SOURCES SOUGHT
99 -- Market Survey - Expendable Unattended Ground Sensor System
- Notice Date
- 12/23/2014
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334511
— Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- ACC-APG - Washington, ATTN: CCCE-CW, 10205 Burbeck Road, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-5863
- ZIP Code
- 22060-5863
- Solicitation Number
- W909MY-15-R-EUGS
- Response Due
- 1/30/2015
- Archive Date
- 3/1/2015
- Point of Contact
- Shahaadah, 703-704-0833
- E-Mail Address
-
ACC-APG - Washington
(shahaadah.c.nalls.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The US Army Contracting Command-Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG), Belvoir Division on behalf of The Department of Army, Product Manager Ground Sensors and the Maneuver Center of Excellence, Soldier Division is requesting information from industry on a complete system that can achieve the desired capabilities outlined below. The intent of this market research is to leverage the information gained through this RFI to inform and shape future Army requirements documents. This market information will be used to assess technology maturity against the desired capabilities and better understand product characteristics and industry capabilities. This request for information (RFI) is for planning purposes only and shall not be considered as an invitation for bid, request for quotation, request for proposal (RFP), or as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services. The government does not foresee an RFP forthcoming within the next 36 months. Your response to this RFI will be treated as information only. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise as a result of contractor submission of responses to this announcement or the Government use of such information. This request does not constitute a solicitation for proposals or the authority to enter into negotiations to award a contract. No funds have been authorized, appropriated, or received for this effort. The information provided may be used by the Army in developing future requirements documentation and performance specifications. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or competition sensitive information contained in their response. The Government is conducting market research to determine the availability, maturity, and interoperability of expendable unattended ground sensors that will enhance movement and maneuver, fires, intelligence, protection, mission command and sustainment operations. In particular, the Government is seeking information regarding mature products which have demonstrated performance at the system level in an operational environment. The Government considers the unattended ground sensor system to consist of a sensor(s) which is emplaced through burial, a receiver which is located in a secure area to the rear of the emplacing unit, a Soldier-borne display, and all associated cabling and antennae. The system should be capable of being employed in austere environments and should provide detection information to both dismounted Soldiers and to Tactical Operations Centers. The following are desired characteristics and performance benchmarks for the sensors: 1. Capable of being employed at the infantry squad level 2. A battery endurance of 120 days assuming 50 detections per day using commercially available off-the-shelf batteries 3. Capable of detecting and discriminating between footsteps and vehicles; information about the ability to detect other activities is also desired (e.g. digging, low flying aircraft) 4. The ability to program detection radii 5. Have probability of detection greater than or equal to 90% 6. Have a false alarm rate of less than 10% 7. Have an internal self-geolocation capability 8. Be capable of near-real-time (NRT) reporting (within 5-10 seconds) of detections 9. Be capable of detecting tampering 10. Sensor cost of less than $500(in production quantities of 1000) and require no recovery after emplacement 11. Be visually difficult to detect once emplaced 12. Have a weight less than or equal to10 oz (including batteries) 13. Able to transmit directly to the receiver without relying on intermediate relays, repeaters, or gateways to achieve the desired range 14. Have a ground-to-ground transmission distance not less than 10 km in flat/open terrain The following are desired characteristics and performance benchmarks for the receiver: 1. Capable of being mounted at ground level or aloft on manned or unmanned air vehicles 2. Be interoperable with single or multiple C4ISR assets and standard Army networks (e.g. Distributed Common Ground System-Army (DCGS-A), Joint Battle Command-Platform (JBC-P), Army Battle Command Systems (ABCS), Keymaker). 3. Capable of providing NRT detection reports ( within 5-10 seconds) to the dismounted Soldier and to Tactical Operations Center (TOC) personnel The following are desired characteristics and performance benchmarks for the Soldier-borne display: 1. Capable of displaying sensor grid coordinate, sensor number, and type of detection (e.g. footsteps/vehicle) 2. It is preferred that the Soldier-borne display be capable of interfacing with an Army-standard dismounted Soldier radio (e.g. AN/PRC 152, AN/PRC 148, etc) to receive detection alerts. Information regarding other approaches, interfaces and/or mobile receivers is acceptable for the purpose of this RFI. 3. Be small and lightweight 4. Capable of displaying a power indicator showing percentage of power remaining and a warning prior to loss of power 5. Capable of being viewed in direct sunlight or through Night vision goggles 6. Capable of using standard issue Army Batteries (disposable or re-chargeable) 7. Soldier-borne display and receiver (if applicable) must operate a minimum of 72 continuous hours without battery change All material submitted in response to this RFI must be unclassified. Interested parties possessing the capacity to deliver products meeting the capabilities outlined above are requested to provide a White Paper of five pages or less and associated documentation to support any claims that system performance will meet the desired performance capabilities. Supporting documentation will not count against the 5 page limit. Please address the following items in your response: 1. Proposed architecture with overall system specifications and an assessment listing each capability met, partially met (with explanation), or not met. 2. An assessment of the proposed system's Technology Readiness Level (TRL). The assessed TRL must be an evaluation of the system as a whole, not merely of components or subsystems. 3. An estimate of the unit cost for a complete system in production quantities of 100. 4. Evidence of the system's past performance and how the performance was measured. Results of any vendor or third party test events, descriptions of those events, and identification of the third party, if applicable. 5. Name, telephone number, fax number, street address and e-mail address for Program, Technical and Cost Points of Contact information. Information submitted should include descriptions of existing products that have the characteristics and performance attributes listed above. Limit documentation to include system technical specifications, performance and environmental test data/reports, system drawings and/or photographs, or any other data to support the state of system development and or production readiness; marketing information will not be accepted. Definitions: Expendable - Expendable property is property that is consumed in use, or loses its identity in use. It includes items not consumed in use, with a unit cost of less than $500, and having a controlled inventory item code (CIIC) of quote mark U quote mark assigned. Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) - One level on a scale of one to nine, e.g., quote mark TRL 8, quote mark signifying technology readiness pioneered by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), adapted by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), and adopted by the Department of Defense as a method of estimating technology maturity during the acquisition process. The lower the level of the technology at the time it is included in a product development program, the higher the risk that it will cause problems in subsequent product development. (see Defense Acquisition Guidebook and DoD Technology Readiness Assessment Deskbook) Commercially Available Off-The-Shelf - A commercial item (CI) sold in substantial quantities in the commercial marketplace and offered to the government under a contract or subcontract at any tier, without modification, in the same form in which it was sold in the marketplace. This definition does not include bulk cargo such as agricultural products or petroleum. Near-Real-Time (NRT) - Pertaining to the timeliness of data or information which has been delayed by the time required for electronic communication and automatic data processing. This implies that there are no significant delays. Responses are to be submitted via email to rosetta.wisdomrussell@us.army.mil and Shahaadah.c.nalls.civ@mail.mil by 1600 hours on 30 January 2015. Technical questions and industry responses are to be sent via email to rosetta.wisdomrussell@us.army.mil and Shahaadah.c.nalls.civ@mail.mil.
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- Address: ACC-APG - Washington ATTN: CCCE-CW, 10205 Burbeck Road Fort Belvoir VA
- Zip Code: 22060-5863
- Zip Code: 22060-5863
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