SOURCES SOUGHT
13 -- MARINE LOCATION MARKER, MK 58-SERIES
- Notice Date
- 1/19/2005
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 325998
— All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- U.S. Army Field Support Command, ATTN: AMSOS-CCA, Rock Island, IL 61299-5000
- ZIP Code
- 61299-5000
- Solicitation Number
- W52P1J05R0058
- Response Due
- 2/18/2005
- Archive Date
- 4/19/2005
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The purpose of this Sources Sought/Market Survey is to identify production sources for the Marine Location Marker (MLM), MK 58 Modifications 1, NSN 1370-01-074-0591, DODIC L580. The marker is launched from aircraft in either day or night to provide visual marks on the oceans surface. They may be used to mark the course of enemy submarines during an ASW (Antisubmarine Warfare) mission or a survivor in the water during SAR (Search And Rescue) missions. Markers may be launched from high-speed aircraft or helicopters, and surface ships. They can be used for any type of air to sea surface marking that are referenced by smoke and flame. A marker consists of a steel body, a maximum of 21.70 inches in length and 4.94 inches in diameter, weighing 11.5 +/- 0.50 pounds. The center of gravity should be 7.93 +/- 0.50 inches from the base end of the marker. The marker contains a battery, squib, starter mix, two pyrotechnic candles, and a transfer fuse between the two candles. It is armed by removal of adhesive backed metallic foil strip (tear tape). The marker is activated upon entry into seawater with water entering the water port to activate the battery. Battery current energizes the electric squib, which ignites the starter mix, which in turn, lights the pyrotechnic candle. The first candle burns for a minimum of 20 minutes and then initiates the second ca ndle by the use of the transfer fuse. The complete marker produces a continuous yellow flame and white smoke for a burn time of approximately 40 to 60 minutes. A replaceable protective cover protects the ignition end of the marker in shipping. A respondent must have personnel trained, skilled, and experienced in handling Red Phosphorous (RP) compositions that are extremely flammable and environmentally sensitive. Specialized formulation skills are necessary to meet precise burn time ranges requi red for the MK 58. The government expects to procure approximately 8,000 Markers per year based on current budget estimates. Request interested parties provide: " An approximation of minimum quantities required for order to sustain production capacity. Include the approximate shift times to meet this minimum value, and any significant assumptions made. " An approximation of minimum quantities required to be ordered by the government to consider bidding. Include required minimum reorder quantity in option years of a contract to sustain contractor participation. Production 1. Have you ever produced this item in the past? (yes/no) a. If YES, when was the last time this item was produced and rate of production? b. If NO, have you ever produced a similar item? a. What item did you produce? b. When was this item last produced? c. What makes this item similar? (e.g. construction, chemical components, processes) 2. What is your estimated production rate for this item? 3. What percentage of tooling do you currently have in house to produce this item? a. less than10% 10-25% 25-50% 50-75% 75-90% 90%greater than 4. Is any of the equipment automated? (yes/no) a. What percentage of the line is automated? a. less than 10% 10-25% 25-50% 50-75% 75-90% 90% greater than 5. Please provide a list of production equipment dedicated for this contract, the purpose, and its capacity. For example, mixer for mixing pyrotechnics raw materials: maximum mixing capacity is 30 lbs of black powder. 6. Will this item be produced utilizing resources from another production line? (yes/no) a. If YES to question 6, What production lines and what items may be impacted? 7. Do you have proper storage areas for raw materials, production compositions, and finished products? (yes/no) 8. Do these storage facility meet the distance/capacity requirements? (yes/no) 9. Does the production facility meet OSHA requirements? (yes/no) 10. Do these facilities have lightning protection? (yes/no) 11. What is the production facility like? For example, are these facil ities equipped with humidity control and air conditioning and well lit? Quality 12. Do you have a facility to perform LATs, FAT and other tests? (yes/no) 13. Do you have an explosion proof environmental chamber? (yes/no) 14. Do you have a system to monitor the quality of raw material to finish product? (yes/no) 15. Do you have capabilities to perform analysis on faulty products? (yes/no) Personnel 16. What is the expertise and experience of your production manager, engineers, and scientists? Please provide the background of the engineers, scientists and production manager. For example, lead engineer has twenty years of experience in production of py rotechnic items. 17. Do you have any production personnel who have experience in building this item? (yes/no) 18. If YES, describe the experiences of the production personnel. 19. Will new employees be hired to produce this item? (yes/no) 20. Do you have a training plan for the new hires? (yes/no) 21. Do you have the capability to incorporate a Product Improvement Plan (PIP) item into your production line? For example a small pilot production line. (yes/no) 22. Are you willing to take on PIP products? (yes/no)
- Place of Performance
- Address: U.S. Army Field Support Command ATTN: AMSFS-CCA-M/JULIE COUGHLIN, Rock Island IL
- Zip Code: 61299-6500
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 61299-6500
- Record
- SN00736947-W 20050121/050119211921 (fbodaily.com)
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