SPECIAL NOTICE
A -- Tactical Network Testbed (TNT) Collaboration Focus Area: Digital Soldier at Avon Park, FL - Vendor Loan Agreement Sample
- Notice Date
- 11/15/2012
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Other Defense Agencies, U.S. Special Operations Command, Headquarters Procurement Division, 7701 Tampa Point Blvd, MacDill AFB, Florida, 33621-5323
- ZIP Code
- 33621-5323
- Solicitation Number
- RFI-TNT-13-2_TNT_Experimentation
- Archive Date
- 1/1/2013
- Point of Contact
- Geneva Emiliani, Phone: 8138266959, Christine E Johnson, Phone: 813-826-6038
- E-Mail Address
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geneva.emiliani@socom.mil, Christine.Johnson@socom.mil
(geneva.emiliani@socom.mil, Christine.Johnson@socom.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Vendor Loan Agreement A. INTRODUCTION: Tactical Network Testbed (TNT) Collaboration This Request for Information (RFI) is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this RFI is to solicit technology experimentation candidates from Research and Development (R&D) organizations, private industry, and academia for inclusion in future experimentation events coordinated by the U. S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) and the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS). USSOCOM invites industry, academia, individuals and Government labs to submit technology experimentation nominations addressing innovative technologies leading to possible Government/Industry collaboration for development of USSOCOM technology capabilities. The intent is to accelerate the delivery of innovative capabilities to the Special Operations Forces (SOF) warfighter. SOF experimentation will explore emerging technologies, technical applications, and their potential to provide solutions to future SOF capabilities. SOF experimentation focus areas for FY13 triannual TNT events are as follows: - 30 Oct - 8 Nov 2012: Urban Operations at Muscatatuck UTC, IN - 26 Feb - 7 Mar 2013: Digital Soldier at Avon Park, FL - 18-27 Jun 2013: Signature Reduction at Camp Roberts, CA Additional RFIs will be released to FedBizOpps approximately 75 days prior to each scheduled TNT event to provide additional details. After review of the technology experimentation nomination submissions, the Government may invite select candidates to experiment their technologies at the USSOCOM & NPS sponsored TNT experimentation event. The TNT venue will provide an opportunity for the submitter to interact with USSOCOM personnel for the purpose of USSOCOM assessing potential impact of emerging technology solutions on USSOCOM missions and capabilities. The intent is to accelerate the delivery of innovative capabilities to the Special Operations Forces (SOF) warfighter. Industry participation in experimentation activities does not suggest or imply that USSOCOM or NPS will procure or purchase equipment. B. OBJECTIVE: 1. Background: USSOCOM conducts TNT experimentation events at Muscatatuck UTC, IN; at Avon Park, Fl, and in cooperation with NPS at Camp Roberts, CA. These cooperative TNT experiments are conducted with representatives from Government R&D organizations, academia, and private industry. TNT experimentation events provide an opportunity for technology developers to interact with operational personnel to determine how their technology development efforts and ideas may support or enhance SOF capability needs. The environment facilitates a collaborative working relationship between Government, academia, and industry to promote the identification and assessment of emerging and mature technologies for the primary goal of accelerating the delivery of technology discoveries to the SOF warfighter. The event facilitates SOCOM personnel to identify potential technology solutions, impacts, limitations, and utility to meet SOF technical objectives and thrust areas. Materiel solutions brought to the event should be at least Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of 3 but not greater than TRL 6. Experiments may be between a half day and five days in duration and be conducted in unimproved expeditionary-like conditions. At the discretion of USSOCOM, respondents may be asked to complete a vendor loan agreement (see attachment). 2. Experimentation Focus: Experiments will be conducted from 26 Feb 2013-07 Mar 2013, at Avon Park, FL and will explore emerging technology solutions and revolutionary improvements in technology for the individual Digital Soldier. Any technology-based experiment conducted at the event will need to be capable of supporting a SOF unit to provide a revolutionary improvement in SOF operations. Any and all solutions must include all necessary software and hardware to accomplish the mission. Digital Soldier technologies may include, but are not limited to: • Situational Awareness (SA) to include combat ID and operations where GPS is not available • Command, Control, Communications & Computers (C4) to include conformable & wearable antennae and wearable computers • Improved Size, Weight and Power (SWaP) and Energy sources, to include wireless, or management devices • Sensors including Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (ISR), biomedical, physiological, etc. • Medicine/Medical/Medic technology applications • Human Performance • Data Integration & Fusion (i.e. from the individual digital soldier to the weapon(s) system(s), the vehicle or other agnostic platform, C2 at multiple echelons, etc.) • Individual soldier combat ready displays, including non-visual means of information display, and potentially utilization of cognitive thoughts and the surrounding environment to display personalized information • Exoskeletons • Ability to make revolutionary improvements in mobility, lethality, survivability and communications Proposed solutions should take into consideration "lightening the load" of the operator, mentally and/or physically. An exploratory closed cyber (virtual) network infrastructure, and an Electromagnetic Environment (EME) using electronic spectrum recording can be provided based on expressed interest. Please indicate in the Experiment Objectives Block of the white paper submission form, specific interest to conduct your experiment in either capability. 3. Security Requirements: Vendors should not submit classified information in the technology experimentation nominations. 