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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JUNE 29, 2002 FBO #0209
SOLICITATION NOTICE

13 -- WHITE PHOSPHORUS MUNITIONS FILLING - Request for Information

Notice Date

6/27/2002
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

Contracting Office

US Army Robert Morris Acquisition Center, APG Contracting Div., Edgewood Branch, ATTN: AMSSB-ACC-E, 5183 Blackhawk Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010-5424
 

ZIP Code

21010-5424
 

Solicitation Number

DAAD13 -- N/A
 

Response Due

7/12/2002
 

Archive Date

8/11/2002
 

Point of Contact

George Hunt, 410-436-4192
 

E-Mail Address

Email your questions to US Army Robert Morris Acquisition Center, APG Contracting Div., Edgewood Branch
(george.hunt@sbccom.apgea.army.mil)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

NA WHITE PHOSPHORUS MUNITIONS FILLING ? REQUEST FOR INFORMATION. This is a Request for Information (RFI) as defined in FAR 15.201(e). This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) and responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Governmen t to form a binding contract. The Government is required to consider private sources whenever the net increase to government capital investment in an activity will exceed 30%, per OMB Circular A-76 instructions. Initial indications are that the Governmen t will exceed this threshold. BACKGROUND: The existing White Phosphorus (WP) munitions filling facility located at Pine Bluff Arsenal (PBA), Pine Bluff, Arkansas, has been in operation since the 1950s. The existing systems are labor intensive and require manual handling of heavy and hazardous materials. The dip fill system is environmentally unfriendly by generating large quantities of solid and liquid waste. The pollution abatement infrastructures for this facility are old and may not meet future Envir onmental Regulations. OBJECTIVE: This RFI is intended to be a market survey for availability of a commercial source for the filling of WP munitions. It may also allow interested parties the opportunity to participate in the planning of the upgrade of the WP facility at PBA. The present facility and equipment are aging rapidly and may not be operable within the next 3-5 years. However, there will be requirements for WP filled ammunition for years to come. The Government must determine if it is more cos t effective to re-capitalize the existing facility or contract with a commercial firm to fill the WP munitions for the U.S. Army. The existing system capacity is 2,660,071 lb. of WP storage and average line rate of 4,000 munitions per day. The proposed s ystem will size to current and future needs. It will have a capacity to store 574,000 lb. of WP and produce an average of 1,800 ammunitions per day. WHITE PAPER INSTRUCTIONS: Interested parties should submit a white paper limited to twenty (20) pages, do uble-spaced, single sided, 8.5 by 11 inches. White papers shall be submitted in an original plus two copies, and are due no later than 14 calendar days after the publication or posting of this notice, 4:00 p.m., EST. The Government reserves the right to review any late submissions. Submit white papers to the technical point of contact, Mr. Emami Esmaeilpour, Attn: AMSSB-ET, Pine Bluff Arsenal71602. Technical questions should be directed to Mr. Esmaeilpour at 870-540-2911 or email emami.esmaeilpour@pba.a rmy.mil. White papers become the property of the Government, and will be reviewed by the Government and support contractors; therefore any restrictions on submissions should be clearly marked. The Government reserves the right to, but is not obligated to , contact interested parties concerning their submissions for additional information, and may contact contractors regardless of whether or not they submit a white paper. The Government will not reimburse contractors or responders to this notice for any co sts incurred in responding or in subsequent exchanges of information.
 

Place of Performance

Address: US Army Robert Morris Acquisition Center, APG Contracting Div., Edgewood Branch ATTN: AMSSB-ACC-E, 5183 Blackhawk Road Aberdeen Proving Ground MD

Zip Code: 21010-5424

Country: US
 

Record

SN00100841-W 20020629/020627213318 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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