SOLICITATION NOTICE
84 -- Soldier Protection System (SPS) Torso Protection (TP)
- Notice Date
- 11/9/2012
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 315990
— Apparel Accessories and Other Apparel Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, ACC-APG - Aberdeen Division D, 4118 SUSQUEHANNA AVENUE, ABERDEEN PROV GND, Maryland, 21005-5001, United States
- ZIP Code
- 21005-5001
- Solicitation Number
- W91CRB-13-R-0010
- Archive Date
- 12/9/2012
- Point of Contact
- Lisa J. Yamakawa, Phone: 4102786129
- E-Mail Address
-
lisa.j.yamakawa.civ@mail.mil
(lisa.j.yamakawa.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Torso Protection (TP) Component of the Soldier Protective System (SPS) - Synopsis Note**- Solicitation Number W91CRB-13-R-0010 has replaced W91CRB-13-R-0005. Product Manager Soldier Protective Equipment of the Program Executive Office - Soldier, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060 has a requirement for an The Torso Protection component of the SPS must deliver torso, deltoid, yoke, and pelvic protection (fully scalable from a concealable vest to a full-up tactical vest with integrated load management capability) that must provide the same or better fragmentation protection and hand gun protection at a lighter weight than the current baseline (Improved Outer Tactical Vest). The modular scalable design must allow for insertions of future technologies that support modernization and defeat or mitigate the effects of ballistic, blast, fragmentation, blunt impact, and flame threats seen on the battlefield. All of the ballistic and non-ballistic test requirements are documented in the Technical Statement of Need. The weight reduction for the requirement is a threshold (T) reduction of 10% and objective (O) reduction of 15% of the currently fielded Improved Outer Tactical Vest. Additionally, the protective over garment (POG) cannot exceed 2.25 lbs and the load distribution system cannot exceed 3.0 pounds. All items being procured under this acquisition are subject to the Buy American Act and Berry Amendment. This requirement is a developmental effort for vendors to improve upon their currently produced TP items. The anticipated period of performance is a one-year base period with two one-year option periods. The Government anticipates full & open competition under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 315990 - Apparel Accessories & Other Apparel Manufacturing. The release of the Request for Proposal (RFP) is tentatively planned for mid December 2012, with all documents, attachments, and amendments posted at the FedBizOpps website located at the following web address: https://www.fbo.gov/. No hard copies of this RFP will be issued. All respondents shall be responsible for obtaining documentation from this location. Point of Contact (POC) - Lisa Yamakawa E-mail: lisa.j.yamakawa.civ@mail.mil
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- Record
- SN02928890-W 20121111/121109234200-d100f2a61c7e99dd5fbd667613229afb (fbodaily.com)
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