SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Procurement of Small Melts (Heats) of Experimental Steels
- Notice Date
- 4/29/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 331111
— Iron and Steel Mills
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AAC - Air Armament Center, AAC/PK, 205 West D Avenue, Suite 433, Eglin AFB, Florida, 32542-6864
- ZIP Code
- 32542-6864
- Solicitation Number
- FA865108M0227
- Point of Contact
- Connie S Homan,, Phone: (850)883-2150, S. CarolAbbott,, Phone: 850-883-2664
- E-Mail Address
-
connie.homan@eglin.af.mil, selesta.abbott@eglin.af.mil
- Description
- A sole source procurement is contemplated with North American Hoganas, Inc., 111 Hoganas Way, Hollsopple, PA 15935-6416. NAH is the only known qualified source to perform this effort. AFRL/RWMW desires to purchase small melts (heats) of experimental steels for evaluation in the AWEF Dynamic Properties Laboratory for application to future "high speed penetrator" programs. In order to develop and produce these more advanced steels and ensure the proper quality control requirements are met, the Government requirement mandates using the production process of (1) Electric Arc Furnace melting with Induction Stirring, (2) Ladle Refining with Argon Purging Capabilities and (3) Vacuum Degassing Treatment. Production of the experimental steels will be in small, 5-ton incremental totaling approximately 20 tons. Market research indicated that NAH is uniquely capable of producing small melts (5 tons) to the production methods outlined above. The Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. Interested parties may submit statements of capability (SOC) demonstrating their experience with steel melting process of (1) Electric Arc Furnace melting with Induction Stirring, (2) Ladle Refining with Argon Purging Capabilities and (3) Vacuum Degassing Treatment in small melts (heats). Submit SOCs within 15 days of publication to Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL/RWK), Attn: Connie Homan, 101 W. Eglin Blvd, Suite 337, Eglin AFB, FL 32542-6810. Please refer technical questions to Morris Dilmore at (850) 882-9644 and contractual questions t o Connie Homan at (850) 883-2150. An Ombudsman has been appointed to address concerns of offerors or potential offerors. The Ombudsman does not diminish the authority of the program manager or contracting officer, but communicates contractor concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate Government personnel. When requested, the ombudsman shall maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals or in the source selection process. Matters of routine or administrative nature concerning this acquisition should not be addressed to the Ombudsman, but rather to the Contracting points of contact identified above. The Ombudsman is Sue Hunter; her phone number is (703) 588-7004. Numbered note 22 applies.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 101 W Eglin Blvd, Ste 337, Eglin AFB, Florida, 32542-6810, United States
- Zip Code: 32542-6810
- Zip Code: 32542-6810
- Record
- SN01563349-W 20080501/080429220608-bca39345fa60f0a225502e582b5bd2ca (fbodaily.com)
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