages containing a complete conceptual description of the technology, system, or device, including lift method, omnidirectional movement, power sources, utilities required, methods to ensure safe operations on sloped or moving decks, and technical maturity level (i.e., developmental, commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS), modified COTS, etc.). Additional information may include the following: process description, current commercial or military applications, processing rate capability, physical size, maintenance requirements, operational manning requirements, power consumption per hour of operation, and system cost. Responses to this synopsis are requested no later than 27 July 2007. This synopsis is for information purposes and to identify potential technologies and offerors. This sources sought announcement does not constitute an RFP and does not obligate the government in any way to purchase or test any of the potential solutions offered. Further, it does not commit the government to pay for any proposal costs in response to the sources sought announcement. Submit responses for this synopsis to Naval Surface Warfare Center, Attn: Glenn Gregory, Code 2120, 9500 MacArthur Blvd, West Bethesda, Maryland 20817; questions about this document may be emailed to glenn.gregory@navy.mil
- Record
- SN01316853-W 20070614/070612221534 (fbodaily.com)
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