SOURCES SOUGHT
58 -- Market Survey - Request for Information - Counter Sniper Program Closed Circuit Television (CCTV)
- Notice Date
- 10/27/2008
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334220
— Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment 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
- W15P7T-09-RFI-FLI-001
- Response Due
- 11/19/2008
- Archive Date
- 1/18/2009
- Point of Contact
- Joanne DeFazio, 732-532-4348<br />
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This Request for Information (RFI) supersedes synopsis W15P7T-08-RFI-RUS-001 and is for planning purposes only and shall not be considered as an Invitation for Bid, Request for Quotation, or 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. The Government reserves the right to reject, in whole or part, any contractor input resulting from this request. 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, Performance Work Statement, Statement of Objectives and/or Performance Based Specification(s). Parties responding to this RFI 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 RFI or to otherwise pay for the information submitted in response to this RFI. The government is in the process of analyzing alternatives leading to the development of a program plan and acquisition strategy for the Counter Sniper Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) program. The notional CCTV program plan and acquisition strategy is intended to cover system level requirements for fiscal years 2009-2011. The Government plans to acquire up to 2650 CCTV systems under an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) type contract with a performance period covering three years. The Government intends to include requirements for CCTV systems to include vehicle installation kits, spare parts, transportation cases, system first article and qualification testing, fielding, training, OCONUS Field Service Representatives support, maintenance/repair, and other engineering services. A best value source selection is being contemplated for award of a single IDIQ contract that includes provision for issuance of Firm Fixed Price Delivery Orders for CCTV systems and spares and Time and Material Delivery Orders for services. Based on current mission priorities, the government is contemplating use of the following criteria as part of its best value considerations: delivery schedule, technical performance, cost and supportability, potential technology enhancements, reliability growth; production capacity and ability to ramp up and sustain high volume production with minimum advance notice. The Government is seeking low cost, commercial or non-developmental solutions from either Original Equipment Manufacturers or system integrators that will lead to the delivery of approximately 1000 mast mounted CCTV systems within 6 months from award. Any subsequent CCTV system hardware orders are intended to include a notional delivery schedule of 3 months after award of the order. The CCTV system will allow a vehicle commander the capability of observing and recording an elevated 360 degree view of the surrounding terrain during conditions of daylight, darkness (all ambient light levels), adverse weather (rain, fog, salt fog, haze, mist and snow) and dirty battlefield conditions (adverse weather, dust and smoke). This capability will improve situational awareness and assist in detecting and neutralizing sniper and other threats to friendly forces. The system will be capable of full operations while stationary and operate in a degraded mode (mast not fully extended) while moving at slow speeds on primary and secondary roads. The Government also anticipates fielding (training and initial spares) and sustaining these systems through Field Support Representatives in an operational environment (OIF and OEF). The CCTV system currently envisioned would consist of a passive thermal imaging system operating nominally in the 8 to 14 micrometer spectral region. All external optics will have protective covers when not in use. This sensor is mounted on an extendable mast attached to a vehicle platform. The sensor will be connected to an interior mounted video display, storage and retrieval subsystem. The system must provide a mast with a rate of extension/retraction to support all combat scenarios. The system should have an electronically controlled pan/tilt mechanism for positioning the sensor(s). The field of regard for the sensor(s) is 360 degrees in azimuth and +60 degrees and -20 degrees in elevation to provide an adequate coverage volume. The system includes a mounting kit for various platform vehicles, all cables, mounting brackets, shipping containers and other kits necessary to fully integrate and operate the CCTV on those platforms (i.e., MRAP, Stryker, M1151 HMMWV). The minimum requirements for the system are: Thermal Imaging Sensor; Visible Color TV camera; Bore sighted Green (approximately 530 nanometers wavelength) Laser Pointer with iconic line of sight indicator; Magnification 2-4 times; Field of View sufficient to recognize a man sized target at 200 (T) to 500 (O) meters; Electronic Pan and Tilt Mechanism (+270 horizontal; +60, -20 elevation); Horizontal and Vertical Slew Rate 35 degrees per second with an indicator for line-of sight pointing; 45 degrees per second commanded line-of-sight centering to forward position; Sensor Control-Joystick; Autofocus; Image Stabilization (electronic or mechanical); Environmental Housing; Video Output IAW SMPTE 170M Standard for Composite Analog Video Signal NTSC for Studio Applications: dated 1994; Video Display IAW Video Electronics Standards Association Flat Panel Display Measurement Standard; System Maximum Weight target is 250 pounds or less; Max 60 watts of power when operated over the 16 to 32 VDC vehicle input power; 10-20 Foot Mast with Pneumatic or Electrical Winch Control operated from within the vehicle; and manual backup also operated from within the vehicle. All material submitted in response to this RFI must be unclassified. Interested parties possessing the capacity to deliver products meeting the requirements outlined above are requested to provide a White Paper describing the approach to produce, manage and meet the production requirements established above and should address the following items: 1. Comments with regard to the feasibility of the CCTV strategies and achieving the stated goals within the time frames specified to include a supporting program schedule that represents a low risk approach to meeting the objectives outlined above. 