SOURCES SOUGHT
59 -- Soldier Enhancement Program RFI
- Notice Date
- 3/21/2017
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334220
— Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, ACC - APG (W91CRB ) Division D, 4310 Boothby Hill Rd, ABERDEEN PROV GND, Maryland, 21005-5001, United States
- ZIP Code
- 21005-5001
- Solicitation Number
- W91CRB-17-T-0016
- Archive Date
- 6/23/2017
- Point of Contact
- Trenton Wilhite, , Tom House,
- E-Mail Address
-
Trenton.p.wilhite.mil@mail.mil, thomas.b.house3.ctr@mail.mil
(Trenton.p.wilhite.mil@mail.mil, thomas.b.house3.ctr@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a Request for Information (RFI). This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this RFI is to gain information to inform the future program of record. The Soldier Enhancement Program (SEP) is looking for products that have the potential to enhance small unit mobility by reducing Soldier load, in preparation for the next SEP Council of Colonels (CoC). The next SEP CoC, called 17.2, is scheduled to occur in July 2017. The SEP was established in the National Defense Authorization Act of FY 1990 with the purpose of enhancing the equipment used by Army dismounted Soldiers using Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS), Government off-the-shelf (GOTS) and Non developmental Item (NDI) products. The SEP uses a buy, try and decide methodology, where products are approved during a twice yearly CoC (January and July). Approved products are procured and evaluated either by Soldiers or in a laboratory environment. Once the evaluation on a product is complete, a recommendation is provided to the Army that could result in the product being issued Army wide. The theme of the 17.2 SEP CoC is to enhance small unit mobility by reducing Soldier load. Currently, Soldiers carry about 114 lbs. of gear for a 72hr mission. 5.6 lbs. are carried on the head (4.9% of the total weight), 93 lbs. are carried on the body (80.9% of the total weight) and 16.2 lbs. are carried on the weapon system (14.2 % of the total weight). The majority of the weight consists of protection (about 25 lbs. for the helmet and body armor), sustainment (about 37 lbs. for food, water, ammunition and batteries) and combat items (about 13 lbs. for the weapon and optic). The remaining weight mainly consists of clothing, load bearing equipment, pouches, a radio and a rucksack. The SEP will review all products submitted, but products that reduce overall weight without increasing bulk, stiffness or compromising current capabilities will be given a higher priority. If you have a product or know of a product that has the potential to enhance small unit mobility by reducing Soldier load, please submit it to the SEP website at http://www.peosoldier.army.mil/sep/. The information needed is: 1. Item Name 2. Description/purpose 3. Technical Specifications (if available) 4. Statement explaining how the product is better than what is currently available. The suspense for all submissions to the website is NLT 08 June 2017. Please contact MAJ Trenton Wilhite (Trenton.p.wilhite.mil@mail.mil), Mr. Tom House (thomas.b.house3.ctr@mail.mil) or Mr. Ron Johnson (ronald.l.johnson46.ctr@mail.mil) for any questions pertaining to this RFI.
- Web Link
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(https://www.fbo.gov/notices/fdbf1500303a6b8514034b9141ee03f7)
- Record
- SN04442573-W 20170323/170321235053-fdbf1500303a6b8514034b9141ee03f7 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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