SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR ARMOR MATERIALS AND ARMOR SYSTEM CONCEPTS.
- Notice Date
- 7/9/2012
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- U.S. ARMY CONTRACTING COMMAND, WARREN, MICHIGAN 48397-5000
- ZIP Code
- 48397-5000
- Solicitation Number
- W56HZV12R0404
- Response Due
- 7/24/2012
- Archive Date
- 8/23/2012
- Point of Contact
- RACHEL HEANEY,Contract Specialist,(586)282-9598 or LYNN M. BYRNE,Contracting Officer,(586)282-6553
- E-Mail Address
-
U.S. ARMY CONTRACTING COMMAND
(RACHEL.HEANEY@US.ARMY.MIL)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- A SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT IS CONTEMPLATE WITH SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE (SWRI), 6220 CULEBRA ROAD, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78238-5100. US ARMY TANK-AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER (TARDEC) DESIRES TO PROCURE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR ARMOR MATERIALS AND ARMOR SYSTEM CONCEPTS. THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS EFFORT ARE TO CHARACTERIZE VARIOUS CERAMIC, METALLIC, AND TRANSPARENT ARMOR MATERIALS FOR USE IN MODELING AND EXPERIMENTS TO VERIFY THE CHARACTERIZATION RESULTS. ARMORS CHARACTERIZED UNDER THIS EFFORT WILL UNDERGO EXTENSIVE MODELING AND SIMULATION FOR PROOF OF CAPABILITY. THESE SERVICES ARE FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF ENHANCED COMPUTATIONAL CAPABILITIES FOR ARMOR MATERIALS AND ARMOR SYSTEMS, MAINTENANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE ELASTIC PLASTIC IMPACT COMPUTATIONS (EPIC) CODE, TRANSPARENT ARMOR MATERIALS, COMPOSITE ARMOR MATERIALS, CERAMIC ARMOR MATERIALS, METALLIC ARMOR MATERIALS, ARMOR STUDIES AND RESPONSE ASSESSMENTS TO IEDS AN! D OTHER THREATS, TEST AND EVALUATION OF ARMOR AND THREAT INTERACTIONS, AND ARMOR DESIGN AND ANALYSIS. EACH OF THESE SERVICES HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED UNDER A PREVIOUS CONTRACT WITH SWRI. SWRI IS THE ONLY KNOWN QUALIFIED SOURCE AS THEY HAVE AMASSED A UNIQUE KNOWLEDGE BASE UNDER THE PREVIOUS WORK DIRECTIVES AND MAINTAIN THE SPECIALIZED TECHNICAL EXPERTISE REQUIRED FOR SUCCESSFUL PERFORMANCE OF THE WORK DIRECTIVES WHICH WILL BE LEVERAGED TO MEET THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF THE GOVERNMENT FOR THIS PROCUREMENT. THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO SOLICIT AND NEGOTIATE WITH ONLY ONE SOURCE UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 6.302-1. THE BASE CONTRACT IS PLANNED TO BE 2,050 MAN-HOURS WITH A PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE OF 12 MONTHS. THE CONTRACT IS ALSO PLANNED TO INCLUDE OPTIONS TOTALING 20,500 MAN-HOURS AVAILABLE FOR EXERCISE WITHIN 36 MONTHS OF AWARD OF THE BASE EFFORT. THE ANTICIPATED AWARD DATE IS PLANNED TO BE ON OR ABOUT 12 OCTOBER 2012. ALL RESPONSIBLE SOURCES MAY SUBMIT A CAPABILITY STATEMENT WHICH WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE AGENCY. THE CAPABILITY STATEMENT SHALL BE EMAILED TO RACHEL.R.HEANEY2.CIV@MAIL.MIL. RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE MUST BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN 1:00 P.M., LOCAL TIME, WARREN, MI, JULY 24, 2012. NOTE: THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS SYNOPSIS. THE SOLICITATION PERTAINING TO THIS NOTICE MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS NOTICE. CONTRACTORS SHOULD NOT CALL THE BUYER SEEKING A COPY OF THE SOLICITATION (OR OTHER DATA) AS NONE WILL B! E AVAILABLE UNTIL THE SOLICITATION IS ISSUED. NO HARD COPIES OF THE SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/notices/3caacb26e72b4458539467cfb469ca26)
- Place of Performance
- Address: U.S. ARMY CONTRACTING COMMAND, WARREN, MICHIGAN 48397-5000
- Zip Code: 48397-5000
- Zip Code: 48397-5000
- Record
- SN02797496-W 20120711/120709235319-3caacb26e72b4458539467cfb469ca26 (fbodaily.com)
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