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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF OCTOBER 26, 2003 FBO #0698
SOURCES SOUGHT

A -- CLOSE COMBAT WEAPON SYSTEMS TOW BUNKER BUSTER THERMOBARIC WARHEAD

Notice Date

10/24/2003
 

Notice Type

Sources Sought
 

Contracting Office

US Army Aviation and Missile Command DAAH01, ATTN: AMSAM-AC, Building 5303, Martin Road, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5280
 

ZIP Code

35898-5280
 

Solicitation Number

W31P4Q-04-R-R004
 

Response Due

11/24/2003
 

Archive Date

1/23/2004
 

Point of Contact

Patsy Garrison, (256) 842-7406
 

E-Mail Address

Email your questions to US Army Aviation and Missile Command DAAH01
(patsy.garrison@redstone.army.mil)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

NA SUBJECT: CLOSE COMBAT WEAPON SYSTEMS TOW BUNKER BUSTER THERMOBARIC WARHEAD. CONTRACTS POC: Ms. Patsy C. Garrison, Contracting Officer (256) 876-8762, e-mail: patsy.garrison@redstone.army.mil; Technical POC: Mr. Richard Hatcher, AMSRD-AMR-PS-PT/Propulsi on & Structures Directorate, (256) 955-8824, WEB: http://www.redstone.army.mil, e-mail: richard.hatcher@rdec.redstone.army.mil. The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) is seeking sources for loading thermobaric explosive fills into TOW Bunker Buster warhead cases. Ingredients for these thermobaric formulations may include nitramine based oxidative materials such as HMX and RDX, nitrate ester plasticizers such as BTTN and TMETN, energetic polymers such as GAP, inert polymers such as HTPB and PEG, and metal powders such as aluminum, titanium, and magnesium. Warhead case design is fixed and will require casting tooling for proper finishing of the fill. Depending on the exact density of the specified thermobaric fill, each warhead will contain approximately seven (7) pounds of explosive. One hundred (100) cases are anticipated to be supplied to the source for loading. To adequately process and load the formulations, the source shall have vertical mix and slurry-cast facilities. The source shall therefore supply information relative to their processing capability. The anticipated program will require the source to load tw o (2) different thermobaric fills. One will be specified by the U.S. Army and the other will be proposed by the source. The source chosen fill shall be limited to either a qualified explosive or an explosive that is in the process of being qualified. Su fficient data shall be supplied by the source to verify the validity of the alternate explosive fill according to known criteria for thermobaric formulations. These criteria will include, but are not limited to, blast overpressure, heat flux, and temperat ure. The castable explosive specified by the Army will be an isocyanate cured, polymeric formulation. The source proposed alternate formulation is not limited to the cast, cured type. The draft Statement of Work is available upon request. This sources sought synopsis is for informational purposes only and is not considered to be a commitment by the Government. The Government does not intend to make any awards on the basis of this notification or otherwise pay for any information submitted. However, th e Government does intend to issue a Request for Proposal, which should lead to award of one contract for the loading of a thermobaric warhead fill into TOW Bunker Buster cases. This contract is anticipated to be approximately $2M in total value. Intereste d/capable sources are requested to submit technical capability statements and relevant contract/assistance instrument information within thirty (30) days from publication of this notice. Submissions should be limited to 25 pages or less. Of particular in terest are the internal technical capabilities of the interested party in the above described activity. Contractors are also encouraged to submit comments on the scope of the intended effort. These comments shall not be included in the page limitation. No additional information is expected to be made available during the 30-day sources sought period for submission of capability statements. Capability statements may not be submitted by fax or by electronic means; any so sent will be disregarded. Send fi ve (5) copies of the written statements to the attention of: Commander, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, AMSAM-AC-OS-RBB/Building 5400, (Ms. Patsy Garrison), Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5254 in time to reach this office by 24 November 2003. This Sou rces Sought request is for information purposes only. The Solicitation Number, W31P4Q-04-R-R004, is for reference only, since this is not a Request for Proposals. However, this number may be included in your response to identify this Sources Sought Annou ncement.
 

Place of Performance

Address: US Army Aviation and Missile Command W31P4Q ATTN: AMSAM-AC-OS-RBB, Building 5400 Redstone Arsenal AL

Zip Code: 35898-5254

Country: US
 

Record

SN00459485-W 20031026/031024213325 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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