SOURCES SOUGHT
13 -- MK80 Series General Purpose Bomb Body with MK3-0 and MS3314 Suspension Lugs
- Notice Date
- 3/14/2017
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 332993
— Ammunition (except Small Arms) Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, ACC - RI (W52P1J), 3055 Rodman Avenue, Rock Island, Illinois, 61299-8000, United States
- ZIP Code
- 61299-8000
- Solicitation Number
- W52P1J-17-R-DW01
- Archive Date
- 7/14/2017
- Point of Contact
- Danielle M. Walters, Phone: 3097824958
- E-Mail Address
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danielle.m.walters3.civ@mail.mil
(danielle.m.walters3.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a sources sought announcement performed by the United States Army Contracting Command-Rock Island on behalf of the Project Director, Joint Products in order to identify interested and capable sources for the planned U.S. Government (USG) Fiscal Year (FY) 2018-2022 procurement of MK80 Series GP Bomb Bodies with MS3314 Suspension Lugs and MK3-0 Suspension Lugs. These Bomb Bodies and Lugs are procured to support both combat and training requirements of the Air Force and Navy. The GP Bomb Body configurations and lugs variants that may be procured include the following: VARIANT QUANTITIES FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21 FY22 MK82-1 (NSN: 1325-00-585-3841) 700 700 5000 5000 5000 MK82-6 (NSN: 1325-01-559-1663) 3000 3000 3000 3000 3000 MK83-4 (NSN: 1325-00-104-7268) 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 MK83-7 (NSN: 1325-01-564-9947) 500 500 500 500 500 MK84-4 (NSN: 1325-01-089-1335) 500 500 500 500 500 MK84-10 (NSN: 1325-01-548-1296) 5000 3000 6000 5000 4000 BDU 56/B (NSN: 1325-01-376-5088) TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD MS3314 Lug (NSN: 1325-00-116-4452) 32,000 20,000 27,000 26,000 12,000 MK3-0 Lug (NSN:1325-00-684-1364) 11,000 10,000 18,000 23,000 22,000 For acquisition planning purposes, please be sure to identify if your company is interested in / capable of providing the MK80 Series GP Bomb Bodies and/or the MK3-0 Suspension Lug and MS3314 Suspension Lug. Description : The MK80 Series GP bombs are used as building blocks for numerous variants of non-guided and precision-guided air delivered munitions. Bomb bodies in the MK80 series are steel forged, similar in construction and include various configurations of 500 pound, 1,000 pound, and 2,000 pound bombs. The aerodynamically designed steel case houses a high explosive fill that accounts for 40-50 percent of the bomb's weight. The bomb bodies include wells in the nose and are tail compatible with proximity sensors and mechanical, electrical, or electronic fuzes. They can be used with conical, non-retard or retarding fin assemblies, or with electro-optical, laser and/or Global Positioning System guidance airfoil kits. The MS3314 & MK3-0 Suspension Lugs, Aircraft Ordnance attach various ordnance/weapons to numerous aircrafts. The MS3314 Lug is a 4340 steel forging, approximately 2.375 inches long, approximately 1.75 inches in diameter with a 1.75-12-UN-3A machined or rolled thread. The MK3-0 Lug is also 4340 steel forging, approximately 3.62 inches long, approximately 2.5 inches in diameter with a 2.5-12-UN-3A machined thread. The MS3314 and MK3-0 lugs are safety critical items used to attach bombs to various types of aircraft. Failure of lugs in flight can result in damage or destruction of aircraft, and injury or death of pilots or personnel on the ground. The BDU-56/B is a full scale cement filled 2000lb inert practice bomb which simulates the ballistic properties of tactical General Purpose Bombs (MK84/BLU-117) used by the Air Force. These inert "heavyweight" bombs are dropped either with a parachute for "High Drag", or "Slick", which has no drag device. In either case, their weight creates enough "splash" or dirt spray, to be easily spotted without using an explosive charge. These bombs can also be fitted with all the attachments that a live loaded bomb can be fitted with including guidance packages or standard conical fins to better replicate conditions experienced during actual missions. Critical Skills/Equipment/Facilities: Manufacture of the MK80 Series GP Bomb Bodies requires special processes, equipment, facilities, and skills; and is a complex process that requires several operations. The general process for making MK80 Series GP Bomb Bodies using forged steel varies for each size and end item usage. Critical processes include forming, welding/resistance welding, heat treating, machining, coating, testing, and assembling of the bomb bodies. Critical equipment and facilities may include: band saws/cutoff machines, forging presses, large induction heaters, water cooling chambers, double end lathes, total indicator reading gages/fixtures, wall thickness gages, flame/plasma arc cutters, metal inert gas/robotic welders, Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) lathes, submerged arc welders, resistance welders, continuous flow heat treat/draw systems, shot blast systems, multiple spindle drills/tappers, CNC vertical mills/machining centers, proof load testing and hydrostatic pressure test equipment, coordinate measuring machines, Brinell hardness and universal test machine, phosphate/paint systems, and various specialized material handling equipment, all of which must be large enough to handle sizes of steel pipe up to 19 inches in diameter and 98 inches long. Critical skills needed for production of these bomb bodies include forming and heat-treating setup personnel; inspection and testing technicians; maintenance, tooling, manufacturing, and quality control engineers; and machinists. For different stages of the manufacturing process, special inspection and test equipment is required to ensure that the final products comply with USG requirements. The Contractor will be required to successfully complete First Article Acceptance, and Lot Acceptance tests on the bomb bodies and suspension lugs. The MK80 Series GP Bomb Bodies and MS3314 and MK3-0 Suspension Lugs are procured to USG Technical Data Packages (TDP). Many screening and inspection processes are required on 100% of the suspension lugs produced, due to their safety critical nature. Forging and heat treating processes must be well controlled to ensure that stress-related microcracks or other defects are not present in material, which can later propagate and cause gross material failure in service. Plating processes must be well controlled to ensure that the lugs maintain optimal corrosion resistance throughout their service life. Specialized skills required to manufacture both suspension lugs include, but are not