SOURCES SOUGHT
58 -- SHORT RANGE SPECIAL OPERATIONS VISUAL AUGMENTATION SYSTEM HAND HELD IMAGER (SOVAS HHI)
- Notice Date
- 7/2/2007
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- N00164 300 Highway 361, Building 64 Crane, IN
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- N0016407R8556
- Response Due
- 8/27/2007
- Description
- This synopsis is being posted to both the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) page located at www.fbo.gov and the Navy Electronic Commerce Online (NECO) site at www.neco.navy.mil. While it is understood that FBO is the single point of entry for posting of synopsis and solicitations to the internet, NECO is the alternative in case that FBO is not available. Please feel free to use either site to access information posted by Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane Division. Forward deployed Special Operations Forces (SOF) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), and the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) have documented requirements for a small, light weight hand-held imager which provides SOF operators the ability to conduct surveillance, detect, identify and track threats in all light, weather conditions, penetrate natural and man-made obscurants such as foliage, dust, smoke, and fog. This sources sought is for the Short Range ? HHI (HHI-SR) module. This sensor module will provide short-range surveillance, identification, and detection capabilities in all light and weather conditions and should include an integrated near-IR laser pointer for target designation. The HHI-SR module will be hand-held device with a maximum weight of 3.5 lbs. The dimensions of the device should be less than 152 cubic inches, (9.5"L x 4"H x 4"W). The sensor module shall be constructed of, or coated with, neutral colored non-reflective materials to reduce probability of adversary detection. Sensor shall be responsive enough and have sufficient FOV to detect and classify, at a minimum, a man at 700m. The focus system shall include one or more manually set fixed focus positions to support rapid transitions from close handiwork to infinity, and any distance in between. The imagers shall utilize software to mitigate the effects of thermal washout. The startup time of a device that uses uncooled thermal sensors shall be less than 5 seconds after power has turned on and for a cooled device shall take less than 5 minutes to power up. Sensors and sensor modules shall be hardened to reduce the probability of electro-magnetic interference with or from platform weapons, communications and power train. Sensors shall be filtered to reduce susce ptibility to electro-magnetic environmental effects and optical augmentation without degrading sensor performance. System must support capture of still / live imagery and be capable of feeding data in analog and digital format to external display or recording devices. Sensors shall not emit detectable light or noise to anyone other than the user. System must be powered by the device's battery and operate for a minimum of 5 continuous hours. System shall function in temperatures ranging from -20? C to +60? C (-4? F to +140? F) and in environments where relative humidity ranges from 0-100%. System shall be sealed to ensure it functions reliably in all environments where water, fine dust, sand and other particulate matter both in air, and in solution, are prevalent. This sources sought is being issued to identify potential sources to manufacture the Short Range - Hand Held Imager. The Government is interested in utilizing the best available existing technologies or a combination thereof (i.e. non-developmental items, commercial-off-the shelf or modified commercial-off-the-shelf). This request is for planning purposes only. No solicitation document exists at this time. Issuance of this notice does not constitute any obligation on the part of the Government to procure these items or to issue a solicitation. In addition, the Government is under no obligation to pay for information submitted in response to this synopsis, and responses to this synopsis cannot be accepted as offers. Any information that the vendor considers proprietary should be clearly marked as such. Responses to this synopsis that indicate that the information therein is proprietary or represents confidential business information will be received and held in confidence for U.S. Government use only. Please submit any applicable product literature, descriptions of use in similar applications, drawings, brochures, videos or related material on or before 1 August 2007 via email or CD-ROM. All responses shall include estimated delivery times and system rough order magnitude costs from 1 to 100. Responses should be sent to: Commander, NAVSURFWARCENDIV Crane, Code 8053, Bldg 3291, 300 hwy 361, Crane, IN 47522-5000, Attn: Nick Adams. POC is Nick Adams, phone (812)854-2694, fax (812)854-4375 or email nick.adams@navy.mil.
- Web Link
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NSWC CRANE WEB PAGE
(http://www.crane.navy.mil/acquisition/homepage.htm)
- Record
- SN01333215-W 20070704/070702221450 (fbodaily.com)
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