Request for Preproposals VIPER

Request for Preproposals for Vehicle Integrated Platform Enhanced RADIAC (VIPER) Non-GM Alternative Sensor Prototype for Tracked Tactical Ground Vehicles Project Number
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Broad Other Transaction
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(PSC)
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VIPER_27-TRACK

Request for Preproposals

CWMD BOTAA-24-01, W911SR-24-R-CWMD

Joint Product Manager for CBRN Sensing (JPdM RND) under the Joint Project Manager for Integrated Early Warning (IEW) 334519 Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing 6665 Hazard-Detecting Instruments and Apparatus
12:00 PM Eastern Time (ET) on 10 December 2026
Je’Neane Solomon: [email protected], Kevin Rohe; [email protected] and Gentian Mulla;
[email protected]

1.0 PURPOSE AND STATUTORY AUTHORITY

This Request for Preproposals is issued under the Broad Other Transaction Authority Announcement (BOTAA), Supporting Other Transaction Authority Agreements for Prototype Development Efforts for the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense – Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction, Announcement Number W911SR-24-R-CWMD (CWMD BOTAA-24-01).
Under the authority of 10 U.S.C. § 4022, the Government is seeking competitive preproposals for the potential award of an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) to develop, optimize, fabricate, and test prototype systems for the Vehicle Integrated Platform Enhanced RADIAC (VIPER).
This request is limited to the development, integration, testing, and demonstration of a VIPER non-Geiger-Müller (non-GM) alternative sensor prototype for tracked tactical ground vehicles. Wheeled-platform VIPER efforts and aviation-platform VIPER efforts are outside the scope of this request.
This Request for Preproposals does not constitute a Request for Full Proposal (RFFP), commitment to issue an RFFP, commitment to award an OTA, or authorization to begin work. The Government will not reimburse offerors for costs incurred in preparing or submitting preproposals.

The Government may invite one or more offerors to submit full proposals. The Government reserves the right to make one award, multiple awards, or no award as a result of this request.

2.0 BACKGROUND

VIPER provides rapid and accurate monitoring of platform crew exposure to radiological and nuclear hazards, replacing the legacy AN/VDR-2 and AN/UDR-13 systems. VIPER modernizes platform-mounted monitoring capabilities and provides network-capable, integrated gamma