SOURCES SOUGHT
58 -- Portable Loud Speakers
- Notice Date
- 10/31/2006
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334310
— Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, Center for Domestic Preparedness-AL, P.O. Box 5100 61 Responder Drive, Anniston, AL, 36205-3923, AFGHANISTAN
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-HSHQSL-061031
- Response Due
- 11/15/2006
- Archive Date
- 11/30/2006
- Description
- This is a SOURCES SOUGHT REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI). This is not a request for proposals and does not obligate the Government to award a contract. The Office for Grants and Training (G&T) is conducting an end-user functionality and efficacy assessment of portable loudspeakers (LDSPKR) used with SCBA and APR to validate their employment and effectiveness when used by first responders in weapons of mass destruction (WMD) or other hazardous environments. G&T?s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) is inviting manufacturers to provide information on man-carried portable loudspeakers used to guide the public through the decontamination corridor during evacuation. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Authorized Equipment List (AEL) item number for this equipment is 8.1.4. The requested information will be included in the LDSPKR equipment market research, will provide available product information, and will provide support information for the CDP LDSPKR focus group and assessment. Information provided by manufacturers on LDSPKR equipment and/or technologies, including photos, may also be included in the LDSPKR market survey report. The intent of the user assessment program will be to provide the emergency response community with feedback on equipment based on utilization in scenarios that replicate, to the maximum extent possible, conditions that will be experienced in incident response. The results of the assessment will not yield a determination of what product is best, nor shall the CDP endorse any product or manufacturer. The assessment will be performed at the CDP by evaluators from the emergency response population, representative of responder disciplines in agencies and jurisdictions across the US. These evaluators will be actual users of the equipment in the field. The assessment evaluators will be presented with specific scenarios and tasks to be carried out using the equipment as a responder [wearing Class 1, 2 or 3 personal protective equipment (PPE)]. The scenarios will be tailored so that evaluated criteria can be objectively and subjectively assessed by each evaluator. Some of the criteria could include capability, usability, affordability, deployability, and maintainability. If you wish to provide information about your particular brand/product, please submit, in electronic (MS Word) format, your company name, whether you are a manufacturer or a distributor, address, point of contact, telephone and fax numbers, web address, email address and equipment photos. Additionally, please provide any information available such as the adaptability of the equipment in hazardous environments while wearing Class 1, 2 or 3 PPE, reliability, maintainability, durability, environmental limits, safety reports, latest research, and new developments. Also, please include cost information such as initial costs, replacement parts, accessory options, and available warranties. Do not send your piece of equipment. Selected equipment will be purchased from distributors/supplies as the equipment is chosen for the assessment. Respond by 4:00 p.m. CST on Wednesday, November 15, 2006. Responses may be submitted by e-mail to Charlotte.Laughlin@dhs.gov ; by fax to (256) 847-2323, attention Charlotte Laughlin; or by mail to Charlotte Laughlin, Contract Specialist, Center for Domestic Preparedness, P. O. Box 5100, Anniston, AL 36205.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Department of Homeland Security, Center for Domestic Preparedness, 61 Responder Drive, Anniston, AL
- Zip Code: 36205-0100
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 36205-0100
- Record
- SN01173441-W 20061102/061031220212 (fbodaily.com)
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