SOURCES SOUGHT
13 -- 120mm Precision Guided Mortar Munition (PGMM)
- Notice Date
- 8/8/2002
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- US Army ARDEC, AMSTA-AR-PC, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806-5000
- ZIP Code
- 07806-5000
- Solicitation Number
- DAAE30-02-R-0323
- Response Due
- 9/9/2002
- Point of Contact
- Michael O'Toole
- E-Mail Address
-
Email your questions to Michael O'Toole
(motoole@pica.army.mil)
- Description
- The Office of the Product Manager for Mortar Systems is conducting a market survey to identify potential sources for the execution of a 120mm Precision Guided Mortar Munition (PGMM) acquisition program. An incrementally funded cost plus award or incentive fee contract is planned. This performance-based acquisition will require a system integrator with extensive domain experience in gun fired smart munitions, as well as the capability to develop and execute a Block Upgrade development approach. General support requirements will encompass Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Production, and Block Upgrade activities. The PGMM is envisioned to be the Maneuver Commander?s organic, extended range, indirect fire, precision munition. The weapon platform for this munition is the US Army?s 120mm Battalion Mortar System (nomenclature M120 and M121) and the Interim Armored Vehicle ? Mortar Carrier (IAV-MC). The 120mm Battalion Mortar System has been fielded in two configurations: the towed M120 and the carrier mounted M121. The towed M120 is pulled on a carriage behind a High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), and also transports mortar ammunition in its cargo bed. The carrier mounted M121 is the same mortar system, but mounted and fired from a tracked vehicle, designated as the M1064/A3 (mortar version of the M113). The IAV-MC is a new 120mm platform, managed by the Office of the Project Manager for the Brigade Combat Team. Although the weapon system may be different from the M120 or M121, it is required to be compatible (fire the same family of US ammunition). The goal of the acquisition program is to develop, demonstrate, and qualify for production an initial Block 1 capability no later than the end of FY06. The Blocked tactical configuration must be able to satisfy the following requirements (Threshold requirements at a minimum, with Objective requirements as the Desired goal): Block 1 systems compatibility requirement is to be able to be fired from the M120, M121 or IAV-MC mortar systems and utilize the XM95 Mortar Fire Control System (MFCS); Block 1 maximum range requirement is 7.2km. Block 1 lethality requirement is to incapacitate personnel behind protective cover (earth & timber bunkers, brick over block masonry construction, and stationary Lightly Armored Vehicles). Given the target sizes and signatures, man in the loop terminal guidance (laser designation) is a Block 1 requirement. Subsequent Block improvements must extend the range of the PGMM to 12km (Threshold) and 15km (Objective). Subsequent Block improvements also add to the target set (incapacitate personnel behind triple brick walls, reinforced concrete, and moving lightly armored vehicles). Additionally, subsequent block improvements must provide the capability to maneuver off of the gun target line defeat targets outside of traditional man-in-the-loop designation ?Angle T? (angle between Forward Observer, target, and gun positions) boundaries. The Government is interested only in those potential offerors who have specific knowledge in this subject matter in the rigorous gun fired environment; experience and the ability, either independently or through responsive outsourcing, to plan and execute system integration/support, technology advancements and component obsolescence; which will achieve a producible design and confront the future operational life cycle of this munition. Responses must describe the potential offeror?s capability to design, develop, qualify, and conduct an operational live fire demonstration of a production configuration no later than FY06. Live firing must demonstrate Block 1 system compatibility, range requirements, and high probability of defeat of each of the above targets. Potential offeror must include ROM pricing for the preceding requirements, to include a ROM per round cost for the final demonstration, which will be a minimum of 10 tactical design rounds. Potential offeror must also describe how the design supports an evolutionary acquisition process to field a baseline design that increases operational effectiveness, and grows through a Block Upgrade program to demonstrate all of the program?s requirements by FY12. This is a sources sought notice for planning purposes only. This is not a solicitation and does not obligate the Government to issue a solicitation. The Government will not pay for any information submitted under this announcement. All responses are requested not later than XX August 2002, 1630 Hours (Local Time), to: e-mail pburke@pica.army.mil, US Army PEO Ammunition, PM Mortars, ATTN: SFAE-AMO-CAS-MS, Bldg. 151, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000 Attn: Peter Burke. See Note 25.
- Web Link
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US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network
(http://procnet.pica.army.mil/cbd/SRCSgt/080820020/080820020.htm)
- Record
- SN00136342-W 20020810/020808213647 (fbodaily.com)
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