This is a request for information for a Blunt Impact Protective External Shell for ACH helmets to support PEO Soldier.

Proposed Request for Information
Blunt Impact Protective External Shell
Contracting Office Address
Army Contracting Command - Aberdeen Proving Ground ACC-APG
Aberdeen Proving Ground,, 4118 Susquehanna Avenue, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005

Description
U.S. Army Program Executive Office Soldier, Project Manager Soldier Equipment (PM SEQ), 10170 Beach Road, Bldg 325, Fort Belvoir VA 22060 is submitting a Request for Information (RFI). The purpose of this RFI is to conduct research to identify existing and potential products for improving the blunt impact protection of the Advanced Combat Helmet (ACH).
Of particular interest are systems and proposals for systems that attach to the exterior of the ACH to provide an increased effective standoff. Such a system may be capable of being attached and detached in the field, providing users the ability to scale blunt impact protection according to their operational requirements. The system should provide increased blunt impact protection, reducing peak impact g's to 150 or less at impact speeds of 17.3ft/s or greater in accordance with testing described in AR/PD 10-02 and DOT FMVSS 218. Such a system may provide enhanced blunt impact protection over the standard ACH protection for one or more impacts. The system would ideally be fire resistant or constructed of materials that can be modified to have an enhanced fire resistance. Additionally, the system's visual or spectral properties should be suitable for integration with the Soldier's camouflage. The system should be lightweight and not significantly increase the head-borne burden of the Soldier.
Existing and proposed systems should be submitted with a report detailing the design or proposed design, specifications, and materials used as well as an overview of the vendor's prior experience with the design and manufacture of personal protective equipment and manufacturing/prototyping capabilities. The report should detail how the system will meet the requested performance specifications and include mathematical calculations based on prior experimental data to support claimed system performance.
Systems that do not meet the desired performance characteristics described above are still of great interest and submission is encouraged.
All submissions for products and engineering services that include all of the above will be considered.
Request interested vendors having the ability to provide the above mentioned products or services submit information, samples, and price guides to PM Soldier Equipment, Technical Management Division, ATTN: Brian Sundberg, 10125 Gratiot Road, Ft Belvoir, VA 22060. Information may be sent by e-mail to Brian Sundberg at email address brian.n.sundberg.ctr@mail.mil.
All submitted information will be protected as proprietary. Responses are requested not later than 8/30/2012
This notice constitutes a Request for Information/Comment only, THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION; no award will be made for this effort at this time. This request for information is for informational purposes only; this is not a Request for Proposal (RFP). All interested firms, regardless of size, are encouraged to respond to this RFI. The Government will not pay for information and materials received in response to this RFI and is in no way obligated by the information received.