SOURCES SOUGHT
23 -- Area Mine Clearance System (Medium Flail) Market Research
- Notice Date
- 5/8/2008
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 336992
— Military Armored Vehicle, Tank, and Tank Component Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U. S. Army Materiel Command, US Army C-E LCMC, Acquisition Center - Washington, US Army C-E LCMC, Acquisition Center - Washington, ATTN: AMSEL-AC-W, 2461 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22331-0700
- ZIP Code
- 22331-0700
- Solicitation Number
- W909MY-08-R-AMCS
- Response Due
- 6/6/2008
- Point of Contact
- Maureen Barlow, 703-325-6093
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The US Army CECOM Life Cycle Management Command, Acquisition Center Washington is seeking sources on behalf of the US Army's Office of the Project Manager Close Combat Systems for the procurement of sixty-five non-developmental area mine clearance systems over a twenty-four month period, technical manuals, instructor training, an initial level of spares and repair parts, supplies, and interim contract logistics support. These medium flail systems will be part of the Area Mine Clearance Family of Systems. The following criteria must be met and supported by verifiable independent test data. The first general parameter is as follows: system shall protect operator (crew) from effects from anti-tank (AT) (15 lb TNT explosive or equivalent) and anti-personnel (AP) (PMN-2 or equivalent) mine blasts with no injury through platform armament or tele-operation (threshold equal to objective); the second general parameter is as follows: systems shall be transportable by rail, sealift, and highway (M870 trailer) and air (C-5, C-17, and C-130) transportation assets, systems shall be capable of being configured for transport in less than 2 hours for any of the aforementioned modes (threshold); the first specific parameter is as follows: system shall within 3 blasts (15 lbs TNT explosive or equivalent) detonated under the flail head assembly during flailing operations without sustaining battle damage that is not repairable within 60 minutes 90-percent of the time with available tools, replacement parts, and maintenance personnel (threshold); system shall within 5 blasts (15 lbs TNT explosive or equivalent) detonated under the flail head assembly during flailing operations without sustaining battle damage that is not repairable within 30 minutes 90-percent of the time with available tools, replacement parts, and maintenance personnel (objective), systems shall withstand the effects of one AT mine detonation (equivalent to 15 lbs TNT) under any portion of the platform without sustaining battle damage that is not repairable within 12 hours 90-percent of the time with available tools, replacement parts, and maintenance personnel (threshold); systems shall withstand the effects of one AT mine detonation (equivalent to 30 lbs TNT) under any portion of the platform without sustaining battle damage that is not repairable within 4 hours 90-percent of the time with available tools, replacement parts, and maintenance personnel (objective); the second specific parameter is as follows: system shall provide the capability to neutralize/destroy 80-percent of the simple pressure AP (PMN-2 or equivalent) and AT (equivalent to 15 lbs TNT) mines, within an area or along a route in the manned-mode (threshold); system shall provide the capability to neutralize/destroy 99.6-percent of the AP and AT mines, within an area or along a route in the unmanned tele-operation mode at standoff ranges up to 300m (objectives); the first system attribute is as follows: shall neutralize 80-percent of doctrinally employed non-hardened, simple pressure activated AP and AT mines in one pass (threshold); shall neutralize 99.6-percent of doctrinally employed blast-hardened, simple pressure activated AP and AT mines in one pass (objective); the second attribute is as follows: shall clear a minimum lane of 3.0 meters wide in one pass (threshold); shall clear a minimum lane of 4.5 meters wide in one pass (objective); the third attribute is as follows: shall traverse complex, urban terrain and a 20-percent up slope, down slope and 10-percent side slope without roll-over (threshold); shall traverse complex, urban terrain and a 25-percent up slope, down slope and 15-percent side slope without roll-over (objective); the fourth attribute is as follows: shall maintain a minimum ground speed 400/800 meters per hour, with flail operating (threshold); shall maintain a minimum ground speed 1000 meters per hour, with flail operating (objective); shall penetrate undisturbed, dry soil composed of clay or clay mixture to a depth of 100 to 300 millimeters (mm) at minimum operational ground speed (threshold); shall penetrate undisturbed, dry soil composed of clay or clay mixture to a depth of 1000 mm at minimum operational ground speed (objective); the fifth attribute is as follows: shall be capable of completing 2 hours of flailing with a 90-percent probability of not experiencing a System Abort (threshold); shall be capable of completing 2 hours of flailing with a 97-percent probability of not experiencing a System Abort (objective); the sixth attribute is as follows: the Maintenance Ratio (MR) shall be less than 0.30 Maintenance Man-hours per Operating Hour (MMH/OH) including PMCS (threshold); the Maintenance Ratio (MR) shall be less than 0.10 MMH/OH including PMCS (objective); the seventh attribute is as follows: have the capability for the operator to immediately stop the flail system and flail head (threshold); upon loss of tele-operation data link between the operator control unit and the medium flail system, the medium flail system will automatically stop moving and stop flailing (objective); shall provide the operator with alarms and data at the operator control unit for vehicle status (objective); the eighth attribute is as follows: shall be capable of operating in hot and basic climates ranging from positive 320F to 1350F (frozen soil will degrade the performance of the flail head), shall survive storage and transportation in hot, basic and cold environments in accordance with AR 70-38, shall be capable of being operated by personnel while wearing appropriate clothing to include Mission Oriented Protective Posture (MOPP) Level 4 (threshold equal to objective); the ninth attribute is as follows: shall operate with diesel (threshold); shall operate with multi-fuels JP8 and diesel (objective); the tenth attribute is as follows: shall provide adequate space in cab to mount SINCGARS radio (R68044:VRC-90F) and its mounting bracket, 24 volt power connection and provisions to connect and mount an external antenna (threshold equal to objective); the eleventh attribute is as follows: flail head shall be capable of withstanding the effects of two BLU 97, MK118, M42 and/or M73 sub-munitions with no significant degradation to mission effectiveness (threshold); flail head shall be capable of withstanding the effects of ten BLU 97, MK 118, M42 and/or M73 sub-munitions with no significant degradation to mission effectiveness (objective); the twelfth attribute is as follows: shall be capable of being operated in the manned-mode (threshold); shall be capable of being operated in the manned and tele-operated modes, a line of sight distance of 300 meters in the tele-operated mode (objective). Responses are welcome from responsible sources that can provide verifiable independent test data to demonstrate the ability of the candidate system to meet the above requirements, as well as provide data to demonstrate the production capability of up to sixty-five non-developmental area mine clearance vehicle systems within a twenty-four month period, technical manuals, instructor training, an initial level of spares and repair parts, supplies, and interim contract logistics support. Responses should be in English and include detailed specifications of the candidate system; capabilities for production, training and logistics support; related experience; a copy of verifiable test reports of the candidate system (test reports must also be in English) and a Rough Order of Magnitude of the system price. Responses should be no longer than 15 pages, however, please note this page limitation does not include the page count for submitted test reports. Responses should also include information relating to the company of manufacture including the small business status of the company under NAICS 336992. The data received in response to this RFI is for information purposes only and does not mandate or impose requirements. It is desirable that data be received with unlimited rights to the Government. However, we recognize that proprietary data may be included with the information provided. If so, clearly mark such proprietary information and clearly separate it from the unrestricted information as an addendum. Responses are to be received via email no later than close of business on 6 June 2008. All requests for further information must be in writing or via email, telephone requests for additional information will not be honored. You may forward responses to Ms. Maureen Barlow, Contract Specialist, at the following e-mail address: maureen.barlow@us.army.mil. Response emails should include the following subject: 'AMCS Production Whitepaper - Contractor's Name'. Acknowledgement of receipt will be issued.
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- Zip Code: 22331-0700
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