Request for Information (RFI) - Control Electronics Panel (CEP) Units

DESCRIPTION OF INTENT:

This is a Request for Information (RFI). No contract will be awarded from this announcement. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) or an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation, nor is it a request seeking contractors to be placed on a solicitation mailing list. Response to this market survey is voluntary and no reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this market survey and any follow-on information requests. Data submitted in response to this market survey will not be returned. No solicitation document exists at this time, and calls requesting a solicitation will not be answered.

PROPRIETARY INFORMATION: It is the responsibility of Industry, when providing any comments/responses, to properly mark such information that is considered proprietary or is otherwise restricted. The United States Government (USG) is not obligated to protect unmarked data. Nor is the USG obligated for like data in possession of third parties or data which is afterwards placed in the public domain by the contractor or by third parties through no fault of the USG. Should the USG need to reproduce the protected data for distribution purposes between USG offices, all such data will be reproduced with restrictive legends in place.

The USG acknowledges its obligations under the Federal Acquisition Regulation 3.104-4 to protect confidential information provided to the USG (18 U.S.C. §1905). Pursuant to this statute, the USG is willing to accept any trade secrets or proprietary restrictions placed upon qualifying data forwarded in response to this RFI and to protect such information from unauthorized disclosure, subject to the following:

• Qualifying data must be clearly marked PROPRIETARY and be accompanied by an explanatory text so that the USG is clearly notified as to exactly what data so qualifies.
• Mark only data that is truly confidential.
• Do not mark data that is already in the public domain or is already in possession of the USG or third parties on an unclassified basis.
• Proprietary data transmitted electronically must have the PROPRIETARY legend on both the cover of the transmittal e-mail as well as at the beginning of the file. Proprietary information contained within the correspondence shall use the legends: "PROPRIETARY PORTION BEGINS" and "PROPRIETARY PORTION ENDS."

INSTRUCTIONS FOR RESPONDING TO THIS REQUEST

Responses and questions about this request for information should be sent via e-mail to Allegra Steinberg at allegra.w.steinberg.civ@army.mil. 

Responses to the RFI are due on 30 March 2023 at 11am EST. Please note that all questions and answers will be posted anonymously to this website. The cut-off date for submitting questions is five (5) calendar days prior to closing. Questions that are received by this office after the deadline will be considered late and may not be answered.

INFORMATION REQUESTED FROM INDUSTRY:

Manufacturer

a. Name: ________________________________________________________

b. Mailing Address: ________________________________________________________

c. Website: ________________________________________________________

Personnel Responding to RFI

a. Name: ________________________________________________________

b. Title: ________________________________________________________

c. Company Responsibility/Position: ________________________________________________________

d. Telephone/Fax Numbers: ________________________________________________________

e. E-Mail Address: ________________________________________________________

f. CAGE (commercial and Government entity) Code (if any): ________________________________________________________

OBJECTIVE:

The Army Contracting Command, Detroit Arsenal, in support of the Light Armored Vehicles (LAV) Program Manager, has a requirement to modify the Control Electronics Panel (CEP) that provides control and monitoring of the Automatic Fire Suppression System (AFSS) within all mission role variants of the Light Armored Vehicle Family of Vehicles (LAV FoV). The purpose of the upgrade is to address existing obsolescence issues, as well as to ensure the system maintains the same overwatch protection operation as the current CEP provides. 

Successful performance of this requirement necessitates access to the technical and firmware development tools as well as a demonstrated ability to have successfully performed modifications to the system in the past. The CEP and AFSS are manufactured by Kidde Technologies, Inc. The total estimated quantity of the requirement, which would be an upgrade from the existing Kidde CEP, is 673 units.  Any interested offeror must articulate their experience with the LAV FoV CEP detailing any prior work performed modifying the system as well as how they plan to access and employ the technical data and software tools for the system.  The offeror must provide their Quality Management System (QMS) description and be certified in the International Organization Standardization (ISO) 9001-2015 or equivalent.