Test Center RFI_20Mar2025.pdf

Request for Information Program Manager Medium and Heavy Tactical Vehicles

Program Executive Office Land Systems Quantico, VA 22134

Document Type Request for Information (RFI) Request for Information Number M67854-25-I-0110 Posted Date 20 MAR 2025 Response Date 05 MAY 2025 Product and Service Code (PSC) 2355-COMBAT, ASSAULT, AND

TACTICAL VEHICLES,

WHEELED

NAICS Code 336992

THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR

INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. This RFI is for planning and informational purposes only and shall NOT be considered as a Request for Proposal (RFP) or as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services. The Government is not seeking proposals at this time and will not accept unsolicited proposals. The Government will NOT be responsible for any costs incurred in responding to this RFI or furnishing the requested information. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise as a result of a contractor's submission of responses to this RFI or the Government's use of such information. The Government reserves the right to reject, in whole or in part, any contractor's input resulting from this RFI. No contract will be awarded from this announcement. Pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) 15.201(e), responses to this RFI are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract.

Subject: Automotive Developmental Testing Capabilities for USMC Vehicles

1 Introduction Program Manager, Medium and Heavy Tactical Vehicles (PM MHTV), United States Marine Corps, is seeking information from industry partners regarding their capabilities to conduct automotive developmental testing of military vehicles. This RFI is intended to gather information on current capabilities, technologies, and methodologies that can support the development and testing of advanced military ground vehicles.

1.1 Purpose

This RFI constitutes market research in accordance with FAR Part 10 and is not an RFP. The Program Executive Office Land Systems is issuing this RFI to characterize the overall industry capability and readiness to support testing of current and future military vehicles.

1.2 Objective

The purpose of this RFI is to identify potential industry partners with the expertise and facilities to conduct comprehensive automotive developmental testing, due to challenges with availability of personnel and priority levels at government test centers. This includes, but is not limited to, performance testing, durability testing, environmental testing, and safety testing of military vehicles.

2 Requested Information Respondents who are interested are requested to provide detailed information on the following areas:

1) Describe your current and recent (10 years) experience with testing of commercial and military vehicles. Identify the types of tests conducted (mobility, transportability, durability, environmental, etc.) and experience with testing standards from the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSR), Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and Army Test and Evaluation Center (ATEC) Test Operating Procedures (TOPs).

2) Describe your testing facilities and any test limitations based on size, weight, or number of axles for chambers, dynos, or test fixtures.

3) Describe your capabilities to execute advanced testing methodologies such as, but not limited to, simulations, virtual test beds, component testing, integrated system testing, combined test cell and virtual testing, and accelerated testing (i.e. combined environmental & dyno testing).

4) Describe your capabilities to conduct off-road testing, including available terrain types, side slopes, longitudinal grades, and root mean square (RMS) and/or wave number spectrum (WNS) values.

5) Describe your capabilities to conduct testing of, and the draft or final standards used to evaluate, advanced driver assistance systems such as, but not limited to:

a. Lane Departure Warning

b. Lane Keep Assist

c. Automatic Emergency Braking

d. Blind Spot Detection

e. Rear Crash Prevention

f. Forward Collision Warning

3 Responses Vendors possessing requisite skills, resources, and capabilities necessary to perform the stated requirements are invited to respond to this RFI via a submission of white paper on 8 ½ x 11 in paper, no more than (8) page in length, using Times New Roman 12 point font, single spaced.

Additionally, the respondent shall submit a completed Attachment 1. All responses must include the following information:

1) Name and address of applicant/company (Corporate/Principal Office)

2) Name, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address of point of contact

3) Department of Defense Agency Contract number (if applicable) for any active efforts for test services

4) Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code and Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number

5) Size of business pursuant to North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code 336992

6) Completion of Attachment 1 spreadsheet providing identification of level of capabilities to conduct each inspection, demonstration, test, or analysis as indicated by the evaluation standard listed in column A. Identify the level of capability of conducting each verification method listed in column A by placing a “X” in either column B, C, or D, along with any necessary supporting notes for responses in column C.

Please be advised that any proprietary information must be marked as such on a page-by-page and paragraph by paragraph basis. The Government will not assume that any of the information provided by a respondent is proprietary unless it is conspicuously marked on this basis.

Moreover, the Government does not assume any duty to contact a respondent and inquire whether any unmarked information submitted in response to this RFI is proprietary. If any data is classified, it also must be marked and sent appropriately; please coordinate with the POC’s listed below for a classified mailing address or SIPR email account for distribution.

Please do not submit proposals at this time. The Government is only seeking information on sources for market research purposes to determine the availability of commercial capabilities in the described areas. Acknowledgement of receipt will not be made, but the Government may respond for follow-on discussions. Submittals will not be returned to the sender. Respondents will not be notified of any market research results.

Responses shall be submitted via e-mail to Contract Specialist, Captain Danielle Mcanally at danielle.k.mcanally.mil@usmc.mil, and Contracting Officer, Tianna Brown at tianna.brown@usmc.mil, no later than 1400 Eastern Time on 05 MAY 2025 with the subject line “RFI –PM MHTV Automotive Developmental Testing Capabilities”. Telephone replies will not be accepted.

This RFI does NOT constitute an RFP nor a promise to issue an RFP in the future. This RFI does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service.

The information provided in the RFI is subject to change and is not binding on the Government.

The Government has not made a commitment to procure any of the items discussed and the release of this RFI should not be construed as 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 return.

Questions

Questions or comments regarding this notice may be addressed to Contract Specialist, Captain Danielle Mcanally at danielle.k.mcanally.mil@usmc.mil, and Contracting Officer, Tianna Brown at tianna.brown@usmc.mil, by email only. No questions will be accepted after 28 APR 2025, at 1600 Eastern Standard Time. The Government intends to respond to as many questions as practicable and will respond to questions via an amendment to this RFI posted to the System for Award Management (SAM) website at https://www.sam.gov so that all interested parties will benefit from the same information. It is the industry’s responsibility to monitor the site for the release of any amendment to this announcement; however, if some of the answers to the industry’s question include Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), only vendors who have provided the Government with their US Postal mailing address and valid CAGE code will be provided such information.