NA GENERAL: The Army Targets Management Office, will host a THIRD Industry Day Forum on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 8 and 9, 2002, at Huntsville, AL. The purpose of the forum is to provide interested parties and potential offerors information and an opportunity to provide feedback on the proposed NGATS performance requirements. Specifically, this third forum will focus on round table discussions of the Army's Performance Requirements Guideline Document (PRGD), and an initial briefing on the draft NGATS design. Al l firms who produce target hardware, battlefield effects simulator, target control systems, target scoring systems, live fire ranges, or have experience in integration test and installation of similar distributed component systems are encouraged to attend this forum. The PRGD is available for review at http://ngats.redstone.army.mil. BACKGROUND: The Army Targets Management Office intends to develop a New Generation Army Target System to replace existing target systems on live fire ranges. This NGATS target system will be made up of families of targetry components that are interchangeable and prov ide the required performance at a low life cycle cost. Compatible NGATS components will be deployed on Army training ranges in a sequential or blocked program where each block represents increases in performance, reductions in life cycle cost, or both. Th e NGATS program is scheduled to begin fielding ranges in late FY06 with a Block I NGATS system. The schedule for fielding Block II and subsequent blocks will be set at a later date. In order to implement Block I, the Government has begun requirement defi nition and system design activities with a design integration contractor, CSC Inc of Huntsville, AL. As a part of this design activity, the Government, along with the design integration contractor, will develop and provide system requirements and interfac es that target system components must meet. The PRGD is the compilation of performance requirements that will serve as the source of information for specification development. The INITIAL RELEASE of the NGATS Interface Control Documents is currently plan ned for early in the second quarter of FY03. During FY03, and FY04 the Government intends to sponsor a series of Industry Days including the design integration contractor and interested target industry companies to present the progress of the design and i nterface definitions. Technical input from industry is strongly desired at these meetings. Industry comment on the progress and direction of the Government's activities will impact the content of the interfaces that NGATS Block I targetry components must meet. The Government's intent is to have a family of each type of system component that will meet the interface requirements and provide a spectrum of price/performance to satisfy the large spectrum of Army range types and requirements. Beginning in FY0 3 and continuing through FY04, the Government plans to operate a facility at the Redstone Arsenal where targetry component manufacturers can have their products tested for conformance to the requirements/interfaces. In late FY04, the Government will contra ct on a competitive basis, with a Production Integration Contractor to integrate and test a targetry system consisting of components that have been shown to meet the requirements/interfaces. Following the successful tests/demonstrations of the prototype t argetry system, the Production Integration Contractor will install targetry systems on Army live fire ranges. Options for post warranty support of the installed ranges will be included in this contract for the use of range operators. Installation of NGAT S Block I ranges is expected to continue for several years. NGATS Block II and any subsequent releases will be produced as a result of future procurement actions to introduce technology advancement and satisfy new training requirements. Such releases wil l be integrated and tested by a competitively sele cted production integration contractor who upon successful test/demonstration will be directed to install targetry systems on Army live fire ranges. The Production Integration contract will include a Hardware, Software and Services Exclusionary provision that will impose a restraint upon future business. This is necessary to preclude potential conflicts of interest and prevent the existence of a conflicting interest that might bias the Production Integration Contractor's judgment. Please see subpart 9.5, Federal Acquisition Regulation, 'Organizational and Consultant Conflicts of Interest'. ADMISSION: DUE TO HEIGHTENED SECURITY MEASURES ON POST, ADMISSION CANNOT BE GAURANTEED WITHOUT PRIOR RESERVATIONS. Reservations must be received by noon on 04 October in order that we may make arrangements with the security forces for gate entrance on the 8th. Fore ign national personnel wishing to attend must contact the persons listed below for additional instructions. Reservations should be either faxed or e-mailed to: Ms. Tonya Whittington, Targets Management Office, fax
+1 (555) 000-0000 or E-mail address:
contact@example.gov. A courtesy copy of the fax or e-mail should also be sent to: Ms. Vickie Beaver, Targets Management Office, Fax
+1 (555) 000-0000 or E-mail address:
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contact@example.gov DATE : October 8 and 9, 2002 TIME: 0830 hrs until 1630 hrs both days. LOCATION: The Industry Day will be held on post in Building 3201. Hercules Drive. Maps to the approved entrance gate and to the meeting will be provided for registered participants and parking is available adjacent to the building AGENDA: Day One: Sign in will begin at 08:30 hrs and the morning will be filled with presentations by the Government and support contractors describing the NGATS and the PRGD, followed by a roundtable discussion of the document and the requirements it contains. Participants that wish to schedule a private meeting with the Government on the second day should make this known and a second day schedule will be formed. Day Two: The schedule agreed on day one will be executed. POST INDUSTRY DAY: The Government will publish a CDROM containing all briefings presented at this Industry Day and a summary of the technical discussions on both days. This will be available to all registered participants. The source of questions, statem ents and comments that are published will be identified as either Government or industry but will not be attributed to a particular participant. Proprietary information provided to the Government and identified as proprietary will be protected. INFORMATION SECURITY: The classification for all briefings and discussions will be 'UNCLASSIFIED'.
