Commander, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Acquisition Center, Research Development and Engineering Center, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5000

A -- SYSTEMS AND WARHEAD ADVANCED PRECURSOR WARHEAD DEMONSTRATION SOL DAAH01-98-R-RB03 DUE 110298 POC (RDPC) Deidra Barnes, Contract Specialist, AMSAM-AC-RD-BA, (256)876-3139, or Harold Smith, Contracting Officer, (256)876-0908. Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Subject: Systems and Warheads Advanced Precursor Warhead Demonstration SECTION 1. DESCRIPTION: The Systems and Warheads Function, Propulsion and Structures Directorate, U.S. Army Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center (MRDEC) is requesting proposals for a precursor warhead that would have application in U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) anti-armor missile systems. The contractor shall deliver warheads that meet the requirements of the government Interface Control Drawing (ICD) in Attachment 1 to Redstone Arsenal, AL. The warheads will be used in evaluations to demonstrate the state-of-the-art against future threat Explosive Reactive Armor (ERA). Attachment 2 contains a notional test matrix. The government will perform the testing of the warheads at Redstone Technical Test Center (RTTC), Redstone Arsenal, AL. SECTION 2. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS -- GENERAL 1. Drawings and design details of the warhead to enable modeling and simulation. 2.The warhead shall conform to the requirements of the ICD. Key points are that the case diameter shall be 72 mm or less, a warhead case length of less than 154 mm, a total weight less than 375 grams. 3. The warheads shall include all the components necessary to initiate the warhead for static tests. The warhead shall be capable of perforating the specified range targets described in a classified appendix. It is desired that a residual of 50 mm or greater be achieved to demonstrate robustness. The warhead shall be compatible with a tandem warhead section that uses a conventional time delay. 4. Performance estimates or data that pertain to the targets of interest. 5. No Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) is anticipated for execution of this contract. SECTION 3. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS -- SPECIFIC 1. The contractor shall propose a precursor design with the potential of meeting the performance requirements. The contractor shall document in the proposal the scientific/engineering basis for this performance estimate. 2. The contractor shall deliver 12 precursor warheads that meet the requirements of the government ICD to RTTC, Redstone Arsenal, AL or a facility that the government designates. 3. The estimated cost of the warhead in production should be less than $650 per warhead for production quantities of 10,000. 4. The contractor shall provide design drawings and details sufficient to allow the government to estimate the performance of the warhead. 5. The contractor shall provide data to allow an interim hazard classification (IHC) to be issued. 6. Detonator mounting shall conform to the ICD. 7. It is desired that the warhead have potential to meet the Insensitive Munitions (IM) requirements. The use of plastic/composite body and/or the use of a qualified DOD IM explosive has been shown to improve the IM characteristics of the warhead. 8. The explosive used in the warhead shall be a qualified DOD explosive. 9. The warhead shall use a single point initiation. The explosive output of the detonator is equivalent to 112 mg of Hexanitrostilbene-IV (HNS-IV) or a commercial, high voltage detonator such as the RP-80. Three copies of the proposal shall be submitted. The proposal shall consist of three parts, technical and management (Part I), cost (Part II), and past performance (Part III). Part I shall not exceed 20 pages (12 point text), excluding exhibits. Exhibits shall not exceed 10 pages. The proposal shall contain a one-page abstract summarizing the proposed effort that is unclassified and releasable to the public. Part I may include classified information up the SECRET level. All pages of the proposal shall be marked with appropriate classification and/or proprietary markings. The evaluation criteria for this BAA are included in this notice at Attachment 3. Part I of the proposal shall include: 1. Proposer's cover page to include: Title, technical Points of Contact (POC), administrative POC, pertinent phone numbers, fax numbers, and email addresses. 2. Summary page(s) of organizations participating in the proposal with title, technical POC, administrative POC, pertinent phone numbers, fax numbers, and email addresses. 3. A one page abstract that is unclassified and not competition sensitive describing the proposal. 4. Overall technical plans and analysis to show how the contractor precursor warhead will meet the technical requirements of the announcement. 5. An overall program schedule to include deliverable items. Part II of the proposal shall include: 1. A one to two page cost summary. 2. Supporting pages that include a detailed breakdown of labor, materials and other costs to include direct and indirect costs. Part III of the proposal shall include: 1. Submissions of relevant experience for contracts less than $500,000 since October 1995. 2. The number of relevant contracts submitted shall be less than six. 3. Offerors are to submit past performance information and self-evaluation of that performance in their proposals. An experience questionnaire is provided as Attachment 5. The questionnaire will be included as an attachment to the request for proposal to ensure requested information is addressed by the offerors. 4. In order to facilitate the evaluation of past performance, the offeror is required to mail or fax the questionnaire and letter (Attachments 6 & 7) to each of those organizations listed as references for past performance with instructions for them to respond directly to the government. The questionnaire and letter must be forwarded to all identified POC's not later than 10 days prior to submission of the proposals. The offeror shall be required to provide written notification with its proposal that mailings of the questionnaire were accomplished. The notification shall include the name of each identified POC with telephone and datafax numbers, and the date of the mailing. The government will accept proposals for a period of 30 calendar days after the date of this announcement. The government will not accept proposals after this period. The government reserves the right to select for awardany, all, part or none of the responses received and may incrementally fund any resultant agreement. Note that only the contracting officer has authorization to award government agreements pursuant to this BAA. All responsible sources may submit a proposal, which shall receive consideration by the government. The government reserves the right to award to other than the lowest offeror. The evaluation will be based on best value to the government and will include an assessment of life cycle costs, including disposal. The government anticipates awarding a single contract for this effort for less than $200,000. The government plans to fund this effort incrementally. Initially, a payment of 50% shall be funded upon contract award followed by the remaining 50% after the delivery and acceptance of 12 precursor warheads by the government. The 12 precursor warheads shall be in conformance with the ICD. The contractor may propose delivery of the warheads to the government before 15 February 1999. If the government accepts this option, an additional $20,000 incentive fee will be awarded after delivery and acceptance by the government of the 12 precusor warheads. If a delay occurs caused by the government, the contractor will not be held responsible for the delay in delivery. This requirement will be issued as a full and open competitive contract. A firm fixed price type with incentive fee contract is contemplated as a result of this solicitation. Receipt of proposals will be restricted to the United States and its territorial contractors who possess a SECRET security clearance. No foreign participation will be considered. Submit all correspondence and proposals to: U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command AMSAM-AC-RD-BA/Deidra Barnes Building 5400 Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5270 Proposals submitted via facsimile machine shall not be considered. There shall be no formal request for proposal or any further solicitation document issued in regard to this BAA. Attachments 1 through 7 will be furnished separately and must be requested by calling Deidra Barnes, at (256) 876-3139. Attachments 1,2,3,5,6 and 7 are UNCLASSIFIED. Attachment 4 is classified SECRET and appropriate security clearance is required. Written proposals shall be evaluated approximately 30 calendar days after they are due in to the government. Final negotiation shall take place and the contract should be awarded 30 days after the evaluation is completed. Proposals are due by November 2, 1998 at 4:00 p.m. CST. Posted 09/29/98 (W-SN255855). (0272)

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