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. The purpose of this revised CBD notice is to clarify the Government's requirements. This notice should be read in conjunction with two related CBDNet notices W-145, SN458456 of May 24th and W-132, SN454065 of May 11th, covering the same subject matter. The following ADDITIONAL information is supplied in THIS revised notice: (a) It is reiterated that submission of complete proposals is expected for this Best-Value procurement, including Technical Capability, Price & Past Performance, with electronic submission to the Buyer mandatory. It is clarified that for Past Performance, submit a list of (up to three) clients satisfied with your recent work, that work being similar to this solicitation, with points of contact, and E-mail addresses or phone numbers, for TACOM verification or inquiry purposes. The offer due date remains the same at 14 June 2000. (b) The system needs to be operational in our most complex scenario (see (e), below), which includes the simultaneous operation of all 16 cameras (10 standard & 6 miniature). (c) It is clarified that, for the 10 standard and 6 miniature high speed, high resolution, digital cameras (per paragraph b(4) of the previously-published system description), analog cameras could also be an acceptable solution. In clarifying this, it should be noted that while the accuracy of the captured marker data is a major requirement, overall system lag time for real time playback of this data must not be significant enough for the casual observer to notice. (d) It is clarified that the minimum frames per second for both the standard and miniature cameras is 60 Hz minimum. (e) The Government has not specified minimum resolution for the standard and miniature cameras. We leave that for offerors to propose, given our following representative motion capture scenarios: (1) Macro Level. (A) The ability to capture data for up to 100 plus markers attached to multiple objects and people in a space of 30x30x15 feet. The expected scenario would be several people interacting with equipment in and around a wheeled or tracked vehicle. (B) The ability to capture data for an individual walking up to a vehicle, climbing up onto that vehicle, climbing down into the vehicle, and then capturing the motion required for normal vehicle operation. (C) The ability to capture motion for several individuals working around a vehicle, and in tight automotive engine compartments, from retrieving/use of tools to removal of parts and components. (D) The ability to capture motion for several individuals in a close combat, hand to hand scenario. (E) The ability to capture motion for troops debarking from a personnel carrier, from the point of getting up from the seat inside, jumping out the hatch, to a lying flat on the ground a specified distance from the back of the vehicle. (2) Micro Level. (A) The ability to capture the fine motor movements of the hands, obtaining highly accurate data, for maintenance, installation, operation, and training scenarios. (B) The ability to capture motion data in volumes comparable to automotive engine compartments, vehicle crew stations, and maintenance access channels, etc., assuming that the enclosed volumes would range from several cubic feet, just enough to allow access for the hands, to the size of a drivers or gunners compartment, where whole body motion capture would be required. (End of Update) Posted 05/31/00 (W-SN460188). (0152)

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