SPECIAL NOTICE
99 -- Sense Through the Wall (STTW) System
- Notice Date
- 1/29/2020 1:38:19 PM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541715
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- ACC-ABERDEEN PROVING GROUNDS CONT C ALEXANDRIA VA 22331-0700 USA
- ZIP Code
- 22331-0700
- Solicitation Number
- STTW-20-RFI-01
- Response Due
- 3/11/2020 1:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 03/26/2020
- Point of Contact
- Brandon M. Dodd, Casey P. Davison
- E-Mail Address
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brandon.m.dodd.civ@mail.mil, casey.p.davison.civ@mail.mil
(brandon.m.dodd.civ@mail.mil, casey.p.davison.civ@mail.mil)
- Description
- REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI): Sense Through the Wall (STTW) System This is a Request for Information (RFI). This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this RFI is for the Government to gain information on cutting-edge commercial technologies leading to Government/Industry partnering to accelerate the development of state-of-the-art technologies that will enable the Warfighter to be more effective, efficient, and lethal. The U.S. Army Contracting Command-Research Triangle Park (ACC-RTP) is seeking sources on behalf of the Combat Capability Development Command (CCDC) Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD) to develop a Sense Through the Wall (STTW) System for the Special Products and Prototyping Division (SPPD) Quick Response Branch (QRB).� This program is in partnership with the US Army�s Special Operations Forces (ARSOF). The intent of this Market Survey is to identify potential man-portable systems that give the Soldier the ability to detect, identify, and monitor persons, animals, and materials behind multi-leveled obstruction(s) from a long standoff range. The sensor system will also be able to map the structure and detect hidden rooms, passages, alcoves, caches, etc. including those underground. Specifically, QRB and ARSOF seek a system that will be able to track, locate, isolate, range, and count personnel and animals in a building or structure. This includes rapidly discriminating between friend and foe, classification of activities such as sitting, standing, walking, or lying down, and Positive Identification of personnel (PID) via biometric data. Further, the STTW System will be able to detect hidden passages and rooms inside of a structure and will support Sensitive Site Exploitation (SSE) to determine hidden sections and areas that can be used as cache locations. The system will also need to operate in subterranean conditions and to detect and map hidden underground rooms and tunnels. QRB and ARSOF require the system to be mobile enough to conduct 360 degree structural assessments and to be able to use that data to create a 3D map of the building. STTW will also be able to interface with other signals and sensors to create a multi-modal analysis of the structure. Finally, the system must be able to detect and classify various materials and objects in the structure. This will include items common in building clearing operations: tripwires, IED�s and explosives, weapons and ammunition, and other traps. STTW will also be able to classify and characterize the material(s) of the barriers, walls, infrastructures, etc. that it is sensing through. All of the actions discussed in the previous three paragraphs will need to be able to be performed with standoff and potentially through dense foliage. All of the data will need to be displayed on a wireless tablet using avatars/icons or Cursor on Target (CoT) to make sense of the sensor data. The proposed STTW solution must be at or above Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 6. New technologies and capabilities frequently adds, deletes, or modifies a Soldier�s tasks. New technologies affect how a Soldier performs tactical tasks; often inserting changes in job requirements, enhancing or degrading wearer confidence, and bringing changes to training requirements.� The US Army is interested in obtaining state of the art Sense Through the Wall devices that will aid the Soldier in his/her decision making abilities. RFIs should address what the path forward is for the US Army to meet this goal. The following thresholds of the STTW system will be critically examined by QRB and ARSOF. The system should be man portable (MIL-STD-1472) The system should be able to function on a battery for extended periods of time The system should have a low false alarm rate and a high probability of detection The system should have a wide field of regard The system should be able to operate at a long standoff range The system should be at or above TRL 6 The system should be able to sense through many different kinds of structural materials The system should be able to sense through vegetation and dense foliage The system should provide accurate and precise counts and 3-D geolocations of personnel and animals The system should be able to identify actions and track moving personnel and animals The system should be able to differentiate between humans and animals The system should be able to measure biometric data for target identification and tagging The system should be able to map pattern of life of person(s) of interest The system should be able to map multiple floors of a structure