SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Advanced Technical Concepts Support Task Contract
- Notice Date
- 12/8/2006
- 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-0213
- Response Due
- 12/28/2006
- Archive Date
- 1/27/2007
- Description
- To complement in-house expertise and facilities in precise payload delivery, explosives detection, and survival of sensor electronics in a ballistic environment; the US ARMY ARDEC, is seeking expertise from Contractors in the following areas: interceptor technology for area and vehicle protection, novel projectiles that serve as carriers for deployment of sensors which detect and/or neutralize biochemical threat agents and conventional chemical threats, or simply novel carriers for deployment of multiple, compact warheads. Other areas of interest include precision delivery of these vehicles, as well as fragment penetration. These consultant services should also be supplemented by an infrastructure capable of conducting laboratory scale experiments which would take concepts to the next level of technology readiness, but also be able to exploit available ARDEC facilities whenever possible to achieve these objectives. The Contractor must also be able to provide training to ARDEC personnel in the above areas. The Contractor shall be capable of complying with the required technical/engineering services on a task by task basis (delivery orders) and following Performance Based Service Contracting (PBSC) techniques where appropriate and will include the following Minimum Mandatory PBSC Requirements: Performance requirements that define the work in measurable, mission-related terms; Performance standards (i.e. quality, quantity, timeliness) tied to the performance requirements; A Performance Requirements Summary / Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (PRS/QASP) that describes how the Contractor???s performance will be measured against the performance standards. In support of an engineering analysis, the Contractor shall have the following capabilities: a) Scientific staff with training and experience in the pure sciences and/or Engineering disciplines covering materials technology, mechanical, electrical/electronics, computation, biochemical areas, and ballistics. More specific areas shall include Guidance & Control, detection of Energetics, Imaging for damage assessment, Bio-Chemical agent detection, novel projectile carriers, novel power sources for projectiles, high strain rate deformation, and computational fluid dynamics. b) High-speed computing facilities that include CAD/CAM support, data reduction, and processing & analysis software. c) When generating technical drawings, the Contractor shall use Pro/ENGINEER?? design software environment. For structural analysis purposes, use of ANSYS?? and LS-DYNA?? is strongly preferred. The unclassified engineering drawings and data generated by the Academic Institution shall be made available to the Government via the ARDEC Windchill?? data sharing environment. In order to conduct laboratory testing of electromechanical systems and subsystems, the contractor shall have the following capabilities: a) Light-gas guns capable of launching projectiles at energies of up to 1MJ for characterizing performance of electronic/sensor payloads at varying shock levels. b) Instrumentation (high speed photo, X-ray) for capturing in-bore, transitional, and out-of-bore structural and aerodynamic behavior of experimental payloads that may be instrumented with real-time data acquisition hardware. This includes position, velocity and acceleration data. c) Soft-recovery systems that enable safe-capture and post-test diagnostics of an item launched from gas guns. d)Data acquisition hardware to support and post-process test data. In order to conduct specialized small-scale testing of high explosives and/or incendiary devices, the Contractor shall have facilities for the safe testing of up to 1 lb of TNT, and the requisite instrumentation for blast pressure measurements. The Contractor shall conduct experiments using Picatinny facilities on a case by case basis, as determined by the Government. The Contractor shall also be capable of conducting materials characterization tests, which include mechanical properties and elemental analysis. These tests may be conducted on new materials processed, or on soft recovered ballistic hardware. In order to support the above activities, the Contractor shall also have fabrication capabilities that include conventional and precision machining equipment. In support of the above activities, the Contractor shall also have an electronics prototyping facility that includes electrical/electronic circuit design, printed-circuit- board fabrication, and software needed for custom circuit design. The facility shall also have diagnostic instrumentation to evaluate the function of same. The Contractor shall also be capable of training ARDEC personnel through technical workshops, short courses, or seminars in the following areas: High- deformation, high-strain-rate physics, Compact Power supply design for ammunition, Imaging technology, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Guidance and Control theory and applications, Scaling of experiments, Multi-Disciplinary Design Optimization, Aeroballistics, Composite and advanced material applications in armaments & ammunition, MEMS Design for munitions applications. Detailed course content shall be coordinated by the Contractor but shall require final Government approval prior to scheduling. The Contractor shall provide training materials, laboratory facilities, computer facilities and software (with free license for official use) to each trainee. When possible, the courses will be offered at Picatinny and use Picatinny experimental facilities. Planning of the above details shall be done jointly between ARDEC and Contractor personnel on a case by case basis, to be determined by the Government. When specified in a Delivery Order, the Contractor shall provide a Safety Assessment Report (SAR) [DI-SAFT-80102B] containing the mandatory documentation in accordance with MIL-STD-882D. When using Government facilities, the Contractor shall be required to comply with the safety requirements of the Government installation involved. The Contractor may be required to store, handle and test quantities of ammunition and/or energetic materials as part of a Delivery Order under this solicitation. Environmentally-controlled facilities may be required for testing and loading energetic materials. To this end, the contractor must comply with federal, state, and local ordinances for the storage, handling, and testing of energetic materials, as well as foreign country license conditions and regulations, as appropriate. Upon conclusion of each individual Delivery Order, the Contractor shall provide a Final Report [DI-ADMN-80447]. The Contractor shall provide adequate security of Government property including test hardware, weapons, ammunition, technical data and proprietary information. A list of Government furnished property will be provided as required. The Contractor must satisfy the security standards requirements of DOD5100.76M. The Contractor shall be capable of handling, receiving, and storing documents, equipment, and test items, up to and including a security classification level of SECRET. The Contractor shall also provide facilities that support ???Classified??? computing and storage of classified media, if required. Unless otherwise stated within a specific Delivery Order, the Contractor shall comply with the requirements of the Security Classification Guide provided by the Government. The Contractor will report ALL manpower (including subcontracted manpower) required for performance of the requirements. The Contractor will also provide the estimated total cost (if any) incurred to comply with this reporting requirement. Firms with the experience in the areas cited above should provide a summary of their company's capabilities including a description of facilities, personnel and past experience to meet this requirement on or before 29 December 2006. Respondents are asked to provide Rough Order of Magnitude Estimate for the anticipated effort. The Federal Service Code for this program is AD94. NAICS code is 541710. All responses must include company name, address, point of contact, phone number, fax number, email address, business size, taxpayer identification number, DUNS number and CAGE code. All contractors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration at http://www.ccr.dlis.dla.mil/ccr/scripts/index.html. This is a sources sought notice for planning purposes only. This is not a solicitation and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. See Numbered Note 25. Submittal of information is requested via electronic mail only to Katherine N. Conklin, Contract Specialist, at knconkl@pica.army.mil.
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