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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JANUARY 29, 2011 FBO #3353
SOLICITATION NOTICE

14 -- REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) FOR THE CLOSE COMBAT MISSILE SYSTEM - MEDIUM (CCMS-M) INCREMENT II MISSILE

Notice Date

1/27/2011
 

Notice Type

Presolicitation
 

NAICS

336414 — Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

US ARMY CONTRACTING COMMAND, AMCOM CONTRACTING CENTER
 

ZIP Code

00000
 

Solicitation Number

W31P4Q11R0079
 

Response Due

3/29/2011
 

Archive Date

4/28/2011
 

Point of Contact

KIMBERLY FLOYD,Contract Specialist,(256)876-6277 or KIMBERLY FLOYD,Contracting Officer,(256)876-6277
 

E-Mail Address

US ARMY CONTRACTING COMMAND
(KIM.FLOYD@US.ARMY.MIL)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) IS SUBMJECT TO THE PROVISION OF FAR 52.215-3 AND IS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY AND SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED AS AN INVITATION FOR BID, REQUEST FOR QUOTATION, REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, OR AS AN OBLIGATION ON THE PART OF THE GOVERNMENT TO ACQUIRE ANDY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES. YOUR RESPONSE TO THIS RFI WILL BE TREATED AS INFORMATION ONLY. NO ENTITLEMENT TO PAYMENT OF DIRECT OR INDIRECT COSTS, OR CHARGES BY THE GOVERNMENT WILL ARISE AS A RESULT OF A CONTRACTOR'S SUBMISSION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT: OR THE GOVERNMENT'S USE OF SUCH INFORMATION. THIS REQUEST DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS OR THE AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS TO AWARD A CONTRACT. THE INFORMATION PROVIDED MAY BE USED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN DEVELOPINGT ITS ACQUISITION STRATEGY AND STATEMENT OF WORK/STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES AND PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS. RESPONSE TO THIS RFI IS RESTRICTED TO US DOD CONTRACTORS ONLY. INTERESTED PARTIES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MARKING PROPRIETARY OR COMPETITION SENSITIVE INORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN THEIR RESPONSE. THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT TINTENT TO AWARD A CONTRACT ON THE BASIS OF THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION, OR TO OTHERWISE PAY FOR THE INORMATION SUBMITTED IN RESPONSE TO THIS RFI. THE CLOSE COMBAT WEAPON SYSTEMS (CCWS) PROJECT OFFICE IS CONDUCTING MARKET RESEARCH TO DETERMINE THE STATUS OF PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGIES CAPABLE OF PROVIDING AN AFFORDABLE, LOW COST, FORM-FIT-FUNCTION, SOLUTION FOR A CCCMS-M INCREMENT II MISSILE. CCMS-M INCREMENT II MISSILE IS A MAN-PORTABLE MISSILE SYSTEM OFFERING IMPROVED PORTABILITY, COMBAT EFFECTIVENESS, LETHALITY, RANGE AND LOWER COST, AS COMPARED TO THE CURRENT JAVELIN WEAPON SYSTEM. THE CCMS-M INCREMENT II MISSILE WOULD REPLACE THE CURRENT JAVELIN MISSILE BUT MUST INTERFACE WITH THE JAVELIN BLOCK O AND BLOCK I COMMAND LAUNCH UNITS (CLUS). JAVELIN MISSILE AND CLU (BLOCK O AND BLOCK I) INTERFACE CONTROL DRAWINGS AND PE! RFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST THROUGH THE U.S. GOVERNMENT BY CONTACTING KIM FLOYD (KIM.FLOYD@US.ARMY.MIL). THESE INTERFACE CONTROL DRAWINGS AND PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS WILL BE PROVIDED UPON REQUEST SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF RESPONDING TO THIS RFI. ANY OTHER USE IS NOT AUTHORIZED BY THE GOVERNMENT. FOLLOWING ARE THE CAPABILITIES TO BE ACHIEVED FOR THE CCMS-M INCREMENT II MISSILE AS AN UPGRADE TO CURRENT JAVELIN MISSILE SYSTEM: PORTABILITY-CCMS-M INCREMENT II WILL BE A MAN-PPRTABLE SYSTEM. THE BLOCK O AND BLOCK I CLU WEIGH APPROXIMATELY 15 POUNDS. THE CCMS-M INCREMENT II ROUND SHALL NOT EXCEED 30 POUNDS, WITH A DESIRED WEIGHT OF 20 POUNDS OR LESS. IMPROVED COMBAT EFFECTIVENESS (LETHALITY). CCMS-M INCREMENT II WILL ACHIEVE A MOBILITY OR FIREPOWER KILL AGAINST T-90 PIP 1 TANK CAST TURRET WITH AND WITHOUT APPLIQUE ARMOR AND ALSO PROVIDE INCAPACITATING OR LETHAL EFFECTS AGAINST LIGHT/SOFT VEHICLES, PERSONNEL IN OPEN AREAS, PERSONNEL WITHIN STRUCTURES OR STANDARD EARTH AND TIMBER BUNKERS. LETHALITY. CCMS-M INCREMENT II MISSILE WILL INCREASE