99--Notice to Offerors regarding updates to the Performance Specification for the Ocular Interruption System. This is not an RFI.

Information provided herein is for informational purposes only. This is NOT a Request for Information. This purpose of this notice is to increase industry’s awareness regarding the OI system’s performance specification. The contents herein are subject to change without notice. No current product solicitation exists for the OI system. The Government does not guarantee a solicitation will be released concerning the requirements in Attachment 1, which do not obligate the Government to purchase any product. Marine Corps Systems Command (MARCORSYSCOM) plans to solicit for an Ocular Interruption (OI) system that satisfies the technical requirements provided for in Attachment 1. Per MIL-STD-961E Change 1, use of the term “shall? in the specification indicates a threshold required metric of performance, and the term “should? in the specification indicates an objective desired value. The Government prefers an inherently eye-safe OI device. If the OI device is not inherently eye-safe, it must incorporate engineering mechanisms to prevent injury to exposed personnel. For the purposes of the OI program, eye-safe is defined as not exceeding the Maximum Permissible Exposure (MPE) limits that have been set by the Naval Laser Safety Review Board (LSRB) for a 0.25 second exposure. The OI program’s objective is to procure a system that is a Commercial–Off-The-Shelf (COTS), commercial, or Nondevelopmental Item (NDI) requiring minimal development in accordance with the definitions in the FAR Part 2.101. Attachment 1 of this notice is an updated version of Attachment 1 of the previously released M67854-12-I-1023 RFI and is hereby being provided to industry, for information purposes only. Comments received in response to this notification will be taken into consideration with regard to any resultant Request for Proposal (RFP). However, the Government is not requesting any industry feedback at this time, in anticipation of the final RFP release, early Fall 2012. Comments/recommendations regarding this notice shall be submitted via email to contact@example.gov and copied to contact@example.gov. TELEPHONE CALLS WILL NOT BE HONORED. Again, all comments/recommendations will be considered for inclusion in any resultant released RFP. Notice Vendors are advised that the Government may use support contractor/non-government personnel from Lockheed Martin Corporation, DCS Corporation and Patricio Enterprises to review the industry responses, if any. Proprietary information submitted in response to this update will be protected from unauthorized disclosure as required by Subsection 27 of the Federal Procurement Policy Act as amended (41 U.S.C. 423) (hereinafter referred to as "the Act") as implemented in the FAR. These companies are bound contractually by Organizational Conflict of Interest and non-disclosure clauses with respect to proprietary information. Support contractor/non-government personnel are procurement officials within the meaning of the Act, and will take all necessary action to preclude unauthorized use or disclosure of vendor's proprietary data.