JOINT CHEMICAL AGENT DETECTOR (JCAD) POC: Kim Walton, Contract Specialist, (210) 536-6385, Julie Heise, Contracting Officer, (210) 536-6342. The government is announcing the opening of the Joint Chemical Agent Detector program World Wide Web homepages. JCAD is a multi-service development used for detecting and identifying chemical warfare (CW) agents in the interiors of aircraft, ships, and vehicles, provide monitoring of equipment and cargo, and for ground troops in a pocket-sized configuration. The system must be capable of detecting and warning personnel when CW agents are present in extremely low concentrations for the interior configuration. The detectors currently in the inventory do not meet the sensitivity requirements for identifying 12 hour meiosis dose-vapor hazards. As a part of this announcement, the Air Force is seeking information on developmental, near production, or production ready CW detector/sensor systems to participate in a product demonstrating/testing program (see WWW page for details). We are planning to release a Request for Proposal (RFP) approximately in the second quarter (May-Aug) of 1997 for Engineering and Manufacturing Development of the JCAD for the joint services. For updates on the JCAD program, to include release of draft and final acquisition documentation (performance specifications, statement of objectives, etc.) and registering your name as an interested party with the Brooks AFB Contracting Office, please check the JCAD WWW page as often as possible at the following address: (http://www.brooks.af.mil/HSC/PKA/programs/jscmad/master.html). This announcement is not a solicitation.

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