Artillery Tactical Advanced Land Inertial Navigator (aTALIN) Global Positioning Satellite Engineering Support U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command – Armaments Center (DEVCOM-AC) Weapons Software & Engineer Center (WSEC), Picatinny Arsenal, NJ is currently seeking sources for the completion of troubleshooting and engineering support of the Artillery Tactical Advanced Land Inertial Navigator (aTALIN) for the M1299. This Sources Sought Notice is for planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a solicitation or Request for Proposal or as an obligation on the part of the Government. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this Sources Sought. In preparation for a possible future procurement, DEVCOM-AC-WSEC is issuing this Sources Sought to explore a breakout strategy for this requirement. DEVCOM-AC-WSEC is interested in exploring the market capability to support this effort and determine if a competitive environment exists. The Statement of Objectives identified under this Sources Sought is as follows: STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES: The DEVCOM-AC WSECs objective is to establish a M1299 navigation system representative lab support environment and complete a data analysis and Inertial Navigation Unit (INU) Built-In Test (BIT) failure troubleshooting for the aTALIN. Contractor shall perform the following: Provide technical engineering support to perform analysis of Ethernet traffic captured by DEVCOM-AC during an aTALIN failure. Establish a lab aTALIN support environment representative of the DEVCOM-AC’s production representative platform configuration and test the aTALIN's operation. Determine under what conditions interconnected LRU messages are sent to the aTALIN. Determine the effects of continuous messaging being sent to the aTALIN. Responses should include specific capabilities that allow detailed diagnostics and modification of the aTALIN INU’s internal hardware and software. Interested parties shall submit a brief capability statement, demonstrating how they are capable of performing this requirement. Standard corporate brochures are not desired. The capability statement should include the following: company name, address, telephone number, email address, technical point of contract, DUNS number, Cage Code and company size (please specify as either a Large Business, Foreign-Owned Business, Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, 8(a) concern, Woman-Owned Small Business, Historically Underutilized Business Zone concern, Veteran-Owned Small Business, or Service-Disabled Small Business), and Technical description of ability to meet the requirement. If similar work for the Government has been completed in the past, information about those contracts is also desired. This Sources Sought is for information purposes only and shall not be construed as a commitment or a promise of a contract by the Government. This is not a solicitation. If a formal solicitation is generated at a later date, a Request for Proposal (RFP) will be published. If a RFP is released, it will be synopsized on the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website. It is the responsibility of the potential offerors to monitor these websites for additional information pertaining to this requirement. The Government is not obligated to notify respondents of the results of this survey. All information submitted will be held in a confidential status. Information provided will not be returned. TELEPHONE INQUIRIES/SUBMISSIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. The Government will accept questions via email ONLY. The Army is not seeking, and will not accept, unsolicited proposals. Responders are advised that the U.S. Government is not responsible and will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in responding to this notice. All submissions are required by 2 February 2023 at 3pm EST, via electronic mail to the Point of Contact (POC) for this action:
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