SOURCES SOUGHT
23 -- Office of the Secretary of Defense Market Survey of Active Protection Systems (APS) for U.S. Ground Combat and Tactical Vehicles
- Notice Date
- 11/12/2015
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 336992
— Military Armored Vehicle, Tank, and Tank Component Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, ACC - APG - Aberdeen Division D, 4310 Boothby Hill Rd, ABERDEEN PROV GND, Maryland, 21005-5001, United States
- ZIP Code
- 21005-5001
- Solicitation Number
- W91CRB-16-DOTE-APS
- Archive Date
- 12/18/2015
- Point of Contact
- Daria R. Stafford, Phone: 571-256-4018
- E-Mail Address
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daria.r.stafford.civ@mail.mil
(daria.r.stafford.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Senate Committee Report 114-49 directs "that the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation, supported by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, and in consultation with the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology, conduct a comprehensive market survey to assess, to the extent practical, the current state of the art with respect to active protection systems for armored and tactical vehicle." In anticipation of the FY16 NDAA maintaining the directive, the Department is initiating the market survey at this time to prepare for an assessment of available APS and related technologies. This market survey is intended to determine the availability and development status of APS technologies capable of detecting, tracking, engaging and defeating threats, as well as their ability to be integrated onto U.S. ground combat and tactical vehicles. The Department of Defense will investigate fully operational APS that are currently integrated onto platforms and fielded; advanced prototype systems of sufficient technological readiness, such that they have completed or are in the process of completing operational testing; and any advanced emerging APS technology that can be made operational in a relatively short time frame. Along with integrating a complete solution for a particular vehicle or threat scenario, the envisioned system will be evaluated to determine 1) its ability to be installed and integrated, in the near term, on a variety of ground vehicles and 2) its capability against operationally relevant threats across a range of engagement conditions. The compatibility across fire control, sensors, countermeasures, and related items of equipment necessary for employment is foremost such that integrated suites can be deployed on present and future vehicles. The intent of this RFI is to determine the technical maturity and operational readiness of available APS for possible future test demonstrations. This would require the complete APS to be integrated onto demonstrator vehicle(s) and subjected to threats employed at realistic engagement conditions. The information gathered will be used by the Department of Defense, in conjunction with the Services, to inform considerations and requirements for the development, integration, test and fielding of APS for ground combat and tactical vehicles. Background APS technology has been matured for other military applications, but it has yet to reach DOD ground vehicles in an effective capacity. DoD is investigating available and emerging technologies to make informed and data-based decisions on future investments to quickly field effective and suitable APS for ground combat and tactical vehicles. System effectiveness, suitability, collateral damage/hazards, manufacturability, modularity, etc are all important factors when considering the potential fielding of APS in the future. Topics of Interest We are specifically seeking input on the following topics: • Identification of the potential merits, limitations, and operational costs associated with fielding APS to units in the United States military forces. • Identification and assessment of countermeasures to and operational limitations of active protection systems. • Analysis of collateral damage potential of active protection systems. • Identification and assessment of emerging direct-fire and top-attack threats to defense systems that could potentially deploy active protection systems. • Identification and assessment of existing and emerging APS requirements. In addressing these elements, respondents will be encouraged to provide specific information on matters such as: • Detailed design of system proposed. • Performance data from operations and field/developmental tests, to include descriptions of engagement or test conditions. • Collateral damage to host platforms and occupants, given successful defeat (and non-defeat) of threat munitions, as well as collateral hazards to personnel and vehicles (military and civilian) operating in proximity to an APS-equipped vehicle. • Electromagnetic vulnerability, hazards of electromagnetic radiation to ordnance, and hazards of electromagnetic radiation to personnel. • Use of automated soft-kill or counter-firing systems that act in concert with hard-kill APS to increase overall vehicle or unit survivability. • Vehicle interior blast overpressures, required levels of debris protection (given successful defeat and non-defeat of threat munitions), and other crew safety and vehicle survivability concerns. • APS operational concepts and environmental limitations (rain, night, fog, dust, etc.). • Cost and schedule assessments (including testing and vehicle integration costs and schedules) leading to earliest possible demonstration and deployment of their systems (and the information that provides the basis for such assessments). • Any additional information that is deemed relevant for this assessment Response Interested parties are requested to respond to this RFI with a white paper. This submission shall be limited to 25 pages in length. Submission of proprietary and other sensitive information shall be marked and identified with disposition instructions (submitted material will not be returned). The responses shall include, but not be limited to: (a) a one page summary of the party's experience with active protection system technology, (b) a detailed description of the party's detection, tracking, and cueing sensor technology solutions, and engagement/munition solution that will be capable of being integrated on to a ground vehicle demonstrator, (c) description of tests conducted to date and associated results (d) evidence of operational readiness, or what investment would be required to make the solution operational (e) description of the cost and schedule necessary to integrate the APS for test. The Department will review the submitted responses and may schedule further discussions with responding vendors. Responders will be contacted individually. All information is requested within twenty-one (21) days of announcement on paper or closed session compact disc. You may forward responses to: Office of the Secretary of Defense Office of the Director, Operational Test & Evaluation Live Fire Test and Evaluation 1700 Defense Pentagon 1D548 Washington, DC 20301 ATTN: Ms. Daria Stafford Questions may be sent to: daria.r.stafford.civ@mail.mil. If you choose to submit proprietary information, please mark it accordingly. Classified information will be accepted by mail only; please mark it accordingly and send it via proper channels. Responses submitted by contractors that contain U.S. classified military information (CMI) generated in conjunction with a DOD program should be classified in accordance with the applicable Security Classification Guide (SCG). Please include a copy of the SCG with the submission. Responses submitted that contain information classified by a foreign government (e.g. Canadian SECRET), should be handled with the same security procedures as U.S. CMI. If the security classification of the foreign government document is shown in English, no other classification marking will be applied. If the classification is not shown in English, the equivalent U.S. classification designation will be marked conspicuously on the document. Classified information can be sent to: OSD Office of the Director, Operational Test & Evaluation Live Fire Test and Evaluation 1700 Defense Pentagon 1D548 Washington, DC 20301 ATTN: Security Office. The inner wrapping shall be addressed to: ATTN: Daria Stafford The government will review the submitted responses and may schedule further discussions with responding vendors. Responders will be contacted individually. Questions regarding this information request can be directed to the provided email.
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- Address: Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia, 20301, United States
- Zip Code: 20301
- Zip Code: 20301
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