SOURCES SOUGHT
13 -- 7.62mm, M973 (ball)/ M974 (tracer) Short Range Training Ammunition (SRTA)
- Notice Date
- 4/19/2007
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- US Army ARDEC, AMSTA-AR-PC, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806-5000
- ZIP Code
- 07806-5000
- Solicitation Number
- W15QKN-07-X-0666
- Response Due
- 5/21/2007
- Archive Date
- 6/20/2007
- Description
- The Project Manager for Maneuver Ammunition Systems (PM-MAS)and the Joint Munitions & Lethality Life Cycle Management Command (JM&L LCMC) Acquisition Center, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ is currently seeking sources for the manufacture and delivery of 7.62mm, M973 (ball)/M974 (tracer) Short Range Training Ammunition (SRTA) Cartridges. Both of these cartridges provide a realistic restricted range training alternative to M80/M62 service ammunition. The 7.62mm SRTA/SRTA-T training ammunition is intended for use in the M60 and M240B. The cartridge shall conform to the requirements of MIL-PRF-71167B(AR) M973 Ball SRTA and MIL-PRF-71168B(AR) M974 Tracer SRTA - Draft Performance Specifications dated on August 4, 2006. The approximate quantities for FY07- FY11 are 5,000,000 (plus or minus up to 10%) for each FY. The first delivery will be required to be made within 120 days from the date of award of contract. All responsible interested sources are encouraged to submit their capabilities/qualification data. The respondent's capabilities information must demonstrate a capability for high rate production and delivery of these cartridges. The qualification data should include information stating if a qualified design is already approved by the government and if any revisions, modifications or changes to the previously qualified design have been made since verification testing. The respondent must provide documentation listing all proposed changes and rationale for the change. Sources also must list source(s) of the data, and if the data was generated by independent test agencies. The respondent should include information regarding the current status of mold used to make 7.62mm SRTA Ball/SRTA-T projectiles, specifically, if it is a production mold or a prototype mold. Any source proposing a non- qualified design must include the status of their design. In order to obtain copies of the MIL-PRF-71167B (AR) M973 ball SRTA and MIL-PRF-71168B (AR) M974 Tracer SRTA - Draft Performance Specifications dated on August 4, 2006, interested parties must submit their request to the undersigned. Submittal of information is requested via electronic mail only to Louisa Mel??ndez, Contract Specialist, US ARMY - JM&L LCMC Acquisition Center, AMSML-AQ-MA, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ; voice 973-724-2910; e-mail at: louisa.melendez@us.army.mil no later than 30 days from this notice. All information is to be submitted at no cost or obligation to the Government. Please include company name, address, telephone number, email address, technical point of contact, Cage Code, DUNS number, Company Size (please specify as either Large, Foreign, Small, Small Disadvantaged, 8(a), Woman-Owned Small Business, Historically Underutilized Business Zone concern, Veteran-Owned Small Business, or Service-Disabled Small Business), brochures/literature. This is only a Market Survey Notice, not a pre-solicitation notice. If a formal solicitation is generated at a later date, a solicitation notice will be published. See Numbered Note 9 & 25.
- Web Link
-
US ARMY TACOM-Picatinny Procurement Network
(http://procnet.pica.army.mil/dbi/Download/GoGetSourcesSought.cfm?SolNum=W15QKN-07-X-0666)
- Record
- SN01277087-W 20070421/070419221140 (fbodaily.com)
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