Rear View Camera System

DESCRIPTION OF INTENT: THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes. No contract will be awarded from this announcement. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) or an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation, nor is it a request seeking contractors to be placed on a solicitation mailing list. Response to this RFI is voluntary and no reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to it and any follow-on information requests. Data submitted in response to this RFI will not be returned. No solicitation document exists at this time, and calls requesting a solicitation will not be answered. DISCLAIMER: The United States Government (USG) is not obligated to protect unmarked data. Nor is the USG obligated for like data in possession of third parties or for data which is afterwards placed in the public domain by the contractor or by third parties through no fault of the USG. Should the USG need to reproduce the protected data for distribution purposes between USG offices, all such data will be reproduced with restrictive legends in place. PROPRIETARY INFORMATION It is the contractors' responsibility to properly mark all information submitted to the USG. The USG acknowledges its obligations under 18 U.S.C. - 1905 and the Federal Acquisition Regulation 3.104-4 to protect confidential information provided to the USG. Pursuant to this statute, the USG is willing to accept any trade secrets or proprietary restrictions placed upon qualifying data forwarded in response to this RFI and to protect such information from unauthorized disclosure, subject to the following: - Qualifying data must be clearly marked PROPRIETARY and be accompanied by an explanatory text so that the USG is clearly notified as to exactly what data so qualifies. - Mark only data that is truly confidential. - Do not mark data that is already in the public domain or is already in possession of the USG or third parties on an unclassified basis. - Proprietary data transmitted electronically must have the PROPRIETARY legend on both the cover of the transmittal e-mail as well as at the beginning of the file. Proprietary information contained within the correspondence shall use the legends: "PROPRIETARY PORTION BEGINS" and "PROPRIETARY PORTION ENDS." Support Contractors: The USG sometimes uses support contractors in evaluating responses. Consequently, responses that contain proprietary information may receive only limited or no consideration since the Respondent's marking of data as "PROPRIETARY" will preclude disclosure of same outside the USG and therefore will preclude disclosure to these support contractors assisting the evaluation effort. The USG will use its best efforts to evaluate those responses that contain proprietary information without using support contractors consistent with the resources available. INSTRUCTIONS FOR RESPONDING TO THIS REQUEST: Responses to this RFI should be sent via e-mail to Alessandro Padro at alessandro.v.padro.civ@mail.mil. You are requested to put "Rear View Camera - 2019" in the subject line of the e-mail and attachments shall be in MS Word or PDF format. Any request for clarifications shall also be addressed to Alessandro Padro at alessandro.v.padro.civ@mail.mil Responses to the RFI are due on 10 June 2019. Responses received after this, whether received by email or by mail, may not be considered. Please note that all questions and answers will be posted anonymously to this website. The cut-off date for questions is 27 May 2019. Questions that are received by this office after the deadline will be considered late and may not be answered. Any information that cannot be sent via email can be sent on two (2) identical compact disks (CDs) or Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) in MS PowerPoint or Word or PDF format to the following address: U.S. Army Contracting Command - Warren ATTN: Alessandro Padro TACOM/mail Stop 531 6501 E 11 Mile Rd Warren, MI 48397 INFORMATION REQUESTED FROM INDUSTRY: Company a. Name: _________________________________________________________________ b. Mailing Address: ________________________________________________________ c. Website: _______________________________________________________________ d. CAGE (commercial and government entity) Code (if any): _______________________ e. North America Industry Classification System (NAICS) number: __________________ f. Business size and eligibility under USG social-economic programs and preference: ________________________________________________________________________ Personnel Responding to RFI a. Name: ________________________________________________________________ b. Title: _________________________________________________________________ c. Company Responsibility/Position: _________________________________________ d. Telephone/Fax Numbers: ________________________________________________ e. E-Mail Address: _____________________________________________________ OBJECTIVE The purpose of this RFI is to gather information that would aid the Program Manager - Armored Fighting Vehicle (PM AFV) in knowing what the industry has to offer for a demonstration relative to current Commercial off the Shelf (COTS); and near term products within the Rear View Camera System to enable situational awareness capabilities at the Chief of Section (COS) station for when the crew is "buttoned up" (windows, doors and hatched closed) turning the vehicle. The camera would assist the crew in clearing the rear of the M109A7 vehicle when conducting pivot steer during a mission. The Camera Sensor System shall include the capability to occupy a space claim of approximately 14" wide, 7" tall, and 16" deep (aft of vehicle) if using two cameras co-located in a dual space claim option or 7" wide, 3.5" tall and 8" deep if using two cameras located separately to achieve desired fields of vision as listed below. The camera shall be all weather and be able to sustain the shock and vibe requirements from MIL-STD-810 Tracked Vehicle Vibrations (found at https://quicksearch.dla.mil/qsSearch.aspx) for military vehicles. Limited night vision at short distances would be a plus. Desired field of vision for the camera(s) is 120 degrees horizontally; 40 degrees vertically at a distance range between 1.2 meters and 20 meters. Objective field of vision for the camera(s) is 180 degrees horizontally; 55 degrees vertically at a distance range 150 - 200 meter distance from the back of the vehicle. Response shall be in white paper format and provide detail to aid in PM AFV's ability to easily translate the information. GENERAL INFORMATION: A Rear View Camera System is being considered as part of a future capabilities assessment. Lessons learned from this effort may be included in future business case analyses, will inform future USG specifications, will provide a better estimate for program cost and identify potential schedule risks. INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING SURVEY: 1. Please respond to every question. 2. Number each response with the appropriate question number. 3. You do not have to repeat the question in your response. 4. If you cannot answer the question, please indicate "No Response." 5. If a response will satisfy another question, state: "See response to question XX." 6. Spell out any acronyms in their first instance. 7. If proprietary information is provided, please provide a release statement indicating that the proprietary information may be distributed to Army personnel involved with this Market Survey. QUESTIONAIRE: Please provide a white paper regarding Rear View Camera System including the following responses: 1. Provide a functional overview of your product(s): a. Explain the functional characteristics of your product. b. Explain how your product would enable a Camera to achieve the visibility requirements c. Provide an overview of how your product would meet the provided space claim constraints and interface requirements to include a 3-dimensional computer-aided design (CAD) overlay of the proposed camera within the specified space claim. d. Identify supporting system(s) for your Rear View Camera System, if any. 2. Current product availability. a. Do you currently have a technically mature (at least TRL 6) product capable of meeting the camera requirements provided? i. If yes, explain and support your current TRL assessment. b. Do you currently have the capability to develop a technically mature (at least TRL 6) product capable of meeting the camera requirements provided within a nine month timeframe? i. If yes, explain and support your current TRL assessment. c. Provide production cost estimates, per camera unit and future repair costs, if applicable. 3. Future product availability. a. Do you anticipate having a technically mature (at least TRL 6) product capable of meeting the rear view camera requirements provided in the future? i. If yes, explain when it is expected and how you plan to mature the product to TRL 6 or greater. b. Provide production cost estimates per camera/camera system and future repair costs, if applicable.