SOLICITATION NOTICE
13 -- Precision Guidance Kit
- Notice Date
- 6/19/2008
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U. S. Army Materiel Command, JM&L LCMC Acquisition Center, Picatinny, US Army ARDEC, AMSTA-AR-PC, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806-5000
- ZIP Code
- 07806-5000
- Solicitation Number
- W15QKN-08-X-0371
- Response Due
- 7/10/2008
- Archive Date
- 7/25/2008
- Point of Contact
- Wilson Au, Contract Specialist, (973)724-5388
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Request for additional Information (RFI) For Precision Guidance Kit (PGK)Increment 2 This is a consolidated RFI including original posting including amendments. Original (Posted 06 MAY 08): The US Army Joint Munitions & Lethality Life Cycle Management Command (JM&LLCMC) Acquisition Center, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000 on behalf of the Office of the Project Manager Combat Ammunition Systems is seeking information from Industry on their ability to develop and qualify a Precision Guidance Kit Increment 2 (PGK-2) solution for 105mm HE projectiles with threshold requirements that will include a delivery accuracy of 30 meter CEP, GPS P(Y) SAASM, a 105mm deep intrusion fuze well depth, and Enhanced Projectile Inductive Artillery Fuze Setter (EPIAFS) compatibility. The objective requirements for PGK-2 are to provide a single technical solution for all US 105mm and 155mm projectiles (HE and cargo) with an Anti Jam capability, short intrusion fuze well, and compatibility with the Non-Line of Sight - Cannon (NLOS-C) automatic handling systems. The Government contemplates award of contract(s) in mid calendar year 2009. Theproposed acquisition strategy for PGK-2 will be broken out to represent the following: The PGK-2 program consists of three phases. Phase 1 is expected to be approximately twelve months and consists of design maturation and a competitive shoot-off leading to a downselect to the best approach based on demonstrated accuracy and reliability, as well as, cost and potentially an assessment of design maturity (including size/weight/performance compliance of the overall design and subcomponents), compatibility with applicable 105mm and 155mm artillery projectiles, and the proposed countermeasure/anti-jam approach. Phase 2 is expected to be approximately fifteen (15) to twenty four (24) months and consists of final design and qualification of a PGK-2 production representative system to support Milestone C. The government anticipates requesting proposals for the design/qualification and initial production implementation for capabilities that are beyond the threshold capability of US 105mm HE projectiles. These may include options for implementation of discrete objective capabilities listed below: - GPS Anti Jam (design/qual and Initial production costs)-105mm cargo projectiles (design/qual and Initial production costs)-155mm cargo projectiles (design/qual and Initial production costs)-155mm HE projectiles (design/qual and Initial production costs) Following a Milestone C decision, there is a planned Initial Production and Deployment (IP&D) Phase (3) that contains four production options (1 year per option). The government is interested in respondents assessment of the technical feasibility of implementing the following within the PGK-2 timeline given above: -Designs that are either compatible with current STANAG for cargo projectiles or an alternative approaches that will be compatible with the actual physical interface constraints on US cargo projectiles -Size compliant and performance compliant designs during Phase 1 -Inclusive of countermeasure/anti-jam demonstration in Phase 1 -A GPS standard interface so that alternative GPS approaches/suppliers could easily be integrated into PGK-2 designs during its evelopment/productionphases -Respondents should include information regarding the GPS jamming environment that their system can tolerate with their basic design and with possible added Anti-Jamming features includes the respective accuracy performance. (Note: The Excalibur Performance Spec Appendix C on GPS anti-jam for given scenarios is available as a comparison requirement to the emerging PGK-2 Anti-Jam objectives, which are likely to be similar). -Respondents should include information regarding their solutions behavior and performance in a GPS jamming environment when GPS guidance is never attained. -Respondents should discuss their solutions method of Anti-Jam and the maturity of their design. (Note: the Navy Guidance Integrated Fuze (GIF) SBIR program has developed a performance specification for an anti-jam environment. Through this program they have identified potential materiel solutions for projectile