SOURCES SOUGHT
13 -- 66mm Grenade Discharger, Visual Infrared Screening Smoke (VIRSS) Program
- Notice Date
- 3/31/2004
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 332995
— Other Ordnance and Accessories Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, United States Marine Corps, Marine Corps Systems Command, 2200 Lester Street, Quantico, VA, 22134-5010
- ZIP Code
- 22134-5010
- Solicitation Number
- M67854-04-R-1051
- Response Due
- 4/30/2004
- Archive Date
- 5/15/2004
- Point of Contact
- Dwight Micheal Sr, Contract Specialist, Phone (703) 784-2006 x2766, Fax (703) 784-1480,
- E-Mail Address
-
michealdb@mcsc.usmc.mil
- Description
- The Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC), Program Manager for Ammunition, desires the acquisition and qualification of non-development improvements to the existing 66mm, M76 Infrared (IR) Smoke Grenade. The improved smoke grenade shall contain energetic components that meet U.S. environmental standards both before and after initiation of the smoke grenade as well as producing visual and IR screening capability. The developed grenade shall have the capability of being loaded, fired and unloaded from the standard U.S. ?M6 Type?66mm smoke grenade launchers. No modification to the grenade launchers is permissible. It is desired that the contractor: (1) Have a non-developmental 66mm IR Smoke Grenade designed to demonstrate and produce a cloud capable of obstructing a host vehicle from threat visual and IR optics; (2) The 66mm IR Smoke Grenade must have the capability to function with no degradation in performance under environmental conditions of hot, cold, and ambient temperatures when fired; (3) Have the capability of firing from the existing M6 ?Type? 66mm vehicle mounted Grenade Dischargers and not alter the transportation and storage requirements of utilizing vehicles; (4) Have the capability to meet all U. S. Government and Military storage requirements / restrictions normally imposed on storage of similar munitions; (5) Have existing production tooling / line capable of producing approximately 16,000 Grenades per month after initial start up; (6) Have the technical expertise and facilities to conduct standard NATO safety, Insensitive Munitions (IM), transportation, hazard classification, environmental and HERO/ESD tests prior to delivery of qualification samples. The Sources Sought Number is M67854-04-R-1051. Interested Parties should reply by submitting a written proposal no later than 30 April 2004 to Commanding General, Marine Corps Systems Command, Attn: Code 2041, 2200 Lester Street, Quantico, VA. 22134. Questions may be submitted in writing to the above address, or email to wrightdm@mcsc.usmc.mil. Interested Parties who are willing to provide test assets of a proposed design, at no cost to the USMC for testing should so indicate in the submitted white paper. No further information is available from the Procuring Office.
- Record
- SN00557730-W 20040402/040331212557 (fbodaily.com)
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