SOURCES SOUGHT
83 -- Sleeping Bag Liners
- Notice Date
- 12/23/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 313210
— Broadwoven Fabric Mills
- Contracting Office
- RDECOM Contracting Center - Natick R&D (RDECOM-CC), ATTN: AMSRD-ACC-N, Natick Contracting Division (R and BaseOPS), Building 1, Kansas Street, Natick, MA 01760-5011
- ZIP Code
- 01760-5011
- Solicitation Number
- W911QYSLEEPINGBAGLINER
- Response Due
- 1/30/2010
- Archive Date
- 3/31/2010
- Point of Contact
- stephen abate, 508-233-4018
- E-Mail Address
-
RDECOM Contracting Center - Natick R&D (RDECOM-CC)
(stephen.abate@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is seeking sources for commercial sleeping bag liners domestically manufactured to be Berry compliant. The USMC is interested in investigating a sleeping bag liner as a modular component for use with all their sleep systems; currently fielded modular sleep system, and the MSS future replacement by the Three Season Sleep System, and developmental extreme cold sleep system over the next 3 to 5 years. The sleeping bag liner would allow the Marine to tailor layers to optimize comfort from -25F to 100F based upon the items he is willing to carry for the environmental conditions they expect to face. The USMCs concept of use includes using the liner alone with the bivy cover for upper temperatures when a sleeping bag is too warm, and used in conjunction with any of the sleeping bags to increase warmth at lower temperatures depending on the Marines sensitivity to the cold and his preference for warming layers inside the sleeping bag. To be suitable for military use, the sleeping bag liner must be; very light, highly compressible and add 5 to 10 degrees protection when used. Target performance characteristics for the sleeping bag liner follow. Finished weight of 1.3 lbs maximum with 1.0 lbs desired. The compressed volume of the liner shall not exceed 140 cu in the sleep system compression sack where less volume at 100 cu in is desired. The insulation value of the liner shall add 0.6 clo in thermal manikin testing with 1.0 clo desired. The liner end item shall be compatible with a center zip sleeping bag, tapered shape, and smooth surface to slip over fleece type clothing layers without generating static electricity and shall have an easy to use closure to keep the liner in position around the users body. The material shall wick moisture away from sweaty skin, dry fast, provide high moisture vapor transmission, and be strong to resist tearing or bursting from boot shod feet and rapid stuffing action. The item shall be durable to a minimum of 30 machine launderings and drying where 50 laundering cycles are desired. The color shall be a subdued green, brown or black, and coyote brown is desired. The fabric shall be colorfast to laundering, perspiration and wet crocking. A durable anti-microbial treatment is desired to reduce bacteria growth between launderings. Interested sources are requested to submit product literature and a sample by Jan 18, 2010 to US Army Soldier Research, Development & Engineering Center, Attn: Dee Townes (D-225), Kansas St., Natick MA 01760. Responding sources are asked to identify their booth location and Point of Contact if they are displaying products the Winter Outdoor Retail Show in Salt Lake City, UT beginning on 23 Jan 2010.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/notices/dc7abf8ac8297059b4ce3c96edab8e06)
- Place of Performance
- Address: RDECOM Contracting Center - Natick R&D (RDECOM-CC) ATTN: AMSRD-ACC-N, Natick Contracting Division (R and BaseOPS), Building 1, Kansas Street Natick MA
- Zip Code: 01760-5011
- Zip Code: 01760-5011
- Record
- SN02030899-W 20091225/091223235107-dc7abf8ac8297059b4ce3c96edab8e06 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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