spin rate of up to 300 Hertz.) The government is performing an analysis of restructuring the PGK program to deliver one HE (105mm and 155mm) PGK and one cargo (105mm and 155mm) PGK and is seeking industrys assessment of this approach. Respondents should include information regarding any desired changes to the EPIAFS message set or other EPIAFS interface changes desired for the respondents solution (government makes no assurances that respondents desired EPIAFS changes can or will be implemented). Interested respondents may obtain the following upon request and coordination with POC listed below. A Non-Disclosure Agreement (available upon request) signed an on file and a DD2345, and Form 1350 at a minimum, will be required: -PGK-2 DRAFT Performance Specification-105MM Data Aero Coefficients-105MM Weapon/ Projectile Interface-155MM Data Aero Coefficients -155MM Weapon/ Projectile Interface -Interface Control Document (ICD) between Fuze Setter and Excalibur Increment Ib (M982E1) Extended Range Projectile, 12999868-Operational analysis for 105mm Precision Guided Munitions-Lessons Learned Briefing for Gun Fired Smart Munitions-GPS User Equipment Interface Control Document-The Guided Integrated Fuze (GIF) RFP w/ alternative MOFA component TDP(s): HOB Portion of TDP-Excalibur Performance Spec Appendix C on countermeasure/anti-jam The following information is also being finalized for release by the end of May 2008 and will be available provided a Non-Disclosure Agreement (available upon request) signed an on file and a DD2345 are submitted to POC listed below: -Physical Properties Interface Matrix of 105MM and 155MM Projectiles-An update on the ARDEC MEMS Safe and Arm efforts -Data from the D-Fuze 105mm testing that will be conducted in May 08-155mm spin-stabilized artillery control authority report from ARL-Draft contract report on the ArrowTech Incorporated PRODAS upgrade (Note: The Government has developed improved PRODAS capabilities through efforts with ArrowTech and will use these capabilities to evaluate potential prototype aerodynamic characteristics)-GIF Anti-jam Performance Specification Amendment 01 extended the closing date to 30 JUN 08. Addition from Amendment 02 (Posted 12 JUN 08): The Government is considering alternative PGK-2 implementation strategies for operational and training use that include procuring much larger quantities peryear than currently planned and desires to get information from respondents on the rough order of magnitude unit costs for PGK-2 associated with possibleimplementation scenarios identified below: Scenario 1 - Quantity of 10-20k/yr all GPS SAASM with AJ capability Scenario 2a - Quantity of 50k/yr all GPS SAASM with AJ capability Scenario 2b - Quantity of 50k/yr with 50% that are GPS SAASM with AJ capabilityand 50% w/o GPS SAASM and AJ Scenario 3a - Quantity of 100k/yr all GPS SAASM with AJ capability Scenario 3b - Quantity of 100k/yr with 25% that are GPS SAASM with AJ capability and 75% w/o GPS SAASM and AJ Scenario 4a - Quantity of 150k/yr all GPS SAASM with AJ capability Scenario 4b - Quantity of 150k/yr with 20% that are GPS SAASM with AJ capability and 80% w/o GPS SAASM and AJ Contractors are advised that no funding will be provided for preparation of theROMS. Addition from Amendment 03 (Posted 19 JUN 08): The Government is interested in respondents feedback on achieving an objectiveaccuracy requirement of the 95-100% of the all projectiles fired with hour.If metrological data conditions are used for guidence, it should have a hit of less than 30-50 meters of the intended aim point. If using GPS for guidance,respondents should provide their GPS accuracy assumptions along with theiraccuracy predictions. This RFI, including all the additional information request via amendments, is for information and planning purposes only, and does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP). It is not to be construed as a commitment by the U.S. Government. No award will be made as a result of this RFI. All information is to be submitted at no cost or obligation to the Government. The Government reserves the right to reject, in whole or in part, any private sector input as a result of this RFI. The Government is not obligated to notify respondents of the results of this RFI. Interested sources should submit their qualification data and requested information not later than 10 JUL 08 to JM&L LCMC Acquisition Center, ATTN: Procurement POC Wilson Au (973-724-5388), Building 9, Picatinny, New Jersey 07806-5000 or email wilson.au@us.army.mil. Classified responses to AJ inquires should be sent separately to Jason Travaille SFAE-AMO-CAS, Bldg 172, Picatinny, New Jersey 07866-5000
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