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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF FEBRUARY 27, 2004 FBO #0823
SOLICITATION NOTICE

A -- FULL SPECTRUM ACTIVE PROTECTION CLOSE IN LAYERED SHIELD (FCLAS)

Notice Date

2/25/2004
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

NAICS

541330 — Engineering Services
 

Contracting Office

TACOM WARREN BLDG 231, WARREN, MICHIGAN 48397-5000
 

ZIP Code

48397-5000
 

Solicitation Number

W56HZV04R0039
 

Response Due

4/12/2004
 

Archive Date

5/12/2004
 

Point of Contact

JANET JOUDAS,Contract Specialist,(586)574-7273 or DEREK MCALEER,Contracting Officer,(586)574-7197
 

E-Mail Address

Email your questions to TACOM WARREN BLDG 231
(JOUDASJ@TACOM.ARMY.MIL)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

DESC: THE UNITED STATES ARMY TANK-AUTOMOTIVE AND ARMAMENTS COMMAND-WARREN (TACOM-WARREN) WILL BE ISSUING A SOLE SOURCE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) TO CHANG INDUSTRY INC. FOR A FOLLOW-ON CONTRACT TO CONTRACT DAAE07-99-C-L062. CHANG INDUSTRY WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPMENT, INTEGRATION, DOWNSIZING, PACKAGING, TESTING OF THE PROTOTYPE, EXPANDED COVERAGE AND EXTENDED RANGE VARIANT OF THEIR FULL SPECTRUM ACTIVE PROTECTION CLOSE IN LAYERED SHIELD (FCLAS) SYSTEMS, INITIALLY DEVELOPED UNDER CONTRACT DAAE07-99-C-L062. IN "PHASE-1" OF THE EFFORT, THE CONTRACTOR WILL FURTHER DEVELOP FCLAS SAFE AND ARM ELECTRONICS, DOWNSIZE AND INTEGRATE THE FCLAS SENSOR AND COUNTERMEASURE DESIGNS INTO THE PROTOTYPE FCLAS PACKAGE. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL CONDUCT STATIC AND DYNAMIC TESTING OF THE PROTOTYPE FCLAS PACKAGE AND SHALL DOCUMENT ITS EFFECTIVENESS AGAINST ROCKET PROPELLED GRENADE (RPG), ANTI-TANK PROJECTILES AND SMALL ANTI TANK GUIDED MISSILES (ATGM). THE STATIC AND DYNAMIC TESTS AGAINST THE FLYING PROJECTILES WILL USE A HIGHLY INSTRUMENTED TEST RANGE TO DOCUMENT THE PROJECTILES RESIDUAL FLIGHT AND LETHALITY AFTER BEING SUBJECTED TO THE EFFECTS OF THE FCLAS COUNTERMEASURES. IN "PHASE-2", THE CONTRACTOR WILL FURTHER DEVELOP AND EXPAND THE FCLAS SENSORS RANGE AND COVERAGE, SENSOR ELECTRONICS, AND DOWNSIZE AND INTEGRATE THE FCLAS SENSOR AND COUNTERMEASURE DESIGNS INTO AN EXPANDED CAPABILITY FCLAS SYSTEM. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL CONDUCT ANALYSIS, STATIC AND DYNAMIC TESTING OF THE EXPANDED CAPABILITY FCLAS SYSTEM DESIGN AND SHALL DOCUMENT ITS EFFECTIVENESS AGAINST REAL AND SIMULATED ROCKET PROPELLED GRENADE (RPG), ANTI-TANK PROJECTILES, SMALL ANTI TANK GUIDED MISSILES (ATGM), DUAL-PURPOSE IMPROVED CONVENTIONAL MUNITIONS (DPICMS), SMART MINES, MAN PORTABLE STINGERS AND RECOILLESS RIFE HEAT ROUNDS. THE STATIC AND DYNAMIC TESTS AGAINST THESE FLYING PROJECTILES WILL USE A HIGHLY INSTRUMENTED TEST RANGE TO DOCUMENT THE PROJECTILES RESIDUAL FLIGHT AND LETHALITY AFTER BEING SUBJECTED TO THE EFFECTS OF THE EXPANDED FCLAS COUNTERMEASURES. IN "PHASE-3", THE CONTRACTOR WILL FURTHER DEVELOP, DEVISE AND EXTEND THE RANGE OF THE FCLAS COUNTERMEASURE DELIVERY SYSTEM, UPGRADE, DOWNSIZE AND INTEGRATE IMPROVED FCLAS SENSOR AND COUNTERMEASURE DESIGNS INTO AN EXTENDED RANGE FCLAS PACKAGE. