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

84 -- CONCEALABLE BODY ARMOR-PLUS SOL DAAD16-00-R-0024 DUE 090800 POC H. Maria Luis, Contract Specialist (508) 233-5922, or Judith L. Uthoff, Contracting Officer (508) 233-4337 WEB: Concealable Body Armor-Plus, www3.natick.army.mil. E-MAIL: Concealable Body Armor-Plus, hortense.luis@natick.army.mil. The US Army Soldier and Biological Chemical Command, Project Manager-Soldier, and the US Army Natick Research, Development and Engineering Center (NRDEC) has a requirement for the development, production, and delivery of Concealable Body Armor-Plus (CBA-Plus) for use by mounted and dismounted soldiers, which will replace the current Inconspicuous/Concealable Body Armor (ICBA). The CBA-Plus design and material technology shall provide soldiers with increased ballistic protection to the torso against three threats as compared to two threats provided by its predecessor (CBA). The CBA-Plus vest shall provide more area of coverage, improved concealability, reduction in overall weight for the flexible ballistic inserts, and increased flexibility of the vest. The CBA-Plus shall consist of a ballistic soft vest and armor plates (a.k.a. armor inserts). It includes requirements in the areas of Fabrication, Integration, Testing, Program Management, Safety, Human Integration, Logistics, and Technical Data. The Government intends to award one contract for both the ballistic soft vest and the armor plates with critical design review, test items, pre-production, full-scale production of the system for fielding to the Army and a product improvement methodology for design/material enhancement over the term of the contract. The contract will be structured with options as delineated below by Phase. The Government anticipates a Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) (PHASES I AND II) contract for the development phases with Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) options for the pre-production quantities and production quantities with Value Engineering incentives. The contract phases are as follows: PHASE I -- (Not to exceed 2 months) Fabricate CBA-Plus prototypes and test items. Quantity of 8 CBA prototypes with front and back plates for Presentation at Critical Design Review with armor plates. Option Items: Up to 8 Initial Prototype Test Items. Provide Technical Data listed in the Contract Data Requirements List. Provide two (2) Plate Repair Kits, if applicable. Firm Fixed Price Option Items for 10 yards of each fabric proposed for the carrier and webbing proposed for use in the CBA prototypes. PHASE II (OPTION) -- (Approximately 5.5 months) Fabricate and deliver test items. A minimum quantity of 115 up to a maximum quantity of 150 CBA test items (Vest only), a minimum quantity of 115 sets CBA components front and back armor plates. Option Items: Minimum of 115 up to 150 CBA extra carriers, 15 each CBA vests, 15 sets of front and back CBA armor plates, and 20 each CBA ballistic panels 14" x 14". Provide twenty-five (25) Plate Repair Kits, if applicable. The contractor shall provide Technical Data listed in the Contract Data Requirements List. Phase II also includes Firm Fixed Price Option Items for 10 yards of each fabric proposed for the carrier and webbing proposed for use in CBA test items. The contractor may be required to make final design modifications based on testing results, and the Government may exercise its option to procure additional items PHASE III (OPTION) -- (35 days) Option Items: 8 CBA-Plus Pre-Production Items and 100 CBA-Plus Pre-Production Items. The contractor will also be required to provide Technical Data listed in the Contract Data Requirements List. Provide twenty-five (25) Plate Repair Kits, if applicable. PHASE IV (OPTION) -- (Approximately 36 months) CBA System: includes vest, front and back plates, and extra carrier, and production items. 35 Production Prove-out vests, 18 sets of Production Prove-Out Front and Back CBA Armor Plates. Production Items: 18,144 CBA Vests, 14,112 Sets CBA Armor Plates, and 18,000 Extra Carriers. Provide one hundred fifty (150) Plate Repair Kits, if applicable. The contractor will also be required to provide Technical Data listed in the Contract Data Requirements List. Delivery of Prototypes and Test Items shall be to Natick, Massachusetts. Delivery of PHASE IV shall be within the continental U.S. This acquisition will be conducted utilizing full and open competition procedures. The selection process will be based on technical/functional performance and best value considerations delineated in Section M of the RFP. The Government reserves the right to obtain rights in data and computer software for any design or design component, as necessary, to satisfy subsequent acquisitions. Contractors will be required to have or obtain, and maintain, a DOD Facility Security Clearance (FSC) and Personnel Security Clearances (PSC) up to the Secret level. Foreign contractor participation must be submitted through the foreign country's embassy in Washington DC. Classified portions of the program effort are limited to US firms only with a Secret Level Clearance. The applicable SIC code for this effort is 3842. For the purpose of this requirement, any concern employing 500 or fewer employees is considered a small business. To be eligible for award, all offerors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registry (CCR). Information on the CCR may be obtained at http://ccr.edi.disa.mil. The formal Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Concealable Body Armor-Plus will be released on or about 9 August 2000 on the world-wide web at http://www3.natick.army.mil/. No hard copies of the Concealable Body Armor-Plus RFP will be mailed. Amendments will also be available at the world-wide web page address cited above. Notification of issuance of amendments will not be issued. All questions should be addressed to H. Maria Luis at hortense.luis@natick.army.mil. Posted 07/25/00 (W-SN478463). (0207)

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