SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Improvements for Prototype Pipe Inspection Robot - RFI NRL-15-MI01 Requirements (attachment)
- Notice Date
- 5/21/2015
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research, Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Ave. S.W., Washington, District of Columbia, 20375
- ZIP Code
- 20375
- Solicitation Number
- MI-15-MI01
- Archive Date
- 6/23/2015
- Point of Contact
- Malisa E. Mitchell, Phone: 2027670397
- E-Mail Address
-
Malisa.Mitchell@nrl.navy.mil
(Malisa.Mitchell@nrl.navy.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- RFI Requirements Attachment (2 pages) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION: NRL-15-MI01 Improvements for Prototype Pipe Inspection Robot SPECIAL NOTICE This is a request for information (RFI) issued by the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) for information and planning purposes only. No awards will be made from the responses to this announcement. However, responses may be used to determine the appropriate acquisition strategy for a future acquisition. The NRL's Materials Science and Technology Division (code 6300) is requesting information from industry for capability statements to show ability to provide technical support described in the desired requirements below and a Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) estimate of cost for Improvements to a Prototype of a Pipe Inspection Robot. OBJECTIVE NRL will be conducting extensive experimentation in order to define performance capability in relevant environments of a Prototype Robot used for Pipe inspection and repair. however in order to evaluate the prototyped robot in increasingly more realistic environments, modifications, including testing of advanced software and improved hardware to environmentally seal the robot for use in realistic hostile environments are required. After initial laboratory testing modifications to the robot system will be provided to NRL for determination of system effectiveness and operational related parameters in increasingly more realistic environments. NRL conducted experiments will focus on performance factors such as in-pipe mobility and the ability for the robot to transport sensor package(s) or provide more information on pipe condition. Test matrices and hardware used in experiments will be modified to incorporate results of the additional capabilities developed in this tasking. It is not the intent of this work to develop or evaluate alternative robotic systems but to provide modifications required for relevant environment experimentation of the current prototyped robot. Tasks involve software and hardware upgrades and laboratory based experimentation. 4 tasks are defined and additional details are provided below: 1) Technical support for NRL experimentation 2) Operation in wet/dirty environment (environmental sealing) 3) Operational stability through software and hardware error handling 4) Improvements in linear actuation and maintainability NRL is requesting information from industry for capability statements to show the ability to provide technical support described in the desired requirements attached. This RFI is for planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a request for proposal (RFP) or as an obligation on the part of NRL to acquire any product or services. The NRL does not intend to award a contract based on this RFI or otherwise pay for the information requested. Submission of a response to this RFI is voluntary. The voluntary submission of a response to this RFI shall not obligate the NRL to pay or entitle the submitter to any compensation. All information and data received in response to this RFI marked or designated as corporate or proprietary information will be protected as such. Please transmit responses by e-mail to Malisa Mitchell, contract specialist, at malisa.mitchell@nrl.navy.mil in Microsoft Word, Excel, and/or Adobe pdf formats. All responses must be received on or before June 8, 2015, 12:00 noon, Eastern daylight Time (EDT). Other business opportunities for NRL are available at NRL's Web site at http://heron.nrl.navy.mil/contracts/rfplist.htm.
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