Vendor Demonstration Opportunity This Mission and Installation Contracting Command Fort Bliss is hosting a Mock Training Special Effects Industry Day on 1-2 June 2011. The intent for this event is to allow vendors to provide demonstrations or information on their products focused on training aids for live fire targetry concepts, battlefield effects, and training aids. We anticipate holding an open forum discussion setting on Day 1 to discuss contracting strategies, industry standards, and the command vision. This will be an opportunity for contractors and Army personnel to network and share ideas. A representative from several installation offices will attend and give a presentation on the proposed vision and the business model for contracting. All suggestions are welcome to make this a worthwhile event for everyone. All interested vendors/contractors are invited to RSVP their attendance as space will be limited for the event due to the fact that this event is scheduled for just 2 days. We have limited space and time for booths/Tables/Presentation/ Demonstrations. Vendors that have previously RSVP's will be given the first opportunity for reservations. Day One - 1 June 2011 The first day will begin at approximately 8:00 AM with round table discussions followed by static displays that provide the visitor literature about the product and an opportunity for a "hands-on" experience. Day Two - 22 June 2011 The second day will consist of demonstrations of products that may require more space than the previous day's venue, scheduled by vendor for an audience of military and civilians. The second day will be conducted on a range or area on East Fort Bliss that will allow for pyrotechnics and remotely operated devices to be used; it will not support live-fire demonstrations that would include projectiles or bullets to be used. The goal of the event is to develop best practices for future contract solicitations for the equipment, supplies, services listed in the following pages. In these days of constricting budgets, Fort Bliss is looking for ways to provide cutting edge realistic training "Better, Faster, Cheaper, and Safer." TARGETS Fort Bliss is looking at options for remotely controlled mobile in two categories, man-size and vehicle-size. They should both have locator systems that allow a user to locate the target among several structures even though out of line of sight. The man size targets will be remotely controlled from up to one km away. Both of these types should also be equipped to allow the operator to interact with the Soldiers executing the ranges. -The first type will be basically a mannequin target that can be moved by two or more wheels independent of some kind of track and across non-paved surfaces. The target should be able to be engaged by up to 7.62mm rounds. The movement system does have to be hardened against small arms as well. The movement system should allow the target to negotiate three to four inch high obstacles, enter a ground level building or move across unpaved desert terrain. -The second type of target should be stationary falling man targetry, mannequin-type targets linked to a mechanism that allows for the target to fall once it has been engaged. The mechanism should have a varying sensitivity, the capability to be set to fall after being hit one to three times. This mechanism should be unobtrusive, hidden within in the mannequin wearing a robe or other garment. The vehicular targets will be in at least two pieces, the movement system and the shell. The movement system should be hardened to withstand up 7.62mm rounds. It should have a top speed of at least 25 mph and be either diesel or electrically driven. The system will be remotely controlled from up to one to two kilometers away. It should have position location ability in order to allow the operator to ascertain its location in reference to the range upon which it is being operated. The shell should be easily attached and unattached from the movement system by two personnel. The shells should be available in a mix of configurations from civilian cars or trucks to commonly found military equipment. CASUALTY TRAINING AIDS Fort Bliss is looking for combat casualty training aids, something that more closely replicates combat wounds than the standard moulage kits. These aids include live tissue replication and amputation. These aids would allow Soldiers to wear wound-replicating attachments that would allow the responding personnel to do more than just evaluate the casualty. The first responders should be able to begin to treat the casualty and see results. More complex treatment apparatus would allow medically trained Soldiers to conduct evaluations on a living patient that replicates organ and soft tissue damage. TRAINING BUILDINGS Fort Bliss is also looking for temporary, easily transportable, and easily assembled training aids that replicate small buildings from Afghanistan, the Middle East, and rural Africa. The exterior and interior should replicate the look and texture of various building materials like brick, cinder block, adobe, mud, wood, bamboo, straw, thatch, etc. These aids may or may not have floors but must have roofs. Ideally the