SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Foreign Light Weight Barrel Technology
- Notice Date
- 3/23/2012
- 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-D028
- Response Due
- 4/23/2012
- Archive Date
- 5/23/2012
- Point of Contact
- Kelly Lynch, Contract Specialist
- E-Mail Address
-
Kelly Lynch
(kelly.a.lynch@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Foreign Light Weight Barrel Technology Sources Sought The Army Contracting Command New Jersey, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey is interested in determining the state of the art/ practice of readily available foreign barrel technologies that reduce overall barrel weight but still maintain its lethality and survivability features. The purpose of conducting this survey is to identify potential sources of foreign types of readily available barrel making technologies that shall reduce overall barrel weight and dimension while maintaining the required muzzle velocities and design safety factors associated with existing barrels. The two overarching objectives of this research effort are to 1) ascertain the short term viability (less than one year) of implementing the light weight barrel technologies for low rate of fire weapon systems such as bolt action sniper rifles and 2) quantify and characterize limitations and tradeoffs associated with light weight barrel technologies. The tradeoff characteristics associated with system performance that government will seek to evaluate are: accuracy and dispersion, heat dissipation, erosion, barrel harmonics, muzzle velocity, endurance and recoil. Potential foreign barrel candidates shall meet the following criteria: 1)Readiness Level: Design is ready to work in its final form and under expected conditions and the manufacturer currently has the required tooling/machinery to fabricate and deliver small sample quantities within 90 days after contract award for Government evaluation. The manufacturers existing technical data currently provides sufficient information to support fabrication of prototype material (Developmental Design Drawings) and production processes are mature enough to reliably fabricate samples for evaluation. (See MIL-DTL-31000C, section 3.6.1 for Developmental and Product drawing definitions). 2)Technology/Technical Approach: Weight reduction that is accomplished solely by removing steel from a barrel (e.g. fluting, tapering) does not apply to this source sought announcement. The Government is interested in the use of alternative barrel materials and/or processes to include, but not limited to, carbon fiber wrapped or low density alloy composite barrels and/or new manufacturing methods that enable the use of alternative barrel alloys to reduce weight and maintain or improve barrel stiffness. 3)Caliber: Chambered to accommodate a.300 Winchester Magnum caliber cartridge. 4)Interface: Must be fabricated in a way to interface with a Remington 700 action. 5)Length: The technology and processes must be such that fabrication of barrels 22 6 inches is achievable. 6)Muzzle Break Interface: The technology, design, and process must be such that external threads can be machined near the crown of the barrel to accommodate commercially available muzzle break/sound suppressor assemblies. 7)High Pressure Resistance: All barrels should be able to safely accommodate high pressure events which will be validated by firing proof rounds that conform to ANSI/SAAMI 2299.4 This notice is for information and planning purposes only, and does not constitute a formal Request for Proposal (RFP), nor is the Government obligated to issue an RFP. The U.S. Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this Market Survey or otherwise pay for information solicited. All proprietary and restricted information provided in response to this notice should be clearly marked as such. Responses shall indicate the size of the business entity; large or small business. Include all pertinent contact information in the body of the response. All responses shall be in the English language. Interested firms are encouraged to submit their capabilities/qualification data NO LATER THAN April 23, 2012. Submittals and questions should be directed to the following point of contact: Kelly Lynch, via e-mail to kelly.a.lynch@us.army.mil. All questions pertaining to this notice shall be in writing. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted.
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