SOURCES SOUGHT
38 -- Seeking advanced capabilities for infrastructure resortation for advanced surfacing capabilities. The U.S. Army Engineers seek to reduce road restoration operations to reduce times for harden surfaces.
- Notice Date
- 10/2/2006
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- TACOM - Warren Acquisition Center, ATTN: AMSTA-AQ-AMB, E Eleven Mile Road, Warren, MI 48397-5000
- ZIP Code
- 48397-5000
- Solicitation Number
- W56HZV-07-C-XXXX
- Response Due
- 10/3/2006
- Archive Date
- 12/2/2006
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The United States Army (U.S. Army) requirements to support conflict torn infrastructures continue to surface. Efforts to restore and rehabilitate these shattered infrastructures in support of local populaces are primarily coordinated and conducted b y U.S. Army Engineers. 3. PROBLEM: U.S. Army Engineers are relentlessly engaged in the construction, repair, and maintenance of roads, throughways, parking-areas, walkways, airfields, bridges, buildings etc. Additionally, these Engineers are also responsible for the continual infrastructure upkeep of U.S. and Joint Force Operating Bases. Unfortunately, during restoration operations U.S. Army Engineers must rely on existing equipment capabilities and out dated technologies (i.e.) conventional methods of concrete, asphalt and p aving techniques conducted with massive amounts of large oversized equipment and materials operating in overpopulated and confined areas. Additionally, conventional concrete, asphalt/paving methods expose Soldiers to enemy attack for prolong periods of ti me. 4. SOLUTION: a. To mitigate some of these requirements and to reduce restoration operations to manageable levels for U.S. Army Engineers the Army is seeking information on products, methods and equipment to rapidly harden surfaces. Advances in surfacing technolog y have led to the introduction of many new products in the commercial construction industry for surface hardening, finishing, refinishing, maintenance and upkeep. These products provide alternatives to conventional methods of surface treatment and in some cases claim to perform similarly to asphalt and concrete with respect to strength, toughness and durability. b. Additional benefits are alleged in the areas of reduced application efforts, material storage, material cost, transportation and equipment required for installation. Some of these technologies include the use of fast curing/rapid activating polyme rs, carbon fibers and low dosage resins, woven and non-woven geotextiles and various fiber reinforced materials. These materials must be investigated to determine their applicability to U.S. Army operations and to provide some lasting measure of effective ness to local populations after application. c. The ability of these materials to be applied with existing U.S. Army asphalt and paving equipment and its adaptability to the challenges of a military environment are critical components to successfully rehabilitating an area. 5. REQUIREMENTS: a. Areas of key interest with these products are: (1) fast activating/curing of material; (2) hardness, strength and durability of material; (3) ease of material application; (4) minimal/reduced equipment required during material application; (5) tra nsportation, storage and logistical requirements of material; (6) thickness, composition and application alternatives of materiel on various types of existing surfaces; and (7) application conditions and performance limitations in various environments/cond itions. b. Durabilty and strength requirements can be divided into 2 categories. Ideally one solution would meet both requirements. 1) A two inch thick or less layer of material providing an equal or greater strength, durability and load bearing capacity as a six inch thick layer of concrete is required for road surfaces subjected to vehicular traffic. 2) A material inherently capable of being applied to the sides and shoulders of roadways to a thickness level not exceeding two inches and of sufficient strength and durability as a three inch thick layer of concrete. c. The material must not decrease its strength, durability, or load bearing capacity as its application is increased in length and width. d. The material must be capable of being applied in all weather and environmental conditions throughout climatic conditions hot and basic (+120? Fahrenheit (F) to -25? F) without reducing its streng th, durability, or load bearing capacity. e. The material must be capable of being rapidly and directly applied to in-situ soils and onto existing road surfaces; asphalt, concrete, compacted dirt etc. The material must be capable of being applied with minimal surface preparation required (i .e.) hasty leveling, debris/obstacle removal etc.) The material must adhere to, bond with, conform to, and fill existing surface imperfections such as voids, high/low areas, ruts, cracks, depressions, deformations (etc.) without the loss of its strength, durability and load bearing characteristics. f. The material must air dry to its maximum strength level immediately; 30 minutes or less Threshold (T); 10 minutes or less Objective (O), after application and require minimal and expedient (T); none (O), additional procedures to be effective (i.e.) compaction, screeding, leveling etc. The material must be compatible with those materials that it will cover or come in contact with (i.e.) asphalt, concrete, aggregates, and not become ineffective or cause existing surfaces to deteriorate due to its app lication and interaction. g. The material must be capable of being applied through the use of: (1) existing U.S. Army Engineer asphalt and paving equipment assets, e.g. the Engineer Mission Module-Bitumen Distributor (EMM-BD); (2) the material manufacturers dispensing equipm ent that is interoperable with and capable of being towed behind an M917series dump truck, Family Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) cargo/dump truck; adaptable-mountable/demountable to an existing U.S. Army equipment item platform such as an FMTV cargo/dump truck, Palletized Load System (PLS) flat rack, High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) etc. h. The material must not become malleable or reduce its strength, durability, effectiveness, or load bearing characteristics after exposure (brief or continuous) to; (1) petroleum based products such as solvents, gasoline, naphtha, kerosene, fuel and lubricating oils, diesel fuel, paint thinner etc; (2) other liquids such as bleach, acetone, boric acid, liquid soap, etc. i. The material must support unlimited throughput of military vehicles, i.e. convoys as large as fifty vehicles at a time without incurring damage; deformation, rutting, cracking, swelling, separation, etc. 6. LOGISTICAL REQUIRMENTS: Impacts to the existing U.S. Army logistical system are required to be minimal. The material must not create an additional logistical burden to an already overburdened logistical system by adding numerous additional materials/ items in order to be effective and supported. a. The material must be transportable by standard U.S. Army transport assets (i.e.) FMTV, 900 series vehicles, PLS flat rack, and EMM-Dump Body, M917 series dump trucks, FMTV dump truck. The material must be adequately sized and proportionately fit i nside of and be transportable in standard U.S. Army quad containers/International Standardization Organization (ISO) containers, or on standard U.S. Army semi-trailers, e.g. M172 Series, M870 Series and M872 Series. b. The material must be capable of being loaded/downloaded and prepared for dispensing into machinery dispensing reservoirs by existing U.S. Army Material Handling Equipment (MHE) 4,000-10,000 lb forklifts, 7.5 ton crane, All Terrain Crane (ATEC), an d 2.5 and 5.0 yard bucket loader forklift attachment. c. The material must be conformable to a standard military 463L pallet and capable of being loaded and transported on C-130 aircraft. 7. POC: Mr. Scott Pezzuti 573-563-7357, scott.pezzuti@us.army.mil MANSCEN Futures Center (FC), Engineer Division, Materiel Branch, FLW MO. 8. POC: Mr. David Schwartz (586) 574-6094, email: schwartzd@tacom.army.mil See Market Survey - http://contracting.tacom.army/mil/ssn/sources.htm
- Place of Performance
- Address: TACOM - Warren Acquisition Center ATTN: AMSTA-AQ-AMB, E Eleven Mile Road Warren MI
- Zip Code: 48397-5000
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 48397-5000
- Record
- SN01159794-W 20061004/061002220413 (fbodaily.com)
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