SOURCES SOUGHT
59 -- Tactical Communications and Protective System (TCAPS) Generation 2 - RFI TCAPS Gen2 Performance Requirements
- Notice Date
- 3/16/2016
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334220
— Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, ACC - APG (W91CRB ) Division D, 4310 Boothby Hill Rd, ABERDEEN PROV GND, Maryland, 21005-5001, United States
- ZIP Code
- 21005-5001
- Solicitation Number
- W91CRB-16-TCAPS-Gen2
- Archive Date
- 4/30/2016
- Point of Contact
- John Harvey, Phone: 410-306-2744
- E-Mail Address
-
john.a.harvey1.civ@mail.mil
(john.a.harvey1.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- TCAPS Gen 2 Major Performance/Configuration Areas Synopsis: This is a Request for Information (RFI) / Sources Sought notice in regards to the Tactical Communications and Protective System (TCAPS) Generation 2. This is NOT a Request for Proposal and no award will be made as a result of this request. This notice serves as market research in accordance with FAR Part 10. All interested companies are encouraged to respond to this notice. The Government will not pay for information and materials received in response to this notice and is not obligated by the information received. The Army Contracting Command is issuing this RFI on behalf of PM Soldier Warrior (PM SWAR) as market research to determine potential sources of a Tactical Communications and Protective System (TCAPS) Generation 2 solution that interfaces to specific Soldier-Worn Army Tactical Radios and Manpack Radios. PM Soldier Warrior is looking for a TCAPS Generation 2 solution that shall: - Be a Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) item with a Technical Readiness Level of 8 or higher. - Provide hearing protection from high-level noise; both steady-state (e.g., interior and exterior vehicle noise) and impulse (e.g., low-caliber gunfire). - Provide a user-controllable/selectable hearing enhancement capability that increases and decreases the ambient audio environment, allowing enhanced sound localization and situational awareness capabilities, without long term hearing damage. - Provide hearing protection from high-level noises when the hearing enhancement capabilities are enabled or disabled (e.g., active or passive mode). - Have a hardware interface to specific Soldier-Worn Army Tactical Radios or Manpack radios to enable the conduct of voice communications. - Be in conformance with the Buy American Act. The attached TCAPS Generation 2 performance document will serve as the requirements document and the Government's framework for verification testing of candidate systems. Based on the results of this RFI, a future solicitation requirement may be forthcoming. Interested companies shall review the information above and the additional documentation / performance sheet before submitting their response. Companies shall be responsible for all costs associated with preparing a response to this request for information a. A written response (PDF or WORD document) that does not exceed twenty (20) pages. b. Company Name, Street Address, and Points of Contact to include name, email and phone #. Please include, if available, your CAGE code and NAICS code(s) and any GSA Contract(s) the company currently holds for the candidate TCAPS Generation 2 Item. c. Capability Statement to include: Specific information on company capability to produce a system that can meet the requirements identified above and the performance document. Companies who desire to participate in this market survey are encouraged to submit a response which supports the company's claim that it presently has the technology, qualifications, and capabilities to satisfy (through development or existing technology) one or more of the performance and technical objectives described above. Companies should also provide a ROM (rough order of magnitude) price and the anticipated production lead time for Production samples and high volume outputs. d. Company shall identify their business size: Large, Small, or any other small/socio-economic type business. e. Discuss whether their TCAPS Generation 2 product is considered commercial in accordance with quote mark commercial item quote mark definition found in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 2.101. f. Company shall provide an additional statement advising the Government, if their product is available commercially, available to the general public, and/or available to non-governmental agencies. Responses to this notice should be provided via electronic submission to Contract Specialist, John Harvey at john.a.harvey1.civ@mail.mil no later than 10:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on Friday, 15 April 2016. Telephone requests for additional information will not be honored.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: ACC-APG - Aberdeen Division D, ATTN: AMSSB-ACC-A, 4310 Boothby Hill Avenue, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, 21005, United States
- Zip Code: 21005
- Zip Code: 21005
- Record
- SN04053025-W 20160318/160316235912-509fb414fb59b0d16e7b533bd9283dbe (fbodaily.com)
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