SPECIAL NOTICE
10 -- 40mm M320_M320A1 Grenade Launcher
- Notice Date
- 5/27/2014
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 332994
— Small Arms, Ordnance, and Ordnance Accessories 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
- W15QKN14R0067
- Archive Date
- 5/27/2015
- Point of Contact
- Catherine John-Angle, 973-724-3841
- E-Mail Address
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ACC - New Jersey
(catherine.e.johnangle.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a synopsis notice for the DRAFT Request for Proposal (RFP) W15QKN-14-R-0067 (DRAFT RFP) for the M320 40mm Grenade Launcher, National Stock Number 1010-01-566-9083(M320 GL) and M320A1 40mm Grenade Launcher, National Stock Number 1010-01-557-2542 (M320 GL). This announcement is issued for planning purposes only and constitutes a request for exchange of information pursuant to FAR 5.205 Special Situations (c) Special notices and FAR 15.201 Exchanges With Industry Before Receipt of Proposals. The purpose of exchanging information is to both improve the understanding of United States Government (USG) requirements by industry and knowledge of industry capabilities by the USG. Potential offerors are directed to NOT submit proposals at this time. The Army Contracting Command - New Jersey (ACC-NJ), on behalf of Project Manager Soldier Weapons (PM SW), intends to award this requirement as a Single Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with Firm Fixed Price (FFP) delivery orders. The contract will include five ordering periods to cover FY15- FY19 United States Army (US Army) M320 GL requirements and supplemental requirements for Other Agencies. As future needs for the M320 GL are identified during the life of the contract, FFP delivery orders will be awarded to the IDIQ base contract. It is anticipated that delivery orders will generally be placed annually. However, delivery orders may be placed more or less often to accommodate changing needs of the USG Department of Defense. A minimum of 7,200 M320 GLs and a maximum of 32,413 M320 GLs will be included in the planned IDIQ contract. The M320 GL is a 40mm, single shot, grenade launcher that can deliver aimed fire to area targets at a distance of up to 350 meters. The M320 GL is capable of being utilized in both standalone and M4/M16 mounted configurations. The M320 GL module (M320 GLM) system consists of a grenade launcher, buttstock, leaf sight, M4/M16 mounting hardware, sling, Laser Range Finder (LRF) and Grenadier Sighting System (GSS), when a GSS configuration is determined and GSS are produced. The M320 GL features an aluminum side-pivoting barrel assembly, aluminum receiver, removable buttstock and mounting brackets, along with a polymer pistol grip/trigger guard assembly. The M320 GL will be produced to a USG M320 GL Technical Data Package (TDP). Any offeror(s) awarded a contract resulting from the formal RFP shall be required to conduct First Article Test(s) and Lot Acceptance Test(s). Awardees will be required to safely and securely store Government furnished rifles, carbines, grenade launchers, 5.56 and 40mm ammunition, and equipment to be considered for award and will have to receive a quote mark complete award quote mark rating from their cognizant Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) under pre-award surveys and be approved by the Defense Security Service to physical security level(s) designated for the weapons and ammunitions manufactured by the contractor or provided by the USG. Potential Offerors are invited to submit questions and/or comments to DRAFT RFP prior to the release of a final RFP. Offerors shall submit questions electronically no later than July 24, 2014, to Therese Grimm at therese.m.grimm.civ@mail.mil and Catherine John- Angle at catherine.e.johnangle.civ@mail.mil. It is anticipated that interested parties questions submitted in response to this synopsis notice will be posted on Federal Business Opportunities (www.fbo.gov) along with corresponding USG answers. Note: No information exchanged with industry will be considered in the evaluation process. The only time that an Offeror's information is evaluated for award will be during the pre-award evaluation phase(s) of proposals submitted under the final RFP W15QKN-14-R-0067. Potential offerors are directed not to submit proposals at this time. The USG has acquired the rights to use the TDP for competitive procurements under a negotiated Special License Agreement (SLA). Therefore, this TDP is categorized as Distribution D and is restricted to the terms of the SLA. This TDP contains technical data whose export is restricted by the Arms Export Control Act (Title 22, U.S.C., Sec 2751, et seq.) or Export Administration Act of 1979 (Title 50, U.S.C., App 2401, et seq.), as amended. Violations of these export laws are subject to severe criminal penalties. This restriction also applies to distribution of the TDP to all subcontractors at every level. When the planned draft RFP and the planned formal RFP are released, only respondents who have a completed and signed AMSTA-AR Form 1350 Technical Data Request Questionnaire, Non-Disclosure Non-Use Agreement (NDA), to be executed by an authorized representative of the respondent's firm that respond to this notification or the notice for the final RFP, and DD Form 2345 Militarily Critical Technical Data Agreement will be granted access to the TDP. Draft drawings will be available on or about June 15, 2014 and provided to a respondent after the respondent meets the requirements set forth in this Synopsis Notice. At the conclusion of the Final RFP process and upon notification from the USG Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO), all respondents in receipt of data covered under the NDA, except to an offeror that may be awarded a contract under the final RFP, will be required to complete the supplied Certificate of Destruction notifying the USG that all licensed data received in response to the solicitation have been destroyed. If an offeror is awarded a contract under the final RFP they will be required to complete the supplied Certificate of Destruction notifying the USG that all licensed data received in response to the solicitation have been destroyed at the completion or termination of the contract. Release of a Draft TDP presents the opportunity for industry to provide any comments or concerns identified within the Draft TDP. Specific items for thought are availability of TDP materials, familiarity of processes, and overall TDP completeness. Items which are unclear to industry can be addressed prior to final RFP release. This opportunity will aid in providing industry a more clear understanding of the TDP, along with solicitation requirements, prior to release of the final RFP. This is a special notice only and is for planning purposes only. THIS IS NOT A FINAL RFP AND DOES NOT OBLIGATE THE GOVERNMENT TO ISSUE A FINAL RFP. The points of contact for this action are: Catherine Johnangle, Contract Specialist, Email: Catherine.e.johnangle.civ@mail.mil and Therese Grimm, Contract Officer, Email: therese.m.grimm.civ@mail.mil. NO TELEPHONE INQUIRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED. The Government will accept written questions by Email to therese.m.grimm.civ@mail.mil and catherine.e.johnangle.civ@mail.mil.
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