A -- REACTIVE APPLIQUE ARMOR TILES FOR THE BRADLEY FIGHTING VEHICLE SYSTEM (BFVS)

Notice Date

October 24, 2001

Contracting Office

US Army ARDEC, AMSTA-AR-PC, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806-5000

ZIP Code

07806-5000

Solicitation Number

DAAE30-02-R-0202

Response Due

November 14, 2001

Point of Contact

Stephen A. Ernyey, Contract Specialist, (973)724-3456

E-Mail Address

Stephen A. Ernyey (sernyey@pica.army.mil)

Description

The U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command, Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (TACOM-ARDEC), Picatinny Arsenal, NJ is contemplating the issuance of a Contemplation Letter/Solicitation for Reactive Applique Armor Tiles for the Bradley Fighting Vehicle System (BFVS). The tiles must be capable of protecting the BFVS against the anti-tank guided missile class threats, and must not be vulnerable to burning or detonation from small arms fire. The tiles must also meet BFVS weight constraints (the armor and mounting hardware cannot add more than 6,200 pounds to the vehicle), and it must fit the armor attachment provisions currently in place on the BFVS. This requirement shall be solicited on a firm-fixed-price basis. The contemplated basic quantity for FY02 is one hundred ninty-one (191) each with option quantities in FY03 of 228 each and FY04 of 229 each. A vehicle set is comprised of twenty-six (26) M3A1 tiles; nine (9) M4A1 tiles; fifty-five (55) M5A1 tiles; seven (7) M6A1 tiles; and eight (8) M7A1 tiles. These tiles must be qualified per performance specification MIL-PRF-70773 which has been classified SECRET. The FY02 requirement will also include the evaluation/incorporation of a Class I ECP for an upgrade to the front and side tile design. After issuance of the Contemplation Letter/Solicitation, all respondents must have a minimum SECRET clearance to gain access to this information. TACOM-ARDEC hereby requests that any firm which may have the capability of meeting this contemplated requirement should provide a Statement of Capability and supporting rationale to Mr. Stephen Ernyey at area code (973) 724-3456 so that it may be properly evaluated prior to synopsis and solicitation of the requirement. It is currently the intention of TACOM-ARDEC to issue a sole-source award to General Dynamics Ordnance Systems of Burlington, VT. See numbered Note 22.

Web Link

US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network (http://procnet.pica.army.mil/cbd/SRCSgt/102420010/102420010.htm)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20011026/ASOL008.HTM (D-297 SN5114G0)