U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC)   3

Special Notice: [DJ1]

Contract Number: W900KK-23-9-0006

Awardee DUNS: LDMMF472BB93 (UEI)

On 11 March 2024, in accordance with 10 U.S. Code 4022, the Army Contracting Command Orlando has awarded an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) via the Training and Readiness Accelerator II (TReX II) for The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) Prototype Project prototype project.

A Request for Solutions for these efforts was issued to the TReX II consortium on 22 August 2023, which resulted in the submittal of 4 total responses. As a result of the competition, the prototype project was awarded to Advanced Technology International, Inc. (ATI) as the managing prime to Mettle Ops located in Sterling Heights, MI. The total value of this prototype project, if all milestones and options are exercised, is $29,000,000.00.

U.S. Army ground combat and combat service support vehicle platforms currently are only able to provide self-protection through conventional means such as armor plate or discrete active protection systems. This limitation burdens the vehicle platform with ever-increasing weight to offset increases in adversary lethality capabilities. The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) is seeking to develop and demonstrate (virtual and physical) a technical capability for collaborative protection between vehicles that works in conjunction with signature management, advanced armor, and occupant protection improvements, in order to provide the ability to offload protection assets across a platoon-sized element within the maneuver formation.

The desired objective is to work rapidly and collaboratively with a system integrator to develop and adapt individual technologies (of both Government and vendor origin) into a system that can provide offloaded defeat of threats across a number of ground platforms. The goal is to increase the overall survivability of the maneuver formation through sharing of protection resources, as well as increasing the capabilities of the individual elements themselves. Multiple concepts and iterations are desired, in order to evaluate the benefits and drawbacks of various technologies and integration approaches.

Upon successful completion of this prototype effort, the Government anticipates that a follow-on production effort may be awarded via either contract or transaction, without the use of competitive procedures if the participants in this transaction successfully complete the prototype project as awarded. Successful completion will occur when the prototypes have been validated and are accepted by the Government. Further, the government reserves the right to determine part, or all of the prototype project is successfully completed if the vendor shows a particularly favorable or unexpected result justifying the transition to production.

Note: Should the selected vendors fail to demonstrate progress or be unsuccessful in the accomplishment of the goals of this prototyping effort, the Government reserves the right to return to the results of this competition and award additional Other Transaction Agreements to one or more of the vendors that responded to the initial Request for Solutions, as appropriate within the scope and evaluated results of the competition.