limited to: • Zinc plating in accordance with ASTM B633, Type II, class 2 or cadmium plating in accordance with SAE AMSQQ-P-416 • Heat treating in accordance with AMS-H-6875 • Machining of class 3 threads in accordance with FED-STD-H28 • Metal forging in accordance with SAE AMS-F-7190, Grade A • Magnetic Particle Inspection in accordance with ASTM E1444 • Hardness testing in accordance with ASTM E18 • Salt Spray testing in accordance with ASTM B117 • Calibrated mechanical pull testing and impact testing Technical Data Packages: The TDPs for the MK80 Series GP Bomb Bodies and Suspension Lugs are classified as Distribution D, Distribution authorized to the Department of Defense (DoD) and US DoD Contractors Only. These documents contain technical data whose EXPORT is restricted by the Arms Export Control Act (Title 22, U.S.C., SEC 2751, ET SEQ.) or the Export Administration Act of 1979, as Amended, titled, 50 U.S.C App 2240 Et Seq.. Violations of these export laws are subject to severe criminal penalties. Dissemination shall be in accordance with provisions of DOD Directive 5230.25. Interested vendors must be registered with the U.S./Canada Joint Certification Program (JCP) to gain access to the TDPs (see www.dlis.dla.mil/jcp/ for instruction and information). Each individual requiring access to the TDPs must have a FedBizOpps account prior to accessing the TDPs. Access to the TDPs and top level drawings will only be granted to those individuals who are listed as the Data Custodian (block 3) on the DDForm 2345, Military Critical Technical Data Requirement, which was required to be registered within the JCP. The Data Custodian is the sole representative identified to receive export controlled TDP's. Interested vendors may request access to the TDPs (GP Series Bomb Bodies) and top level drawings (suspension lugs and BDU-56/B) at the following link: https://www.fbo.gov/fedteds/W52P1J16R0121 Responses: Interested companies are invited to indicate their interest by providing the USG the following information: a brief summary of the company's capabilities (a description of the facilities, personnel experience, quality system, past/current relevant manufacturing experience), and their availability. If a respondent does not have adequate resources (facilities, technical, manufacturing, personnel, etc.) available, then they should demonstrate their ability to obtain those resources necessary to deliver conforming end items to the Government, without significant delay. An acceptable vendor must be able to display the skills of its employees and established expertise in completing essential operations of manufacturing the MK80 Series GP Bomb Bodies and the MS3314 and MK3-0 Suspension Lugs. Any potential key subcontractors should also be addressed, by indicating which key components or processes would be subcontracted and providing a brief summary of potential key component and/or process subcontractors. Current major manufacturing processes and associated critical skill and equipment should also be provided. If your company has any current of previous Government production or research and development contracts, please describe those contracts and with what Government agency they are with. Also identify any performance issues and how they were addressed. Respondents should also include information about their facilities (size, age, condition, location and historical uses) and equipment (age, condition, efficiency and tooling). Respondents are encouraged to address the feasibility of or alternatives to the USG's preferred lead-times of 300 days after award for First Article Test (FAT) Report submission and 420 days after award for production deliveries to commence (within 90 days after FAT approval). Interested companies should provide any minimum production requirements and any production limitations; to include whether the USG's planned quantities as stated within this announcement meet or exceed minimum production requirements. Respondents should also note any significant lead times with equipment or materials associated with production of these requirements and any impact those lead-times may have upon the ability to meet USG preferred lead-times. Respondents are requested to identify whether the MK80 series bomb bodies and the MS3314 and MK3-0 Suspension Lugs can be tested, produced, and delivered concurrently, or whether consecutive schedules are requested based upon current capabilities. Respondents are also requested to provide a Rough Order Magnitude (ROM) price for FY18-FY22 in accordance with the estimated quantities listed above. Respondents are also encouraged to provide a ROM on associated First Article Test(s). The NAICS code for these items is 332993 and 332111 with a business size standard of 1,500 employees. Please indicate your business size and socio-economic status in your response. Also be sure to provide the company name, address, point of contact, phone number, e-mail address, taxpayer identification number, DUNS number, and CAGE Code. Contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database prior to award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract resulting from a planned solicitation for these items. Contractors may obtain information on SAM registration by visiting: https://www.acquisition.gov. This is a sources sought announcement for planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a Request for Proposal or as an obligation on the part of the USG. Industry responses to this sources sought announcement will not represent binding offers, and the USG will not accept an industry response to form a binding contract. The USG intends to use any information submitted in response to this request to develop an acquisition strategy for future requirements of these items. The USG will hold all information submitted in a confidential status. For additional information regarding this announcement, please contact the Contract Specialist via email at: danielle.m.walters3.civ@mail.mil. Industry responses are requested electronically no later than XXX, 2017 in order to be considered in the development of acquisition strategy for these items. Send all responses to Ms. Danielle Walters at danielle.m.walters3.civ@mail.mil. All responses to this sources sought announcement should reference the solicitation number and subject: MK80 Series General Purpose Bomb Bodies and MS3314 and MK3-0 Suspension Lugs. Point of Contact (POC): POC: Danielle Walters, Contract Specialist Phone: 309-782-4958 Email: danielle.m.walters3.civ@mail.mil Army Contracting Command - Rock Island (ACC-RI) Rock Island, IL 61299-8000
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