84 -- CONCEALABLE STAB PROTECTIVE BODY ARMOR

Notice Date

September 6, 2000

Contracting Office

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

ZIP Code

01760-5011

Solicitation Number

DAAD16-00-T-1141

Response Due

September 15, 2000

Point of Contact

H. Maria Luis, Contract Specialist (508) 233-5922, or Judith L. Uthoff, Contracting Officer (508) 233-4337

E-Mail Address

Click here to contact the Contract Specialist. (hortense.luis@natick.army.mil)

Description

This is Amendment 0002 to combined synopsis/solicitation DAAD16-00-T-1141, for commercially available Concealable Stab Protective Body Armor (CSPBA) which was advertised on August 16, 2000 and amended by amendment 0001 on August 31, 2000. All Vendors submitting a quote shall acknowledge receipt of all amendments issued in a cover letter attached to their quote. The quote due date remains unchanged at September 15, 2000. Incorporate the following changes. Delete NIJ Special Type Certification and replace it with the following: Requirement: Ballistic protection against 9mm, FMJ, 124 grain at 1400 ft/sec (per NIJ testing procedure). Technical Area Evaluation: The ballistic test data shall be from an independent laboratory certified to perform to NIJ test methodology. The government will accept both the NIJ Special Type Certification (if it already exists) or the certified ballistic test data from an independent laboratory demonstrating performance to NIJ test methodology. Custom sizing shall be done in accordance with each contractor's sizing/fitting methodology. Upon contract award, each contractor will provide to the government, a fitting chart with detailed instructions and diagrams on how to properly measure an individual for custom fitting of the CSPBA. The government will then provide the body measurements to the contractor. One draft Use and Care Manual and one draft Video shall be submitted with the CLIN 0001AA and 0001AB vests. The Government has the option to make changes to the vest and/or use and care manual or video after delivery of the initial 60 units and prior to delivery of production items if the option for CLINs 0002AA and 0002AB are exercised. The 14" square ballistic panel sample shall be submitted in a "raw" or uncovered state. Arial density shall be tested in accordance with ASTM D-3776. The Government will evaluate all data and it is reasonably expected that a proposal with better results (lower thickness and more flexibility) might be rated higher. Testing for thickness will be conducted in accordance with ASTM D-1777. Stiffness shall be tested as follows: The ballistic filler fabric subcomponents of the system shall be tested in accordance with ASTM D 1388, Standard Test Method for Stiffness of Fabrics, to determine the flexural rigidity in units of mg-cm for each component. These results are then used to calculate an overall system flexibility as follows: System Stiffness = S [ (Gi, warp + Gi, fill) / 2] x Layers divided by Components; Where: i = different fabric components in the system; Gi, warp = Flexural Rigidity in the warp direction (cm-mg); Gi, fill =Flexural Rigidity in the fill direction (cm-mg); Layersi = Number of total layers of ith component in the system. Example Calculation: A system is composed of 12 plies of material a and 6 plies of material b. Component flexural rigidities are as follows: Material A: GA, warp = 4.000 cm-mg, GA, fill = 6.000 cm-mg, and Material B: GB, warp = 7.000 cm-mg, GB, fill = 8.000 cm-mg. System stiffness = [(4.000 + 6.000)/2 x 12] + [(7.000 + 8.000)/2 x 6]; = 105.000 cm-mg.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20000908/84SOL002.HTM (W-250 SN493538)