SOURCES SOUGHT
13 -- Hand Held Signals (HHS) Market Survery for Six Configurations of HHS
- Notice Date
- 2/25/2010
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 325998
— All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Rock Island Contracting Center (RI-CC), ATTN: AMSAS-AC, Rock Island, IL 61299-6500
- ZIP Code
- 61299-6500
- Solicitation Number
- W52P1J-10-R-0126
- Response Due
- 3/26/2010
- Archive Date
- 5/25/2010
- Point of Contact
- Gail Thompson, 309-782-5158
- E-Mail Address
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Rock Island Contracting Center (RI-CC)
(gail.thompson2@conus.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a market survey for planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a Request for Proposal or as an obligation on the part of the Government. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this market survey or otherwise pay for information solicited. The Government will utilize the information provided only to develop the acquisition strategy for future requirements. All information submitted will be held in a confidential status. Notice: The Technical Data Package (TDP) associated with the Hand Held Signals is classified as Distribution D limited distribution. Distribution Statement D means that the TDP cannot be distributed on the Internet. This TDP contains technical data whose import is restricted by the arms export control act, (Title 22, U.S.C., SEC 27 51 ET SEQ.) or the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended titled, 50 U.S.C. APP 2240, ET SEQ. Violations of these export laws are subject to severe criminal penalties. Disseminate IAW provision of DOD Directive 52 30.25. Offerors must be registered with the U.S./Canada Joint Certification Office to obtain a copy of the Technical Data Package (see www.dlis.dla.mil/jcp/ for instructions and information). After receipt of required certification, you must request a copy of the TDP via email to gail.thompson2@us.army.mil, request MUST include Cage Code, Company Name, Address, Phone, Email address and point of contact. At this time only the two top drawings are being provided which will be emailed to those certified offerors. Description: SIGNAL, ILLUMINATION GROUND, GREEN STAR CLUSTER M125A1 NSN 1370-01-341-6282; SIGNAL, ILLUMINATION GROUND, RED STAR CLUSTER, M158 NSN 1370-01-343-1966; SIGNAL, ILLUMINATION GROUND,CLUSTER WHITE STAR CLUSTER, M159 NSN 1370-01-345-4300; SIGNAL, ILLUMINATION GROUND, RED STAR PARACHUTE, M126A1 NSN 1370-01-343-1965; SIGNAL, ILLUMINATION GROUND, WHITE STAR PARACHUTE, M127A1 NSN 1370-01-341-5159; SIGNAL, ILLUMINATION GROUND, GREEN STAR PARACHUTE, M195 NSN 1370-01-342-6872. The family of hand held signals (HHS) is used for both daytime and nighttime signaling and nighttime signaling in the case of the M127A1. They are used by all military services. The star clusters consist of five-star illuminant assemblies and a rocket motor propulsion assembly contained in a hand-held aluminum launching tube. The base of the launching tube contains a primer and an initiating charge. As shipped, the firing pin cap is assembled to the forward end and must be reversed for firing. Stabilizing fins on the tail assembly of rockets are folded parallel to the axis of the signal. A bolt, which also transfers the initiating charge flash to the propellant, extends into the center of the solid propellant which fills the propulsion assembly. The illuminant assembly is mounted on top of the propulsion assembly with a delay assembly and an expelling charge between. A label specifying firing procedures is secured to the body of the signal. The parachute signals consist of a parachute-suspended illuminant assembly and a rocket motor propulsion assembly contained in a hand-held aluminum launching tube. The base of the launching tube contains a primer and an initiating charge. As shipped, the firing pin cap is assembled to the forward end and must be reversed for firing. Stabilizing fins on the tail assembly of rockets are folded parallel to the axis of the signal. A bolt, which also transfers the initiating charge flash to the propellant, extends into the center of the solid propellant, which fills the propulsion assembly. The parachute/illuminant assembly is mounted on top of the propulsion assembly with a delay assembly and an expelling charge between them. The parachute with suspension chords is packed on top of the illuminant, and the tube end is sealed with a cork disk (rocket barrel seal). A label specifying firing procedures is secured to the body of the signal. The propelling charge for both cluster and parachute type signals is Black Powder Propellant. Black powder is used for the initiating and expelling charge for both cluster and parachute signals. The No. 209 percussion primer is used in both cluster and parachute signals. Critical components include magnesium powder, black powder, black powder propellant, the No. 209 percussion primer, and the stabilizing fin assembly. Critical skills include the ability to handle/store hygroscopic materials, handle/formulate/press pyrotechnic mixtures, and fabrication of metal parts. Interested companies should respond by providing the Government the following information: a brief summary of the companys capabilities (a description of facilities, personnel, and past manufacturing experience as it relates to the above criteria) and availability. Please indicate your business size in your response. Interested companies should provide 1-shift and maximum shift monthly production rates (and if manufacturing resources are shared with other item/production lines). Please include a list of qualified suppliers for the components; black powder (all types), magnesium powder, the percussion primer, and the stabilizing fin assembly. Additionally, it is requested that offerors provide the Minimum Procurement Quantity (MPQ) required for economical production. Interested companies should also include a Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) unit price. The estimated annual production rate in any combination of configuration of signal are quantities between 13,000 and 36,000 units per month for a 12 month performance period, for each Fiscal Year (FY) FY14 FY15. The estimated annual minimum cumulative quantity of all configurations is 160,000 units to a maximum potential of 430,000 units. In addition, a questionnaire is attached and interested companies should address these questions in their response to this Market Survey. Interested parties have 30 calendar days from the date of this publication to submit information to be considered in the development of the acquisition strategy for these items. Any response to this market research should reference the following: Hand Held Signals family W52P1J-10-R-0126. Please submit to: US Army Rock Island Arsenal Contracting Center, ATTN: CCRC-AM, Ms. Gail Thompson, Bldg 60, 3rd Floor, 1 Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, IL 61299-8000, email: gail.thompson2@us.army.mil. If your submittal will be over 7 KB it cannot be emailed, but must be submitted in hard copy (two copies).
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- Address: Rock Island Contracting Center (RI-CC) ATTN: CCRC-AM, Rock Island IL
- Zip Code: 61299-8000
- Zip Code: 61299-8000
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