Department of the Navy, Naval Sea Systems Command, 2531 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22242-5160

13 -- AMMUNITION AND EXPLOSIVES-POTENTIAL SOURCES SOUGHT SOL N00024-98-R-6206 POC Mrs. Linda S. Gewiss (SEA 02622) (703) 602-8306 X623 SOURCES SOUGHT -- IMPROVED LIMPET MINE (ILM) -- The Improved Limpet Mine (ILM) Program is a United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) sponsored program managed by the Program Executive Office for Carriers, Littoral Warfare & Auxiliary Ships (PEO CLA) Support Ships, Boats and Craft Program. The ILM Program is seeking sources relating to possible commercially available technology that can be used to improve the current MK 4 and MK 5 series of Limpet Mines. The ILM is required for SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) attacks against ships, submarines, nested patrol craft, submerged harbor facilities, and various other maritime targets. The ILM should provide for greater explosive force to be delivered to the target, decrease time-on-target by improved handling procedures, and result in an enhanced probability of success. The candidate system will be required to pass the Insensitive Munition and Safety requirements of MIL-STD-2105B and be certified to be carried aboard U.S. Navy ships and submarines without extensive modification as determined by the USN Weapon System Explosive Safety Review Board. Interested sources are encouraged to submit the following information to the Government NLT 30 days from the date this notice is published in the CBD: Company Name, Address, Point of Contact and Telephone Number, Description of the System and Components, and any Brochures/Literature. Responses should provide information regarding the INSENSITIVE MUNITION COMPLIANT properties of the system and company experience within this area of expertise. This is a Sources Sought announcement only, and not a Request for Proposal (RFP) or an announcement of a solicitation. Respondents who submit proprietary data shall clearly mark the data with appropriate markings. The Government will not pay for any materials provided to it in response to this synopsis. Submittals provided in response to this sysnopsis will not be returned to the sender. Send responses to the following address: Commanding Officer, Naval Sea Systems Command, Code 02622, 2531 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22242-5160, Attn: Mrs. Linda S. Gewiss or via e-mail: LeMaistre_Linda@hq.navsea.navy.mil.***** (0015)

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