SPECIAL NOTICE
99 -- Development of lightweight personnel armor ballistic protective insert for small arms protection.
- Notice Date
- 9/16/2008
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U. S. Army Materiel Command, RDECOM Acquisition Center - Natick, RDECOM Acquisition Center - Natick, ATTN: AMSRD-ACC-N, Natick Contracting Division (R and BaseOPS), Building 1, Kansas Street, Natick, MA 01760-5011
- ZIP Code
- 01760-5011
- Solicitation Number
- BAA-07-09
- Archive Date
- 12/15/2008
- Point of Contact
- Nathan C. Jordan, 508-233-6034<br />
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering (RDEC) Acquisition Center, Natick Contracting Division (NDC), Kansas Street, Natick, MA on behalf of the U. S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center, Natick, MA is entertaining white papers from firms for the Development of lightweight personnel armor ballistic protective insert for small arms protection, and intends to award one or more contracts under topic C-1 of the Natick Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Solicitation Number 07-09 Natick BAA effective from 1 April 2007 31 March 2009. The requirement is for Personnel body armor systems designed to defeat small arms have continued to evolve and develop along with battlefield threats. As small arms protective inserts (SAPI) developed to defeat threats that became increasingly more difficult to stop, the weight of the inserts continued to increase. The first issued medium SAPI plates weighed 4.10 lbs. Today the currently fielded medium Enhanced-SAPI weighs 5.45 lbs. The next generation of small arms protection, the X-SAPI, could potentially weigh 10% heavier than the current E-SAPI. The rapid development of increasingly more lethal small arms threats has pushed personal armor research and development efforts to extreme rates of output. As a result of providing the highest level of protection possible to the warfighter as soon as possible, the weights of armor systems have continued to creep upwards. The desired outcome of this effort is to develop an X-SAPI armor system while weighing equal to or less than the currently fielded E-SAPI. The end state system must conform to Purchase Description Personal Armor X Small Arms Protective Insert FQ/PD 07-03 in its entirety while realizing a threshold weight as specified in Purchase Description Personal Armor Enhanced Small Arms Protective Insert CO/PD 04-19. Technology developed under this effort is subject to export controls under current USML. PHASE I: Research and develop one or more material systems which have potential to meet current performance specification Purchase Description Personal Armor X Small Arms Protective Insert FQ/PD 07-03. Develop material processing and designs to optimize the ballistic performance of the proposed material systems. Conduct ballistic testing on the proposed systems to demonstrate the feasibility and practicality of the proposed material systems. Deliver a report documenting the research and development efforts along with a detailed description of the proposed material system and their ballistic performance. Proposed exit criteria Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 3 Analytical and experimental critical function and proof of concept. PHASE II: Develop the material systems and the processing technology identified in Phase I. Fabricate sufficient samples for extensive ballistic testing. The ballistic testing will include V0 and back face signatures and V50 tests with various small arm rounds. Deliver a report documenting the material system, material processing and ballistic performance. Proposed exit criteria TRL 5 Basic technological components are integrated to establish that the pieces will work together in a laboratory environment. PHASE III: A new armor system developed to defeat XSAPI threats while equal to or less than the current ESAPI weight requirement would offer a substantial benefit to the United States military. This technology would afford an increased level of protection without the detrimental effects of increased weight. Proposed exit criteria TRL 6 Prototypes demonstrated in a relevant environment. It is anticipated that each phase of this effort after Phase I will be a contract option. The Government may award multiple contracts. Interested parties are invited to submit a white paper under Topic C.1 of the Natick Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Solicitation Number 07 09 Natick BAA effective from 1 April 2007 31 March 2009. To obtain a copy of the BAA, go to https://www3.natick.army.mil/ and select Broad Agency Announcement. White papers shall be sent via email to John Kirejczyk (email John.Kirejczyk@us.army.mil, phone 508-233-4348, fax 508-233-5985) by 15 October 2008. The Government shall evaluate all white papers and provide a written response/proposal invitations to the offerors on or about 1 Dec 2008.
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