A -- ADVANCED PAYLOADS (NON-ENERGETICS)

Notice Date

October 18, 2001

Contracting Office

Defense Threat Reduction Agency (AM), DTRA Annex, 8725 John J. Kingman Road, MSC 6201, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6201

ZIP Code

22060-6201

Solicitation Number

AMS029971673

Response Due

November 30, 2001

Point of Contact

Donald Shires, (703)325-6684, FAX (703)325-9294

E-Mail Address

Defense Threat Reduction Agency (AM) (donald.shires@dtra.mil)

Description

This is a Sources Sought Synopsis. There is no solicitation available at this time. Requests for solicitation will not receive a response. This Sources Sought Synopsis is published for market research purposes only, and in no way obligates the Governmen t in an award of any contract. The Defense Threat Reduction Agency is seeking commercial technology solutions to address the Department of Defense s needs for weapons and approaches for hard and deeply buried target defeat (HDBTD). The targets of interes t are those that may be hardened to conventional weapons effects, or may be difficult to defeat due to their being sited in tunnels or underground (either shallow or deeply buried). These targets may be used for command, control, and communications (C3); military operations, or the production and storage of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Technology to destroy or neutralize chemical or biological agents is not included in this Sources Sought Synopsis. This synopsis seeks to identify ideas for advanced non-energetic materials to be used as weapon payloads for defeating HDBTDs. For each non-energetic material concept identified, please submit a paper (no more than five pages) addressing the following: 1. A description of the non-energetic material including its form (solid, liquid, gas) and approximate chemical composition. Identify the anticipated defeat/lethality mechanisms on HDBTs. In addition, a weapon system containing this material must be capa ble of being safely stored, maintained and utilized through the full range of military environments including shipboard throughout the life of the system (assume 20 years). 2. Describe weaponization and weapon employment concepts associated with each of the identified non-energetic materials. Approaches may utilize existing weapon system components (e.g. bomb bodies and guidance packages) or utilize, new, unique weapon syste ms requiring development. Include a description of the target information required on the HDBT in order to employ the weapon concept. 3. A recommended approach to defining critical HDBT equipment fragility to the identified non-energetic materials. Ample fragility data may already exist, or testing may be needed to develop the required fragility relations. 4. A recommended approach to implementing or developing a capability to predict the effects of the identified non-energetic material when deployed against an HDBT. Potential required support might include first principles computational physics, engineerin g analysis, or development of module(s) for use in established weaponeering codes. 5. If not readily available, a concept and rough requirements for production of the materials if taken through to weapon deployment. 6. An estimate of the relative maturity of the identified materials/weaponization concepts. Provide a preliminary assessment of whether the material will be ready for operational testing within one, two years, or three years and greater. Additionally, pr ovide a brief description of an operational demonstration to verify the concept s lethality effects to include type/size of facility, duration of effects, and environmental cleanup required after the test. Sources having the capability to provide any or all of these requirements are invited to submit white papers (5 pages maximum). Responses addressing more than one of the six requirements are limited to 2 pages per requirement. Responses should include a cost estimate ROM (rough order of magnitude). Documents shall be provided in both hard copy and electronic form (Microsoft WORD, EXCEL, or PowerPoint) to the Contracting Officer at DTRA, Attn: ALT/Donald Shires, 6801 Telegraph Road, Alexandria, VA 223 10-3398 and e:mail: donald.shires@dtra.mil as soon as possible but no later than 30 November 2001. Company information should include qualifications and experience in work of this nature, point of contact, business size and disadvantaged, 8(a) or HUBZone. A ny information submitted in response to this synopsis is strictly voluntary. The Government will not pay for any information submitted in response to this sources sought.

Web Link

Army Single Face to Industry (http://acquisition.army.mil)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20011022/ASOL010.HTM (D-291 SN5109W5)