This pre-solicitation notice is posted to publicize the Government's intent to issue a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (MA IDIQ) in support of the Counter-IED Culvert Challenge.

This pre-solicitation notice is posted to publicize the Government's intent to issue a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (MA IDIQ) in support of the Counter-IED Culvert Challenge. Large and small business concerns are sought to participate in a Challenge-Based Acquisition where their technical capabilities, production capacity, prior experience, and competitive pricing will be assessed. Task orders issued under this MA IDIQ Challenge-Based Acquisition may be awarded as Firm Fixed-Price (FFP), Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF), or a hybrid of the two. There will be task orders for challenge participation, and additional task orders may be awarded based on challenge performance for testing, refinement, and production quantities.

Description of work: Through this MA IDIQ, the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) in collaboration with the Joint Improvised Explosive Devices Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) seeks innovative solutions for surveillance and inspection of Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) emplacements and remote detection and identification of objects of interest, specifically IEDs and paraphernalia within and around culvert tunnels, tunneling events under roadways, and roadway craters.

This solicitation will be issued in electronic format only. Offerors must register in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov prior to submission of proposals. The solicitation will be posted to FedBizOpps at www.fedbizopps.gov, and is available to contractors without charge.

The ARL and the JIEDDO will host an Industry Day on 25 March 2014, 1000-1130 hrs, at the Maryland National Guard Center at 2600 Powder Mill Road in Adelphi, Maryland to present an overview of the requirement and field initial questions from vendors.

In the event of change in Federal Government Operating Status (available via opm.gov) for the Washington, DC area, contingency plans are as follows:

In the case of a two (2) hour delay, the meeting will be postponed to 1300 hrs on 25 March.
In the case of government closing, the meeting will be postponed to Wednesday, 26 March, at 1000 hrs.

Please contact the Contract Specialist to register .

Points of Contact:
Christine Chase, Contract Specialist: christine.m.chase10.civ@mail.mil
Clay Socha, Contracting Officer: clay.w.socha.civ@mail.mil