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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF APRIL 21,1999 PSA#2329

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

99 -- PAPER STUDY ON PRODUCTION BASE READINESS SUPPORT SOL DAAE30-99-Q-1059 DUE 050799 POC MAGDA SZYMANSKI, CONTRACT SPECIALIST, (973) 724-3066 WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/cbd/RFP/99Q1059/99Q1059.htm. E-MAIL: Magda M. Szymanski, mszyman@pica.army.mil. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This solicitation is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) number DAAE30-99-Q-1059. This solicitation document, and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 90-38. The Army is interested in working with industry in adapting commercial technologies and capacities to the manufacture of energetics for normal yearly production buys and replenishment production buys. A major objective of this effort is to identify new methods in which the Army can work with the private sector to make maximum use of non- government production capacity to meet production and replenishment needs. The work proposed under this scope is a paper study. REQUIREMENTS: Interested contractors shall submit proposals, based on their short and long term forecasts in technologies and production capacities, to conceptualize and perform business evaluations for possible joint efforts with the government in one or more of the following areas: new energetic processing technology that can be supported in the commercial base, new energetics that can be produced in existing commercial facilities, commercial capacity that can be applied to DoD replenishment and production needs, existing commercial production capacity that can be used or modified to support both commercial and DoD items as well as commercial items, and manufacturing processes that can be used in commercial capacity to supplement replenishment. SELECTION CRITERIA: Two or more proposals will be selected from the following three product (existing/future) areas: (Note: * denotes anticipated annual production volume to be about 100,000 to 200,000 lb. per year, ** denotes anticipated annual production volume to be about 1,000,000 lb. per year, and *** denotes anticipated annual production volume to be about 4,000,000 lb. per year; # denotes replenishment volume to be about 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 lb., ## denotes replenishment volume to be about 3,000,000 to 5,000,000 lb., ### denotes replenishment volume to be about 10,000,000 to 15,000,000 lb., #### denotes replenishment volume to be about 20,000,000 to 32,000,000 lb., and ##### denotes replenishment volume to be about 74,000,000 lb; no * or no # denotes anticipated annual production volume to be significantly less than 100,000 lb. per year and/or replenishment volume to be significantly less than 1,000,000 lb. Quantities are provided for approximation and guidance only. Additional data is available upon request.) 1. Propellants: Benite, Grain Igniters for TOW-2 motor M114, Clean Burning Igniter, M2 DB, M5 DB, M9 DB, DB WC 140, DB WC 844**##, DB WC 844T, DB WC 846*#, DB WC 855*, DB WC 866*, DB WC 867*#, DB WC 872*, DB WC 750, Aft Grain F/155mm M549, Fwd Grain F/155mm M549, RAD/ HC/CR F/25mm M791, SB IMR 4475, SB IMR 4895, SB IMR 5010, SB M1 MP##, SB M1 SP#, SB M10, SB M14***###, SB M6####, SM M6+2, SB NACO (Navy) #, Solvent DB Rkt M7, Solvent DB Rkt M7 (MOD), Solvent SB/DB XM45 F/120mm Mortar, Solventless DB JA-2#, Solventless DB M37#, Solventless DB N14 Solventless DB NOISH AA2**###, Solventless DB NOISH AA6, Solventless DB Rkt N5#, Solventless DB XM44 F/120mm Mortar, Spheroidal M38, Stick TB M31A1E1###, TB M30A1, WC 859, WC 860#, WC 890**##, WC/HC/CR F/25mm PGU, Rocket Grain MK0*#. New propellant such as PAP-7993 and affordable ($10- $15 per pound) Thermo Plastic Elastomer propellants, and high performance propellants. The primary thrusts are small arms, medium caliber cannon, tank, and artillery propelants. Rocket propellants are not of any interest to this program. 