SOURCES SOUGHT
38 -- Assault Breacher Vehicle (ABV) Market Survey: Full Width Mine Plow, Combat Dozer Blade and Lane Marking System
- Notice Date
- 4/18/2008
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 332312
— Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U. S. Army Materiel Command, U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (Warren), TACOM - Warren Acquisition Center, ATTN: AMSTA-AQ-AMB, E Eleven Mile Road, Warren, MI 48397-5000
- ZIP Code
- 48397-5000
- Solicitation Number
- ABV-MARKET-SURVEY-2008
- Response Due
- 5/16/2008
- Point of Contact
- Damon McNally, (586) 574-8088
- Description
- The US Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC) is conducting a Market Survey to obtain information on commercial industry capability to satisfy US Army requirements for a Full Width Mine Plow (FWMP), Lane Marking System (LMS) and Combat Dozer Blade (CDB) mountable on the Assault Breacher Vehicle (ABV). The requirement will be achieved in a single step versus an evolutionary series or steps. The Market Survey document is hosted on the TACOM LCMC Procurement Network, and may be accessed by cutting and pasting the following URL in your Internet Browser: http://contracting.tacom.army.mil/ssn/ABV_Market_Survey_18Apr08.doc/ In summary, the ABV is based on the M1A1 Abrams tank chassis with a fabricated turret unique to the ABV. The ABV has two Mine Clearing Line Charges (MICLIC), a FWMP, a CDB and a LMS. The Government would provide a M1A1 Abrams tank for the testing of a proposed FWMP, LMS and CDB. The ABV must create a cleared and marked lane that is 15 feet wide and 14 inches deep (objective); 13 feet wide and 10 inches deep (threshold) through minefields 200 meters long consisting of Anti-personnel (AP) and Anti-tank (AT) mines. The ABV is required to clear and mark the lane in 6.5 minutes (objective); 8 minutes (threshold). The ABV must also be capable of clearing complex obstacles to enable passage of the maneuver element through the breach. The soil is assumed to be unfrozen with no rocks larger than 32 centimeters in diameter. The threshold is to plow the described width and depth in loose sand and soft silt (objective: hard clay and hard silt). The ABV must also have the capability to breach the following non-explosive simple obstacles with a CDB: 1.52 meter concrete cube (threshold), urban rubble (threshold), log post obstacle (threshold), log crib (objective), abatis (objective). The FWMP and CDB assemblies must be detachable within 10 minutes (threshold); 5 minutes (objective), from inside the crew compartment using Basic Issue Items and on-board equipment. The FWMP and CDB assemblies must also have a travel-lockout to hold and lock the blade in its stowed position during vehicle travel. The ABV with the FWMP installed must be capable of traversing a 15 degree ramp when loading and unloading from an amphibious ship and traverse from that ramp onto a Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC), or other vessel, without dunnage, and without damage to the ramp or vessel. The ABV has a comparable capability to the M1A1 Abrams to climb vertical walls, cross trenches, climb up 60 percent grade slopes and negotiate a 40 percent side slope. When combat-loaded, the ABV will weigh less than 60 tons (objective); less than 70 tons (threshold). These weights include having the FWMP, CDB and LMS installed on the M1A1 Abrams tank. The ABV FWMP must provide survivability against explosive blasts and complete the mission. It must survive the equivalent of two Iranian M-19 Anti-Tank Mine detonations on its FWMP and still complete the mission attempt of clearing one lane thru the mine field to the standard listed above. The ABV LMS must be capable of using marking poles currently in US Army inventory, NSN 6230-99-791-5361. The ABV lane markers will denote the edge(s) of the cleared lane up to 300 meters in length, in day, night, and combat conditions. The LMS must be capable of operation by a two man crew in the closed hatch configuration. Please answer as many questions as applicable to your products. Not all questions need to be answered. Additionally, any supplemental information concerning the performance, human factors engineering/safety, reliability/maintainability, etc. of your products or any other literature concerning your company's warranty program, product longevity, dealership network, and reputation would be useful in this survey. POC for the Market Survey is Mary Pasqual, mary.pasqual@us.army.mil. Responses are due no later than 16 May 2008, and may be submitted by email to the POC above. Again, cut and paste the following URL into your Internet browser to access the Market Survey document: http://contracting.tacom.army.mil/ssn/ABV_Market_Survey_18Apr08.doc
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- Place of Performance
- Address: TACOM - Warren Acquisition Center ATTN: AMSTA-AQ-AMB, E Eleven Mile Road Warren MI
- Zip Code: 48397-5000
- Zip Code: 48397-5000
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