SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- 40mm Non-Dud Producing Day/Night Training Cartridges
- Notice Date
- 10/14/2011
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- US Army, Army Contracting Command, ACC New Jersey Contracting Center, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806-5000
- ZIP Code
- 07806-5000
- Solicitation Number
- W15QKN-12-X-E001
- Response Due
- 11/15/2011
- Archive Date
- 12/15/2011
- Point of Contact
- William Labance, Contract Specialist, 973-724-6673
- E-Mail Address
-
William Labance
(william.labance@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Description: The U.S. Army Contracting Command - New Jersey, on behalf of the Office of the Project Manager, Maneuver Ammunition Systems (PM-MAS), is seeking possible sources to develop, test, qualify and produce initial quantities of high and low velocity grenade 40mm Non-Dud Producing Day/Night Training Cartridges. The desired training cartridges provide an impact signature that is visible to the human eye during both daylight and nighttime, and is visible through current night sights (including night vision and infrared sights) while not generating unexploded ordnance. High Velocity (HV) non-dud training cartridges should be seen by currently fielded sights used with the Mk19 Mod 3 Grenade Machine Gun. Low Velocity (LV) non-dud training cartridges should be seen by currently fielded sights used with the M203/ M320 weapon systems. HV 40mm training cartridge will be interoperable and fired from the Mk19 Mod 3 Grenade Machine Gun. LV 40mm training cartridge will be interoperable and fired from M203 and M320 grenade launchers. Specifications: A draft version of the performance specification for the 40mm HV Non-Dud Producing Training Cartridge will be available upon request. To request the performance specification, the requestor must be a DoD contractor and registered in an active status in the Defense Logistics Information Service, U.S./Canada Joint Certification Program (See www.dlis.dla.mil/jcp/ for instructions and information). Offerors should submit their certification via DD Form 2345 or register immediately. An offeror's delay in doing so will not be a basis to extend the closing date of this market survey. The performance specification has been labeled Distribution Statement F: Further dissemination only as directed by SFAE-AMO -MAS, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ,07806-5000, or higher DoD authority. Reproduction requires approval of originator, SFAE-AMO-MAS, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ, 07806- 5000 or higher DoD authority. As such, interested companies will be required to return/destroy the performance specification when requested by the Government. A performance specification is being drafted for the LV non-dud producing cartridge, but is currently not available. Offerors are free to discuss how the low velocity concepts would be different from high velocity concepts. Planned Acquisition: The Government envisions making multiple awards in the FY13 timeframe with a down select to occur prior to low rate initial production, which would begin approximately at the end of FY14. Any resulting contract may contain up to two options for production. The contract type will be Firm Fixed Price (FFP). The primary outcomes of this effort are the qualification of a training cartridges and obtaining Government Purpose rights to the technical data for the cartridges. The Government intends to use the technical data package as a basis for future procurements. The Government requests that Offerors submit information regarding data rights and Offeror requirements for the Government to obtain those rights. Submission Information: THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION 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. Interested companies should submit their qualifications and capabilities electronically within 30 days of this notice to: US Army Contracting Command- New Jersey, ACC-NJ-MA, William Labance, Bldg 45B, Mailstop 10B, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000 or by email to: william.labance@us.army.mil. Interested companies should respond by providing the Government the following information: (1) Name of company and CAGE Code; (2) Point of Contacts name, telephone number and E-mail address; (3) Company address; (4) Business size information; (5) Identification of whether you are interested in this opportunity as a prime or a subcontractor; (6) A brief summary of the companys capabilities (to include organizations, description of facilities, equipment, manufacturing process, inspection capability, skills, personnel) and potential subcontractors capabilities; (7) A brief summary of potential visible and thermal technology solutions for 40mm cartridges, (8) A brief summary of possible partnering/teaming arrangements; (9) Technical Data assertions and willingness to sell rights to the Government, and (10) A list of all data pertaining to this effort which the company does not desire to sell to the Government. Please identify any proprietary information submitted. A respondent to this survey must have a majority of the skills and facilities that are required to manufacture this item. If a respondent does not have these resources (technical, manufacturing, personnel, etc.) available, then it must demonstrate its ability to obtain them in a reasonable time period. If a respondent chooses to utilize the services of sub-tier vendors or subcontractors, those vendors or subcontractors must also meet the same resource criteria as the prime contractor. This is a market survey, not a pre-solicitation notice. If a formal solicitation is generated at a later date a solicitation notice will be published. All information is to be submitted at no cost or obligation to the Government.
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