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Request for Information For:

Radiological Detection System (RDS)

1.0 Purpose:

This is a Request for Information (RFI) Only.  This RFI is intended for release to SAM.gov.  The Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense (JPEO-CBRND), Joint Project Manager Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Sensors (JPM S), Joint Product Leader for Radiological and Nuclear Defense (JPdL RND) is issuing this RFI for information and planning purposes;  it does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP.  This RFI does not contractually commit the Government for any supply or service.  Respondents are advised that the U.S. Government will not pay any cost incurred in response to this RFI.  Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation if future RFPs are issued. 

The RFI objective is to gain information about respondent’s capabilities in developing, testing, and/or manufacturing a solution capable of meeting the requirements set forth in the “Radiological Detection System (RDS) Performance Specification” and answer questions set forth below in Section.  Each respondent shall review the RDS Performance Specification (P-SPEC) and provide feedback indicating respondent’s capabilities to develop, test and/or manufacture a system which would be able to meet the Government’s requirements.  To get access to the RDS P-SPEC, the respondent shall request access from the Contracting Team (Contracting Officer AND Contract Specialist) via email.  Please note, the RDS P-SPEC is marked Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) so please ensure (and provide evidence with your access request email) that your company has completed an NIST SP 800-171 Assessment in the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS).  

In the event that the respondent’s current system and/or current capabilities do not meet the Government’s requirements, but may meet the Government’s requirements in the future, the respondent shall provide the anticipated timeline for meeting these requirements.  Each response to this RFI shall include: (1) proposed System Description/Information; (2) Responses to all requested information noted below in Section 4.0 “Submission Criteria”.

The PSC Code for this RFI is 6665 “Hazard-Detecting Instruments and Apparatus”.  The NAICS code for this RFI is 334519 “Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing”.

2.0 Background:

The objective of the RDS program is to provide a rugged Radiation Detection, Indication and Computation (RADIAC) meter that replaces legacy radiological survey meters currently employed by the United States Air Force (USAF) (ADM-300), United States Navy (USN) (Multi-Function RADIAC (MFR) Suite), United States Coast Guard (USCG) (MFR Suite), United States Army (USA) (AN/PDR-77 & AN/VDR-2) and United States Marine Corps (USMC) (AN/PDR-77).  RDS provides a Joint solution that eliminates (or reduces the risk of) parts obsolescence, increases capability, reduces life-cycle costs, and addresses Operation Tomodachi lessons learned for common, interoperable equipment with adequate sensitivity and common units of measure.  RDS will be fielded to all four Services (Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force) in addition to the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM).  In addition, Canada and the United Kingdom (UK) actively participate in the RDS Program.

On 12 September 2016, JPdL RND awarded contract W911SR-16-D-0027 to Ludlum doing business as (dba) Visionary Products Inc. (VPI) for the development and production of the RDS. RDS was approved for Full Rate Production (FRP) in 2024.

3.0 Potential Future need

The United States Armed Services is in need of FRP RDS systems.  Approximate projected total quantities over five (5) years are:

• 16,000 base units
• 3,000 beta photon probes
• 1,100 alpha beta probes
• 200 small area beta gamma probes
• 200 sensitive gamma probes
• 200 FIDLER probes
• 700 neutron probes

The Government is investigating an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) for the FRP of the RDS.  The Government projects a need for RDS production through 2043.  The anticip