43 -- KJ4000 OIL TRANSFER SYSTEM

Notice Date

August 2, 2001

Contracting Office

Commander, Marine Corps System Command, Code CTQ, 2033 Barnett Avenue, Ste 315, Quantico, VA 22134-5010

ZIP Code

22134-5010

Response Due

August 17, 2001

Point of Contact

Major S. J. Colcombe, USMC, e-mail responses only please

E-Mail Address

click here for the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command (colcombesj@mcsc.usmc.mil)

Description

The Marine Corps Command intends to negotiate a sole source contract with Mandus Group Ltd.. for Twenty Eight (28) KJ4000 Oil Transfer System to be augmented as a component of the Artillery Shop Set (E1712). The KJ4000 Oil Transfer System is a newly developed technology to replace the M3 oil pump currently being used by all branches of the Armed Services. Mandus Group Ltd. is the designer, manufacturer, and sole supplier of the KJ4000. The KJ4000 will replenish M198/LW155 Howitzer's M45/M77 recoil systems by draining, refilling and topping off oil reserves. The KJ4000 is engineered to be self-purging eliminating air from the lines prior to pumping, it accepts oil from a pressurized system into its reservoir allowing for the reuse. Operational Characteristics: the KJ4000 provides .59 GPM the oil is filter through a .5 micron high-pressure filter. Benefits include the reduction in maintenance man-hours; oil spills, oil waste and reduces the likelihood of contaminants reaching the recoil systems. This is a COTS, NDI purchase. No RFP is available for competitive bidding; however interested parties may submit a statement of capability for satisfying this requirement by 17 August 2001 to the contact person listed above. See numbered Note 22.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010806/43SOL001.HTM (W-214 SN50T8G4)