SOURCES SOUGHT
C -- Engineering Support Services
- Notice Date
- 12/2/2009
- 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-10-X-0340
- Response Due
- 12/17/2009
- Archive Date
- 1/16/2010
- Point of Contact
- Marcus Edmundson, Contract Specialist, (973)724-5382
- E-Mail Address
-
Marcus Edmundson
(marcus.edmundson@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The US Army Armament Research and Development Command (ARDEC) BenetLaboratories, located at Watervliet Arsenal, Watervliet New York is seekingcapabilities statements from firms that can provide mechanical and electricalengineering support services to the US Governments large caliber cannon programs for the design and development of hardware, interface systems andtechnical data packages. The current engineering services support ContractW15QKN-08-D-0420 is awarded to Elmhurst Research, Inc. The capabilities sought are for mechanical and electrical engineering supportservices for Benet Laboratories tasks involving abstract or concept studies,analysis and investigations on large caliber cannon weapons systems. Specifictasks encompass risk analysis, survey, design trade-offs, analyticalevaluations of effectiveness, analysis of performance in adverse militaryenvironments, applications for advance and beyond state of the art concepts. Essentially the Benet Laboratories requirement is for mechanical andelectrical engineering support tasks which consist of smaller work elementsthat contribute to overall engineering programs. Below are recent tasks ofBenet Laboratories programs having requirements for engineering supportenabling government program managers to meet performance and schedulemilestones: a.Lightweight 155mm M777 Diode Laser Ignition Program: replace currentmechanical primer feed mechanism (known operational issues of mechanicaljamming) with Laser Pulse Generator Ignition with integration into the M777 A2Howitzer. b.Wear and Erosion Support: evaluate and develop an effectiveprotective coating to increase the wear life of the 155mm M777 LightweightTowed Howitzer gun tube.c.Flow Form Support for Mortar Cannon: develop Flow Form as analternative manufacturing method (more effective than traditionalmanufacturing methods) to develop tubular components using nontraditional anddifficult materials to machine resulting in the development of 60 mm FlowForm Tubular components manufacturing processes. d.120mm XM360 Cannon: develop a design of new gun systems based ontechnologies of 120 XM 360 of the MCS for integration into the next generationAbrams tank. Assist PM Abrams with technical challenges and design solutionsfor integration of the new gun system.e.120mm M191 BiPod: re-engineer 120mm M191 Bipod components to utilize state of the art technologies updating drawings and TDP to current standardsand manufacturing processes.f.155mm M777 Full Bore Chrome: perform engineering development with technical analysis and prototype test support for the evaluation and implementation of a chrome plating process for the M776 cannon to improve thelife cycle of the LW155 M777 Gun System.g.105 mm M119 Testing: provide test and technical support at theproving grounds to include preparation of test items, on-site monitoring, record keeping of test data. This Market Survey is for information and planning purposes only, and does notconstitute a Request for Proposal (RFP). This Market Survey is not to be construed as a commitment by the U. S. Government. No award will be made as a result of this Market Survey. All responses/information is to be submitted at no cost or obligation to the Government. The Government reserves the right toreject, in whole or in part, any private sector input as a result of thisMarket Survey. Respondents will not be notified of the results of this surveyor results of information submitted. Interested parties are requested to submit a capabilities statement of theirservices along with other available information (i.e. brochures) that describecurrent capability to: Marcus Edmundson via email only atMarcus.Edmundson@us.army.mil. Please submit your responses not later than1500hrs (4:00 PM) EST, 17 December 2009.
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