SOURCES SOUGHT
99 -- Sniper Weapons Collimator
- Notice Date
- 1/24/2011
- 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-11-X-F007
- Response Due
- 2/10/2011
- Archive Date
- 3/12/2011
- Point of Contact
- Kenneth Beatty, Contract Specialist, (973)724-2946
- E-Mail Address
-
Kenneth Beatty
(ken.beatty@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The US ARMY, Joint Munitions & Lethality Contracting Center, on behalf of the Project Manager Soldier Weapons (PM SW), Picatiny Arsenal, NJ is conducting a market survey to identify potential sources for a Sniper Weapons Collimator. The device shall mount in the barrel(s) of the following weapons, preferably using a single mandrel: M110 (7.62mm) Semi-Automatic Sniper System (SASS), XM2010 (0.300 Winchester Magnum) Enhanced Sniper Rifle, and the M107 (0.50cal) Long Range Sniper Rifle. The device shall be able to establish a relative weapon zero without live fire and re-confirm zero at operational environment. The collimator shall be rugged, usable on all the weapons platforms mentioned above and eye safe (no lasers). The collimator shall have a reticle that is illuminated for night use, using either battery power (>30min) or tritium. The collimator shall be capable of providing weapon system accuracy of +/-3.0 MOA and repeatability of +/-1.0 MOA. The collimator shall include a carrying case with a total weight of no more than 3.5 lbs. The device must survive in operational military environments in accordance with MIL-STD-810. The unit must be a Non-Developmental-Item (NDI) or a Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) item. The collimator shall be ready to use without modification to the sniper weapon configuration, and shall not degrade the weapons performance. However, information for products that require minimal modification may also be provided. Firms/companies are invited to indicate their capabilities by providing specifications, brochures, manuals, reports, demonstration video and/or other technical data as well as identification of current customers and rough indication of pricing. Any pricing data should also be provided. In addition, vendors are encouraged to provide a fully functioning sample that meets the requirements identified in this market survey at no cost to the Government. All the sample/s received by the Government will be included in the Government internal test/evaluation. The Government will share the test results to the interested vendor specific to their submitted sample ONLY. The vendor who received their technical report shall not published or share their data without Government consent. The Government reserves the right not to test the provided sample if it is found unsafe to use, degrades or damages the sniper weapons performance, or if the provided sample does not meet the minimum requirements identified in this market survey. The Government test outcome will not result to an award of the Sniper Weapon Collimator. All interested vendors who have submitted a sample will be contacted by the Government and will be provided a test schedule. Moreover, the provided sample will be returned in used condition or maybe damaged. The Government is not responsible for the damaged incurred to the sample provided. Interested companies are requested to submit a capabilities statement of 2-5 pages via e-mail by 2/10/2011. The Point of Contact is Kenneth Beatty at ken.beatty@us.army.mil. Interested firms should also provide their address, point-of-contact with telephone number and e-mail address, and size of business (small/large). This is a market survey for information only and shall not be construed as a request for a proposal or as an obligation on the part of the US Government. The US Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this market survey or otherwise pay for information solicited.
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