2. Provide an assessment of the associated risks for the CCTV program and respective risk mitigation approaches to include potential throughput challenges, production test reject rates and challenges associated with resolution of the potential top three yield problems. 3. Submission of alternative strategies, suggestions for acceleration of system delivery, test, qualification, recommendations for economic ordering quantities, economical range quantity breaks, realistic schedules for production ramp up and surge quantities, and monthly production sustainment quantities are of significant interest to the Government. 4. Technical and management approach for executing a CCTV program including a detailed design; procurement of subsystems and components and the integration of sensor components; rigorous contractor test and integration data; supporting technical documentation; and, operation and sustainment considerations. 5. Estimated unit prices for the CCTV system, spares, vehicle integration kits and Rough Order of Magnitude price estimates for any other system components, training, maintenance and installation and Field Service Representatives performing in an operational environment (OIF and OEF). 6. Cost impact of incorporating current technological advances beyond the minimum requirements identified above. These areas of interest include but are not necessarily limited to: increased magnification (with concomitant stabilization increases); increasing elevation capability to +90 degrees; optical zoom; continuous 360 degree azimuth rotation of the sensor payload; increased Field of View (FOV); increased mast height; quick release mast; variable height mast; external air conditioning power input capability; and MIL-STD 810F Environmental Qualification. 7. Information about the current level of environmental qualification of the system being described as well as its predicted or actual reliability. 8. Information must include complete descriptions of existing products that will be available for delivery within the timeframe indicated above and must include sufficient documentation to support any claims that the 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. 9. Outline of supply chain considerations with emphasis on any known long lead items that may adversely impact high rate production in an accelerated environment and strategies to overcome potential parts obsolescence problems. 10. Address projected monthly production capabilities to include critical subcontractor and vendor production capacity along with any limitations to ramping up to high rate monthly production and system integration considerations along with proposed resolutions to potential production impediments. 11. Corporate capabilities ( i.e., available facilities and assets to include existing production facilities, total available square footage to include additional floor space available for expansion; amount that could be dedicated to the CCTV program, quality management programs, manufacturing process controls and configuration management control systems) and company profile (i.e., company type, US or non-US ownership, Cage code, DUNs number, size and status as listed in the Central Contractor Registration). 12. Corporate research initiatives undertaken relative to programs like the CCTV to include a discussion of internally funded RDTE activities along with the Technology Readiness Level/Manufacturing Readiness Levels for those efforts. 13. Past and current relevant performance information. 14. Name, telephone number, fax number, street address and e-mail address for Program, Technical and Cost points of contact information. Technical questions and responses to this RFI are to be submitted via e-mail to Celeste Osenenko Contracting Officer at Celeste.M.Osenenko@us.army.mil and Joanne DeFazio, Contract Specialist at Joanne.DeFazio@us.army.mil. Responses are due on or before 1600hrs EST on 19 November 2008. A Government Industry Day will be held 10 December 2008, at Ft. Belvoir, VA, within the Night Vision Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD) compound, building 309, in the Virtual Prototyping and Simulations (VPS) arena. Industry Day will begin with an introductory briefing on the governments plans for CCTV at 0900 hrs EST. After the government briefing, interested parties will have the opportunity to meet with Government representatives for no more than 30 minutes to discuss their CCTV acquisition strategy considerations. Requests by total system providers to schedule an Industry Day one-on-one with the Government must be submitted at the same time as registration for the event. Each industry participant will be limited to a maximum of three (3) attendees. The government will provide the scheduled times for the one-on-one sessions at the Industry Day briefing. Each industry participant is responsible for providing their own copies of briefing materials during their session. The briefing materials will be posted to the IBOP on or about 5 November 2008 in the CCTV Reading Room under the Solicitation folder W15P7T-09-R-M004. Industry Day meeting requests and registration must be submitted to Mr. Patrick Schertler (patrick.schertler@conus.army.mil) no later than 1600 hrs EST on 5 December 2008. Each registration shall contain company name, business unit, address, phone number, e-mail, point of contact, and a list of attendees with nationality. Due to security approval timelines, we recommend all non-US companies utilize US citizen representatives. Industry Day participants are reminded that it may take up to one hour to get through Ft. Belvoir and NVESD compound security.
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- Address: US Army C-E LCMC Acquisition Center - DAAB07 ATTN: AMSEL-AC, Building 1208 Fort Monmouth NJ<br />
- Zip Code: 07703-5008<br />
- Zip Code: 07703-5008<br />
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