SOLICITATION NOTICE
10 -- 155mm Mobile Howitzer / SBCT Shoot-Off Evaluation
- Notice Date
- 8/13/2020 1:55:58 PM
- Notice Type
- Solicitation
- NAICS
- 332994
— Small Arms, Ordnance, and Ordnance Accessories Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- W6QK ACC-PICA PICATINNY ARSENAL NJ 07806-5000 USA
- ZIP Code
- 07806-5000
- Solicitation Number
- W15QKN-20-R-0135
- Response Due
- 8/31/2020 2:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 09/15/2020
- Point of Contact
- KLAUDIA A. GRABIAS, Scott Dern
- E-Mail Address
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klaudia.a.grabias.civ@mail.mil, scott.r.dern.civ@mail.mil
(klaudia.a.grabias.civ@mail.mil, scott.r.dern.civ@mail.mil)
- Description
- Background: The US Army is seeking a more mobile, lethal, and survivable 155mm system to replace its current fleet of towed howitzers. In 2019 the US Army approved the requirement to conduct a Shoot-off Evaluation of candidate systems in Fiscal Year 2021 in order to inform US Army future requirements. The requirement is for vendors to participate in a Shoot-Off Evaluation at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona in FY2021. Information from the Shoot-off Evaluation will feed an Army Senior Leader (ASL) Decision Point concerning the future of the US Army mobile howitzer effort. Joint Program Executive Office Armaments and Ammunition (JPEO A&A) is the Office of Program Responsibility (OPR) for the Shoot-off Evaluation. The Contractor shall participate in the United States Government (USG) run 155mm Mobile Howitzer Shoot-off Evaluation. The Contractor shall make available and bear cost of the necessary test hardware to support the Shoot-off Evaluation testing. The Contractor is responsible for managing the transportation of their test hardware to and from Yuma Proving Ground. Test Hardware will be due at Yuma Proving Ground (YPG), AZ at the beginning of the USG assigned test window expected to be in 2nd Quarter FY21(January-March 2021). Test hardware will remain at YPG through the entire testing window. The USG will provide test ranges, crews to fire and drive systems, ammunition for testing, and common USG consumables such as fuel and Nitrogen. The Contractor shall have support personnel on site for the duration of the testing. Government Furnished Equipment: The USG recognizes the risk of US ammunition compatibility with foreign cannon systems, so the USG will provide a M776 Cannon Assembly, currently used on M777 Towed Howitzer and qualified with all US ammunition, to vendors who wish to utilize it in their Shoot-off Evaluation system. Providing the M776 Cannon as GFE is contingent upon the contractor having a viable integration concept for its use. Contracting Strategy: This procurement is unrestricted and will be competed utilizing Full and Open Competition. The United States Government anticipates multiple awards of Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contracts in support of this requirement. The Government will select for award proposals that are the most advantageous and represent the best value to the Government. INDUSTRY QUESTIONS/INQUIRIES AND USG RESPONSES: Q1: Would the USG prefer to evaluate a M776�Cannon Assembly for the shoot off rather than another Cannon Assembly offered by the vendors to limit the risk US ammunition compatibility of foreign cannon systems? A1: There is no preference for the use of the M776�Cannon Assembly over any other vendor supplied cannon.� The risk of using a vendor�s cannons will be managed by testing Q2: With respect to CLIN 0001, the contractor will quote for three (3) persons to support as part of the proposal. Is the vendor allowed to have additional persons at the Shoot-Off Evaluation to provide full support of the shoot-off activities? A2: The contractor is allowed to have additional personnel at the Shoot-Off Evaluation. Q3: Is there a maximum of people authorized to participate to the Shoot-Off Evaluation? A3: There is no maximum of personnel authorized to participate. Q4: Is the three (3) month test period continuously? A4: Yes, the test period shall last for three (3) months or ninety (90) days continuously. Q5: What fire control system will be used at the Shoot-Off Evaluation? A5: The fire control system to be utilized at the Shoot-Off Evaluation is the vendor�s system. Q6: Can you confirm each vendor will be able to use their own digital Fire Control System for the Shoot-Off Evaluation? A6: Yes, each vendor will be able to utilize their own Digital Fire Control System (DFCS). Q7: Could a firm utilize air transport for transportation of the howitzer to and from USA? A7: Yes, a vendor may utilize air transportation to transport their system to and from the USA. Q8: Paragraph C.3.1.1 mentions the beginning of the test window being 12 January 2020. When will the USG confirm each competitor�s test window? A8: Each vendor selected for award will be notified of their test window at the time of contract award. Q9: Please clarify for the purposes of scheduling, what is the test window, 3.1.1 it is defined as December 1, 2020 to May 1, 2021, however on the cover page the window is defined as 2nd Quarter FY21 (January-March 2021). A9: The start date for testing for each vendor will be assigned at contract award. The testing of each awardee�s system will be staggered and shall be expected at any time between January 2021 and May 2021�due to scheduling constraints at the test range. If a start date of January 2021 is assigned to a vendor, pre-testing work can begin in December 2020. Q10: What is the earliest date that gun system could be expected to arrive at YPG? A10: The delivery of howitzer gun systems shall be coordinated with the USG and is dependent on the test window schedule the awardee has been given. Q11: Does the end date of the test window correlate to the CDRL delivery for thirty (30) days after test completion?� A11: Yes, the end date of the test window correlates to CDRL delivery.�CDRLs requiring delivery thirty (30) days after test completion will be dependent on the test window assigned. Delivery of CDRL deliverables shall be thirty (30) days after the end of the vendor�s test window. Q12: Paragraph C.3.1.1.2.5 indicates the delivery schedule (between Q1FY23 � Q3FY23), what is the expected date for contract award for production of the eighteen (18) howitzers? A12: The dates provided by the USG within the RFP are a prediction and best guess for a schedule. The official dates for delivery of production units are dependent on results from the Shoot-Off Evaluation and Army Senior Leader Decision. Q13: Are CDRLs A001-A004 expected to be submitted at the time of proposal submission and then thirty (30) days after contract award? A13: Yes, CDRLs A001 through A004 are expected to be submitted with the offeror�s proposal and then thirty (30) days after contract award. Q14: Is a cover letter allowed?� If so, does it count towards the technical volume page count? A14: A cover letter is allowed at the offeror�s preference. Inclusion of a cover letter would not count towards the technical volume page count.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Yuma Proving Ground, AZ, USA
- Country: USA
- Country: USA
- Record
- SN05756809-F 20200815/200813230159 (samdaily.us)
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