Abrams Expedited Active Protection System (ExAPS) Mounting Kit

Added: Apr 03, 2018 9:46 am Abrams Expedited Active Protection System (ExAPS) Mounting Kit Market Survey

DESCRIPTION OF INTENT

The Program Executive Office Ground Combat Systems (PEO GCS), Product Director Main Battle Tank Systems (MBTS) is conducting a market survey to collect written information from industry to determine current market manufacturing capability to produce a vehicle Expedited Active Protection System (ExAPS) mounting kit. The mounting kit shall consist of a structure, mounting hardware, supplemental power supply, integration software and wiring harnesses for an ExAPS on the Abrams Family of Vehicles (FOV).

Responding companies must provide evidence of their proven design and development abilities to produce an ExAPS mounting kit for the Abrams FOV.

GENERAL INFORMATION

The Government intends to utilize the information submitted in response to this market survey for planning purposes only, and is not to be construed as a commitment by the U.S. Government to procure any items/services described herein, or for the Government to provide payment for the information received.

Respondents are required to provide responses for all the questions listed in the Market Survey in order to be deemed a complete Market Survey. The Government will not review incomplete Market Survey submittals.

Potential responders are required to be a United States (US) company, and possess the means to properly store and work on information and hardware classified at the SECRET/No Foreign Nationals (NOFORN) level.

Participation in this market survey is strictly voluntary and the U.S. Government will not reimburse a contractor for any cost incurred for its participation in this survey. All information is to be submitted at no cost or obligation to the Government.

This is NOT a pre-solicitation notice. This notice does not constitute an Invitation to Bid or Request for Proposal and is not to be construed as a solicitation, and no award shall be made on the basis of this notice. There is no formal solicitation available at this time, no solicitation will be issued against this notice, and this request for information does not obligate the Government to issue a solicitation.

Respondents to this market survey are specifically instructed to refrain from submitting any type of proprietary data, trade secrets, or other business sensitive information.

Data submitted in response to this market survey will not be returned.
The market survey is NOT a request to seek contractor interest in being placed on a solicitation mailing list.

Respondents shall not be notified of the results of the survey or results of information submitted.

Telephone or email inquiries will not be honored.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING THE QUESTIONNAIRE

The survey response shall NOT exceed 5 pages. Submittal will be in text format only. Do not send pictures, graphics, etc.

• All questions must be addressed.

• Font size no smaller than 12.

• Responses must include the question number associated with the applicable answer.

• Spell out acronyms in their first instance.

• Do not reply with proprietary information.

• Electronic responses are required using AMRDEC Safe located at https://safe.amrdec.army.mil/safe/. Please title contractor response as "Market Survey Response for ExAPS mounting kit".

• Please include the following administrative information:
o Company Name
o Mailing Address
o Company web-site
o Location of facilities

Please send the Market Survey response to Ms. Denise Drylie and Ms. Betty Bundoc, email address, denise.b.drylie.civ@mail.mil and betty.bundoc.civ@mail.mil.

No telephone, hand delivered, faxed or mail delivered responses will be accepted.

Responses are due no later than close of business on 10 April 2018

MARKET SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE

1) Describe your experience with producing a mounting kit consisting of a structure, mounting hardware, supplemental power supply, integration software and wiring harnesses for an ExAPS on an Abrams FOV. Please address the complexity of the effort and provide supporting documentation on how the specific platform integration experience relates to integration on an Abrams FOV.

2) Describe your capability to acquire the necessary ExAPS license(s) from General Dynamic Land System (GDLS) as it pertains to the ExAPS mounting kit. Include a written agreement from GDLS that would support rapid production capabilities.

3) Describe your company's capability to build and qualify electrical components to meet specifications within Automotive Tank Purchase Descriptions (ATPD) 2404 and the estimated timeline required for this activity prior to transitioning to full rate production.

4) Describe your company's history in production ramp up capabilities for ExAPS components to include maximum production quantities, long lead times and timeline to achieve maximum production rates.