SOURCES SOUGHT
69 -- Battlefield Effects System
- Notice Date
- 6/26/2018
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 333318
— Other Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, ACC - Orlando (W900KK), 12211 Science Drive, Orlando, Florida, 32826-3224, United States
- ZIP Code
- 32826-3224
- Solicitation Number
- W900KK-18-BES
- Archive Date
- 7/28/2018
- Point of Contact
- Marcus S. Overbay, Phone: 4073845566
- E-Mail Address
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marcus.s.overbay2.civ@mail.mil
(marcus.s.overbay2.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Battlefield Effects System. Brief Summary: Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO STRI), Project Manager Training Devices (PM TRADE), has a requirement to procure Battlefield Effects Systems (BES) to support live fire training ranges. The most recent contract for BES expired in August of 2017. There are however, needs for BES in future fiscal years. The quantities of future BES requirements are shown as follows: PLANNED BES PROCUREMENT FY19 FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 Quantities 186 145 67 80 86 127 The BES must be fielded with the other components that make up a target system (lifter, battery, radio, solar panels, etc.). Due to the only known safety certified BES systems coming from previous Government contracts, the Product Director for Digitized Training (PD DT) is requesting information on available offerors with a 60 shot capacity BES that either has a safety certification or can achieve a safety certification within the next 8 months. Safety certification consists of two parts, MIL STD 810 environmental/electromagnetic interference (EMI) testing and safety testing by the U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center ( ARDEC). PM TRADE can sponsor interested vendors in going through the safety certification process but the costs of this testing will be incurred by the vendor. Program Description: PEO STRI, PM TRADE, PD DT has requirements to procure, install, and verify Future Army Systems of Integrated Targets (FASIT) compatible, safety certified BES. The devices must meet the requirements of the previous BES II Performance Specification (PRF-PT-00564). Estimated Dollars: TBD Acquisition Approach: TBD. The Government will use the responses to this RFI to determine an acquisition approach for BES Responses Requested : Interested Parties are requested to respond by the closing date to the Contract Specialist listed below via email. Written responses to this announcement should consist of the following: •· Company name and background •· A statement indicating Business Size Standard and, if applicable, socio-economic category •· NAICS Code •· Probability of Interest •· Relevant performance and technology experience •· Associated program risks/concerns •· Indication of compliance to the Future Army System of Integrated Targets (FASIT) Specification and Interface Control Documents (ICD) •· Current development status of the Battlefield Effects System (BES). •· Test results of environmental and EMI test data, if available. •· Lead time for the production of 4 First Article Test (FAT) units. •· Comments on the proposed acquisition approach. •· Ideas for structuring the contract to meet the production ebbs and flows •· Engineering and production capability to produce varying capacity units (i.e. 36 shot, 6 shot). It is requested written responses be submitted in a Microsoft Word document, limited to 10 pages. Font shall not be smaller than industry standard word processor 12-point Times New Roman. The response should be compatible with Microsoft Word 2013. The cover page should include company name, address, and points of contact including phone numbers and email addresses. DISCLAIMER: This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes. All information received in response to this RFI will be treated as business confidential information, and exempted from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. Nonetheless, submitters should properly mark their responses if the information is confidential. This notice does not constitute an invitation for bids or a Request for Proposal (RFP) and is not a commitment by the U.S. Government to procure subject products. No funds are available to pay for preparation of responses to this notification. The Government will use the information received to identify potential sources and to assist in the development of the training systems acquisition strategy. Primary Point of Contact: Marcus S. Overbay Contract Specialist Marcus.s.overbay2.civ@mail.mil Phone: 407-384-5566 Secondary Point of Contact: Ke'Yanna R. Boone, Contracting Officer Keyanna.r.boone.civ@mail.mil Phone: 407-380-8078 Contracting Office Address: 12211 Science Drive Orlando, Florida 32826-3224 United States Place of Contract Performance: U.S. Army PEO Simulation, Training and Instrumentation 12350 Research Parkway Orlando, Florida
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