SOURCES SOUGHT
13 -- 66mm Grenade, Visual and Infra-Red Screening Smoke (VIRSS)
- Notice Date
- 2/21/2006
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- M67854 Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, VA 22134
- ZIP Code
- 22134
- Solicitation Number
- M6785406R1020
- Response Due
- 3/22/2006
- Description
- The Program Manager for Ammunition, Marine Corps Systems Command, desires the acquisition and qualification of a non-developmental 66mm Grenade, Visual and Infra-Red (IR) Screening Smoke (VIRSS). This round must provide equal or improved performance over the existing 66mm Grenade, Smoke, Infra-Red Screening, M76, while minimizing environmental and health impacts. To meet these requirements, the 66mm VIRSS grenade must: 1) Produce a screen capable of obscuring the host vehicle from visual and IR detection; 2) Generate a screen obscuration time of greater than 30 seconds (visual waveband) and greater than 20 seconds (IR waveband); 3) Be capable of transportation, storage and field handling between -54? and 68? C; 4) Function/ launch from the 66mm M6 vehicle mounted smoke grenade launcher in all expected environmental conditions including a temperature range of -32? and 63? C; 5) Meet the applicable national, state and local environmental and human health hazard restrictions; and 6) Be capable of meeting Insensitive Munitions requirements. Respondents must have the capability of producing approximately 160,000 66mm VIRSS grenades per year after initial start up. The Sources Sought Number is M67854-06-R-1020. Interested parties should reply by submitting a white paper, technical data for the item, and past performance data no later than 22 March 2006 to Commanding General, Marine Corps Systems Command, Attn: Code 204, 2200 Lester St., Quantico, VA 22134. Questions may be submitted in writing to the above address, or email carl.bradshaw@usmc.mil.
- Record
- SN00991985-W 20060223/060221212426 (fbodaily.com)
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