U.S. ARMY SOLDIER SYSTEMS COMMAND, ACQUISITION CENTER, AMSSC-AD, NATICK MA 01760-5011

59 -- SOLE SOURCE: NIGHT VISION/LIGHT SOURCE TECHNOLOGY FOR TEST UNDER MILITARY OPERATIONS URBAN TERRAIN -- ADVANCED CONCEPT TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION (MOUT -- ACTD) SOL w13g07-8231-6017 POC Purchasing Agent Peggy Dube E-mail pdube@natick-amed02.army.mil (Site Code DAAN02) SOLE SOURCE: The U.S. Army Soldier Systems Command (SSCOM) has a requirement to test specific NIGHT VISION/LIGHT SOURCE TECHNOLOGIES (i.e. binoculars, imagers, goggles, and spotlight) for potential inclusion in the joint Army/Marine Corp -- Military Operations in Urban Terrain -- Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (MOUT ACTD) Program. The items being tested have been chosen, after careful consideration of available items in the marketplace, because of their expected capability to meet certain MOUT-unique performance requirements. Items that potentially meet the NIGHT VISION/LIGHT SOURCE TECHNOLOGIES, MOUT ACTD Requirement No. 6(R6) as described at the MOUT ACTD Web site: "yorktown.dc.isx.com/mout/index.html" will be evaluated in a small quantity (1 unit) during a Product Demonstration (PD) at Camp Lejeune NC early October, 1998 and possibly larger quantities (up to 7 units) during USMC Experiment No. 4 in April, 1999. The products we are expecting to procure on a sole source basis are: Pirate Night Vision Binocular and AN PVS-14 (ITT -- Roanoke, VA), MILCAM-XP Plus Handheld Thermal Imager (Inframetrics -- Billerica, MA), Night Vision Goggle AN PVS-7D (Night Vision Equipment Company -- Emmaus, PA), Helmet Mounted Thermal Imager (Raytheon TI Systems -- Dallas, TX) and IR Spotlight, Models IR-7 and IR-8 (Night Vision Equipment Company -- Emmaus, PA). Anyone wishing to inquire about this announcement further should contact Peggy Dube, for contractual matters at (508) 233 4481 or E-mail "pdube@natick- amed02.army.mil". Technical questions can be directed to David Querim at (508) 233 4313 or E-mail "dquerim@natick-amed02.army.mil". Responses to this announcement must be submitted no later than 14 September 1998. Should a company respond to this notice with literature on a viable product not already considered by the MOUT ACTD team before the 14 September 1998 deadline, this technology will be considered for potential inclusion in these experiments. See Note 22. Posted 08/28/98 (I-SN243294). (0240)

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