Summary: The U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center, 400 Colleran Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005, is requesting pricing for specific off the shelf cable for a 5 year contract to purchase and deliver the cable and lengths specified below.
Background: The U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center (ATC), a subordinate command to the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, is the Defense Department s agency for ballistics testing. The Aberdeen Test Center (ATC) requires a specific cable to be used for data acquisition purposes. The cable that is required meets our desired frequency response. The cable must be made by the manufacturer listed and substitutions are not permitted. Substitutions are not permitted as the physical and electrical specifications of the cable have been chosen to meet the desired frequency response and triboelectric properties needed to perform Live Fire Test and Evaluation. Deviation from these properties can degrade data and cause electrical artifacts that can be misconstrued as applicable data under test.
Information Requested: The Government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to support the pricing and quantity. Information on availability and form factors is requested as listed below. The length of product availability is also important to this RFI as follow-on contracting actions will require items be available for a multi-year period. Cabling may be purchased in large orders so on hand stock is requested to ascertain if a vendor may meet the purchasing requirements. Please provide information if the following four (4) cables can be provided in the approximate quantity and form factor as listed:
Omega temperature cable: 50,000 feet per year -Multipair extension cable -Manufacturer part # 4KX20PPSH -Yellow polyvinyl jacket, 4 pair cable 20AWG -1000 feet per spool
Belden computer cable: 150,000 feet per year -Computer EIA RS-232/422 Cable – Manufacturer part # 8104 0601000 -Grey PVC jacket, 4 pair twisted cable, 24 AWG stranded -1000 feet per spool
Belden audio control cable: 10,000 feet per year – Multipair extension cable – Manufacturer part # 9873 060 – Grey PVC jacket, 3 pair twisted cable, 20 AWG stranded -500 feet per spool
Belden 50ohm Triax Cable: 20,000 feet per year -Analog video cable -50 Ohm Triax RG-58A/U Type, 20 AWG stranded -Manufacturer part # 9222 004500 -Yellow PVC jacket -500 feet per spool
If all four cable types cannot be supplied, please do not respond to this RFI as all cables are required.
Expected responses: Please reply with information addressing the requirements by providing information about the above-mentioned cables. Expected responses should provide information in the affirmative if all cables and the lengths/models can be provided.
Response must also address at a minimum the following items:
1.) Has your company provided cable purchasing services in the past?
2.) Will your company be able to provide the requested cables for up to 5 years at a time?
3.) What is the lead time on the requested cables?
4.) Are there minimum or maximum purchase requirements for any of the above products?
This is a Request for Information (RFI) only, which, as part of market research, is being issued in accordance with (IAW) Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 10. This is not a solicitation/request for proposal and no contract shall be awarded from this Sources Sought.
All comments and questions should be sent to Robert J. Rogers, Contract Specialist, at [email protected] All questions and comments must be in Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel format and sent to the email listed above; no telephone calls will be accepted. No meetings shall be requested or held related to this RFI.
All responses should be electronically submitted to Robert J. Rogers, Contract Specialist, at [email protected] and received no later than Wednesday, April 30, 2025, at 10:00 AM EDT. All data received in response to this RFI that is marked or designated as corporate or proprietary will be fully protected from any release outside the Government. The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this request, nor will the Government compensate any respondent for any costs incurred in developing the information provided to the Government.