4. Respondents interested in conducting experiments using technologies like: lasers, explosives, weapons using live fire, moving equipment, vehicles, and other technologies that present an occupational hazard shall prepare and submit a safety risk assessment. The risk assessment shall address the likelihood and severity of any inherent risks as well as risk mitigation measures required to bring the resultant risk to a low level. The risk assessment shall be submitted as an attachment to the experiment nomination. Reference MIL-STD-882D for instructions and information regarding risk assessments. Also, respondents are responsible for ammunition shipments to include an Interim Hazard Classification and coordination for receipt and storage at Avon Park, FL. If your experiment will be radiating on a given frequency or frequency band, you must have prior approval to transmit on that frequency/frequency band. Prior approval may include compliance with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Title 47, Part 15, a Special Temporary Authority (STA) from the FCC. If equipment is government owned and operating within a Federal Band, you must have National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) frequency approval. Your authority to radiate should be submitted along with your nomination, emailed directly to tech_exp@socom.mil, or presented on site during your equipment pre-check. The FCC recommends you submit your request at least 30 days prior to the start of the event. 5. Other Special Requirements: DO NOT SUBMIT PROPOSALS. SUBMIT TECHNOLOGY EXPERIMENTATION NOMINATIONS ONLY. EXPERIMENTATION NOMINATION SUBMITTALS FOR THIS RFI WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED UNTIL THE CLOSING DATE OF 12/17/2012 1600 EST. No contracts will be awarded based solely on this announcement or any subsequent supplemental RFI announcements planned for FY13 TNT events. C. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: Technology Experimentation nominations shall be submitted electronically via USSOCOM webpage: http://www.socom.mil/_layouts/FormServer.aspx?XsnLocation=/FormServerTemplates/whitepapersubmission.xsn. Multiple nominations addressing different technology experiments may be submitted by each respondent. Submissions will be reviewed by USSOCOM personnel to determine whether an experiment submission will be accepted for invitation. Each technology experiment nomination must address only one experiment. Select respondents will be invited to participate in USSOCOM experiments. USSOCOM shall provide venues, supporting infrastructure, and assessment (operational and technical, based on availability of resources and written request) personnel at no cost to invited respondent(s). Respondent's travel costs and technology experiments will be at the respondent's expense. The TNT venue will only provide basic access to training areas or ranges to conduct experiments, a facility to connect to the internet, basic venue infrastructure including frequency allocation/deconfliction, and portable power if needed. Invited respondents must be prepared to be self-sufficient during the execution of their experiments and not dependent on venue resources for success. D. BASIS FOR SELECTION TO PARTICIPATE: Selection of respondents to participate will be based on the extent to which the technology represents a particular class or level of capability that can be provided to Special Operations Forces. Other considerations include: - Technical maturity - Relevance of or adaptability to military operations/missions - Relevance to current operational needs - Relevance to Event Focus Area E. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: All efforts shall be made to protect proprietary information that is clearly marked in writing. Lessons learned by USSOCOM from these experiments may be broadly disseminated but only within the Government. If selected for participation in TNT experimentation, vendors may be requested to provide additional information that will be used in preparation for the experiments. F. USE OF INFORMATION: The purpose of this notice is to gain information leading to Government/Industry collaboration for development of USSOCOM technology capabilities and to assist in accelerating the delivery of these capabilities to the warrior. All proprietary information contained in the response shall be separately marked. Any proprietary information contained in response to this request will be properly protected from any unauthorized disclosure. The Government will not use proprietary information submitted from any one firm to establish future capability and requirements. G. SPECIAL NOTICE: Respondent's attention is directed to the fact that Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) or contractor consultant/advisors to the Government will review and provide support during evaluation of submittals. When appropriate, non-Government advisors may be used to objectively review a particular functional area and provide comments and recommendations to the Government. All advisors shall comply with procurement Integrity Laws and shall sign non-disclosure and rules of conduct/conflict of interest statements. The Government shall take into consideration requirements for avoiding conflicts of interest and ensure advisors comply with safeguarding proprietary data. Submission in response to this RFI constitutes approval to release the submittal to Government support contractors. H. Per Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.215-3 Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes (Oct 1997): 1. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this RFI notice or to otherwise pay for the information. 2. Although "proposal" and "respondent" are used in this RFI, your responses will be treated as information only. It shall not be used as a proposal. 3. In accordance with FAR Clause 52.209(c), the purpose of this RFI is to solicit technology experimentation candidates from R&D organizations, private industry, and academia for inclusion in future experimentation events coordinated by USSOCOM. Contracting Office Address: 7701 Tampa Point Blvd MacDill AFB, Florida 33621-5323 Primary Point of Contact: TECH_EXP@socom.mil
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