SOURCES SOUGHT
99 -- Developmental Laser Ignition System Hardware
- Notice Date
- 7/7/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U. S. Army Materiel Command, US Army, Army Contracting Command, Joint Munitions and Lethality (JM&L) Contracting Center, US Army, Army Contracting Command, Joint Munitions and Lethality (JM&L) Contracting Center, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806-5000
- ZIP Code
- 07806-5000
- Solicitation Number
- W15QKN-09-X-1214
- Response Due
- 7/15/2009
- Archive Date
- 8/14/2009
- Point of Contact
- Krista Ellison, Contract Specialist, (973)724-6894<br />
- E-Mail Address
-
Krista Ellison
(krista.ellison@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sources Sought Notice (Market Survey) The Army Contracting Command, Joint Munitions & Lethality Contracting Center, Joint Armaments Center, on behalf of the US Army Armament Research Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC), Weapon Systems and Technology Directorate, Indirect Fire Armaments Division, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000, is conducting market research to locate capable firms interested in entering into Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) with the US Government for the following specialized products: machining, fabrication, assembly, inspection, repair, modification, upgrades, maintenance, engineering support, and on-site technical support/troubleshooting for components and subsystems used during the development of large caliber artillery systems to include developmental laser ignition system hardware. Contractors shall be required to participate in laser ignition Integrated Product Development Team (IPDT) meetings via telephonically, video conferencing, and other means of web access. Interested sources should be capable of providing any one, or all of the supplies/services listed under the following four technical areas: a. Technical Area 1 - Contractor specialized capabilities shall include machining, grinding and turning of sapphire, glass, ceramic and other exotic materials to tolerances of less than 0.013 mm. Contractors must have experience working with howitzer components to include complex geometries of large caliber spindles and high pressure sapphire chamber windows, Contractor capabilities shall include access to and use of seven axis machining. b. Technical Area 2 - Contractor specialized capabilities shall include experience with the fabrication and delivery of laser diodes and wafers using quantum well intermixing technology. c. Technical Area 3 - Contractor specialized capabilities shall include experience with the fabrication and delivery of laser diodes using molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) technology and epitaxial mirror on facet (EMOF) passivation. d. Technical Area 4 - Contractor specialized capabilities shall include experience with fabrication, precision machining and polishing of laser glasses to include KK1 and experience with the fabrication, repair and maintenance of the Non Line of Sight Cannon (NLOS-C) flash lamp laser ignition system. The Government may enter into one or multiple Blanket Purchase Agreements as a result of this notice. Firms/companies are invited to indicate their interests and capabilities by providing specifications, brochures, manuals, reports, information pertaining to experience on previous contracts for similar supplies/services and other technical data. All information is to be submitted via e-mail (10MB limit) at no cost or obligation to the Government; information provided will not be returned. All responses shall be in the English Language. Responses shall also indicate the size of the business entity; large or small business and indicate which of the technical areas(s) you are addressing in your submission. Please provide name of your firm, address, POC, phone/fax number, and email address. TELEPHONE INQUIRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. The Government will accept written questions by email only. In addition, interested firms are encouraged to submit their capabilities / qualification data No LATER THAN July 15, 2009. Submittals and questions should be directed to the following point of contact: US Army Contracting Command, Attn. Angela, CCJA, Bldg. 10, Picatinny, NJ 07806-5000, email angela.sarinelli@us.army.mil. This is a Sources Sought Notice and submissions will be used for informational and planning purposes only. This notice does not constitute a formal Request for Proposal (RFP), nor is the government obligated to issue an RFP. In addition, the Government does not intend to pay for any information provided under this notice. The Government is not obligated to notify respondents of the results of this survey.
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