PROBABILITY OF HIT (PH) ON SMALL TARGETS, SUCH AS NATO BUNKER APERTURES BEYOND 1200M, WHEN COMPARED TO CURRENT FIRE AND FORGET ENGAGEMENTS. IMPROVED CAPABILITIES ALLOWING THE GUNNER TO BETTER ASSESS THE BATTLEFIELD AND TO AVOID FRATRICIDE ARE DESIRED. RANGE. CCMS- INCREMENT II WILL BE CAPABLE OF REACHING LINE OF SIGHT FIRE AND FORGET TOP AND DIRECT ATTACK RANGES OF 150 METERS TO 4,000 METERS RANGE, WITH A DESIRED RANGE OF 5000 METERS. SUSTAINMENT (OPERATIONAL RELIABILITY (MISSILE)). OPERATIONAL RELIABILITY OF THE CCMS-M INCREMENT II MISSILE WILL BE NO LESS THAN.92. UNIT COST. THE CONTRACT UNIT PRICE OF THE CCMS-M INCREMENT II ROUND (MISSILE) WILL BE LESS THAT $100K (FY 11 THEN YEAR $) BASED ON 1,000 MISSILES PROCURED PER YEAR. INTERESTED PARTIES RESPONDING TO THIS RFI SHOULD: 1. HAVE A STRONG BACKGROUND AND DETAILED KNOWLEDGE WITHIN THE DEFENSE GROUND TACTICAL MISSILE SYSTEMS REALM. 2. HAVE A WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF THE ARMY'S TACTICAL WEAPON SYSTEMS. 3. HAVE A SIGNIFICANT TECHNOLOGY BASE AND/OR MANUFACTURING AND OPERATIONG INFRASTRUCTURE (FACILITIES AND CAPABILITIES) THAT CAN READILY SUPPORT DETAILED COORDINATION WITH THE COMBAT DEVELOPER AND THE CCWS GOVERNMENT TEAM. INDUSTRY RESPONSES MUST INCLUDE SUFFICIENT DOCUMENTATION TO SUPPORT ANY CLAIMS THAT THEIR SYSTEM PERFORMANCE WILL MEET THE MINIMUM PERFORMANCE CAPABILITIES CONTAINED HEREIN. SUCH DOCUMENTATION MAY INCLUDE SYSTEM TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS, PRODUCT BROCHURES, RELATED LITERATURE, PERFORMANCE TEST DATA, SYSTEM DRAWINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS, OR ANY OTHER DATA TO SUPPORT THE STATE OF SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND/OR PRODUCTION READINESS. ANY SUBMISSION WILL BE HANDLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASSOCIATED MARKINGS/LEGENDS PROVIDED BY THE SUBMITTING CONTRACTOR. INTERESTED PARTIES POSSESSING THE QUALIFICATIONS OUTLINED ABOVE ARE REQUESTED TO PROVIDE A WHITE PAPER NOT TO EXCEED 30 PAGES (1' MARGINS, FONT SIZE 12, INCLUDING DOCUMENTATION ABOVE, DESCRIBING: 1. CORPARATE CAPABILITIES, PAST AND CURRENT RELEVANT PREFORMANCE INFORMATION, AVAILABLE FACILITIES AND ASSETS. 2. WHETHER YOUR COMPANYS'S INTEREST IN THE ARMY'S CCMS-M INCREMENT II MISSILE PROGRAM IS AS A SYSTEM DEVELOPER AND INTEGRATOR, A SUBCONTRACTOR WITH SPECIFIC AREAS OF EXPERTISE OR AS A POTENTIAL COMPONENT SUPPLIER. 3. TECHNICAL AND MANAGEMENT APPROACH FOR ACHIEVING EACH CAPABILITY LISTED ABOVE. 4. A ROUGH ORDER OF MAGNITUDE (ROM) COST ESTIMATE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL TECHNOLOGIES TO REACH SYSTEM LEVEL TECHNOLOGY READINESS LEVEL (TRL) 6 AT MILESTONE B AND A ROM COST ESTIMATE TO CONDUCT ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT TO REACH MILESTONE C. 5. A MISSILE UNIT COST ESTIMATE (ROM) TO PRODUCE 1000 MISSILES PER YEAR (FY 11 THEN YEAR $). 6. A SUPPORTING PROGRAM SCHEDULE THAT REPRESENTS YOUR LOW RISK APPROACH TO MEETING THE TECHNOLOGY OBJECTIVES OUTLINED ABOVE AND SPECIFYING WHEN CRITICAL TECHNOLOGIES WILL REACH TRL 6. ADDITIONALLY, PLEASE INCLUDE NUMBER OF MONTHS REQUIRED FOR ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT (EMD). CCWS PROJECT OFFICE ANTICIPATES APPROXIMATLY 48 FLIGHT TEST DURING EMD. 7. AND ASSESSMENT OF ASSOCIATED RISKS FOR THE IS PROGRAM AND RISK MITIGATION APPROACHES. 8. NAME, TELPHONE NUMBER, FAX MUMBER, STREET ADDRESS AND EMAIL ADDRESS FOR PROGRAM, TECHNICAL AND COST POINTS OF CONTACT INFORMATION. ALL INTERESTED FIRMS WITH THE CAPABILITIES IDENTIFIED HEREIN ARE ENCOURAGED TO RESPOND TO THIS RFI BY PROVIDING THE INFORMATION SPECIFIED ABOVE ON OR BEFORE 29 MARCH 2011. QUESTIONS AND INDUSTRY RESPONSES TO THIS RFI ARE TO BE SENT VIA EMAIL TO KIM.FLOYD@US.ARMY.MIL OR ARMY CONTRACTING COMMAND REDSTONE, PEO TACTICAL MISSILE DIRECORATE, ATTN: CCAM--AC-TM-H (KIM FLOYD), BLDG 5303, MARTIN ROAD, REDSTONE ARSENAL, AL 35898.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/notices/f4759d477ceea3d7c4dc1dffcdaf5d16)
 

Place of Performance

Address: US ARMY CONTRACTING COMMAND, AMCOM CONTRACTING CENTER

Zip Code: 35898-5280
 

Record

SN02367735-W 20110129/110127234005-f4759d477ceea3d7c4dc1dffcdaf5d16 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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