SOURCES SOUGHT
14 -- Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS)
- Notice Date
- 9/13/2002
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- US Army Operations Support Command, 1 Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, IL 61299-5000
- ZIP Code
- 61299-6000
- Solicitation Number
- DAAA09-NA
- Response Due
- 9/23/2002
- Archive Date
- 11/22/2002
- Point of Contact
- Emil Maslanka, 309-782-3420
- E-Mail Address
-
US Army Operations Support Command
(maslankae@osc.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NA The OSC, in support of PM ARM, issued a sources sought announcement in both the Commerce Business Daily and the Army Single Face to Industry Acquisition Business Web Site o/a 8 November 2001 seeking interested potential system integration offerors in a fut ure solicitation for an Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS). That announcement briefly stated that a solicitation was to be issued to cover System Development and Demonstration (SDD) phase which was basically qualifying a M151 2.75 inch rocket wi th a guidance component under a performance specification with options for: acquiring long lead materials/initial production facilities, engineering services, Low Rate Initial Production, the first year of full production, and acquiring a Technical Data Pa ckage. A multi-step approach was being considered. The announcement also stated that a subsequent production contract would be awarded on a Firm Fixed Price and sole source basis to the successful system integration offeror of the SDD contract provided the required performance was achieved and maintained. It was anticipated that the production contract would be a five-year award term with a potential extension to another five years with successful performance against measured criteria. In addition to the g uided M151 2.75 inch rocket, the production contract would have been flexible to include a family of other precision rockets that may have included the current configuration M261, M264, M255A1, M229 M257, and M278 2.75 inch rockets, with or without a guida nce component, system integration functions, technology enhancements, inventory upgrades, block upgrades, and engineering services. Potential offerors timely responded to this announcement. Subsequent to this announcement, a thorough analysis was undertaken relative to the impacts this original acquisition approach had on the Government’s ability to preserve a critical industrial supplier capability for the family of 2.75 inch rockets. As par t of this analysis, ongoing communications have been held with all the potential offerors who responded to the original announcement. The purpose of this notice is to formally state the new acquisition approach that has been communicated over the past seve ral months to all the potential offerors who responded to the original announcement by amending the previous announcement placed in both the Commerce Business Daily and the Army Single Face to Industry Acquisition Business Web Site o/a 8 November 2001 for the benefit of other interested parties. APKWS has been further defined as an umbrella program that initially includes the guided M151 2.75 inch rocket with future block upgrades and also includes a family of other precision and unguided rockets utilizing existing warheads (M151, M261, M264, M267, M255A1, M229, M257, M274, M278, and WTU-1/B), with or without a guidance component, system integration functions, technology enhancements, inventory upgrades, logistics support, initial production facilities, prod ucibility issues, investigation support, future block upgrades, enhancing digital capabilities to include an improved launcher, test equipment, packaging, and engineering services. The Government intends to enter into a 5 year Award Term sole source contra ct with General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products (GDATP) for APKWS with the capability to extend the contract up to an additional five annual performance periods if actual contract performance meets or exceeds the standards established in the award term plan. Additionally, it is anticipated that GDATP will issue a competitive solicitation for the guidance component to cover a System Development and Demonstration phase, which is basically qualifying a M151 2.75 inch rocket with a guidance component u nder a performance specification with possible options for: acquiring long lead materials/initial production facilities, engineering services, low rate initial production, two years of full production, production represent ative samples, etc. It is also anticipated that GDATP will issue this draft solicitation for the guidance component within 30 days. The draft solicitation will also outline a potential subcontract award schedule. The Government plans to participate and/or assist in the evaluation of GDATP’s subcontract offerors received in response to their solicitation for a guidance component for the M151 2.75 inch rocket. HOWEVER, IT MUST BE CLEARLY STATED THAT FINAL DECISION AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SELECTIO N OF GDATP’S SUBCONTRACTORS REST SOLELY UPON GDATP AND NOT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. This announcement is being posted for subcontracting opportunities only. Point of Contact: Emil Maslanka, Procuring Contracting Officer, PM ARM Contracting Branch, ATTN: AMSOS- CCE, Bldg 390- 4th floor, 1 Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, IL 61299-6000 (309) 782-3420. Email address: maslankae@osc.army.mil
- Web Link
-
Link to FedBizOpps document.
(http://www.eps.gov/spg/USA/USAMC/DAAA09/DAAA09-NA/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army Operations Support Command 1 Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island IL
- Zip Code: 61299-5000
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 61299-5000
- Record
- SN00166040-F 20020915/020913220859 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
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