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL CONDUCT ANALYSIS, STATIC TESTS AND DYNAMIC TESTING OF THE EXTENDED RANGE FCLAS PACKAGE IN A SETTING THAT SIMULATES A ROTARY WING AIR CRAFT PLATFORM. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DOCUMENT THE EXTENDED RANGE FCLAS PACKAGE'S EFFECTIVENESS AGAINST REAL AND SIMULATED ROCKET PROPELLED GRENADE (RPG) ANTI-TANK PROJECTILES AND MAN PORTABLE SURFACE TO AIR MISSILES. THE STATIC AND DYNAMIC TESTS AGAINST THE FLYING PROJECTILES WILL USE A HIGHLY INSTRUMENTED TEST RANGE TO DOCUMENT THE PROJECTILES RESIDUAL FLIGHT AND LETHALITY AFTER BEING SUBJECTED TO THE EFFECTS OF THE EXTENDED RANGE FCLAS COUNTERMEASURE SYSTEM. THIS REQUIREMENT WILL BE ACQUIRED AS A COST PLUS FIXED FEE (CPFF) CONTRACT WITH CHANG INDUSTRY INC., LAVERNE, CA. THE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE IS FOR FORTY (40) MONTHS FROM DATE OF AWARD. THIS REQUIREMENT WILL BE SOLICITED BY A FORMAL REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. WHILE THIS RFP IS BEING ISSUED ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS, ANY INTERESTED PARTIES MAY OBTAIN A COPY OF THE RFP BY GOING INTO HTTP://CONTRACTING.TACOM.ARMY.MIL/USERGUIDE.HTM. ALL SOLICITATIONS ISSUED ON OR AFTER 1 APR 1999 REQUIRE OFFERORS TO SUBMIT OFFERS PAPERLESS: ONLY ELECTRONIC FORMAT WILL BE ACCEPTED. CONTRACTORS WILL BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT THEIR RESPONSE IN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING ELECTRONIC MEDIUMS: VIA E-MAIL, 3 ? INCH DISK, OR 650 MEGABYTE CD ROM. OFFERS/BIDS ARE TO BE EMAILED TO OFFERS@TACOM.ARMY.MIL. DO NOT EMAIL OFFERS TO THE BUYER. THE SUBJECT LINE OF THE EMAIL SUBMISSIONS MUST READ "OFFER-W56HZV-04-R-0039 CLOSES 2004APR12". MAXIMUM SIZE OF E-MAILED OFFERS SHALL NOT EXCEED 3.5 MEGABYTES. COMPRESSED FILES MUST BE SELF-EXTRACTING AND HAVE APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTIONS TO OPEN. HARD COPY RESPONSES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. PLEASE MAKE SURE THIS AGENCY HAS BEEN FURNISHED WITH THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: CAGE, COMPANY NAME, DUNS NUMBER, AND THE EMAIL ADDRESS WHERE YOU WOULD LIKE THE NOTICE SENT. ALL OFFERORS MUST BE REGISTERED IN THE CENTRAL CONTRACT REGISTRY PRIOR TO RECEIVING ANY AWARD. SEE THE WEBSITE HTTP://CCR.EDI.DISA.MIL/CCRAGENT/PLSQL/CCR.WELCOME FOR INFORMATION ON HOW TO REGISTER. THE ESTIMATED RELEASE DATE OF RFP W56HZV-04-R-0039 IS 2004MAR11. NUMBERED NOTE 22 APPLIES.
 

Place of Performance

Address: TACOM WARREN BLDG 231, WARREN, MICHIGAN 48397-5000

Zip Code: 48397-5000

Country: USA
 

Record

SN00530770-W 20040227/040225222801 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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