SOURCES SOUGHT
83 -- Sources Sought for Water, Vapor, Chemical Biological Resistant Zippers / Slide Fasteners / Closures
- Notice Date
- 11/15/2011
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 339993
— Fastener, Button, Needle, and Pin Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- ACC-APG SCRT - Natick (PADDS), ATTN: CCRD-NA, Building 1, Kansas Street, Natick, MA 01760-5011
- ZIP Code
- 01760-5011
- Solicitation Number
- W58P05-12-R-0073
- Response Due
- 11/30/2011
- Archive Date
- 1/29/2012
- Point of Contact
- Thomas Larkham, (508) 233-4287
- E-Mail Address
-
ACC-APG SCRT - Natick (PADDS)
(thomas.larkham@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sources Sought: This is a Sources Sought Announcement (SSA). This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this SSA is to obtain knowledge and information on manufacturing capabilities within the United States for project and acquisition planning purposes. Background: Joint Product Director - Protection (JPM-P) has overarching responsibility for the research, development, design, and acquisition of mobile, transportable shelters that provide collective protection (COLPRO) against the effects of chemical and biological (CB) agents. COLPRO shelters typically provide protection for missions such as tactical operation centers, field hospitals, and areas of rest and relief from the burden of wearing individual protection. JPM-P has a number of existing and planned programs for COLPRO shelters, such as the CB Protective Shelter (CBPS) and the Joint Expeditionary Collective Protection (JECP) Family of Systems. Purpose and Objective: The objective of this SSA is to identify potential suppliers of closures or closure systems for COLPRO shelters. Closures typically fall into several categories including but not limited to: conventional zippers (slide fasteners) water/vapor tight zippers zippers with over flaps hook and loop fasteners zip-lock track closures push to seal closures Closures on COLPRO shelters may be used to create doorways or to allow for the modular connection of liners and outer shell components or the connectivity of complete shelters, passageways or air locks. Passive COLPRO shelters (i.e. non-powered filtration) require vapor/liquid resistant closures with impermeable or selectively permeable properties. Active (over-pressured) COLPRO systems can utilize closures with limited permeability. This SSA includes all of these categories, as well as any new or novel concepts. This SSA is for domestically manufactured closures; closures used in DoD procurements must eventually meet the requirements of the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation System DFARS Sub Part 225-7002. Closures that do not contain textile components may not be affected by this regulation. Capability statement /information sought: Respondents may at their option provide a capability statement "White Paper" or alternatively, existing marketing or technical product brochures that describe the capability of their closure for the intended COLPRO functions. "White Papers" shall be limited to four (4) pages; accompanying or alternative product literature shall be limited to twelve (12) pages. This SSA seeks existing products that are at a Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) of 8 or above. However, products that are at a MRL of 6 or 7 will be considered. Responses may be sent via email to thomas.larkham@us.army.mil, or via regular mail to U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Command, ATTN: RDNS-STF (Thomas Larkham), 15 Kansas St., Natick, MA 01760-5018 or via Facsimile at (508) 233-5112. Responses are requested by 30 December 2011. Disclaimer and Important Notes: This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed. Information provided will be used to assess tradeoffs and alternatives available for the potential requirement and may lead to the development of a solicitation. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. Any solicitation resulting from the analysis of information obtained will be announced to the public in Federal Business Opportunities in accordance with the FAR Part 5. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. Confidentiality: No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).
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- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army Natick Soldier RD&E Center ATTN: RDNS-STF, Building 5, 18 Kansas Street Natick MA
- Zip Code: 01760-5011
- Zip Code: 01760-5011
- Record
- SN02623750-W 20111117/111115234623-080d8c4e2e704375b60adbe0d8828514 (fbodaily.com)
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