Army Engineers buy Caron East small UAV Sole Source

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Title:              Intent to Sole Source
Sol. #:             W9132V16T0003
Agency:             Department of the Army
Office:             U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Location:           USACE ITL, GSL, EL, CHL, Vicksburg
Posted On:          Feb 02, 2016 3:57 pm
Base Type:          Special Notice
Link:               https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USA/COE/329/W9132V16T0003/listing.html

The US Army Corps of Engineers - Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), Geospatial Research Laboratory (GRL) intends to award a contract on a sole source basis to Caron East, Inc (Cage Code 099E8) for a small Unmanned Airborne Systems (sUAS), pursuant to FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) Soliciting from a single source.ERDC-GRL has a requirement to procure one (1) sUAS with, at a minimum, the following salient characteristics:

1. Must be a Hand launched aircraft
2. Spare components included in deployment kit
3. Aircraft weight < 1.5 kg
4. UAS operates in Auto and Assist modes
5. Flight duration > 50 min
6. PC and Android based mission planning application
7. Achieve long track image overlap of 80% with Tail wind of 15mph
8. Ability to support multiple command and control frequencies
9. Command and control link up to 12 km
10. Ability to continue mission in lost-link mode - automated return home
11. Aircraft should tolerate rough surface landing (unimproved surfaces, gravel)
12. Aircraft should tolerate impacting obstacles (brush, etc.on landing approach
13. EO system of 16 megapixels or larger, support to RAW and JPEG formats
14. Camera triggering rate > 4 Hz
15. Ability to support pixel resolutions to < 2 cm
16. Ability to support wind conditions of up to 40 mph
17. Height above take off location (MSL) up to 700 m
18. Single-man field portable system (backpack)

Carson East Inc. has been identified as the only source offering a product that meets all of the required specifications. Due to the nature of the research that the sUAS will be used for it is imperative that all of the minimum specifications are met. The associated North American
Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 336411, which has a size standard of 750 employees.
This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive quotations. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement. Any interested party that believes they can fulfill this requirement should submit a capability statement to be reviewed. All submissions will be considered, however there is no guarantee that submissions in response to this notice will in any way alter the Government's acquisition strategy.