U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command, Acquisition Center (AMSTA-AQ-DE), Warren, MI 48397-5000

A -- OPTICAL MOTION CAPTURE SYSTEM SOL DAAE07-00-R-L018 DUE 061400 POC PCO Rob Kozinski (810) 574-8130, Buyer Dale Pement (810) 574-7290 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Buyer via E-mail, pementd@tacom.army.mil. **REVISED SYNOPSIS NOTICE** INTRODUCTORY NOTE: This Revised Notice is issued as a result of new market research. The purpose of this revised notice is twofold: (1) To change the previously advertised method of procurement from "sole-source" to "unrestricted"; and (2) To amend the previous CBD notice & system description so as to be less vendor-specific. The Synopsis Notice (W-132, SN454065) posted to the CBDNet on 11 May 2000, and print-published in the CBD on 16 May 2000, Subject A -- Optical Motion Capture System, is hereby revised in the following manner: Paragraphs a., c., e., f., g., h., and i. of the previous Notice remain unchanged. The other paragraphs of the previous Notice (b., d., & j.) are deleted entirely and replaced by the language given below. b. This solicitation number DAAE07-00-R-L018 is issued as a request for proposal (RFP), for the procurement of an Optical Motion Capture System described hereunder. This system will be used for modeling 3-D real-time bio-mechanical human motion. For the solicitation, the proposed system must meet the following minimum hardware & software requirements: (1) A central data-station with 10 active high speed, high resolution video channels, expandable to 24, and with a minimum of 8 Megabytes high speed dual port video memory; (2) A maximum of 64 channels of analog inputs, for connections to force-plates, EMG or other devices, and the ability to synchronize and trigger VCRs; (3) The ability to automatically, with minimal user interaction calibrate the optical system, after placing the optical system cameras, requiring not more than a maximum of 15 minutes to calibrate the system; (4) A minimum of 10 standard and 6 miniature, high speed, high resolution, digital cameras; (5) A Real time capture/playback workstation that parses the 2D camera images into 3D coordinates, with perceptible lag not more than a fraction of a second; (6) A minimum of 30 frames per second for the re-playback of the captured/modeled digital human motion; (7) The ability to automatically identify and associate markers with marker trajectories and apply this to subsequent motion capture sessions; (8) The system shall also include, 100Mbit Ethernet connection, Serial external event ports, remote trigger ports, marker kit, with up to 100 markers, wide angle/normal lenses with filters, break-out boxes, cables, and connectors; (9) The integrated software required for the system must as a minimum provide kinematic modeling capabilities, using measured points/markers on the outside of a body to define a series of linked segments; (10) The system must be able to display graphically a (pseudo) skeleton for detailed viewing of any motion in a 3 dimensional display, and provide the ability to output any relative or absolute motion of segments, i.e., 3D angles, components, displacements, velocities, and accelerations, to a graphical report; (11) The software must provide the ability for kinetic modeling, i.e., the application of mass and force data to a kinematic model, providingthe ability to generate moments and power flows at a joint center to be calculated and output to graph; (12) The software must provide the following multimedia features; A report authoring tool, providing the ability to link the subjects with all relevant motion capture data; A rendered 3D workspace, providing the ability to display the motion capture data as markers stick figures, or fully rendered in a 3 dimensional space; The ability to hyperlink data, providing a point and click interface when traversing the data tree; A graphing tool, providing the ability to graph any variable, with live graph playback; A video movie system, providing the ability to capture, store, and play back synchronized video with correlation to digital data. (13) General. The scope of this solicited effort includes system delivery, installation, and initial user training, all to occur at US Army TACOM, Warren, Michigan. (14) Included in the above package are all associated peripheral items, equipment, software, authoring tools, and plug-ins necessary for system operation, plus a one-year comprehensive system hardware/software warranty or maintenance agreement. (15) Offerors are to propose a target delivery schedule. d. All pricing is to be Firm-Fixed Price, and will clearly specify what is included, and excluded, from the price. Software upgrades (within the maintenance/warranty period, if available) must specify pricing or be noted as included in system package. This solicitation is unrestricted. No numbered CBD notes apply. Size is a critical issue for our application as we are modeling human motion studies in the real-world confined space of a vehicle crew compartment. The ability to output motion data in the Engineering Animation Incorporated (EAI)-jack channelset motion data file format is also a critical requirement, to minimize the impact on current ergonomic research/studies using electromagnetic motion capture technology, where the EAI-Jack channelset data format is the standard. The procedures of FAR subpart 13.5 apply tothis action. This action is not set-aside in any way for exclusive small business participation. The corresponding SIC code is 7379, Computer Related Services, NEC. DPAS rating, DOA4. j. Previous offer due date extended by one week. Electronic, firm offers are now due to the Buyer on 14 June 2000, 2:00pm (Eastern, Detroit). Send test message if using something other than Microsoft Office or Adobe Acrobat. See E-mail information provided within this notice. Posted 05/24/00 (W-SN458456). (0145)

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