SOURCES SOUGHT
13 -- Extended Range 40mm Non-Lethal (NL) Marking Cartridge
- Notice Date
- 11/21/2006
- 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-07-X-0428
- Response Due
- 12/21/2006
- Archive Date
- 1/20/2007
- Description
- The Office of the Product Manager, Crew Served Weapons and the U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command, Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (RDECOM- ARDEC), Picatinny Arsenal, NJ are currently seeking sources for the availability of non-developmental 40mm NL Extended Range Marking Cartridges. This round must be capable of providing an effective NL point control measure on a targeted individual/materiel through blunt impact kinetic energy and upon impacting its target mark the individual/materiel. This mark should be Infra Red (IR) visible out to 300 meters with current and future night vision enhancement devices and during daylight hours should be identifiable at 300 meters with the naked eye. The currently fielded 40mm NL round, the M1006, has an effective range of 10 ??? 50 meters. Respondents should provide information of their proposed cartridge design to include minimum safe distance and maximum effective range (15-75 meters desired) in the information submitted. The cartridge must be compatible with the M203 grenade launcher. Respondents should also provide information on the accuracy of their design at 50 meters (85% probability of hit desired on single e-silhouette with a mean radius of impact points of a 12-shot grouping not to exceed 15 centimeters) as well as at 75 meters (60% probability of hit desired on a single e- silhouette). All responsible interested sources are encouraged to submit their capabilities / qualification data in regard to the above no later than 30 days of this notice. All information is to be submitted at no cost or obligation to the Government. Please include company name, address, telephone number, technical point of contact, and brochures/literature. Firms interested in this acquisition should adequately describe their experience in 40mm NL cartridges. This is a market survey for informational and planning purposes only. THIS IS NOT A SOLITICATION AND DOES NOT OBLIGATE THE GOVERNMENT TO ISSUE A SOLICITATION. Please be advised that the Government will not pay for any information submitted under this announcement. Any and all information should be mailed to Department of the Army, U.S. Army TACOM, AMSTA-AQ-APD, Attention: Peter Snedeker, Building 10, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ, 07806-5000. Electronic submittals are preferred to peter.snedeker@pica.mil.
- Web Link
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US ARMY TACOM-Picatinny Procurement Network
(http://procnet.pica.army.mil/dbi/Download/GoGetSourcesSought.cfm?SolNum=W15QKN-07-X-0428)
- Record
- SN01184967-W 20061123/061121220803 (fbodaily.com)
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