SOURCES SOUGHT
10 -- M107 Long Range Sniper Rifle - .50 cal. Semi-Automatic Sniper System
- Notice Date
- 7/19/2005
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- US Army ARDEC, AMSTA-AR-PC, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806-5000
- ZIP Code
- 07806-5000
- Solicitation Number
- W15QKN-05-X-0448
- Response Due
- 8/19/2005
- Archive Date
- 9/18/2005
- Description
- The Government is interested in acquiring information on commercially available, semi-automatic Caliber .50 rifle systems for the Army???s M107 Long Range Sniper Rifle (LRSR) program. This rapid-fire rifle system must be a man portable, shoulder-fired, semi-automatic system utilizing military standard .50 caliber ammunition (12.7 x 99mm). The primary components of the system consist of a rifle, ammunition box magazines, variable-power day optical sighting system, bipod, dragbag, maintenance/spare part deployment kit, and hard carrying/transportation case(s). Potential contractors must be able to produce a minimum of 100 systems per month, with a production surge capability to 125 systems per month. The weapon must be a direct line of sight system, capable of engaging materiel targets (2m x 3m) out to 2,000 meters. The rifle must: weigh less than 35 pounds with optics, empty magazine, and bipod (25 pounds objective); have a mounted Picatinny type accessory rail interface (IAW MIL-STD- 1913); be easily disassembled into components with the maximum length of any component being no greater than 49 inches (36 inches objective); be rugged and highly reliable; be highly accurate when firing the Mk211 Multi-purpose round or ballistic equivalent; be compatible with the current family of .50 caliber ammunition (Ball, API, APIT) except SLAP; be able to fire a minimum of 10 rounds/minute; have a detachable box magazine with a minimum capacity of 10 rounds. The day optical sighting system must: provide suitable resolution to allow target identification at the maximum effective range of the system; be detachable; and interface with a Picatinny type rail IAW MIL-STD-1913. If your firm has an existing, commercially available item, which meets the specified requirements, please provide brochures or other information relative to performance of your product to: US Army-TACOM, Attn:AMSTA-AQ-APD, Peter Santangelo, Contract Specialist, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ, 07806-5000, or E-Mail: Peter.Santangelo@us.army.mil. This Sources Sought notice is only a Market Survey. It is not a pre-solicitation notice, nor is it a Request For Proposals. If a formal solicitation is generated at a later date, an appropriate solicitation notice will be published. Respondents to this Market Survey should submit their data within 30 days from the date of this publication. All information is to be submitted at no cost or obligation to the Government.
- Web Link
-
US ARMY TACOM-Picatinny Procurement Network
(http://procnet.pica.army.mil/dbi/Download/GoGetSourcesSought.cfm?SolNum=W15QKN-05-X-0448)
- Record
- SN00850151-W 20050721/050719212255 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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