SOURCES SOUGHT
81 -- PA157 Metal Containers
- Notice Date
- 4/20/2016
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 332439
— Other Metal Container Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, ACC - NJ (W15QKN), BUILDING 10 PHIPPS RD, PICATINNY ARSENAL, New Jersey, 07806-5000, United States
- ZIP Code
- 07806-5000
- Solicitation Number
- w15qkn-13-r-0017
- Archive Date
- 5/6/2016
- Point of Contact
- Bradley R. Borek,
- E-Mail Address
-
bradley.r.borek.civ@mail.mil
(bradley.r.borek.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- PA157 Metal Containers (Market Survey) Introduction: The U.S. Army Contracting Command-New Jersey (ACC-NJ) located at Fort Dix, NJ 08640, on behalf of the Office of the Project Manager Combat Ammunition Systems (OPM-CAS) is conducting a market survey to identify qualified sources of producing the PA157 Metal Container for FY16-FY17 military requirements. The requirements at this time are planned to be restricted to BWAY Corporation, Atlanta, GA who is the current producer of the PA157 Metal Container. Authority for Proposed Action: The contract action will be conducted pursuant to 10 U.S.C 2304(c) (1) as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1(a)(2)(ii)(B), Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements, awarding to any other source would result in unacceptable delays in fulfilling agency requirements. Item Description: The PA157 Metal Container is a gasket sealed rectangular metal container that serves as the outer pack for 81mm Mortar Cartridges. The PA157 Metal container supports the 81mm Smoke and Illumination Mortar Cartridges M819, M853A1, and M816. The Metal Container manufacturing process consists of multiple operations beginning with the stamping out of the Body and Cover panels from sheets of steel and the basic shapes for the formed items (body rib, hasps, latch, gasket, and latch retainers) utilizing presses and dies to perform the specific operations. The next steps include, but are not limited to, the Latch Link formation, Seam-Welding the Body Panels together, Spot-Welding the formed (hasps, rib, latch link retainer, etc.) items onto the Body cover, attaching the Latch to the Latch Link Retainer, gasket insertion, attaching the cover to the body and lastly performing 100% Leak Testing and palletization. Important Information to vendors: To be considered as a capable source for this effort, all interested parties must submit the requested information as follows: a) Provide evidence of capabilities including an ability to produce the PA157 Metal Container at a rate of 6,000 units per month; b) Manufacturing experience in PA157 Metal Container or similar products within the past 3 years; c) Description of facilities, personnel (numbers, experience, specialized skill sets), and environmental compliance as it relates to the above production efforts; d) Provide evidence of Quality Assurance in order to support this production program; and e) Provide company name, address, telephone number, email address, technical point of contact, and company size (please specify as either a Large Business, Foreign-Owned Business, Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, 8(a) concern, Woman-Owned Small Business, Historically Underutilized Business Zone concern, Veteran-Owned Small Business, or Service-Disabled Small Business). This market survey is for planning purposes only and shall NOT be construed as a Request for Proposal (RFP) or an obligation on part the part of the Government. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this market survey or otherwise pay for information solicited. All submissions are requested to be made within five (5) calendar days from the date of this publication at no cost to the Government by electronic mail to Bradley Borek, bradley.r.borek.civ@mail.mil. All information submitted will be held in a confidential status. The Government will accept written questions by email ONLY. TELEPHONE INQUIRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
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