2. Explosives: Composition A-3, Composition A-4, Composition A-5###, Composition B (Flaked) ####, Composition C-4**####, Composition CH-6, Composition D-2#, CXM-6, CXM-7*####, Cyclotol 70/30, HBX-1 Explosive, HMX, LX-14#, Octol 70/30#, Octol 75/25, PBX 9407, PBX 0280##, PBX TY I, PBXN-10, PBXN-107, PBXN-5#, PBXN-9 Type II, RDX Bulk, Trinitrotoluene (TNT) **#####, Acetal/Formal, Black Pwd, Potassium Nitrate, Lead Azide (Dextrinated), Lead Azide (RD1333), Lead Azide (Special Purpose), Tetryl. There are several explosives and explosisve compositions under development. These include but are not limited to CL-20 and PAX-2A. 3. Pyrotechnics: Flare Aircraft IR CTMS M206**##, Flare Aircraft IR MJU-32/B*#, Flare IR Aircraft MJU-10/B*#, Flare IR ALA-17/B, Flare IR CTMS MJU-7A/B**##, MJU-27 IR Decoy Device, Signal Flare MAR MK 132-0 ORG, Signal SMK & ILLUM MAR MK 124-0 ORG, Signal SMK & ILLUM MAR MK99-3 YEL, Signal SMK MAR MK 131-0 RED, Smoke Pot Floating HC M4A2. Additional flare compositions of interest include those used in mortar and artillery projectiles, tracer and delay compositions, electric match igniters, and covert flare compositions. The Army also has particular interest in the following technologies: Totally Integrated Munitions Enterprise (TIME), Model Bassed Control Systems (MBCSs), and Twin Screw manufacturing of energetics. The objective of TIME is to establish manufacturing methodology to enable cost effective, agile, rapidly reconfigurable, readily transferable, and distributed control technologies for munitions manufacture. This includes establishing integrated seamless interaction among discrete and distributed design, production, and administration units over a high speed communication network, with a backbone environment and operating system for real time process data acquisition and model based remote control. TIME is extendible to energetics, assemblies, electronics, and composites. MBCS methodology uses mathematical models developed from first principle conservation equations for mass, momentum, and energy and constitutive equations of fully characterized raw, in-process, and final materials. Unlike other control methodologies proposed, such as smart and neuro-network systems which are based only on past experiences, the model is predictive and uses real time data to establish ral time feedback/feed forward loops to readily addressnew situations without a prolonged and costly learning period. The model leads to optimization of the process, the operating conditions, and the product. MBCS for energetics is readily adaptable to TIME manufacturing systems. For Twin Screw manufacturing, there has been a worldwide trend toward using Twin Screw processors for the manufacture of energetics. Twin Screw technology has been applied to compounding and extruding energetics and, in some cases, compounding and extruding have been combined into one operation. The benefits include lower labor costs, less solvent loss to the environment, better product uniformity, and safety. As a part of the proposal, each company shall provide the following: (1) description of business opportunity, (2) its long-range commercial plan and plans to incorporate new technologies, (3) an explanation of how Army production capacity needs can be adapted to its long range goals, (4) an explanation of the benefit to DoD, (5) the percentage of the production line used for commercial work, and (6) a description of how the contraction plans to implement the work proposed. Each offeror may submit one or more proposals for one or more of the product areas listed above. However, only one proposal from each offeror will be accepted for each of the three product areas. A proposal may cover multiple product areas. The Government will award a purchase order resulting from this solicitation to the offeror whose offer conforms to this solicitation, is the most advantageous to the Government, and the acceptable, responsible offer does not exceed $40,000. Any resulting purchase order will contain appropriate FAR and DOD FAR Supplement clauses (and any implementations thereof) for commercial items. Two (2) complete copies of each proposal shall be sent to Mrs. Magda Szymanski, AMSTA-AR- PC-H, Building 9, TACOM-ARDEC, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000 by 4:00pm ET, May 7, 1999. Telephone and/or written requests are not necessary, as this announcement constitutes the technical requirement in full text. Additional information on the above listed technologies will be provided to the interested offerer upon request. All proposals should be received by the date and time stated above. Posted 04/17/99 (D-SN321476). (0107)

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