SOURCES SOUGHT
13 -- LEAD AZIDE REPLACEMENT AND /OR LEAD AZIDE
- Notice Date
- 7/17/2002
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- US Army ARDEC, AMSTA-AR-PC, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806-5000
- ZIP Code
- 07806-5000
- Solicitation Number
- DAAE30-02-R-0828
- Response Due
- 8/1/2002
- Point of Contact
- Sonya Rappoport, Contract Specialist, 973-724-2775
- E-Mail Address
-
Email your questions to Sonya Rappoport
(srappop@pica.army.mil)
- Description
- The US Army TCAOM-ARDEC is conducting a Market Survey to identify potential sources for supplying the U.S. Army with a:Lead Azide replacement and / or Lead Azide for use in munitions. Respondents should currently possess a manufacturing capability to produce the Lead Azide and/or the Lead Azide replacement for use in: detonators, fuzes and primers - Lead Azide RD-1333, per Military Specification MIL-L-46225/aerial mines - special purpose Lead Azide, per Military Specification MIL-L-14758/primary explosives - dextrinated (Type I) and colloidal (Type II) Lead Azide per Military Specification MIL-L-3055. Respondents should have sufficient production capacity to supply the U.S. Army a total quantity of 500 ? 1,000 pounds of Lead Azide (and / or Lead Azide replacement) per year. Interested firms who feel they are capable of manufacturing Lead Azide and / or an environmentally friendly Lead Azide replacement that meets military specifications MIL-L-46225, MIL-L-14758 and MIL- L-3055 are invited to indicate their interest by providing the U.S. Army a detail description (chemical and physical properties) of their Lead Azide or Lead Azide replacement including product cost, and a brief summary of their company?s capabilities including brief description of facilities, personnel, past production experience and environmental compliance as it relates to the product(s). A follow-up detailed questionnaire may be provided to survey respondents and on-site visits may be performed as a result of further analysis. Samples from respondents may be purchased for in-house preliminary testing. Also, interested firms should provide the manufacture?s name, address, point-of-contact with telephone number and e-mail address, size of business (small/large) and country where the facility is located. The information must be submitted within 30 calendar days from the date of this publication to:U.S. Army TACOM-ARDEC/ATTN: Armament Systems Process Division, Bldg. 321/AMSTA-AR-WEA, Mr. Peter Bonnett or Mr. Bishara Elmasri/Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07850/e-mail: pbonnett@pica.army.mil or belmasri@pica.army.mil If there are any technical questions, please contact Mr. Peter Bonnett @ (973) 724-3747 or Mr. Bishara Elmasri @ (973) 724-3298. This Market Survey is for planning purpose only and should not be construed as a request for proposal or as an obligation on the part of the U.S. Government. The U.S. Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this Market Survey or otherwise pay for information solicited. The information you provide will only be used by the U.S. Army in developing its acquisition approach for future Lead Azide requirements.
- Web Link
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US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network
(http://procnet.pica.army.mil/cbd/SRCSgt/071720021/071720021.htm)
- Record
- SN00118783-W 20020719/020717213752 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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