SOURCES SOUGHT
58 -- Request for Information (RFI) Sources Sought (SS) for Close Surveillance Support System (CS3)
- Notice Date
- 4/22/2008
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334511
— Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U. S. Army Materiel Command, US Army C-E LCMC Acquisition Center - DAAB07, US Army C-E LCMC Acquisition Center - DAAB07, ATTN: AMSEL-AC, Building 1208, Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703-5008
- ZIP Code
- 07703-5008
- Solicitation Number
- W15P7T08RM008
- Response Due
- 5/16/2008
- Point of Contact
- Kimberly Lyall, 732-427-1460
- Description
- This request for information (RFI) is for planning purposes only and shall not be considered as an invitation for bid, request for quotation, request for proposal, or as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services. Your response to this RFI will be treated as information only. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise as a result of contractor submission of responses to this announcement or the Government use of such information. This request does not constitute a solicitation for proposals or the authority to enter into negotiations to award a contract. No funds have been authorized, appropriated, or received for this effort. The information provided may be used by the Army in developing its acquisition strategy and statement of work/statement of objectives and performance specifications. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or competition sensitive information contained in their response. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this request for information or to otherwise pay for the information submitted in response to this RFI. Product Manager Forward Looking Infrared (PM FLIR) is conducting market research to determine the status of currently available products and technologies capable of providing an affordable low cost materiel solution for a 360 degree situational awareness program called the Close Surveillance Support System (CS3). The CS3 system is comprised of both A-Kits (platform installation and integration items) and B-Kits (CS3 system components) which are considered to be the critical elements in assessing the CS3 programs affordability. The CS3 system is intended to meet increased mission requirements associated with Survivability, Mobility and Lethality as outlined in Capability Development Documents (CDD) for the Stryker Brigade Combat Team (Operational Requirements Documents to CDD conversion, 14 Dec 2007) and the various Combat Vehicle customer requirements (PM Heavy Brigade Combat Team and Marine Corps, 7 Dec 2007). Current and future Army doctrine requires this capability to conduct sustained operations, 24 hours a day, during all weather and light conditions, executed over extended distances. Combat Vehicles are a vital element of all types of units. This capability is needed to allow the users/operators to maintain situational awareness while under armor during day and nighttime operations and during times of impaired visibility (fog, smoke, and dust). CS3 is not intended to be used as targeting system for fire control. PM FLIR is interested in technology solutions with readiness levels that can support production and fielding within six months of contract award. System Description: CS3 is a collection of color visible and Infrared (IR) cameras mounted around the top and sides of the vehicle platform, user interface hardware, and a digital recording capability integrated into the vehicle. The CS3 will support independent multiple user capability and provide various operators with a 360 degree cumulative Horizontal Field of Regard while under armor, in day, night and degraded visibility conditions, particularly in urban and complex terrain with a Vertical Field of View of approximately 30 degrees. The CS3 is intended to provide the operators the ability to 1) Observe immediate area around the vehicle; 2) Identify potential threats; 3) Prevent vehicle injury to dismounted soldiers; 4) Prevent vehicle injury to non-combatants; 5) Improve vehicle maneuvering; 6) Provide Vehicle commander and driver with day/night visibility in all directions vehicle can move; 7) Allow Vehicle commander and driver to scan intersections without exposing entire vehicle; 8) Allow driver to back-up without assistance. The CS3 system is planned for installation on Army and USMC ground based platforms such as the Stryker FOV and the M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle. Notional quantities for the various platforms are anticipated to range from 1000 to 4000. In addition to technology and product maturity considerations, the government is specifically interested in receiving industry feedback on the feasibility of implementing Size, Weight, and power reduction initiatives that would result in overall lower total unit costs for both A and B Kits as well as novel vehicle related integration strategies utilizing current/approved onboard systems. Other areas of interest to the government include industry suggestions for economic ordering quantities, delivery schedules and production ramp up considerations. Interested parties responding to this RFI should 1) have a strong background and detailed knowledge in IR and color sensors ; 2) have a proven and demonstrated integration capability; 3) have a demonstrated and detailed working knowledge of the Armys Vision Enhancement and targeting systems; 4) have a proven and demonstrated capability in complex systems architecture with emphasis on networking communications and interface issues (e.g. bandwidth and interface analysis); 5) have a significant technology base and/or manufacturing and operating infrastructure (facilities and capabilities) that can readily support detailed coordination with users, and installation, operation and support of this system; and 6) Possess Security Clearances up to and including TS/SCI. Industry responses must include sufficient documentation to support any claims that their system performance will meet the minimum performance capabilities contained herein. Such documentation may include system technical specifications, product brochures and related literature, performance test data, system drawings and/or photographs, or any other data to support the state of system development and or production readiness. Additionally, industry responses are to specifically include an outline of supply chain considerations with emphasis on any known long lead items that may adversely impact high rate production in an accelerated environment. Any limitations to ramping up to high rate monthly production and system integration considerations must be addressed along with proposed resolutions to potential production impediments. Projected monthly production capabilities to include critical subcontractor and vendor production capacity along with estimated unit prices, should also be submitted. Interested parties possessing the qualifications outlined above are requested to provide a White Paper describing: 1.Corporate capabilities, past and current relevant performance information, available facilities and assets. 2.Indicate whether your companys interest in the CS3 system program is as a system developer and integrator, a subcontractor with specific areas of expertise or as a potential component supplier. 3.Technical and management approach for achieving the objectives for this project to include a detailed design; procurement of and the integration of components into ground based platforms; 4.A unit cost estimate on a Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) to produce each of the notional requirements outlined above. 5.A supporting program schedule that represents your low risk approach to meeting the technology objectives outlined above. 6.An assessment of the associated risks for this program and respective risk mitigation approaches. 7.Name, telephone number, fax number, street address and e-mail address for Program, Technical and Cost points of contact information. All interested firms with the capabilities identified herein are encouraged to respond to this RFI by providing the information specified above on or before 1600 hours on 16 May 2008. Technical questions and industry responses to this RFI are to be sent via email to Vincent Ramirez, vincent.ramirez@us.army.mil or may be mailed to PM FLIR, (ATTN: SFAE-KO-CS3 10221 Burbeck Road, Ft. Belvoir, VA 22060. Electronic transmissions must not exceed 5 megabytes and responses in the form of white papers should be limited to 25 pages in length and may include technical specification and product sheets as deemed necessary. All material submitted in response to this RFI must be unclassified. It should be noted that the Government may afford interested parties an opportunity to discuss the contents of their White Papers during an industry one-on-one session where it is envisioned the parties will engage in an active information exchange dialogue to aid in the governments feasibility assessment. A reading room has been created on the IBOP to include additional information and documents, as well as answers to questions regarding the RFI that was posted on 14 April 2008. The reading room can be located at https://abop.monmouth.army.mil/ under the title Request for Information (RFI) Sources Sought (SS) for Close Surveillance Support System (CS3).
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- Address: US Army C-E LCMC Acquisition Center - DAAB07 ATTN: AMSEL-AC, Building 1208 Fort Monmouth NJ
- Zip Code: 07703-5008
- Zip Code: 07703-5008
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