SOURCES SOUGHT
10 -- Control Grip
- Notice Date
- 3/2/2012
- 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-F017
- Response Due
- 3/30/2012
- Archive Date
- 4/29/2012
- Point of Contact
- Frank Corradi, Contract Specialist, 973-724-5421
- E-Mail Address
-
Frank Corradi
(frank.corradi@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The U.S. Army Contracting Command - New Jersey - Soldier Weapons ContractingCenter, in support of the Project Manager Crew Served Weapons, is seekinginformation from organizations that possess controllers similar to video gamecontrollers.Specifically, the U.S. Army is interested in providing a hand control grips emulating popular video game controllers to serve as alternative control devices to interface with its current inventory Common Remote Weapon Station (CROWS).(This sources sought notice is a follow-on to previous sources sought notice W15QKN-12-X-F012 originally posted on 02/03/2012). The controller shall be ruggedized and support operation in static or dynamic military environments. It shall be capable of being used as a hand held device or in a mounted configuration. The controller shall be light weight and incorporate ergonomic design and palm activated switches to decrease fatigue. It shall interface with the CROWS using Military Standard connectors. An optional display to be mounted to the controller is a preferred feature but not required. The display shall be capable of accepting video signal through a video in port/connector. To better understand industrys interest and capabilities to satisfy the above requirement, the U.S. Government is looking for any of the following: 1) SUBMITTAL OF MATERIAL SAMPLESIf the provider chooses to submit material samples in addition to an information packet, they will do so at no cost to the U.S. Army. The product information along with any hardware samples will be used as an indication that companies have a system already designed and readily available. Submitted material samples shall include adequate prepaid postage shipping label for material samples to be returned by the Government. With the submission of material samples, the provider assumes all liability with respect to any damages that may occur during shipping and/or handling. 2) PARTICIPATE IN A ONE-ON-ONE MEETING AT PICATINNY, NJ. All interest parties shall be given an opportunity to visit with our Technical Team during the week of March 12th through March 16th and the week of March 26th through March 30th. 3) PARTICIPATE IN A VIDEO-TELECONFERENCE WITH OUR TECHNICAL TEAM All interested parties will have an opportunity to present via Video-Teleconference with our Technical Team. Such Video-Teleconference shall be scheduled to take place during the week of March 12th through March 16th and the week of March 26th through March 30th. Vendor Questionnaire: Interested companies that have NOT ALREADY responded to sources sought notice W15QKN-12-X-F012,please include answers to the following questions with your response: 1. Company Name2. Company Address3. Company point of contact and phone number4. Major partners or Suppliers5. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code. Is your business considered a small business based on your NAICS Code?6. Commerciality: (a) Our product as described above, has been sold, leased or licensed to the general public. (b) Our product as described above has been sold in substantial quantities, on a competitive basis to multiple state and local government. The development of the product was done exclusively at private expense.(c) None of the above applies. Explain: 7. Location where primary work will be performed (if more than one location, please indicate the percentage for each location). 8. Identify manufacturing, managing and engineering experience of like items of equal or greater complexity.9. Identify existing facilities, equipment and workforce (identify what percentage would be supporting this new effort andwhat additional resources would be required).10. Identify lead-time, including supplier/design qualification efforts and production ramp up time, to meet full capability for production and sustainment.11. Please provide any additional comments.12. Please identify if you are a foreign company. This is a market survey, not a pre-solicitation notice. There is no formal solicitation available at this time. No award will be made as a result of this market survey. If a formal solicitation is generated at a later date, a pre-solicitation notice will be published. Respondents will not be notified of the results of this survey or results of information submitted.It is preferred that information papers be Government Purpose Rights. Classified material will not be accepted. All material samples shall be sent to: U.S. Army, Army Contracting Command-New Jersey-Soldier Weapons Contracting Center.ATTN: Mary Krisanda, ACC-NJ-SW Bldg. 45B, Picatinny, NJ 07806-5000, Mail Stop: Bldg 10B. All interested parties wanting to schedule a visit or video teleconference shall be made via email to: mary.krisanda@us.army.mil Responders are advised that the U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in the response to this RFI. All costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested parties expense. The U.S. Government is not liable for any expenses incurred by any attendees to this conference. The U.S. Government is not liable for any expenses incurred by offerors or companies in submitting or completing the required forms. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP or other solicitation (if any are issued).
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