10 kg Detonation Chamber

10 kg Contained Detonation Test Chamber (FA2487-17-R-0131) This is a pre-solicitation synopsis in accordance with FAR 5.201. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) or an Invitation for Bid (IFB), nor is it to be construed as a commitment by the Government. This synopsis is prepared in accordance with guidance found in FAR 5.207, and is prepared for the purpose of notifying potential offerors of an upcoming solicitation. The request for proposal will be posted on the Federal Business Opportunities (Fedbizopps.com) website. The specific date of that posting has not yet been determined. The Air Force Research Laboratory's Munitions Directorate (AFRL/RW), in conjunction with the Air Force Test Center (AFTC) at Eglin AFB, FL, intends to issue a Fixed-Price Incentive (Firm Target) (FPIF) contract, for the design, fabrication, testing, and installation of a large 10 kg (net explosive weight) contained detonation chamber inside room 115 at the Building for Initiation and Reactive Systems Science and Technology (BIRSST). The BIRSST is a new explosive test facility currently under design as part of the Advanced Munitions Technology Complex (AMTC) Military Construction (MILCON) project within the ordnance division of the Air Force Research Laboratory's Munitions Directorate (AFRL/RW). The BIRSST will be located in the AMTC complex on the main base at Eglin AFB, FL. The 10 kg chamber will be installed in the BIRSST during the final construction phase of the building due to its anticipated size and weight. The primary mission of the contained detonation chamber is to enable repetitive, safe, well-controlled experiments detonating high explosives with trinitrotoluene (TNT) equivalence up to 10 kg. The 10 kg contained detonation chamber is intended to enable scientists and engineers to conduct precision experiments utilizing instrumentation in close proximity to detonating high explosives under test without endangering personnel or damaging equipment outside the chamber. The 10 kg chamber will also allow researchers to carefully control the environment in which experiments are conducted. Important alternate environments where experiments may be conducted inside the 10 kg contained detonation chamber include vacuum environments, non-ambient temperature environments, and reduced oxygen environments. This is a full and open competitive, subjective tradeoff source selection conducted in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation, as supplemented by the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), the Air Force Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (AFFARS), Department of Defense (DoD) Source Selection Procedures, Appendix B, 31 March 2016 and Air Force Mandatory Procedures 5315.3, 27 January 2017. The aforementioned regulations are available at the following website: http://farsite.hill.af.mil/. The completion time for this contract is no earlier than 27 months after contract award but no later than 30 months after contract award. The request for proposal (RFP) is anticipated to be released early summer of 2017 and the contract award is anticipated to be early fall of 2017. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code to be utilized is 541712 which has a size standard of 1,000 employees. Most referenced documents for this solicitation are available on the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website at http://www.fedbizopps.gov. Potential offerors are encouraged to subscribe for real-time e-mail notifications when information has been posted to the website for this solicitation. The Statement of Work (SOW) or any other protected/sensitive information requiring special distribution shall only be forwarded to qualified vendors who are registered and have an active certification by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Joint Certification Program (JCP) via encrypted email or via AMRDEC SAFE website at https://safe.amrdec.army.mil/safe/. Please contact the listed points of contacts to request access to the aforementioned documents. Contracting Office Address: AFTC/PZIE 205 West D. Ave, Bldg 350, Ste 414 Eglin AFB, FL 32542-6883