SOLICITATION NOTICE
84 -- Minature Lightweight Integrated Hauling System
- Notice Date
- 11/5/2003
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- US Army Robert Morris Acquisition Center, Natick Contracting Division (R&D and BaseOps), ATTN: AMSSB-ACN-S, Natick Contracting Division (R and BaseOPS), Building 1, Kansas Street, Natick, MA 01760-5011
- ZIP Code
- 01760-5011
- Solicitation Number
- W911QY04R0001
- Response Due
- 11/20/2003
- Archive Date
- 1/19/2004
- Point of Contact
- Sean Murphy, 508-233-6255
- E-Mail Address
-
Email your questions to US Army Robert Morris Acquisition Center, Natick Contracting Division (R&D and BaseOps)
(sean.murphy@natick.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- NA The U.S. Army Robert Morris Acquisition Center-Natick (USA RMAC-Natick), in support of the US Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (USA RDECOM) and the NAVCOM Development Group, has a requirement for the design, development and production of a Miniature Lightweight Integrated Hauling System. The system will have the following salient characteristics: The system shall incorporate the fewest number of components without sacrificing the performance capability of either hauling or climbing functi on; Components will include but are not limited to rope, pulleys, belay devices, mechanical rope-grabbing devices, carabiners, etc.; The system shall provide the operator with 2:1 and 5:1 mechanical advantage and 70% energy efficiency, as well as an autom atic belay to assure security of the load; Allow operators to raise loads weighing up to 600lbs over high angle, technical terrain; Has dual-use components of which may be used in a safety line system; Be scaled in size and quantity of components to minim ize weight and volume; Must compress to a size easily transported by an individual and packaged to facilitate simple, hasty deployment and be operable by a single individual. The Government anticipates that this requirement will be a 100% Small Business se t-aside, however, the Government reserves the right to change the solicitation procedure. A solicitation will be released on or about December 1, 2003, with proposals due on or about January 6 , 2003. The applicable North American Industry Classification S ystem (NAICS) Code is 421910; the small business size standard is 100 employees. Firms shall not be reimbursed for any costs associated with proposals. The Government envisions that a single Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract for the design and development c ontract will be awarded which includes the delivery of 5 prototype systems. The Government will also have an Option CLIN on the contract that will not be evaluated at the time of the award. This Option CLIN may be exercised upon the contractor??????s succ essful completion of the development phase and after negotiation with the contractor which would result in a one (1) ?????? five (5) year period Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to purchase a minimum of 100 systems up to a maximum o f 2,500 systems. The solicitation will be posted to the US Army RMAC-Natick Website at https://www3.natick.army.mil (Go to Business Opportunities, then to Upcoming Acquisitions,), on or about December 1, 2003. When released, the solicitation, including all amendments, and applicable documents will only be available in electronic medium at the above referenced web page. Interested parties shall submit any comments, questions or inquires, concerning any of the documents in writing via e-mail to the Contract Specialist, Sean Murphy, at sean.murphy@natick.army.mil no later than 11:00 a.m. (EST) on or before November 20, 2003. NOTE: This is not a commercial item.
- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army Robert Morris Acquisition Center, Natick Contracting Division (R&D and BaseOps) ATTN: AMSSB-ACN-S, Natick Contracting Division (R and BaseOPS), Building 1, Kansas Street Natick MA
- Zip Code: 01760-5011
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 01760-5011
- Record
- SN00465252-W 20031107/031105213821 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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