SOURCES SOUGHT
13 -- Fabricate, test and deliver a Linear Demolition Charge System (LDCS) for the Assault Breacher Vehicle (ABV)
- Notice Date
- 7/20/2006
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- M67854 Quantico, VA
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- M65854LDCS
- Response Due
- 8/7/2006
- Description
- The Marine Corps Systems Command is seeking potential commercial sources to fabricate, test and deliver a Linear Demolition Charge System (LDCS) for the Assault Breacher Vehicle (ABV). The ABV is being developed and fielded by the Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC), which is responsible for the acquisition of weapons and equipment for the United States Marine Corps (USMC). The ABV is a tracked, combat engineer vehicle designed to breach complex obstacles and mine fields. It is based on the M1A1 tank chassis and incorporates several commercial subsystems to accomplish specific breaching requirements. The ABV is an Acquisition Category III (ACAT-III), Marine Corps program and is currently preparing for Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E). The LDCS consists of all the hardware required to employ two Mk 58 Line Charge Systems with A4 fuse assemblies and two Mk 22 Rockets as part of complex breaching operations. The LDCS is installed on the rear portion of the turret of the ABV and receives electrical power from the host vehicle. It consists of two launcher assemblies (frame, rocket rail, and electrical components), one control box, one local/remote switch box, one Linear Demolition Charge (LDC) selector switch box (which switches between the port and starboard launchers), and all the interconnecting cables. It provides the functionality that enables the vehicle commander, while under cover of armor, to select the port or starboard launcher, raise the rocket rail to the firing position, launch the rocket, and detonate the line charge once it has been deployed by the rocket. The LDCS contains an interface for a separate remote control system, which can be used when the vehicle is operated in an unmanned mode. The following available documents provide the technical drawings and interface diagram for the LDCS. 1. LDCS Technical Data Package 2. LDCS Control System Requirements, July 8, 2005 3. LDCS Interface Control Document Vendors desiring electronic copies of these documents may contact Mr. Joseph Burns at 703-432-3747; e-mail joseph.c.burns@usmc.mil. Firms possessing the capabilities to accomplish this requirement are invited to submit the following: Company information to include the business size (large business, small business, 8a set-aside, veteran owned small disadvantaged business, etc?) of the company, Statement of capabilities to accomplish the proposed effort to include successful best practice and lesson learn; a Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM), current GSA contract information (if available on GSA), and past performance information. This sources sought/request for information (RFI) is for planning purposes only and is not to be construed as a request for proposal or as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any follow-on acquisition. No entitlement to pay of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise as a result of submission of responses to this RFI and the Government use of such information. Proprietary information submitted in response to this synopsis will be protected when clearly identified as proprietary. No solicitation document exist at this time. Please contact Mr. Joseph Burns for questions about this RFI at 703-432-3747; e-mail: joseph.c.burns@usmc.mil. Responses to this RFI should be mailed or delivered via FEDEX, UPS, or DHL to: Marine Corps Systems Command, Attn: Terence J. McGinn ? GTES, 2200 Lester Street, Quantico, VA 22134, no later than 7 August, 2006.
- Record
- SN01094340-W 20060722/060720221731 (fbodaily.com)
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