A -- BALLISTIC RANGE SUPPORT

Notice Date

April 19, 2001

Contracting Office

US Army Materiel Command Acquisition Center, Army Research Laboratory Contracting Division, Attn: AMSSB-ACA-P, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, Maryland 20783-1197

ZIP Code

20783-1197

Solicitation Number

DAAD17-01-R-0011

Point of Contact

Robin Stoltz, Contract Specialist, 301-394-3381; Ted Weitzman, Contracting Officer, 301-394-3165

Description

The Army Research Laboratory (ARL) has a continuing need for basic and applied research in the ballistics phenomena occurring in the complex interactions of penetrators and shaped charges against various types of target materials and munitions. It is necessary to obtain a wide variety of technical ballistic data on new concepts or current improvements in munitions or armors utilizing newly developed analytical methods, materials, designs, or fabrication techniques. This action is for Ballistic Range Support and Research at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD for various ballistic programs where efforts will include, but are not limited to, the following: range preparation, installation, set up, and test execution; equipment repair, inventory, and maintenance; instrumentation development and use; sample preparation and mechanical testing; preparation and maintenance of data bases; the creation and preparation of computer graphics, video and photographic images, and documentation for presentations and publications; reports on the experiments being conducted at facilities not located at APG but which possess unique capabilities; research and development of energetic materials to include secondary explosives, pyrotechnic formulations, and gun powder; electronic circuit design, fabrication, circuit and system testing, and product assembly; research and experimental development work in the broad mission areas of physics of deformation under ballistic conditions and conventional warfare survivability technology; assist in the designing and diagramming of pulse-forming networks (PFNs) as well as safety and diagnostic equipment associated with electromagnetic gun/armor technology; conduct numerical analyses/simulations (e.g. finite element, finite volume, smoothed particle hydrodynamics, and Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian methods) to characterize material response and projectile-target interactions encountered during high-velocity impact; and, conduct research and development of warheads to include shaped charge, fragmentation, and multi-functional devices; The anticipated contract type is Cost Plus Fixed Fee (Level of Effort). The level of effort will be for 468,132 hours. The following labor categories shall be utilized for this effort: Engineering Technician III, Engineering Technician IV, Engineering Technician V, and Engineering Technician VI (the aforementioned labor categories are labor categories from the Department of Labor Directory of Occupations) and various levels of Senior Scientists. The period of performance is for 5 years. This is a follow-on to contract DAAL01-95-C-0110 with Dynamic Science, Incorporated, of Phoenix, AZ. Only one contract award will be made under this solicitation. This acquisition will be full and open competition. All offerors must have the ability to hold a Secret facility clearance as well as employing personnel capable of being cleared at the Secret level. Interested parties are advised that there will be no paper copies of the solicitation issued. The solicitation will be made available on-line at http://w3.arl.army.mil/contracts/opport.htm, and solicitation amendments, if any, will also be found at the same location. A preproposal site visit will be conducted. Offerors are responsible for checking the website to ensure they have latest information available concerning this acquisition. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this acquisition is 54133 -- Engineering Services with a size standard of $20 million dollars in annual receipts. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by the Agency. No telephone requests will be honored.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010423/ASOL005.HTM (W-109 SN50J7A3)