SOURCES SOUGHT
99 -- Night Vision Systems
- Notice Date
- 9/16/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 333999
— All Other Miscellaneous General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of State, Office of Acquisitions, Acquisition Management, 1735 N. Lynn St., Arlington, Virginia, 22209, United States
- ZIP Code
- 22209
- Solicitation Number
- SAQMMA13SS0008
- Archive Date
- 9/20/2013
- Point of Contact
- Vincent J Sanchez, Phone: 703-875-6629, Gregory A. Mendoza, Phone: 5712255491
- E-Mail Address
-
SanchezVJ@state.gov, mendozaga@state.gov
(SanchezVJ@state.gov, mendozaga@state.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The U.S. Department of State has a potential requirement for the following commercial item that meets the following criteria at minimum: Night Vision System must meet the following criteria: •Must be a binocular (dual-channel) folded-optic system, incorporating two image-intensifier tubes, for improved depth perception. •System shall have a low-profile design, with total profile (depth) not to exceed 3.1 in (7.9cm). •System shall utilize Gen III image intensifier tubes. •System shall utilize a see-through beamcombiner, providing the user a concurrent intensified and un-intensified view. •System shall include a method to rotate each monocular independently, accommodating differences in users' interpupillary distance as well as allowing users full access to operate weapon sights. •System shall include a Heads Up Display (HUD) port on both monoculars, allowing the user the ability to overlay external video data onto the viewed scene. This HUD port shall be optically located behind the image intensifier tube in order to retain display color. •System shall have the ability to utilize a removable Clip On Thermal Module (COTM) via the HUD port on either monocular. •External video inputs available via the HUD port shall include SVGA, VGA, NTSC, or PAL video formats. •External video inputs and/or COTM display shall be available when the night vision mode is not active (e.g. during daylight hours). •System shall include a stowage mount with a double-articulating design to allow either stowage of optic on top of helmet, or close stowage of mount to helmet when optic is not installed. If your firm can provide the aforementioned commercial items in a quantity of estimated 140 units, please respond to this notice with the following information: 1. Company name, address, points of contact including phone numbers and e-mail addresses, manufacturing sites and locations; 2. Company Cage Code and DUNS Number, Business size (large or small business, and if small indicate what types of small business concern (e.g. EDWOSB, Hubzone, 8(a), woman-owned, etc); 3. Past Performance information along with brief descriptions of previous projects and contract numbers, if applicable; 4. Include detailed technical information with relation to our potential need of supplies described. The Department also welcomes any suggestions or comments with regards to these technical specifications. 5. Include information on all warranty, or service life offered with the solution. All of the items above should be addressed in your firm's response to this notice and any questions can be made to the point of contact listed on this notice. Please address each of the items above to the best of your firm's ability, given time and resources. There will be NO compensation for responses to this sources sought notice. All participation is purely voluntary and shall incur no costs to the Government. All submissions should be sent in via email to SanchezVJ@state.gov and mendozaga@state.gov by the notice response date referenced on this sources sought notice.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/State/A-LM-AQM/A-LM-AQM/SAQMMA13SS0008/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Washington DC Metropolitan Area, Washington, District of Columbia, 20520, United States
- Zip Code: 20520
- Zip Code: 20520
- Record
- SN03188951-W 20130918/130916235106-4620f0a18a796370225e8fa3438a30cd (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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