SOURCES SOUGHT
10 -- Medium Caliber Research and Development Testing Facility
- Notice Date
- 2/11/2011
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- US Army, Army Contracting Command, Joint Munitions and Lethality (JM&L) Contracting Center, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806-5000
- ZIP Code
- 07806-5000
- Solicitation Number
- W15QKN-11-X-F012
- Response Due
- 3/4/2011
- Archive Date
- 4/3/2011
- Point of Contact
- David Street, Contract Specialist, (973)724-3362
- E-Mail Address
-
David Street
(david.w.street@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The U.S. Army, Army Contracting Command-Picatinny, on behalf of RDECOM-ARDEC, Armaments Engineering and Technology Center, Munition Systems andTechnology Directorate is seeking a firm that has extensive design, test,and evaluation experience and capabilities of medium caliber ammunition.The firm must have an indoor range of at least 40M in length, and an outdoorrange of at least 1300M in length that is available for night testing.Ranges must allow for down range test hardware recovery. The firm musthave on site the following ammunition testing facilities; jolt, jumble, hot/cold and humidity controlled ammunition conditioning, multiple temperature conditioning chambers for temp shock testing, variable orientation 1.5 and 2.1 meter drop, and 40 foot drop. The firm must have onsite test range instrumentation including velocity screens,a digital video camera, digital camera, high speed video camera (in excess of 5,000 frames/second), a clay block for non-lethality testing, and soft catch fixture. The firm must also have a machineshop that, at a minimum includes a digital readout mill and lathe,capable of single day test hardware and tooling modification. The firmmust possess assembly capabilities to make small batch quantities of munitions. Minimum facilities needed are grounded, temperature, and humidity controlled assembly areas, 1.1 explosion rated assembly area, 25 ton variable dwell press capable of high explosive loading, pyrotechnics loading area, munition and energetic material storage magazines, and propellant tumbler. All assembly and storage areas must comply withsafety regulations within DoD 4145.26M. Submissions shall not exceed 10 pages (8 X 11). All information is tobe submitted at no cost or obligation to the Government. Point of contactfor this action is David Street, Contract Specialist, U.S Army ContractingCommand Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806-5000. All responsible interested sources are encouraged to submit their capabilities data in regard to the above no later than 30 days of this notice to David.W.Street@us.army.mil. Please include company name, address,telephone number, technical point of contact, and brochures/literature.Firms interested in this acquisition should adequately describe their experience in pressure mapping technology. THIS IS NOT A SOLITICATION AND DOES NOT OBLIGATE THE GOVERNMENT TO ISSUE A SOLICITATION. Please be advised that the Government will not pay for any information submitted under this announcement. Electronic submittals are preferred.
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