SOURCES SOUGHT
10 -- Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station (CROWS)
- Notice Date
- 9/10/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- US Army, Army Contracting Command, Joint Munitions and Lethality (JM&L) Contracting Center, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806-5000
- ZIP Code
- 07806-5000
- Solicitation Number
- W15QKN-09-X-0418
- Response Due
- 10/1/2009
- Archive Date
- 10/31/2009
- Point of Contact
- Timothy Batko, Contract Specialist, (973)724-5423
- E-Mail Address
-
Timothy Batko
(tim.batko@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The JM&L LCMC Contracting Center in support of the Project Manager SoldierWeapons is seeking sources of a mature, in production, gunner-operated, Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station (CROWS) that provides the capability to remotely aim and fire a suite of crew served weapons. The system is sought for immediate production, fielding and sustainment. The system shall be capable of mounting on a variety of existing and future combat platforms. The system shall consist of a remotely operated and fully stabilized weapon station that can mount and operate a variety of crew served weapons including, at a minimum, the Mk19 40mm Grenade Machine Gun, M2HB 50 cal Machine Gun, M240 7.62mm Machine Gun and the M249 5.56mm Squad Automatic Weapon. The weapon station shall be controlled via a remote display and control grip allowing the operator to slew and point the system in order to view and engage threats in day and night conditions while stationary or on the move. Systems shall have robust safety checks and diagnostics built in to assure system safety and must meet U.S. military operational safety requirements. The weapon system shall have the ability to accommodate platform specific traverse and firing inhibits for platform unique characteristics. The weight, power and space claim of the system will be limited to accommodate platform integration of current and emerging requirements. The need and demand for such systems is great. The Government is interested in assessing the production capability of potential firms/vendors to meet a production rate of seventy five (75) systems per week to support a program with the anticipated duration of five (5) years or longer. Please identify the location of the final assembly and if more than one location, please indicate the percentage for each location. Interested firms/companies shall be able to support a depot spares/repair facility adequate to sustain the delivered systems and have the capability to provide field service representatives for support in the field to include combat areas. Firms/companies are invited to indicate their interest and capability to satisfy the above requirements by providing system specifications, brochures, manuals, reports, demonstration video, other technical data, and any special warranty terms/conditions. It is requested that companies also provide a ramp up period to meet a delivery schedule of 75 systems per week. This data and material should be sent, if available, at no cost or obligation to the U.S. Government, within 21 days of this announcement to Department of the Army, JM&L LCMC Contracting Center. ATTN: Timothy Batko, CCJM-SW Bldg. 9, Picatinny, NJ 07806-5000; email: tim.batko@us.army.mil. Telephone responses and inquiries will not be accepted. In addition, please provide the firms name and address, point of contact with telephone number and email address, size of business (small/large), NAICS code, CAGE code/DUNS number, company website, and country represented. This is a market survey for information only and should not be construed as a Request for Proposal or a commitment by the U.S. Government. The U.S. Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this market survey. All information is to be submitted at no cost or obligation to the Government. The information collected from this market survey may be used to support any CROWS follow on acquisitions. If a formal solicitation is generated at a later date, a solicitation notice will be published and more detailed technical requirements will be provided..
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