AA -- FORCE PROTECTION EQUIPMENT DEMONSTRATION II APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL 31 JANUARY 1999 FORCE PROTECTION EQUIPMENT DEMONSTRATION II APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL 31 JANUARY 1999. Due to the holiday season and at the request of vendors, the application deadline for Force Protection Equipment Demonstration II has been extended through 31 January 1999. Vendors who apply after the deadline may still be accepted for participation, but this will be considered on a case by case basis. The U.S. Army Product Manager, Physi-cal Security Equipment (PM-PSE), under the sponsorship of the Office of the Under Sec-retary of Defense for Acquisition and Technoloy (OUSD A&T), the Joint Staff, the Joint Nonlethal Weapons Directorate, and the Department of Justice will conduct Force Pro-tection Equipment Demonstration II (FPED II) at Quantico Marine Corps Base, VA dur-ing the period 3-6 May 1999. The first Force Protection Equipment Demonstration was conducted 15-18 September 1997 at Quantico Marine Corps Base and attracted 184 ven-dors who demonstrated and displayed 404 items of force protection equipment. The demonstration was attended by nearly 2000 Department of Defense (DoD), federal, state, and local government leaders and decision-makers. The purpose of FPED II is to demon-strate commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) force protection equipment available to military commanders and DoD, Federal Department and Agency, and State and Local Law En-forcement and Corrections decision-makers for potential procurement and possible future testing. No testing of the equipment will be conducted during the demonstration. FPED II has Joint Military Service and other Federal Agency interest, and will address the needs of actual users for future test, evaluation, and fielding. Due to limited resources, atten-dance is by invitation only. PM-PSE invites equipment manufacturers to submit applica-tions for demonstration of their equipment at FPED II. Participants will be selected based on information provided to PM-PSE on the application, available in the FPED II Information Packet. Equipment must fall within the followingcategories to be consid-ered for the demonstration: Physical Security Equipment (PSE) Sensor and Surveillance Systems (Interior, Exterior, Perimeter, Tactical), Unattended Ground Sensors, Explosive Detection (to include handheld, static, and under water) and Cargo Inspection Devices (to include under vehicle surveillance systems), Blast Protection/Mitigation (to include Structural Building Materials (new or retrofit)), Software Vulnerability Assess-ment/Analysis Tools, Delay and Denial Technology (to include Fences, Barriers(active, passive)(portable and fixed), and Locks), Non-Lethal Weapons and Technology, Individ-ual Soldier Protective Gear (to include CB protective gear, protective vests), Automated Entry Control Systems/Equipment, Communications Equipment (to include personnel alerting systems), or Explosive Ordnance Disposal Equipment. If active demonstration of equipment is not possible or practical, a display which might include videotaped demon-strations or other media presentations will be considered, provided the display focuses on the commercially available equipment. Criteria for participation includes the key re-quirement that the equipment must be COTS and be available for test or procurement by the DoD not later than ninety (90) days after completion of the demonstration. All pro-spective participants can obtain an FPED II Information Packet at http://www.csc.com/fped, or may request one in writing from the Product Manager, Physical Security Equipment (PM-PSE), c/o CSC (Attn: Mr. Mark Foelker), 7405 Alban Station Court, Suite B-200, Springfield, VA 22150. The FPED II Information Packet contains application forms and other necessary information. The participants must trans-port their selected force protection equipment to the Quantico demonstration site for set-up and demonstration rehearsals during the week prior to the demonstration and operate it during the demonstration week. The demonstration will begin on Monday morning and manufacturers must clear the site not later than 1300 hrs on Friday.Equipment will be set-up in a field environment. All applications and demonstrations will be unclassified. The entire cost of each participant's involvement in the demonstration will be borne by that participant. However, there is no fee for demonstration space. Participation in the FPED II does not constitute Government endorsement of any equipment, nor does it commit the Government to procurement of any equipment. WEB: click here to obtain information packet, www.csc.com/fped. E-MAIL: POC Mark Foelker, www.csc.com/fped. Posted 01/04/99 (W-SN284710).

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