Defense Nuclear Agency, 6801 Telegraph Road, Alexandria, VA 22310- 3398

81 -- SUPERCONTAINER PRODUCTION SOL DNA001-95-C-0054 POC Gerald Huthoefer, Negotiator, (703) 325-1190, Edward Archer, Contracting Officer, (703) 325-5028. The Defense Nuclear Agency (DNA) has a requirement for up to 150 ballistically hardened and thermally protected containers, with options for additional quantities. These supercontainers will be supplied under the Department of Defense's Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) Program and will assist the Russian Federation in their weapons dismantlement efforts. Contractor shall be required to manufacture supercontainers in accordance with design plans and performance specifications developed by the British Ministry of Defence (MOD) under the United Kingdom's (U.K.) Supercontainer Program. Supercontainer design is based on British engineering standard 308, MOD U.K. Defence standards and MOD U.K. Military Vehicle Experimental Establishment (MVEE) standards. In addition, all design plans/drawings are provided in third angle projection and will be made available to the contractor for review. Contractor shall be required to demonstrate an ability to produce supercontainers using MOD U.K. supplied standards and design plans. Contractor shall develop and execute a quality assurance program that demonstrates that all supercontainers produced meet the requirements of the design and specifications supplied by MOD U.K. and demonstrate the capability to produce up to 150 supercontainers within 11 months from contract award. Experience in the development, fabrication and installation of metallic and non-metallic (composite) armor is essential for this effort. In addition, all contractors shall demonstrate experience in the following areas; welding steel armor, machining and assembly of steel components, machining and assembly of composite armor, and fabrication and assembly of thermal protection components necessary to complete supercontainer production within the stated timeframe. A preproposal conference is scheduled for 14 Sep 95 at the Center for Verification Research (CVR), 8500 Cinderbed Road, Suite 120, Newington, VA and all offerors are encouraged to attend. All requests for the Request For Proposal (RFP) DNA001-95-R-0054 and subsequent preproposal conference must be in writing. Faxed requests are acceptable and shall be faxed to the attention of Gerald Huthoefer at (703) 325-9291. If the request is faxed, no hard copy is required. Information on new DNA solicitations, already released, can be obtained by calling the DNA Hotline at (703) 325-1173. Reference Synopsis No. 95-77 (0230)

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