The system should be able to detect hidden passages and rooms including those underground and identify potential cache locations The system should be able to operate in a subterranean environment The system must be able to detect materials and objects of interest during building clearing operations (weapons and ammo, traps and tripwires, IED�s, etc.) The system must display complicated sensor data in an easy to understand way such as avatars and icons The system must be able to interface with the Tactical Assault Kit (TAK) The system must be able to interface with other signals/sensors to provide a more details analysis of the structure The following objectives of the STTW design are highly desired by QRB and ARSOF. The system should be able with standoff The system should be able to sense through any structural material The system should be able to use biometric data to differentiate between friend and foe The system should be able to positively identify a target based on biometric data The system should be able to generate a 3-D map of the building The system should be able to use machine learning and artificial intelligence to improve target discrimination The system should be able to perform knowledge management functions The system should be mountable to UAS/UGV The system should have a tailorable interface and/or form factor to meet mission demands Interested parties are requested to respond to this RFI with a white paper due no later than six weeks (42 days) after it is posted and submitted via e-mail to brandon.m.dodd.civ@mail.mil and casey.p.davison.civ@mail.mil. White papers shall be submitted in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) format and shall be limited to 8 pages. It is strongly recommended to include any relevant product sheets or visuals that would aid in understanding the capabilities of the proposed solution.� Proprietary information, if any, should be minimized and MUST BE CLEARLY MARKED.� To aid the Government, please segregate proprietary information.� Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned.� If any respondent does not currently have a Proprietary Data Protection Agreement (PDPA) that would permit the following Government support contractors to review and evaluate white papers submitted in response to this RFI, the respondent is requested to sign PDPAs with these Government support contractors for this purpose:� CACI, Inc; Polaris Alpha, (a Parsons Company); LKC Consulting, LLC.� �� Section 1 of the white paper shall provide administrative information, and shall include the following as a minimum:� Company name, mailing address, overnight delivery address (if different from mailing address), phone number, fax number, and e-mail of designated contracting points of contact.� In addition, respondents shall provide their Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code, and Dunn & Bradstreet (D&B) Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number. Please identify your company's small business size standard based on the primary North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code of 541715 R&D Services. The Small Business Size Standard for this NAICS code is 1000 number of employees. For more information, refer to http://www.sba.gov/size. Section 2 shall provide background information on the proposing company and relevant efforts. Section 3 shall address the capabilities that the proposed STTW will add to the Soldier. This section shall include technical descriptions of the system along with their maximum performance capabilities. Section 3 will also highlight any shortcomings or risks of the proposed solution and any mitigation procedures that could minimize them. Section 4 shall include an estimate of cost with any additional features itemized separately so that the government team, if it so chooses, could perform cost-benefit analyses and could seek funding for the effort. The above style guide is recommended; however, it is for reference only. Proposals not meeting recommended page counts or section content will still be considered by the government team. Submitters are asked to use whatever format best communicates the strength of their approach. Questions regarding this announcement shall be submitted in writing by e-mail to brandon.m.dodd.civ@mail.mil and casey.p.davison.civ@mail.mil. Verbal questions will NOT be accepted. The Government does not guarantee that questions received will be answered.� The ideas presented in the white paper will be discussed and assessed by QRB and ARSOF. Government support contractors might be involved in the review and assessment of responses submitted under this RFI. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY to identify sources that can provide technologies to support the FDSA program. The information provided in the RFI is subject to change and is not binding on the Government.� The Army has not made a commitment to procure any of the items discussed, and release of this RFI should not be construed as such a commitment or as authorization to incur cost for which reimbursement would be required or sought.� All submissions become Government property and will not be returned.
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- Address: USA
- Country: USA
- Country: USA
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