US Army ARDEC, AMSTA-AR-PC, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806-5000

A -- ALTERNATIVES TO ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES SOL DAAE30-98-R-0508 DUE 120497 POC Jeffrey M. Boyle, Contracting Officer, 973-724-6632 WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/procacts.htm. E-MAIL: Robert P. Noone, Sr., rpnoone. The U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command is seeking potential sources to provide for the development and production of alternatives to current anti-personnel mines. The need exists for battlespace shaping and force protection against personnel threats. A presidential statement of 17 September 1997 announced the United States goals to end the use of pure anti-personnel mines (APLs) outside of Korea by 2003 and in Korea by 2006. The current battlefield functions of anti-personnel mines are: deny unrestricted maneuver to the enemy; provide delay to enhance effects of other weapon systems; provide alert/warning to friendly forces; and produce desired effects (lethal and non-lethal). In keeping with national policy, lethal proposals must provide means to discriminate targets and cannot leave a post conflict residual risk. Interested firms shall submit a White Paper of no more than 10 pages, outlining their capabilities, facilities, related experience, and technical approaches to U.S. Army TACOM-ARDEC, ATTN: AMSTA-AR-PC-E, Robert P. Noone, Sr. Contract Specialist, Building 10, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ. Any submission exceeding 10 pages will not be considered. A complete set of background information required for adequate preparation of White Papers, including further evaluation criteria, is available; requests should be faxed to Robert P.Noone, Sr. Contract Specialist at 973-724-4662 (responses may be by FAX, cc:mail, or Internet. White papers must be submitted no later than close of business 4 December 1997 (extension will not be considered) and will be evaluated based on the following criteria. The first criteria is go/no go (must be met in order to be considered for award of a purchase order). The remaining criteria will receive a merit rating and are listed in descending order of importance, except for the final 2 criteria which are of equal importance: ability to meet DOD requirements for alternatives to anti-personnel landmines how well the concept meets the operational needs the technical complexity of the proposed approach related experience in proposed areas demonstrated ability to meet milestones The Government intends to conduct an Industry Day on 20 November 1997 (1300 hrs to 1700 hrs) through 21 November 1997 (800 hrs to 1200 hrs) to provide further guidance and answer questions regarding White Paper submissions. All interested parties are encouraged to attend. The event will take place in the Command Conference Room of Building 1, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ. By 13 November 1997, all persons planning to attend Industry Day must provide a letter from a corporate signator indicating by name and position those who are authorized to attend. Attendees will be required to show a photo ID to be admitted. The Government plans to release a draft RFP prior to Industry Day with a follow-up formal RFP released on or about 4 December 1997. The Government contemplates that the evaluation of the White Papers will result in the placement of multiple purchase orders for up to $100,000 each with a period of performance of sixty days. No extensions will be granted. The intended purpose of the purchase orders will be for the contractors to prepare a proposed performance specification for their item, technical and management proposals in the form of oral presentations, and written cost proposal. The Government anticipates that proposals prepared as a result of these purchase orders will be used as the basis for evaluation for the award of multiple, two-phase, 42 month Integration, Engineering & Production (IE&P) contracts. The Government intends to issue a separate synopsis and formal RFP for these 42 month IE&P contracts prior to the award of the purchase orders. The Government also intends to release a draft RFP (on or about 10 Nov 97) prior to Industry Day. The formal RFP will also provide an opportunity for anyone who did not submit White Papers or were not awarded a purchase order to submit proposals for the 42 month IE&P contracts. Only those offerors who have submitted White Papers and are selected foraward of purchase orders will be paid for their proposals in response to this RFP. Others may respond as they see fit to the RFP and submit proposals for evaluation, but will not be paid for the preparation of those proposals. The formal RFP will include the final evaluation factors for award of the 42 month contract. The awards (in general terms and subject to change in the final RFP) will be based on an offerors ability to: adhere to the Mission Need Statement demonstrate low technical/schedule risk demonstrate best value past performance Contractors are hereby notified that certain information on this program is classified and covered by a Security Classification Guide (SCG). You are further advised that certain information, for security reasons, may not be releasable to foreign sources. The final SCG and DD Form 254 will be included as part of the final RFP. See Number Note 26. (0309)

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