SOURCES SOUGHT
25 -- REF - Project Cheese Dish - Vehicle Armor
- Notice Date
- 4/27/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 326199
— All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U. S. Army Materiel Command, RDECOM Acquisition Center - Aberdeen, RDECOM Acquisition Center - Aberdeen, ATTN: AMSSB-ACC-A, 4118 Susquehanna Avenue, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005-3013
- ZIP Code
- 21005-3013
- Solicitation Number
- W91CRBRFICHEESEDISH
- Response Due
- 5/26/2009
- Archive Date
- 7/25/2009
- Point of Contact
- Kari Schoerner, 410-278-1394<br />
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- REQUEST FOR INFORMATION: THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION; no award will be made as a result of this request. This request for information is for informational purposes only; this is not a Request for Proposal (RFP). All interested parties are encouraged to respond to this RFI. The Government will not pay for information and materials received in response to this RFI and is in no way obligated by the information received. 1. SCOPE. Background: The mission of the U.S. Army Rapid Equipping Force (REF) is to rapidly increase mission capability while reducing risk to Soldiers and others by equipping operational commanders with off-the-shelf (government or commercial) solutions or near-term developmental items that can be researched, developed and acquired quickly. The REF receives requirements from operational commanders in war zones setting forth the capabilities needed. The REF is chartered by the Senior Army leadership to provide material solutions to meet these requirements in a significantly reduced timeline compared to traditional Department of Defense acquisition procedures. The purpose of this RFI is to obtain potential solutions to provide clear, curved, scratch resistant, appliqu armor for Army vehicles. The intent of the armor is to deflect thrown objects away from the vehicle. Experience and information obtained from this request for information will be provided to Army Product Manager REF who will evaluate the information and feasibility of issuing a procurement action to resolve the stated problem. 2. REQUIREMENTS. The REF has a need for a technology or system that will surround a vehicle with a curved, clear, scratch resistant, armor for Army vehicles. 2.1.The system must be scratch resistant. 2.2.The system must not impede normal vehicle operations to include: 2.2.1.doors, hatches, ingress/egress of crew 2.2.2.turret operation or vehicle weapons systems 2.2.3.visibility for crew members or drivers 2.3.The system must be field installable by no higher than organizational maintenance assets 2.4.The system must provide standoff of at least 12 inches from the outermost edge of the vehicle. 2.5.The system must minimize weight added to the vehicle frame. 2.6.Delivery in 60 days of two systems for testing. 3. DELIVERABLES The Government is requesting specific information on industry capability to produce a system within 60 days after a contract is awarded that can meet the requirements identified in paragraph 2 above, or otherwise solve the problem of providing clear, curved, scratch resistant armor. This is NOT a Request for Proposal. Companies who desire to participate in this market survey are encouraged to submit a white paper which supports the companys claim that it presently has the technology, qualifications, and capabilities to satisfy one or more of the performance and technical objectives described above. The white paper should discuss the companys ability to develop and or provide existing technologies to provide a clear, curved, scratch resistant armor to army vehicle platforms. The white paper should also discuss related company experience and include point(s) of contact. The white paper should be prepared in MS Word, limited to ten (10) pages, and submitted electronically to the contracting officer at kari.schoerner@us.army.mil. The company shall be responsible for any costs associated with preparing responses to this market research. All requests for further information must be made in writing or via email; telephone requests for additional information will not be honored. The government will review RFI submissions as they are received. The government reserves the right to close this RFI once they have received adequate response(s) to this RFI.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: RDECOM Acquisition Center - Aberdeen ATTN: AMSSB-ACC-A, 4118 Susquehanna Avenue Aberdeen Proving Ground MD<br />
- Zip Code: 21005-3013<br />
- Zip Code: 21005-3013<br />
- Record
- SN01802503-W 20090429/090427215556-0249726317efbac10e18263b912845a4 (fbodaily.com)
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