MODIFICATION
A -- Request for Information: Interoperability Standards for Unmanned Ground Vehicles
- Notice Date
- 12/29/2009
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- Contracting Office
- TACOM Contracting Center (TACOM-CC), ATTN: AMSTA-AQ-AMB, E Eleven Mile Road, Warren, MI 48397-5000
- ZIP Code
- 48397-5000
- Solicitation Number
- RFI-IS-UGV-2010
- Response Due
- 1/29/2010
- Archive Date
- 3/30/2010
- Point of Contact
- Damon McNally, (586) 282-5185
- E-Mail Address
-
TACOM Contracting Center (TACOM-CC)
(damon.mcnally@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The full RFI Questionnaire document is attached below (See 'RFI-IS-UGV-2010'). The Project Manager, Robotic Systems Joint Project Office (RS JPO) located at the United States Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC) in Warren, Michigan, currently manages several robotic Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) platforms fielded within the United States and overseas in support of our Army and Marine Corps forces in performing unmanned reconnaissance, surveillance, and route and area clearance missions of IEDs and land mines. Each platform has its own Operator Control Unit (OCU) that provides control of a UGV and its unique mission capability payloads. The RS JPO is seeking substantive information to contribute to the development of interoperability standards for UGVs. The RS JPO is pursuing an iterative, progressive (crawl, walk, run) approach to standards determination. This information could form the basis of UGV interoperability profiles that would be used in future UGV acquisition performance requirements. This request is for technical information and considerations for developing UGV non-proprietary interoperability standards that will provide for commonality of interfaces, third party payload modularity, interchangeability of payloads between OEMs, common control and control interfaces based on open standards and open interfaces resulting in competitive Unmanned Ground Vehicle procurements. The RS JPO requests that all interested companies furnish specific responses to the questions provided and complete a company information questionnaire. Additionally, respondents should provide any supplemental information or commercial literature describing the technical considerations for interoperability addressing the logical (JAUS), physical, transport, and common data link interfaces. The Government does NOT wish to obtain proprietary or otherwise protected documents as a result of this Request For Information. Further, all documents received will not be shared, released or disclosed outside of the U.S. Government. The Government may return such data or documents submitted that have proprietary or protected markings. The Government is under no obligation of any kind to proceed with an acquisition in anyway related to this market survey. This survey is not intended as a solicitation of any proposal. Please note that the RS JPO is planning a future engagement with industry in 3rd Quarter 2010 to further expand and develop this initial effort, announcement posting is anticipated for 2nd Quarter 2010. Electronic responses are required. The maximum size of each e-mail message and associated attachments should be no more than three and one-half (3.5) megabytes. You may use multiple e-mail messages each with this capacity. The Subject Line must include the phrase UGV Interop RFI, message number (example: 1 of 3, 2 of 3, 3 of 3), and Firms Name. All interested firms, regardless of size, are encouraged to respond to this request for information. Please submit electronic responses to this survey and industry questions for clarification to: Damon McNally, TACOM Contracting, at damon.mcnally@us.army.mil RFI responses should be furnished by 29 January 2010. The full RFI Questionnaire document is attached below (See 'RFI-IS-UGV-2010').
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- Place of Performance
- Address: TACOM Contracting Center (TACOM-CC) ATTN: AMSTA-AQ-AMB, E Eleven Mile Road Warren MI
- Zip Code: 48397-5000
- Zip Code: 48397-5000
- Record
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