U.S. Army Materiel Command, Natick Contracting Division, Attn: AMSSB-ACN, Natick, MA 01760-5011

16 -- TYPE V AND DUAL ROW PLATFORMS DUE 111099 POC Judith L. Uthoff, Contracting Officer at email juthoff@natick-amed02.army.mil E-MAIL: juthoff@natick-amed02.army.mil, juthoff@natick-amed02.army.mil. The U. S. Army Soldier & Biological Chemical Command, Integrated Materiel Management Center is conducting market research to identify potential sources with the capability and facilities to manufacture and deliver Type V Platforms and Dual Row Platforms and spare parts as delineated below. Both types of platforms are used to carry heavy loads extracted out of military aircraft for air-dropping onto a wide range of terrains. The Army anticipates a five-year requirements-type or Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract. If the Army chooses the ID/IQ type contract, multiple awards may be made which will split the following minimums/maximums among contractors based on (1) price competition; (2) delivery schedule; (3) past performance on previous delivery orders; (4) quality of deliverables provided on previous delivery orders; and (5 urgency of requirement. The Army's best estimated minimums and maximums of over the five year period are reflected in the second set of min/max numbers in parentheses below. Individual delivery orders for FY00 will encompass the following best estimated quantities of minimums and maximums of components. NSN 1670-01-162-2366, Part # 11-1-2793-5, Side Rail 24' (min/max 12/300-min/max 36/360); NSN 1670-01-162-2370, Part # 11-1-2793-2, Side Rail 12' (min/max 12/500-min/max 500/5000); NSN 1670-01-162-2381, Part # 11-1-2798-1, Tandem Link (min/max 50/300-min/max 500/5000); NSN1670-01-162-2383, Part # 11-1-2795-2, Roller Pad 12' (min/max 12/300-min/max 80/4000); NSN 1670-01-169-9154, Part # 11-1-2793-7, Side Rail 32' (min/max 12/300-267/1000); NSN 1670-01-304-1057, Part # 11-1-2780-9, Panel Assembly, Rear (min/max 12/540-min/max 198/6000); NSN 1670-01-304-3006, Part # 11-1-2780-8, Panel Assembly, Main (min/max 12/540-min/max 1500/14,000); NSN 1670-01-353-8424, Part # 11-1-2780-11, Ext Brkt Comp Assembly (min/max 50/500-min/max 300/3000); NSN 167001-162-2382, Part # 11-1-2795-3, Roller Pad 16' (min/max 100/1000-min/max 320/2520); NSN 1670-01-247-2389, Part # 11-1-2798-2, Suspension Bracket (min/max 100/1000-min/max 320/2520); Part # 11-1-4144-1, Side Rail Machining, Dual Row Airdrop System (DRAS) 16' (min/max 12/300-min/max 160/1260); Part # 11-1-2780-16, Panel Assembly DRAS (min/max 16/1000-min/max 640/5040); Charge to assemble DRAS per Army Technical Manual, TM10-1670-268-20&P to include 8 each 11-1-2780-16 Panel Assembly DRAS, 2 each 11-1-4144-1 Side Rail Machining DRAS, 4 each 11-1-2795-3 Roller Pad, and 4 each 11-1-2798-2 Suspension Bracket Assembly; Charge for Direct Delivery of Dual Row Airdrop Systems (DRAS). The following are the Army's best estimated quantities for FY01 through FY04 of the contract. The first set of min/max numbers represent min/max's per delivery order and the second set of numbers represents the min/max over the four-year period. NSN 1670-01-162-2367, Part # 11-1-2793-6, Side Rail 28' (min/max 12/300-min/max 60/300); NSN 1670-01-162-2368, Part # 11-1-2793-4, Side Rail 20' (min/max 12/300-min/max 60/300); NSN 1670-01-162-2369, Part # 11-1-2793-3 Side Rail 16' (min/max 12/300-min/max 60/1000); NSN 1670-01-162-2371, Part # 11-1-2793-1, Side Rail 8' (min/max 12/300-min/max 60/300); NSN 1670-01-162-2386, Part # 11-1-2795-1, Roller Pad 8' (min/max 12/300-min/max 60/300); NSN 1670-01-162-2387, Part # 11-1-2795-4, Roller Pad 20' (min/max 12/300-min/max 60/300); NSN1670-01-162-2388, Part # 11-1-2795-5, Roller Pad 24' (min/max 12/300-min/max 60/300); NSN 1670-01-162-2389, Part # 11-1-2795-6, Roller Pad 28' (min/max 12/300-min/max 60/300); NSN 1670-01-169-9155, Part # 11-1-2795-7, Roller Pad 32' (min/max 12/300-min/max 60/300); and NSN 1670-01-353-8425, Part # 11-1-2780-12, EFTA Bracket Comp Assembly (min/max 50/1000-min/max 60/4500). Interested sources are required to respond to this Sources Sought Market Research no later than November 10, 1999 with information on their product(s). No solicitation document is available. Firms should submit cost information on each product, item literature, and a short narrative of the firm's experience in manufacturing this or similar items. Interested firms must state whether they are large or small business. The Standard Industrial Classification Code is 3429, the size standard for which is 500 employees in order to be considered small business. Interested firms should submit the requested information along with a company point-of-contact and phone number and/or email address to the contracting officer, Mrs. Judith L. Uthoff, U. S. Army Materiel Command Acquisition Center, Materiel Management Branch, Kansas Street, Natick, MA 01760-5011. See Note 25. Posted 10/25/99 (W-SN394509). (0298)

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