SOURCES SOUGHT
23 -- Ground Mobility Vehicles (GMV)-Market Questionnaire/Request for Information RFI (GMV2)
- Notice Date
- 10/20/2015
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 336112
— Light Truck and Utility Vehicle Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, ACC - Warren (ACC-WRN)(DTA), 6501 EAST 11 MILE ROAD, Warren, Michigan, 48397-5000, United States
- ZIP Code
- 48397-5000
- Solicitation Number
- W56HZV15RFIGMV2
- Point of Contact
- Pamela E. Taiariol, Phone: 586-282-4318, Patricia Pierce, Phone: 586-282-7098
- E-Mail Address
-
pamela.e.taiariol.civ@mail.mil, patricia.pierce3.civ@mail.mil
(pamela.e.taiariol.civ@mail.mil, patricia.pierce3.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- DESCRIPTION OF INTENT: I. This request for information is related to the Ground Mobility Vehicle (GMV). Previously issued questionnaires were focused on a single platform to transport a 9 soldier squad. This request for information is being issued to better understand the commercial capability to transport a 9 soldier squad using two vehicles with a 4-6 soldier capacity. II. The objective of the Market Questionnaire is to better understand the capabilities of existing products to meet the Army's requirements. The information gathered by the Army through this Market Questionnaire, along with other market investigation data, is solely intended for use by the U.S. Army and will not be shared with any company. For instructions and more information regarding proprietary information, please refer to Section IV of the attached document. III. A portion of the Market Questionnaire contains specific questions on suspension, powertrain and driveline. This information will be used by the government to perform basic analysis of expected system performance against user requirements. The respondent is encouraged to provide as much detail as possible. Information is critical to ensure that performance requirements developed by the Government are feasible with existing commercial capability and that Government assumptions on vehicle performance are in line with the expected class of vehicle. IV. Participation in this Market Questionnaire provides an important opportunity to influence the Army's approach to procuring the GMV. The U.S. Army will not provide compensation for any resources spent on this Market Questionnaire and participation is at the discretion of the respondent(s). CAPABILITY SUMMARY FOR THE GROUND MOBILITY VEHICLE: The GMV provides mobility for a 9 soldier infantry squad with associated equipment to move around the close battle area. This Market Questionnaire is seeking a 2 vehicle solution to meet this capability. The GMV will be a lightweight, high mobility platform that will be transportable by all means including vertical lift (via CH-47 and UH-60) and airdrop. I. Physical Characteristics: Platform characteristics will be heavily influenced by mobility, payload and by the vertical lift characteristics of the UH-60 and internal transport dimensions of the CH-47 as defined in MIL-HDBK-1791 and MIL-STD-1366. For purposes of this questionnaire, Vehicle Curb Weight (VCW) will be the base vehicle with fuel, Basic Issue Items (BII) and without payload. The Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW) will be the VCW plus the soldier payload (i.e. 4-6 soldiers depending on configuration). Assumed soldier with all required gear is 350 pounds. The Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) will be the VCW plus maximum designed payload. II. Military Specific Modifications: Blackout drive lighting system, Chemical Agent Resistant Coating (CARC) paint, MIL-STD-814/MIL-STD-209K provisions, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Slave and Military Petroleum, Oils and Lubricants (POL). III. Mobility: The GMV shall be a four wheel drive vehicle capable of traversing longitudinal grades up to 60%. The GMV shall be capable of negotiating obstacles (e.g. ditches, downed trees, rocks, vertical steps and curbs). The GMV shall be capable of negotiating soft soils (RCI = 22) at GVW. The GMV shall be capable of meeting the mobility requirements from VCW to GVW on its terrain profile. Further mobility requirements and terrain profile can be found within the market questionnaire. IV. Survivability: The GMV is envisioned as a lightweight, highly mobile open cab vehicle. Survivability will be achieved through high mobility, a roll cage and 4-5 point occupant restraints. V. Transportability: The GMV shall be transportable by the following means: C-17/C-130 airdrop including C-17 Dual Row Airdrop System (DRAS), C-17 and C-130 internal transport in roll-on and roll-off (RORO) configuration, CH-47 internal