BALLISTICS IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM
1. Description
This Sources Sought is issued solely for information, planning purposes, and market research only; it does not constitute a Request for Quote (RFQ) or a promise to issue an RFQ. This Sources Sought does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service. The CENTCOM- Joint Theater Support Contracting Command (C-JTSCC) is not at this time seeking proposals. The purpose of this Sources Sought is to seek industry information about existing commercially available Ballistics Identification Systems. This Sources Sought is not seeking information about commercially available Ballistics Identification Systems which are in the developmental phase.
This Sources Sought is designed to conduct market research to determine the current level of technology and availability of such technology in the current market. C-JTSCC is interested in obtaining information related to existing, fully developed, and integrated commercially available Ballistics Identification Systems described in the following sections. Small businesses are encouraged to respond to this RFI in order to assist C-JTSCC in determining the potential level of interest, adequate competition, and technical capability of the Small Business community to fulfill this requirement. However, responses to the Sources Sought are solicited from all interested parties.
2. REQUIREMENTS:
C-JTSCC has a requirement for a Ballistics Identification System. The system must have the following capabilities:
Image capture of cartridge cases and bullets
Multiple light and magnification levels
Ability to input information on firearm, ownership and incident
Automated acquisition of cartridge cases or bullets
Local and remote connectivity
Provide correlation scores for ranking of the potential matching candidates
Support of all calibers ranging from 0.17 to 0.50
Ability to view results and images in a tile-screen mode to simultaneously
display multiple bullet or cartridge case images
Ability to compare exhibit pairs side-by-side
Ability to generate reports
Ability to export images, reports, and side-by-side views to local or
networked printer
Ability to share information with other workstations or locations
Scalable storage capacity and backup options
Windows interface
The manufacturer should provide technical support capabilities for the Ballistics Identification System.
The system should be covered against manufacturing defects.
Interested parties must be able to ship to Afghanistan.
RESPONSES:
This is a Sources Sought. This is not a solicitation, award or request for quote and does not obligate the Government to award a contract. C-JTSCC will not be responsible for any cost incurred by interested parties in responding to the Sources Sought. Any and all associated costs shall be expended solely at the expense of the responder. Unsolicited proposals or offers of any kind will not be considered in response to this Sources Sought. All information received in response to this Sources Sought will not be returned. At this time, questions concerning the composition and requirements for a future RFQ, as well as those regarding the nature of the services to be performed under any future initiative will not be accepted. Responses must include the following information:
Company name; mailing address; physical address; point of contact(s); telephone number, fax number; email address; Federal Tax Identification Number, DUNS number; NAICS code; company business size (if small indicate type); and GSA schedule number (if applicable), and must be registered in Systems for Award Management (www.SAMS.gov) to be considered for this requirement.
Ann H. Session, LTJG, Email [email protected]
