ESC/FD, Force Protection, 5 Eglin Street, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-2100

63 -- HAND HELD THERMAL IMAGER POC Mr. Roy Higgins, 781-377-5657. Contracting Officer: Ms Alicia Gettman, 781-377-8673 WEB: ESC Business Opportunities Web Page, http://www.herbb.hanscom.af.mil. E-MAIL: Click Here to E-mail the POC, roy.higgins@hanscom.af.mil; alicia.gettman@hanscom.af.mil. This is not a solicitation, but market research to determine product availability and potential sources for Government evaluation and possible testing. The Force Protection Command and Control Systems Program Office (ESC/FD) wishes to identify sources for a Hand Held Thermal Imager (HHTI) replacement for the Tactical Automated Security System (TASS) AN/PAS-20 Thermal Imager. Candidate HHTIs should meet the requirements detailed in the performance specification, which is available on the Hanscom Electronic RFP Bulletin Board (HERBB) (http://herbb.hanscom.af.mil/rfp.asp). Also indicate whether your sensor has a weapon mount adapter and the associated price delta. The TASS program has acquired approximately 700 AN/PAS-20 HHTIs over the past 4 years. Future purchase quantities are anticipated to be approximately the same. Your response should include price information for quantities of 50, 100, 200, and 500 units. The Government will perform a best-value determination of the responses received based on specification compliance and price. In determining which products may be tested, performance increases over presently fielded units, and size and weight reductions will be primary discriminators. If sufficient potential exists, we intend to select the 3-5 most-promising candidates for further evaluation, with a goal of adding one or more new HHTIs to the TASS Product Baseline. If selected as a candidate, the responder must agree to provide, free of charge to the Government on a loan basis, a minimum of two units for the test site, product Certificates of Compliance, training of test personnel, operator and maintenance manuals, and installation support for the Government evaluation phase. ESC/FD will subsequently make those test results available to all military services and the TASS prime contractors for future procurement considerations. Interested potential sources should respond to the above screening criteria, in writing, within 21 days of this publication to ESC/FDK, 5 Eglin Street, Building 1624, 1st Floor, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-2100, Attn: Ms Alicia Gettman. Responses should not exceed 6 one-sided 8 1/2"x11" pages. Responses should include your history and experience in providing similar imagers, including a customer list and test summary information. Note that the HERBB site will be the primary source of information for this effort. Interested parties should check it for updates and subscribe to the HERBB update service for the HHTI Project. An Acquisition Ombudsman, Colonel Steven H. Sheldon, Director, Commander's Staff, has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors or potential offerors during proposal development. You should only contact the Ombudsman with issues or problems you cannot satisfactorily resolve with the program manager and/or contracting officer. The Ombudsman role is to hear concerns, issues, and recommendations and communicate these to the appropriate government personnel. The Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality if desired. The Ombudsman does not evaluate proposals or participate in source selection. You can contact the Ombudsman at (781) 377-5106. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) nor does its issuance restrict the Government as to the ultimate acquisition approach. The Government will not reimburse the contractor for any cost associated with this preliminary project. Posted 04/25/00 (D-SN448444). (0116)

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