SOURCES SOUGHT
13 -- Wireless Remote Initiator System
- Notice Date
- 12/9/2011
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- US Army, Army Contracting Command, ACC New Jersey Contracting Center, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806-5000
- ZIP Code
- 07806-5000
- Solicitation Number
- W15QKN-12-X-B005
- Response Due
- 1/9/2012
- Archive Date
- 2/8/2012
- Point of Contact
- Heather Yaworski, Contract Specialist, 973-724-3638
- E-Mail Address
-
Heather Yaworski
(heather.yaworski@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- 1. The U.S. Army, Army Contracting Command New Jersey, on behalf of the Office of the Program Manager, Close Combat Systems, (PM CCS) Picatinny Arsenal, NJ are currently seeking sources that have a mature (technology readiness level 7 or higher) Wireless Remote Demolition Initiation system and are capable of manufacturing and supplying this system. 2. The Wireless Remote Initiator system must be a small, lightweight, man-portable remote firing device capable of initiating demolition and munition items in all geographical areas, weather conditions, and hostile battlefield conditions which may include electronic countermeasures, smoke, dust, and small arms fire. The system should be durable and may contain reusable items of supply. Systems should minimize additional hardware/devices that may be required for training. Any energetic items should have inert functional trainers for training purposes. 3. Respondents to this market survey should provide information as to whether their system has a reliability requirement of 90% or higher. The system should be able to initiate demolition and munitions up to 5 KM Line of Sight (LOS). It is also desired to initiate demolition and munitions 40-200 meters Non Line Of Sight (NLOS) through vegetation, salt water, sand, earth, rock, manmade and natural structures. The system shall be one-man portable/transportable in the operational configuration and will require no more than one-man to move in its shipping configuration. The system should be rugged enough to withstand the rigors of combat operations while a Soldier conducts Individual Movement Techniques and still meet the 90% reliability requirement. 4. The system should consist of a transmitter capable of addressing a single receiver or simultaneously addressing multiple receivers, and receiver(s) with the following capabilities: a receiver functioning Military M6 Electric blasting caps, an explosive output (one-shot) receiver capable of functioning Military M7 non electric blasting cap or explosive charge directly, and capability for the functioning of Army Shock Tube. a. The transmitter should not exceed 2 pounds total weight including the power source and antenna. It is desired that the system have a capability to relay the initiation command to another transmitter and receiver set. All transmission codes must be unique to each transmitter. The transmitter must utilize a commercially available power source and shall provide sufficient power for 40 transmissions. Details on the systems operational frequency/frequencies and status of frequency allocation should be provided. b. Receivers should retain their programmed codes when the device is powered down. Receivers will have an arming delay mechanism. The receiver must use a commercially available power source. It is required that the Receivers power source provide a minimum operational employment time of 2 days and a desired operational employment time of up to 15 days. Receivers and the shock tube initiation device shall not weigh more than 1.25 lbs and fit into the cargo pocket of the ACU trouser. The system receivers may include, but are not limited to, the following: i. A reusable electrical output receiver capable of initiating up to four Military M6 blasting cap at 100 feet utilizing any two conductor field wire. ii. An explosive output (one-shot) receiver with the capability of initiating C4 directly or an energetic lead equivalent to the Military M7 non-electric blasting cap. The one-shot, explosive output receiver(s) should interface with the standard military blasting cap well on military munition. iii. The capability to initiate Army in-line shock tube (M19/M21/M23). For a system that utilizes internal or stored energy (including spring energy), the items must not have a single point failure mechanism. 5. Respondents should identify whether their system design would meet/would not meet or has been tested to the following Department of Defense standards. MIL-STD-461Electromagnetic InterferenceMIL-STD-464Electromagnetic Environmental EffectsMIL-STD-810Environmental Engineering Considerations and Laboratory TestsMIL-STD-1472Human EngineeringMIL-STD-882Standard Practice for System SafetyMIL-STD-1316 Fuze Design, Safety Criteria ForMIL-STD-1911 Hand-Emplace Ordnance Design, Safety Criteria For This market survey is for information and planning purposes only, it does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP), and is not to be construed as a commitment by the U.S. Government. The U.S. Government implies no intention or opportunity to acquire funding to support current or future efforts. If a formal solicitation is generated at a later date, a solicitation notice will be published. No award will be made as a result of this market survey. All information is to be submitted at no cost or obligation to the Government. The Government reserves the right to reject, in whole or in part, any private sector input as a result of this market survey. The Government is not obligated to notify respondents of the results of this survey. The information must be submitted within 30 calendar days from the date of this publication to: U.S. Army Contracting Command New Jersey, Close Combat Center, ACC-NJ-CC, ATTN: Tiffany Nosti, Building 10, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806; phone: 973-724-7364. Electronic submittals are preferred and should be sent to Email: tiffany.n.nosti@us.army.mil. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the survey.
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