Notice_of_Intent_to_Sole_Source.docx

Notice of Intent to Sole Source

1. Solicitation Number: W81XWH-19-Q-0568

2. Sole Source Title: ToyoTech LLC, Smart Eye Pro DX, 5 Camera System

3. Agency: U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory (USAARL)

4. Contracting Office: U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA), Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD

5. Location: Fort Rucker, Alabama

6. Description: The U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA) intends to award a sole source Firm-Fixed Price supply contract to ToyoTech LLC, located at 42840 Christy St. Suite 110, Fremont, CA 94538 (DUNS: 080151953); The statutory authority permitting the acquisition of this requirement by other than full and open competition is 41 U.S.C. 1901. The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) citation is 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), “Only one source reasonably available (e.g., urgency, exclusive licensing agreement, brand name, or industrial mobilization)”.

7. Background: The U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory (USAARL) provides medical research in the military operations environment to sustain the Warfighter’s performance by delivering medical research and developing, testing, and evaluating solutions to air and ground Warriors. USAARL's medical research includes developing return-to-duty standards for Soldiers suffering from neurosensory injuries, mild traumatic brain injuries, determining the effectiveness of life support equipment, and preventing and mitigating ground crew and aircrew biomechanical injuries.

8. Scope and Purpose: The purpose of this order is to upgrade existing Smart Eye Camera system to more advanced capabilities available with the Smart Eye Pro Dx camera technologies. The purpose of this instrument is to measure high performance of human eye tracking, face tracking and cognitive state detection for a large area with large head box to accommodate different sized participants. This technology is only available from ToyoTech LLC. The order must include the following: 1.) 2 days of on-site installation and training. 2.) Updated cabling, flash (light-sources), mounts and housings. 3.) The cost of shipping and freight. The upgraded system must include the following:

Minimum Essential Characteristics (MECs):

a. The system must be completely unobtrusive, require no physical contact with the individual being monitored.

b. The system must be capable of tracking across a broad range of illuminance conditions, ranging from complete darkness (scotopic) to direct sunlight (photopic) lighting conditions and be resistant to ambient light that may be present in different operationally important environments.

c. The system must be fully portable and suitable for measuring human behavior in response to using multiple displays, dynamic content, mobile devices, high fidelity simulators, physical objects, real world settings, and multiple projection screens.

d. The system must have multiple compact tracking cameras to encompass the large visual fields provided by the USAARL in-house flight simulators that include multi-screen systems involving 3 monitors and 3 large projection screens. Integration of these multiple cameras must be seamless.

e. The system must natively integrate with leading simulation products.

f. The system must be simple to install and remove and must provide multiple mounting options and cabling.

g. The system must feature HD web-based cameras and capacity to record the scene from many perspectives independent of the eye tracking capability.

h. The system must provide 6 Degrees of Freedom head position and eyelid aperture tracking solutions.

i. The system must seamlessly integrate with the Index of Cognitive Function used in USAARL research projects.

h. Calibration of the system should not be extremely complicated prior to each use.

i. The data generated by this system must be directly compatible with the data collected by other governmental agencies, to include, the FAA, NASA, Navy, and Air Force, as well as leading national and international companies.

j. This system must ensure rapid integration into 3rd party applications such as adaptive automation and cognitively aware systems.

k. The system must provide the functionality to design, record, and analyze cognitive workload tasks and experiments.

l. The system must be resilient to reflections caused when users wear glasses or sunglasses.

m. The system must account for the pupil’s response to changing light conditions independently of changes in cognitive workload task demands.

n. The system must include the EyeWorks Workstation to drive, coordinate, and record eye tracking, six degrees of head tracking, eye lid behavior, and pupil behavior from multiple camera modules.

9. North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code: The NAICS code for this requirement is 334118 Computer Terminal and Other Computer Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing -- are classified in U.S. Industry as a small business size standard 1000.

10. Anticipated Period of Performance: The anticipated delivery period is 30 days after contract award.

11. Information to Industry: This is a Notice of Intent to Sole Source for informational purposes only in accordance with (IAW) Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 5.201 and not a request for competitive proposals. Therefore, no solicitation document exists for this requirement. Interested parties should submit a Capability Statement and pricing information for this requirement within fifteen (15) days of public notice to be considered by the Government. A determination to compete the proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Responses received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive requirement.

12. Response Due Date: Interested vendors should submit the Capability Statement in response to this Notice of Intent to Sole Source electronically by 2 PM (EST) 16 August 2019 via e-mail to the Contract Specialist, Courtney Chase at Courtney.f.chase.civ@mail.mil. No phone calls will be accepted.

13. Notice Closes: This Notice of Intent to Sole Source closes on 16 August 2019 at 2 PM (EST).

14. Confidentiality: No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in response to this notice. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).