The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderdock Division (NSWCCD) is conducting market research on commercial vendors which offer a Battlefield Dosimeter to inform decision-making on replacement for the current Navy Battlefield Dosimeter, the IM-270/PD.
This Request for Information (RFI) investigates the current state of technology for available active or passive Battlefield Dosimeters which can be used during both a radiological event (prompt gamma and neutron radiation) and an emergency response scenario that has a low gamma and neutron exposure rate environment.
The replacement Battlefield Dosimeter must provide instantaneous accumulated dose reading during field operations and be capable of being utilized as a dose of record for the end users.
The infrastructure cost per unit must be less than $175.00, which includes any external reading devices and accessories necessary to provide dose of record.
Additional technical specifications are available via FBO.gov Solicitation Number: N00167-17-B-0001. The RFI white paper response deadline is Jan 23, 2017 12:00 pm Eastern.