Conventional Munitions Product Office, Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC/VXBK), 102 West D Avenue, Suite 168, Eglin AFB FL 32542-6807

13 -- PGU-9A/B FUZING MECHANISM (FMU-154) SOL F08626-95-B-0223 POC Contact Ms Judith Gibson, Contract Specialist, (904) 882-8787, ext 3034, or Major Russell S. Reed, Contracting Officer, (904) 882-8515, ext 3069. The Aeronautical Systems Center, Conventional Munitions Systems, Projects Division (ASC/LIW-A) intends to release an Invitation for Bids (IFB) for FMU-154 fuzes for the PGU-9A/B 40mm round within approximately 90 days. The PGU-9A/B is a round used by the L-60 cannon on-board the AC-130 aircraft. The FMU-154 fuze shall be capable of being mounted on a fuzeless PGU-9A/B. The fuze shall be compliant with MIL-STD-1316D and have a no-arm distance of 140 feet. Compliance with the rough handling of MIL-STD-331B and MIL-STD-801E is also required. We emphasize that this is a nondevelopment item (NDI) acquisition that requires the contractor to possess the ability to deliver production fuzes initially 12 months after contract award at an annual rate up to 400,000. The basic contract will include a most probable quantity of 277,000 fuzes with three production options for a most probable quantity of 177,000 the first option year and 178,000 each in the two years remaining. However, to account for budget fluctuations, the basic and production options will have a quantity range of 150,000 to 400,000 each. An Ombudsman has been established for this acquisition. The only purpose of the Ombudsman is to receive and communicate serious concerns from potential offerors when an offeror prefers not to use established channels to communicate his/her concerns during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. Potential offerors should use established channels to request information, pose questions, and voice concerns before resorting to use of the Ombudsman. Potential offerors are invited to contact ASC's Ombudsman, Colonel Daniel M. Tibbetts, AFSEO/SK, 205 West D Avenue, Suite 318, Eglin AFB FL 32542-6865, (904) 882-9051. Routine communications concerning this acquisition should be directed to the Contract Specialist Ms Judith Gibson, (904) 882-8787, ext 3034, or the Contracting Officer, Major Reed, (904) 882-8515, ext 3069. Technical questions should be referred to the Program Manager, Capt Dorian Corbett (904) 882-8787, ext 3037. Collect calls will not be accepted. No telephone requests for copies of the bid package will be accepted. (0076)

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