SOURCES SOUGHT
59 -- Rear Viewing Sensor Systems for MRAP vehicles
- Notice Date
- 11/10/2011
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334419
— Other Electronic Component Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- ACC - Warren (ACC-WRN)(DTA), ATTN: AMSTA-AQ-AMB, E Eleven Mile Road, Warren, MI 48397-5000
- ZIP Code
- 48397-5000
- Solicitation Number
- W56HZV-12-C-0000
- Response Due
- 12/12/2011
- Archive Date
- 2/10/2012
- Point of Contact
- Elena Hunt, 586 282 7405
- E-Mail Address
-
ACC - Warren (ACC-WRN)(DTA)
(elena.hunt.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- DESCRIPTION OF INTENT: THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT MARKET SURVEY TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL MANUFACTURERS for the following Rear View Sensor System (RVSS) in accordance with FAR 11.104, Use of brand name or equal purchase descriptions. RVSS is currently procured non-competitively. The results of Survey Questionnaire will help the USG determine the appropriate method of procurement for future such requirements. DISCLAIMER: No contract will be awarded from this announcement. This is not a Request for Proposal or an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation, nor is it a request seeking contractors to be placed on a solicitation mailing list. Response to this survey is voluntary and no reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this market survey and any follow-on information requests. Data submitted in response to this market survey will not be returned. No solicitation document exists at this time. DESCRIPTION: Rear Viewing Sensor Systems. Each RVSS system consists of 1 each - Check 6 Taillight Assembly (w/debris shield) NSN 6720-015545366 (BAE EI&S part number 8417170-1) and 1 each - Check 6 Control Box. NSN 6720-015545362 (BAE EI&S part number 8416734-1) Color: US Army Desert RVSS is a rear view infrared camera system that is molded into the ground vehicle's tail-light housing provided rear visibility. This visibility gives the driver and crew situation awareness for everything from backing up the vehicle, to buttoned-up battlefield operations. Soldiers must often exit the rear of the vehicles during combat operations with very little visibility or understanding of the threats and battlefield conditions outside of the vehicle. The Check-6 system enables rear-visibility, provides increased vehicle safety, mission effectiveness and it can save lives. RVSS embeds a currently fielded un-cooled, infrared camera core into a LED equipped tail-light assembly that installs into the existing vehicle tail-light mounting location. This solution provides a streamlined path for vehicle installs that can be accomplished as field upgrade kits with minimal tools and vehicle downtime required. The RVSS upgrade delivers needed battlefield situation awareness during all weather, day and night operations and it has the capability to see through obscurants and dust. SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS / MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: 1)The RVSS taillight and control box must package within the same space claim as the existing design. This will allow it to be backwards compatible/interchangeable with the existing fielded kits. 2)The cable connections on both the RVSS taillight and control box must be identical to the existing design (including clocking angles) and in the same locations so that the existing cables can be used (backwards compatible). 3)The physical mounting holes/studs need to be in the same location and the same size as the existing taillight assembly / control box (backwards compatible). 4)The RVSS taillight assembly should have an LED taillight, IR Sensor and Debris Shield. 5)The RVSS control box should have connections for: J1 (Power In), J2 (Video In/Power Out), J3 (Video Out), J4 (Video Out) and J5 (Video Out). 6)The RVSS control box should have buttons to open/close the debris shield, +/- for brightness, +/- for contrast, change polarity button, reset/select overlays button, lamp test button and switch guard with a circuit breaker switch. 7)The RVSS control box should have LED's to show when the Power Status and Video Fault Indicators for video in/out. 8)The taillight assembly is external to the vehicle and must be designed for extreme temperatures, humidity and solar load. 9)The taillight assembly camera specification: a.40-degree vertical minimum field-of-view b.54-degree horizontal minimum field-of-view c.5 m to infinity fixed-focus d.7-14 micron long-wave infrared spectral band operation e.Supports currently fielded 4:3 NTSC displays f.Max weight of 5.5 lbs. RESPONSES DUE: Responses to the Survey Questionnaire are requested no later than COB December 12, 2011. Please mark your information "Proprietary" as you feel appropriate. RESPONSE FORMAT(S): Only electronic responses are accepted. Please provide responses below the questions. The following formats are acceptable: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Power Point or Adobe PDF. Please format the subject line of the response email as follows; "[Organization Name] response to RVSS SOURCES SOUGHT SURVEY". Submit the questionnaire and or/questions to Elena Hunt at elena.hunt.civ@mail.mil. GENERAL INFORMATION: - The standard of performance applicable to the "or equal" is that it must be functionally equivalent to the brand name product, but not necessarily the same in every detail. The "the equal" must perform substantially the same function in substantially the same way and for substantially the same purpose. The equal must prove to be substantially the same as the brand name with respect to specification requirements. The true measure of equivalency will come from actual comparative testing and analysis of a sample submittal. - The USG acknowledges its obligations under Title 18 U.S.C. 1905 to protect information. Pursuant to this statute, the USG is willing to take into account any PROPRIETARY restrictions placed on qualifying data forwarded in response to the survey questions and to protect it from unauthorized disclosure subject to the following: - Clearly and conspicuously mark qualifying data with the restrictive legend (all caps) "PROPRIETARY" with any explanatory text, so that the UGS is clearly notified of what data needs to be appropriately protected. Marked data already in the public domain, in the possession of the USG or third parties, or that is afterward placed into the public domain by the owner or another party through no fault of the USG will not be protected once in the public domain. Data in the possession of the USG will be protected in accordance with the USG's rights in the data. - If protection of specific areas is required within electronic files, use the restrictive legends "PROPRIETARY PORTION BEGINS" and "PROPRIETARY PORTION ENDS" to clearly mark proprietary data. - In any reproductions of technical data or any portions thereof subject to asserted restrictions, the USG will also reproduce the asserted restriction legend and any explanatory text.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: PM MRAP ATTN: AMSTA-AQ-AMB, E Eleven Mile Road Warren MI
- Zip Code: 48397-5000
- Zip Code: 48397-5000
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