transport (2 vehicles in one lift), CH-47 (two vehicles and 9 soldiers in 1 lift) and UH-60 (2 vehicles and 9 soldiers in two lifts) external transport, rail and sea. VI. Environmental: The GMV shall be capable of operating in Hot and Basic as defined in Army Regulation (AR) 70-38. The GMV shall be capable of saltwater and freshwater fording and operating in adverse environmental conditions as defined in MIL-STD-810 (e.g. blowing rain, blowing dust, salt fog, etc.). RESPONSE FORMAT(S): ELECTRONIC: Responses must be submitted electronically and must be submitted in one of the three following formats; Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, or Microsoft Power Point. Due to firewall limitations, your response may not exceed a total file size of three and one-half (3.5) megabytes. If your response is larger than that due to the inclusion of graphics, for example, you may use multiple e-mail messages to submit increments of your response to stay under the maximum-size limitation of an individual e-mail. If you are submitting your response through multiple e-mails, the subject line must include a message similar to, quotation mark Response to GMV Market Questionnaire, message 1 of 3, 2 of 3, 3 of 3, etc., quotation mark as well as your organization's name. All interested entities, regardless of size, are encouraged to respond to this Market Questionnaire. Please submit electronic responses and any questions prior to full response to Adam Puzzuoli via email at adam.a.puzzuoli.civ@mail.mil. Please format the subject line of the response email as follows; quotation mark [Organization Name] response to GMV2 Market Questionnaire quotation mark. GENERAL INFORMATION: The U.S. Government appreciates the time and effort taken to respond to this Market Questionnaire. The U.S. Government acknowledges its obligations under 18 United States Code §1905 to protect information qualifying as "confidential" under this statute. (To avoid possible confusion with the meaning of the term "confidential" in the context of Classified Information," we will use the term "PROPRIETARY.") Pursuant to this statute, the Government is willing to accept any PROPRIETARY (e.g. trade secret) restrictions placed on qualifying data forwarded in response to the questionnaire and to protect it from unauthorized disclosure subject to the following: a. Clearly and conspicuously mark qualifying data with the restrictive legend (all caps) "PROPRIETARY" with an explanatory text so the U.S. Government is clearly notified of the data needing to be appropriately protected. b. In marking such data, please take care to mark only those portions of the data or materials truly proprietary (over breadth in marking inappropriate data as "PROPRIETARY" may diminish or eliminate the usefulness of your response). Use circling, underscoring, highlighting or other appropriate means to indicate the portion of a single page to be protected. c. The U.S. Government is not obligated to protect unmarked data. Additionally, marked data which is already in the public domain or in possession of the U.S. Government or 3rd parties, or is afterward placed into public domain by the owner or another party through no fault of the U.S. Government will not be protected once it is in the public domain. Data which is already in the possession of the U.S. Government will be protected in accordance with the Government's rights in the data. d. Proprietary data transmitted electronically, whether by physical media or not, whether by the respondent or by the U.S. Government, will contain the "PROPRIETARY" legend, with any explanatory text on both the cover of the transmittal email and at the beginning of the file itself. Where appropriate for only portions of an electronic file, use the restrictive legends "PROPRIETARY PORTION BEGINS:" and "PROPRIETARY PORTION ENDS." e. In any reproductions of technical data or any portions thereof subject to asserted restrictions, the U.S. Government will also reproduce the asserted restriction legend and any explanatory text. f. The U.S. Government sometimes uses support contractors in evaluating responses. Consequently, responses which contain proprietary information may receive only limited or no consideration since the respondent's marking of the data as "PROPRIETARY" will preclude disclosure of same outside the U.S. Government and therefore will preclude disclosure to these support contractors assisting the evaluation effort. The U.S. Government will use its best efforts to evaluate those responses that contain proprietary information without using support contractors consistent with the resources available.
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