SOLICITATION NOTICE
70 -- Acquisition Data Base and Vision System
- Notice Date
- 8/9/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 334119
— Other Computer Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Vicksburg Consolidated Contracts Office, Vicksburg, ATTN: ERDC, 4155 Clay Street, Vicksburg, MS 39183-3435
- ZIP Code
- 39183-3435
- Solicitation Number
- W912HZ-07-G-8579
- Response Due
- 8/20/2007
- Archive Date
- 10/19/2007
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Quot es are being requested via this synopsis and a written solicitation will not be issued. Requisition Number W912HZ-07-G-8579 is being issued as a request for quotes (RFQ) with intent to award as a simplified acquisition. The solicitation document and inco rporated provision and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-12. The US Army Corps of Engineers has a requirement for: 2 each data acquisition base system and 1 each data acquisition vision system. The purpose of this purc hase is to provision MSB (Mobility Systems Branch) with a system to accommodate data acquisition needs in vehicle testing. This system will replace aging, bulky, and limited equipment used in MSB for over 20 years. The replacement system will need to acc ommodate needs for the next decade. Nature of Instrumentation and Data Collection at MSB. Various vehicles are instrumented and tested in austere environments. Environmental conditions include high humidity, high temperature, winter conditions, and dust . Instrumentation and data collection equipment is subjected to shock and vibration during testing. Support vehicles and test crew travel to remote sites for testing. During vehicle testing, some data reduction is necessary to ensure sufficient data is captured. Therefore, real-time, remote monitoring of some test parameters is needed. Standoff distance is sometimes up to four miles with LOS, but is usually ~250 meters. There are several types of vehicle tests conducted. There are occasionally irregu lar tests. Increasingly, tests are being conducted on small unmanned vehicles. Occasionally, test data is classified. The number of parameters measured varies according to test types. Some tests require synchronized recording of measurements from over 16 sensors. At times, there is more than one vehicle being tested where the test is for a different purpose. Video and photographs are used to document test procedures. Video and photographs are also used to document or annotate data collection events. Unmanned veh icle systems rely on various vision systems for operation. Vision as a sensor is part of unmanned vehicle study and a useful in alignment, identification, and gauging. Cameras used in machine vision come with a variety of interfaces including CameraLink, analog, IEEE 1394, and USB. MSB Vehicle Tests: Standard Tests: (1) drop-test (natural frequencies); (2) draw-bar pull; (3) single wheel tire tests; and (4) ride dynamics (a) shock and (b) rms (driver absorbed power) Other Tests: (1) acceleration / deceleration; (2) slalom / lane change; (3) traverse Sensors: (1) strain; (2) speed (pippers) (Hall-effect sensors); (3) acceleration; (4) location (GPS); (5) distance (string payout); (6) thermocouple; (7) inclinometer; (8) gyroscope Requirements for MSB Data Acquisition Base System (2 each) System must allow wireless monitoring and control of data acquisition system. Wireless communication components must withstand shock up to 30g half-sine. Wireless communication components must meet or exceed distance and throughput performance of 802.11g . System must operate without tethered PC. System must be reconfigurable to different hardware and software test configurations. System must include a well supported software API for writing applications to control hardware, monitor data collection, and reduce resulting data. Hardware (chassis and expansion modules) must weigh less than 10 pounds (excluding sensors and batteries). System must operate off of direct current power. System must consume less than 20W of power during operation while samplin g inputs. This power requirement excludes operation with voltage or current outputs. System chassi s must be smaller than 5 x5 x11 . System must be simple to operate. System must collect data from sensor types used in MSB. See list of sensors. System must synchronously sample data from a minimum of 12 accelerometers, 4 strain gauges, 8 general purpo se voltage levels, 4 thermocouples, and 6 digital inputs. The system must provide excitation to accelerometers. The system must sample sensors at a minimum resolution of 16 bits (except for digital inputs). The system must be able to sample at an overal l minimum rate of 200kS/s. System must collect data at a resolution commensurate with sensor ranges and measured property. System must sample sensors at rates commensurate with rate of change in sensed values. System must have a proven history of succes sful use in instrumentation industry. System must come from a stable company well suited to offer training, service, and warranty of equipment over years of service. System must be scalable to accommodate unanticipated test configurations. System must b e able to synchronize GPS inputs with other sensed values. System must be able to collect classified data to removable persistent storage without causing DAQ system persistent storage to become classified. System must be resilient to high humidity, high temperature, winter conditions, and dust. Two data acquisition systems each meeting the base system requirements are required. The combined cost of the two data acquisition base systems should be lower than $35,000. The two data acquisition systems shou ld be deliverable within two weeks of purchase. Requirements for MSB Data Acquisition Vision System (1 each) System must be able to synchronize collected video with data collected in MSB Data Acquisition base system frame-by-frame. System must have a proven history of successful use in instrumentation industry. System must come from a stable company well suited to offer training, service, and warranty of equipment over years of service. System must be scalable to accommodate unanticipated test configurations. System must be resilient to high humidity, high temperature, winter conditions, and dust. System must include a well supported software API for writing applications to control hardware, monitor data collection, do pattern matching, and reduce resulting data. System must synchronize video input from heterogeneous camera interfaces. System must accept inp ut from the following camera interfaces CameraLink, IEEE-1394, analog, and USB. System must operate off of DC power. System chassis must be smaller than 11 in width x 8 in height x 9 in depth. Camera port requirements: 3 or more IEEE-1394 ports, 1 or more CameraLink ports, and 4 or more analog (RS170, CCIR, NTSC, and PAL) ports. System must withstand shock up to 30 g peak, half-sine, 11 ms pulse during operation. System must withstand vibration up to 5 to 500 Hz, 0.3 grms Chassis must support up to 4 3U PXI expansion modules or CompactPCI expansion modules. System must weigh less than 20 pounds including chassis, controller, and 4 expansion modules (not including battery). System must typically operate at less than 300 Watts of power. One data acquisition vision system meeting requirements is required. The cost of vision system should be lower than $20,000 (excludes cameras). The system should be deliverable w ithin two weeks of purchase. Software to run these systems is required. Award shall be made to the responsible offeror whose quote is determined to be Lowest Price Technically Acceptable. FAR Provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. Offerors must include a completed copy o f FAR Provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items, with its offer. FAR Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. FAR Clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Condition s Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders C ommercial Items, applies to this acquisition. Quotes are being accepted to the identified point of contact no later than 0700 hrs Central Time Zone on 20 August 2007. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. No RFP will be issu ed based upon this combined synopsis/solicitation. Interested parties may submit any information for consideration by the government to: Vergie.L.Beadles@mvk02.usace.army.mil with solicitation number referenced in the subject line.
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