U.S. Army Materiel Command, Natick Contracting Division, Attn: AMSSB-ACN, Natick, MA 01760-5011

84 -- ADVANCED BOMB SUIT SOL W13G07-CBD1-0001 DUE 060100 POC H. Maria Luis, Contract Specialist(508) 233-5922 WEB: Click on "Business Opportunities", then "Ongoing Acquisitions",, http://www3.natick.army.mil. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist via, hortense.luis@natick.army.mil. The U.S. Army Material Command Acquisition Center, Natick, MA is conducting market research to identify commercial sources for an advanced bomb suit meeting the following requirements: Advanced Bomb Suit (ABS) for use by Explosive Ordnance Disposal soldiers. The ABS is an integrated, whole body protective outfit that protects soldiers who are required to approach and render safe hazardous unexploded ordnance and improvised explosive devices that threaten the maneuver commander's assets and operations during offensive, defensive, stability and support operations. The ABS will protect the EOD soldier from fragmentation, blast overpressure, heat and flame, and impact using various body worn components. The ABS may include NBC protective components. The ABS will provide advances in suit design and technology over the current system. Advanced design and technology will improve fragmentation, blast overpressure, and impact protection as well as improve human factors performance with respect to items including but not limited to donning and emergency doffing performance, distribution of weight, flexibility, and vision. It will replace the following four items in the current system: Coat, Body Armor, Explosive Ordnance; Trousers, Body Armor Explosive Ordnance; Body Armor, Chest Plate-Face Shield; and Helmet Bonnet, Body Armor, Explosive Ordnance. A copy of the Operational Requirements Document (ORD) and Mission Profile are available at the following website: http://www3.natick.army.mil. Instructions for accessing the ORD are as follows: Click on "Business Opportunities", then "Ongoing Acquisitions", then "Advanced Bomb Suit ORD". A waiver to the Berry Amendment is being sought. The applicable SIC code for this effort is 3842. For the purpose of this requirement, any concern employing 500 or fewer employees is considered a small business. To be eligible for award, all offerors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registry (CCR). Information on the CCR may be obtained at http://ccr.edi.disa.mil. Information should be sent to the following address: U.S. Army Material Command Acquisition Center, Kansas Street, Bldg. 1, Natick MA 01760-5011, Attn: H. Maria Luis. Posted 05/17/00 (W-SN455675). (0138)

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