USA CBDCOM, AMSCB-PC E4455, 5101 Hoadley Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground MD 21010-5423

99 -- JOINT BIOLOGICAL POINT DETECTION SYSTEM (JBPDS) Sol DAAM01-96-R-0028 due 123196. POC Contract Specialist Mary Bowen (410) 671-3760 or (410) 612-7346 Contracting Officer Josephine Barker (410) 671-2541 (Site Code DAAM01). The U.S. Army Chemical and Biological Defense Command (CBDCOM) is seeking qualified sources for the award of a competitive Engineering Manufacturing Development (EMD) contract to acquire a Joint Biological Point Detection System (JBPDS). A draft Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking comments from Industry concerning the proposed acquisition will be issued on or about 20 March 1996. The JBPDS is a system that will provide an improved capability to detect and identify the presence of specified types of biological warfare agents that have been dispensed in the air. The JBPDS will consist of commercial and developmental detection components as well as standard military hardware, in an integrated detection suite. The suites shall be tailored to Service specific platforms and applications, yet each shall share common detection components (which perform trigger, detection, collection and identification functions) and provide each Service (Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines) the same defense capability. The platforms shall be fixed site for airbases/ports and mobile for ships, high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle (HMMWV) and light armored vehicles (LAV). The design approach shall establish modularity and the ability to update for future technical insertion. The design shall maximize commonality of components. The JBPDS shall include complementary biological detection and identification components into the platform specific configurations in order to meet performance requirements. This effort will result in design, integration, fabrication and test of prototypes which will be customized to Service specific platforms. Developmental testing shall begin twenty (20) months after contract award with delivery of completed systems to begin twenty-seven (27) months after contract award. The acquisition will have a period of performance of thirty-three (33) months. The Draft RFP will be issued on or about 20 March 1996. No telephone requests will be accepted for the draft RFP. The Government will host a Level III Advance Planning Briefing to Industry (APBI) on 22 April 1996 at the CBDCOM Conference Center, Edgewood Area, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010. Contractors wishing to attend must notify Ms. Mary Bowen at (410) 671-3760 or (410) 612-7346 no later than 17 April 1996. Questions or comments may be submitted by facsimile to (410) 612-7128 or mailed to CBDCOM Procurement Bldg E4455, Attn: AMSCB-PCE/M. Bowen, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010. Any questions or comments that you would like addressed at the APBI must be received in writing no later than 10 April 1996. Questions/comments received after that day may not be addressed at the APBI, but will receive a response at a later date. The final RFP will be issued on or about 10 May 1996 and proposals will NOT be accepted until after that issue date. The Government will conduct a performance risk assessment based upon the offerors' current and past record of performance as either a prime or subcontractor on previous contracts. NOTE -- Funding for this requirement is not presently appropriated and authorized; therefore, the Government does not intend to represent that the release of this RFP will result in award of a contract. However, in anticipation that funding will become available, the Government plans to solicit proposals to the final RFP and proposals will be due approximately 45 days after issuance. Contract type is anticipated to be cost-plus-fixed-fee. For advertisement purposes, both the draft RFP and the final RFP are included in this announcement and it is the only Commerce Business Daily announcement that will be issued for this acquisition. (067)

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