Joint Service Aircrew Mask (JSAM) Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Aircrew Filter Pack (JAFP)

This is a Sources Sought Notice ONLY. Requests for copies of a solicitation will not receive a response. The Joint Project Manager for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Protection (JPM CBRN P) is issuing this sources sought announcement as part of a market survey to establish a baseline of knowledge within industry relative to the technical maturity and availability of Chemical and Biological (CB) protective filter for use in all variants of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) that will provide combined protection for CB. The JPM P wishes to identify potential sources that may possess the product required to meet the requirements of the Joint Service Aircrew Mask (JSAM) Aircrew Filter Pack (JAFP). Background: The JSAM-JSF is a system for individual pilots that offers above the neck percutaneous, ocular, and respiratory protection against CB warfare agents. The JAFP is the primary filtration component of the JSAM-JSF. It is responsible for reducing CB agents, in air and enriched oxygen, to a safe ocular and inhalation level for pilots. The JAFP is specifically designed to integrate with the JSAM-JSF mask and JSF Life Support System and Pilot Flight Equipment within the F-35 cockpit. The JAFP filter requirements include in part: [1] Protect the pilot against field levels of chemical agents (liquid, aerosol and vapor). [2] Absorbent shall comply with MIL-DTL-32101. [3] Inlet and outlet shall interface with JSAM-JSF three pin connections. [4] Weight shall not exceed 425 grams. [5] Meet all performance requirements after 10 years of storage in its packaged configuration. [6] Meet all performance requirements after 1 year of unpackaged storage in temperatures from -32'C to +49'C. [7] Meet all performance requirements after exposure to rough handling, temperature shock, fungus, ozone, salt fog, and cold temperature drop. [8] Diameter shall not exceed 5.51 inches excluding the inlet and outlet, and height shall not exceed 3.26 inches. Vendors that can provide an existing product or a modified product that meets or exceeds the above requirements are invited to submit the following information in a capability statement: 1) product summary, 2) complete description of technical characteristics, capabilities and product maturity, 3) photographs, diagrams, drawings and descriptions of proposed technologies, and 4) current or projected production capacity. Vendors shall also indicate if commercially developed/non-developmental items or components may be used or proposed. Vendors are requested to submit their Capability Statement to the point of contact noted below. This Sources Sought Notice is for planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a Request for Proposal or as an obligation on the part of the Government for follow-on-acquisition. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this Notice, or otherwise pay for the information requested. No entitlement or payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise as a result of submission of responses to this Notice and Government use of such information. All proprietary data that the respondent intends to be used only by the Government for evaluation purposes must be identified and appropriately marked. See Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 3.104.4;52.215-1(e). The respondent must also identify all technical data contained in the information paper that is to be treated by the Government as 'subject to restrictive markings'. In the absence of such identification, the Government will assume to have unlimited rights to all technical data in the information paper. Acknowledgement of receipt of responses will not be made, nor will respondents be notified of the government's view of the information received. Respondents are instructed not to send any material that requires a non-disclosure agreement. Responses to this notice will not be returned. Responses should be submitted, as indicated above, and at a minimum, should include: RFI number, company name, address, telephone number, facsimile number, website address (if available), and type of business (large or small), cage code, informational paper addressing the areas of interest listed above, brochures, published technical specifications, and 3rd party performance verification. The name, telephone number, and e-mail address of a point of contact having the authority and knowledge to clarify responses with Government representatives should also be included. Submission shall not exceed 25 pages. The electronic submission shall be submitted in Portable Document Format (.pdf) or Microsoft Word (.docx) format. The email subject line shall contain the following description, "JSAM-JSF-JSF-2020-RFI, Vendor Name". Electronic submissions are required and shall be sent to the following email addresses: timothy.r.krakowski.civ@mail.mil ryan.adams@usmc.mil christopher.carlsen@usmc.mil Contracting Office Address: ACC-APG SCRT - Edgewood, ATTN: AMSSB-ACC-E, 5183 Blackhawk Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010-5424 Place of Performance: ACC-APG SCRT - Edgewood ATTN: AMSSB-ACC-E, 5183 Blackhawk Road Aberdeen Proving Ground MD 21010-5424 US