Coastal Systems Station, Dahlgren Division, 6703 W. Highway 98, Panama City, FL 32407-7001

13 -- FUSE SLIDER AND FIRING PIN ASSEMBLY SOL N61331-99-Q-1822 DUE 092099 POC Buyer -- Jesse Johnson, (850) 234-4539; Contracting Officer -- Carol Dreger -- Carol Dreger, (850) 234-4863 WEB: www.ncsc.navy.mil/contracts/synopsis/syntable.htm, www.ncsc.navy.mil. E-MAIL: Johnson_Jesse@ncsc.navy.mil, Johnson_Jesse@ncsc.navy.mil. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Coastal Systems Station, Panama City, Florida, intends to award a sole- source small purchase order to Roberts Research Laboratories (RRL), Los Angeles, CA for engineering services to develop and analyze inert fuzes for the Shallow Water Assault Breaching System (SABRE) and the EX 430 MOD 1 based on the fuze design currently in use by the Anti-Personnel Obstacle Breaching System (APOBS). RRL will develop a fuze cutaway for use as a demonstration device of the design features and operational sequence of the SABRE Fuze, measure in a quantitative manner the operational environment imparted to the EX 430 MOD 1 Fuze Slider when it is impelled into the EX 430 MOD 1 Fuze Firing Pin, and shall determine the feasibility (proof of scientific concept) of acid trepanning and the use of thermite as an underwater erosive cleaner. The estimated effort will be a total of approximately 12 man-months over a six-month period of performance. This acquisition is unsuitable for full and open competition for the following reasons. RRL is the sole developer of the APOBS fuze system. Only RRL has the proprietary technology to: (a) use pyrotechnics as a man-rated device that has the ability to provide delay times in excess of 10 seconds (b) ensure an extremely narrow Standard Deviation, where the distribution mean is of no less than six standard deviations away from each time delay limit (c) provide a very small packaging of approximately 1.5 inches (length) by 0.25 inches (diameter) (d) provide a reliability to ignite and measure time-delay that exceeds 0.9999 and that is not affected by environmental conditioning (e) provide different output signals once the thermal-chemical time delay has ended. RRL delivers mature proven technology which has been widely accepted and adopted by NASA, the US NAVY, the US Air-Force, and several US Law-Enforcement Agencies. There is significant commonality between the desired SABRE/EX 430 MOD 1 fuzes and the APOBS fuze system. Therefore RRL is the only source possessing the expertise, technical data, equipment, and experienced personnel necessary to perform the required engineering studies and interface requirement definition analysis required. Only RRL has the unique knowledge base and the experienced personnel necessary to successfully conduct the work. See note Posted 09/09/99 (W-SN378278). (0252)

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