SOURCES SOUGHT
16 -- Request for Information - ADVANCED LOW VELOCITY AIRDROP SYSTEM-HEAVY
- Notice Date
- 2/2/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U. S. Army Materiel Command, RDECOM, Natick (Soldier Support Branch), RDECOM, Natick (Soldier Support Branch), ATTN: CCRD-NA, Building 1, Kansas Street, Natick, MA 01760-5011
- ZIP Code
- 01760-5011
- Solicitation Number
- WARPADD-RFI-ALVADS
- Response Due
- 3/2/2009
- Archive Date
- 5/1/2009
- Point of Contact
- Allison Griffin, 508-233-4495<br />
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The US Army Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM), Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center (NSRDEC), is conducting a market survey for technical information on concepts for the airdrop of platform-mounted cargo loads, weighing from 22,001 to 42,000 lbs., from C-130and C-17 aircraft flying at altitudes of 500 +/- 125 ft. above ground level and at aircraft speeds of 130 to 150 knots indicated. The Advanced Low Velocity Airdrop System-Heavy (ALVADS-Heavy) is one component of a suite of component systems that will provide an improved cargo airdrop capability for the future. The other components are: (1) ALVADS Extraction Parachute Jettison System, (2) ALVADS-Light (weight range 2520 to 22,000 lbs.), (3) ALVADS Cargo Parachute Release System and (4) ALVADS Rapid Rigging and De-rigging System. These components are the subjects of other programs which may be integrated into ALVADS-Heavy to enhance its capabilities. Required attributes of ALVADS-Heavy are (a) impact velocity of the load must not exceed 28.5 fps at a density altitude of 8,600 ft., (b) system reliability shall be 0.92 or greater, (c) system should be capable of being airdropped in ground winds of at least 17 knots, (d) loads shall be capable of being airdropped singularly or sequentially from aircraft in mass formation, (e) rigging and packing procedures and times should be no more complicated or time consuming than in existing systems (f) system shall use standard or recently developed airdrop components to the maximum extent possible and (g) system shall be capable of operating in severe weather conditions. The science and technology effort in the area of applied research and experimental development being considered is on the order of $4Mil over 5 years. Proprietary information will not be disclosed outside the U.S. Government. All interested firms, regardless of size, are encouraged to respond to this request for information. It should be noted that this is a market survey and not a pre-solicitation notice. A pre-solicitation notice will be published if a formal solicitation is generated. No awards will result from this market survey. Nothing shall be construed herein or through the market survey process to commit or obligate the Government to further action as a result of this market survey. Firms responding to this market survey shall bear all risk and expense of any resources used to provide the requested information, and all information submitted in response to this request shall become the property of the Government and will not be returned to the submitter. Respondents must submit their product brochures, technical data, or other information concerning performance and cost within 30 days of this publication. See Note 25. Responses may be sent via email allison.griffin@us.army.mil or by regular mail to US Army RDECOM, Natick Soldier RD&E Center, ATTN: AMSRD-NSC-WP-D (Griffin), Kansas Street, Natick, MA, 01760. No solicitation document exists at this time. This market survey is for information and planning purposes only. This is not an Invitation for Bid (IFB) or a Request for Proposal (RFP) and is not to be taken as a commitment by RDECOM-NSRDEC.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: NSRDEC, Warfighter Protection & Aerial Delivery Directorate ATTN: AMSRD-NSR-WP-A Natick MA<br />
- Zip Code: 01760-5017<br />
- Zip Code: 01760-5017<br />
- Record
- SN01742637-W 20090204/090202220012-80479e94c96aa55751141d13f4ea8568 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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