SOURCES SOUGHT
16 -- MH-60 Cabin Gun Mount
- Notice Date
- 10/20/2021 7:27:27 AM
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 336413
— Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- AMSAM-SPK FORT EUSTIS VA 23604-5577 USA
- ZIP Code
- 23604-5577
- Solicitation Number
- H92241-22-R-0002
- Response Due
- 11/9/2021 8:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 11/24/2021
- Point of Contact
- Robert Waible, Phone: 7578780730 x248, Andrew L. Davis, Phone: 7578780730 x226
- E-Mail Address
-
robert.c.waible.civ@socom.mil, andrew.l.davis2.civ@socom.mil
(robert.c.waible.civ@socom.mil, andrew.l.davis2.civ@socom.mil)
- Description
- THIS IS NOT A NOTICE OF SOLICITATION ISSUANCE, BUT RATHER A SOURCES SOUGHT that will allow the Government to identify interested sources capable of meeting the requirement.� The information sought herein is for planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a request for quote (RFQ), Request for proposal (RFP), Invitation for Bid (IFB), or as an obligation or commitment on the part of the Government to acquire any product or service. There shall be no basis for claims against the Government as a result of information submitted in response to the Sources Sought.� The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this Sources Sought, or otherwise pay for any information submitted by respondents to this request.� This notice is for market research purposes only and is not indicative of a full requirement. The United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), Technology Application Contracting Office (TAKO) is seeking information on potential firms qualified to provide a proposal on a future solicitation.� The proposed award will be a contract for a cabin-placed, pintle machine gun mount for the United States Government�s MH-60M Black Hawk aircraft in the Defensive Armed Penetrator (DAP) configuration. The primary purpose is to mount a crew-served weapon system in the cabin on both sides which will enable crewmembers to provide better covering fires for the aircraft.� The mount must facilitate quick installation and removal with no or minimal basic tools, which shall be provided as part of the kit, while also allowing expedient removal (less than 20 � 30 seconds) of the weapon system during emergency egress situations.� The mount shall take up minimal cabin space and use existing attachment points without requiring modifications to the airframe.� The mount must permit the closing of the cabin doors with the weapon installed and shall not hinder the emergency egress of crewmembers.� The mount shall also allow for the optional use of standard inventory ammo bearing equipment.� The mount shall permit maximum fields of fire with incorporated mechanical stops to prevent inadvertent damage to the host aircraft or its various weapons systems. The total weight of the system on each side of the aircraft (not including the weapon, ammunition, etc.) shall be between 19 and 29 pounds per side. The solutions offered must have a Technology Readiness Level of 6 or higher to be considered for this effort. Potential sources are requested to submit a brief summary of their capabilities. This Sources Sought is the initiation of market research under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Part 10, and does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future.� The information collected may be used by the Government to explore acquisition options and strategies.� All information received in response to this Sources Sought that is properly marked as �proprietary� will be protected as proprietary information.� Such information will be reviewed by a team comprised of Government as well as contractor personnel hired to provide technical assistance for the Government�s preparation of an acquisition strategy. All members of the team will be reminded of their obligation to protect such information to the maximum extent permitted or required by the Economic Espionage Act, 18 U.S.C. 1831 et seq., and other applicable statutes or regulations.� In addition, Government members will be reminded of their obligations to afford protection under the Trade Secrets Act, 18 U.S.C. 1905.� All contractor members are required to protect the information by the terms of their contracts.� The Government will make a determination whether or not contractor personnel have organizational conflicts of interest that could adversely affect protection of the information.� In an effort to ease the coordination for potential need of nondisclosure agreements between multiple parties as part of the Government�s market research, the Government will treat all notice responses as proprietary and to disclose the contents only for the purpose of Government market research and acquisition planning activities.� All proprietary information is submitted with the above understanding that these contractor technical experts will have access and should be marked accordingly.� The Government shall not be liable for, or suffer any consequential damages, for any proprietary information not properly identified. All interested, capable, and responsible sources that would like to respond to this sources sought are encouraged to provide a statement of interest along with supporting data via email to Mr. Robert Waible (robert.c.waible.civ@socom.mil) no later than 11:00 am EST on 9 November 2021.� Once the sources sought requirement has closed, the Government will contact individual responders for any further information required.
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- Record
- SN06161621-F 20211022/211020230117 (samdaily.us)
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