training aids would be stackable and able to be palletized and designed for movement by truck or towed across rough terrain into locations. These aids should be configurable or scalable in size and number to provide various size units varying experiences. They must be easily assembled/disassembled by 2-4 persons using minimal hand tools, able to be procured in a mixture of buildings that resemble Afghanistan and Iraqi village structures, have (2) doors and (2) window openings, with each door being "breachable" and replaceable at low cost, have a hidden compartment for a weapons cache, made of long-lasting materials suitable for year-round military training, and include installation and training for first iteration of set up. BREACHING DOORS/ WALL SECTIONS Fort Bliss is interested in training aids for breaching operations. The overarching intent is to reduce repair time, time spent replacing training aids between iterations, and increase realism over current methods. The feedback to the Soldier/user requires training aids that will give realistic feedback in resistance and operation to those found in theater. The overall cost would be realized between saved man-hours and, over time, the replacement cost of alternative doors even though the initial dollar amount will be more than a hollow-core door. The doors must be "scalable" to replicate doors of differing security levels, closed (latched), locked, and dead-bolted. The doors and frames should be parts of the same system to alleviate any compatibility issues. The doors should be breachable along the hinges or lock plate by pry, ram, shotgun (up to two-shot hinges and lock), hydraulic means, and/or explosives. The doors will be reusable, not needing to be replaced, after being breached by explosives up to C2. There may be different types of doors; a door may meet two of the five different types. These doors will be able to open in either direction. The breachable wall sections should be a "plug" that can be used in an existing mud, brick, stone, or wooden wall that will allow Soldiers to explosively breach resulting in damage to that section only. The rest of the wall will be undamaged and returning it to its "un-breached" appearance will be done by replacing the plug. The plug can be produced in varying sizes, small squares or entire height-of-the-wall sections. VISUAL MODIFICATIONS TO HMMWVS Fort Bliss is looking for easily applied and removed visual modification packages for M998 HMMWVs to replicate civilian cargo trucks of a type found in Afghanistan and in the Middle East in general. Unlike the VISMODs used at the CTCs these would replicate civilian vehicles not OPFOR or Russian produce military equipment. BATTLEFIELD EFFECTS Fort Bliss is looking for a way to replicate battlefield effects in regards to perceived threat without the dangers of producing casualties. RPGs, mines, IEDs, VBIEDs, suicide vests, and artillery impact simulations are examples of the effects for which we are looking. These effects will need to be able to be conducted in safely close proximity to Soldiers in day/night and all weather conditions. They will provide an immersive environment in which Soldiers will be exposed to a level of realism that is not currently available. The solicitation would call for the contractor to provide subject matter experts and associated equipment and material to perform these effects as necessary for units' training for a period of 12 months with an option for an additional 12 months. Following the 12 or 24 month period, GS Civilians will employ the equipment and utilize the original contractor's material for an additional 12 months, after which bidding would commence for long term contract for equipment and material. During the contract period the SMEs will provide oversight to the training of GS Civilians in Range Operations to ensure they are able to safely produce those effects in accordance with applicable industry and state/federal laws, regulations, and standards. The goal is to after using contractors for a limited time to ensure Range Operations personnel training, have Fort Bliss personnel able to create these effects safely. There is no fee for registration; however, it is limited by the venue capacity. Once all seats are filled, no further reservations will be accepted. Those firms interested in providing information in response to this sources sought are requested to provide the following information to the Contract Specialists, Dawn Montgomery at
[email protected] and Shellie Munoz at
[email protected] by the close of business on 23 May 2011: 1) Firm Name; 2) Firm Address; 3) DUNS/CAGE Code; 4) POC Information; 5) Size of Business (number of employees); 6) Annual Revenue; 7) List the States you have performed work in; and 8) Provide information on previous work performed for any of the topics to be discussed to include: a description of the project, POC name and phone number/email address for the owner, amount of contract award, period of performance of the contract, and other unique features of the project that we should know about. 9) Complete the attached RSVP form and provide all required information. You will receive an email to confirm your attendance.