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A -- FORCE PROTECTION EQUIPMENT DEMONSTRATION II (FPED II) POC Patricia Wantz (703) 325-6173 WEB: FPED II Information Packet, http://www.csc.com/fped. E-MAIL: Cotnract Specialist, pwantz@hoffman-issaa2.army.mil. The U.S. Army Product Manager, Physical Security Equipment (PM-PSE), under the sponsorship of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Tech-noloy (OUSD A&T) and the Joint Staff, will conduct Force Protection Equipment Dem-onstration II (FPED II) at Quantico Marine Corps Base, VA during the period 3-6 May 1999. The first Force Protection Equipment Demonstration was conducted 15-18 Sep-tember 1997 at Quantico Marine Corps Base and attracted 184 vendors who demonstrated and displayed 404 items of force protection equipment. The demonstration was attended by nearly 2000 Department of Defense (DoD), federal, state, and local government lead-ers and decision-makers. The purpose of FPED II is to demonstrate commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) force protection equipment available to military commanders and DoD de-cision-makers for possible future testing and potential procurement. No testing of the equipment will be conducted during the demonstration. FPED II has Joint Military Service and other Federal Agency interest, and will address the needs of actual users for future test, evaluation, and fielding. Due to limited resources, attendance is by invitation only. PM-PSE invites equipment manufacturers to submit applications for demonstration of their equipment at FPED II. Participants will be selected based on information pro-vided to PM-PSE on the application, available in the FPED II Information Packet. Equipment must fall within the following categories to be considered for the demonstra-tion: Physical Security Equipment (PSE) Sensor and Surveillance Systems (Interior, Ex-terior, Perimeter, Tactical), Unattended Ground Sensors,Explosive Detection (to include handheld, static, and under water) and Cargo Inspection Devices (to include under vehicle surveillance systems), Blast Protection/Mitigation (to include Structural Building Materi-als (new or retrofit)), Software Vulnerability Assessment/Analysis Tools, Delay and De-nial Technology (to include Fences, Barriers(active, passive)(portable and fixed), and Locks), Non-Lethal Weapons and Technology, Individual Soldier Protective Gear (to in-clude CB protective gear, protective vests), Automated Entry Control Sys-tems/Equipment,Communications Equipment (to include personnel alerting systems), or Explosive Ordnance Disposal Equipment. If active demonstration of equipment is not possible or practical, a display which might include videotaped demonstrations or other media presentations will be considered, provided the display focuses on the commercially available equipment. Criteria for participation includes the key requirement that the equipment must be COTS and be available for test or procurement by the DoD not later than ninety (90) days after completion of the demonstration,. All prospective participants can obtain an FPED II Information Packet at http://www.csc.com/fped, or may request one in writing from the Product Manager, Physical Security Equipment (PM-PSE), c/o CSC (Attn: Mr. Mark Foelker), 7405 Alban Station Court, Suite B-200, Springfield, VA 22150. The FPED II Information Packet contains application forms and other necessary information. The participants must transport their selected force protection equipment to the Quantico demonstration site for set-up and demonstration rehearsals during the week prior to the demonstration and operate it during the demonstration week. The demon-stration will begin on Monday morning and manufacturers must clear the site not later than 1300 hrs on Friday. Equipment will be set-up in a field environment. Applications must be received at PM-PSE no later than 31 December 1998. Selected applicants will be notified early January 1999. Site visits to the demonstration area will be held on 27 August and 27 and 28 October 1998. All applications and demonstrations will be unclas-sified. The entire cost of each participant's involvement in the demonstration will be borne by that participant. Participation in the FPED II does not constitute Government endorsement of any equipment, nor does it commit the Government to procurement of any equipment. (0139)

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