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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JANUARY 09, 2005 FBO #1140
SOURCES SOUGHT

13 -- 66MM Grenade Discharger, Visual Infra-red Screening Smoke (VIRSS) Program

Notice Date

1/7/2005
 

Notice Type

Sources Sought
 

NAICS

325998 — All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

Department of the Navy, United States Marine Corps, Marine Corps Systems Command, 2200 Lester Street, Quantico, VA, 22134-5010
 

ZIP Code

22134-5010
 

Solicitation Number

M67854-05-R-0123
 

Response Due

2/5/2005
 

Archive Date

2/20/2005
 

Description

The Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC), Program Manager for Ammunition, desires the acquisition and qualification of non-development improvements to the existing 66mm, M76 Grenade Launcher, Infra-red Screening Smoke Grenade. Improvements must include a propulsion system that is capable of using the existing vehicle launcher, M6, to fire and function from. Additionally, the Grenade Discharger, Visual Infra-red Smoke Screening device must meet all U. S. environmental restrictions on the Infra-red (IR) filler smoke / screening mix. It is desired that the contractor: (1) Have a non-developmental 66mm Grenade Discharger system designed to demonstrate and produce a cloud capable of obstructing a host vehicle from threat IR optics and gunner thermal sights; (2) The Grenade Discharger must have the capability to function with no degradation under environmental conditions of hot, cold, and ambient temperatures when fired; (3) Have the capability of firing from the existing M6 vehicle mounted Grenade Discharger and not alter the transportation requirements of any vehicle that carries said item; (4) Have the capability to meet all U. S. Government and Military storage requirements / restrictions normally imposed on storage of similar munitions; (5) Have existing production tooling / line capable of producing approximately 16,000 Grenades per month after initial start up; (6) Have the technical expertise and facilities to conduct standard North Atlantic Treaty Organization/ Insensitive Munitions (NATO/IM) safety tests prior to delivery of qualification samples. The Sources Sought Number is M67854-05-R-1023. Interested Parties should reply by submitting a White Paper no later than 05 February 2005 to Commanding General, Marine Corps Systems Command, Attn: Code: 204, 2200 Lester Street, Quantico, VA. 22134. Questions may be submitted in writing to the above address, or email dorothy.wright@usmc.mil. Interested Parties who are willing to provide test samples of a proposed design of a 66MM Grenade Discharger at no cost for USMC testing should so indicate in the submitted white paper. No further information is available from the Procuring Office.
 

Place of Performance

Address: Commanding General, Marine Corps Systems Command, 2200 Lester Street, Quantico, VA

Zip Code: 22134

Country: USA
 

Record

SN00731727-W 20050109/050107212226 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
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