SOURCES SOUGHT
89 -- Baker's Special Sugar used in M18 Red and Violet smoke grenades
- Notice Date
- 10/21/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 311314
— Cane Sugar Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- ACC - New Jersey, Center for Contracting and Commerce, Building 10 Phipps RD, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000
- ZIP Code
- 07806-5000
- Solicitation Number
- W15QKN-14-X-B001
- Response Due
- 11/21/2013
- Archive Date
- 12/20/2013
- Point of Contact
- Angela Sarinelli, 973-724-9934
- E-Mail Address
-
ACC - New Jersey
(angela.sarinelli@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Market Survey request for Baker's Special Sugar used in M18 Red and Violet smoke grenades The U.S. Army, Army Contracting Command Center - New Jersey, Close Combat Center, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000, on behalf of the Army Research Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC), is conducting market research to identify potential producers, capable of manufacturing and testing Baker's Special Sugar per the requirements defined in the Table 1 attachment. The sugar will be used to manufacture smoke mix for the M18 Violet Smoke Grenade (DODIC G955) and M18 Red Smoke Grenade (DODIC G950). A respondent should currently possess a manufacturing capability to produce the Baker's Special Sugar and the ability to package the sugar in 40-50 pound polylined kraft paper sacks. A respondent's available production capacity must be sufficient to provide the U.S. Army a total quantity of Baker's Special Sugar of approximately 600 pounds. A respondent should indicate the ability and equipment used to measure the mean particle size of the Baker's Special Sugar via a laser light scattering particle size analyzer. Please see the attached Table 1 for the list of requirements. The North American Industry Classification (NAICS) Code is 311314. All responses shall be prepared in MS Word or PDF format and shall contain sufficient information to support the company's claim that it presently has the capability to produce the Baker's Special Sugar. At a minimum, responses shall include: a brief summary of their company's capabilities including, but not limited to, description of facilities, personnel, past production experience and environmental compliance as it relates to the specifications contained in this notice. Responses should also include identification of a corporate point of contact, phone number, email address, website (if available), business size (and any socio-economic considerations), NAICS code, Cage Code, and Duns number. All companies interested in this potential future solicitation shall be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM). This sources sought notice is for information and planning purposes only, and does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or an obligation on the part of the Government to issue an 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 sources sought notice. All information is to be submitted at no cost or obligation to the Government. The Government is not obligated to notify respondents of the results of this survey. Any documentation will not be returned. Interested source should submit the requested information no later than 30 days from the date this publication to be considered in the development of the acquisition strategy for this item. Email submittals must be restricted to a maximum file size of 8MB and should be in MSWord or PDF format. In the event that the email submission is larger than 8MB, separate into several emails. Responses shall be submitted by e-mail to Angela.m.sarinelli.civ@mail.mil.. Interested sources may also submit their response to U.S. Army Contracting Command -New Jersey, ATTN Angela Sarinelli, Building 10, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806-5000. Telephone responses will not be accepted. The Government will accept written questions by email to Angela.m.sarinelli.civ@mail.mil..
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- Place of Performance
- Address: ACC - New Jersey Center for Contracting and Commerce, Building 10 Phipps RD Picatinny Arsenal NJ
- Zip Code: 07806-5000
- Zip Code: 07806-5000
- Record
- SN03219463-W 20131023/131021233840-8d2e95b1ff45b237769ca1fd2ee39ff4 (fbodaily.com)
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