Document type: Pre-Solicitation Notice Classification Code: 10 - Weapons Contracting Office Address: U.S. ARMY CONTRACTING COMMAND - NEW JERSEY Army Contracting Command - New Jersey - Soldier Weapons (ACC-NJ-SW) Building 9 Phipps Road, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000 Description: THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE of a proposed requirement regarding the M205 Lightweight Tripod (NSN: 1005-01-586-5702) for Heavy Machine Guns. The Army Contracting Command - New Jersey (ACC-NJ), on behalf of Project Manager Soldier Weapons (PM SW), intends to award Multiple Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts with Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Delivery Orders. The contract(s) will include four (4) ordering periods to cover FY14 - FY17 Army and Department of Defense (DoD) M205 requirements. This requirement is 100% set aside for small business. The anticipated contract minimum is $2.6Million. The anticipated contract maximum is 44,388 M205 tripods. The minimum contract requirements will be met when the first delivery order is issued. As future needs for the M205 are identified during the four (4) years of the contract(s), FFP Delivery Orders will be competed among the Offerors who have been awarded an IDIQ base contract. This notice of intent is NOT a request for draft or formal competitive proposals. The Government intends to publish a draft request for proposals prior to any request for competitive proposals. The M205 Tripod is used with the M2/M2A1 Heavy Machine Gun and the MK19 Grenade Machine Gun and will be produced to a Government Technical Data Package (TDP). The M205 is an improved ground mount which will replace the heavier and larger M3 Tripod for ground mounting the M2/M2A1 .50 Caliber Machine Gun and MK19 Grenade Machine Gun (GMG). An integral Traverse and Elevation (T&E) Mechanism is included as part of the M205 and provides controlled manipulation in both T&E. The M205's primary mission is to provide a stable, easy-to-use, mounting platform for the M2/M2A1 and MK19 for delivering controlled, sustained, and accurate fire at extended ranges to support combat operations in offensive and defensive roles. Any offeror(s) awarded a contract resulting from the formal solicitation shall be required to conduct First Article Test(s) (FAT) and a Lot Acceptance Test(s) (LAT). A crucial aspect of FAT is a Live Fire Test requirement to be performed by the successful offeror(s). The Live Fire Test requirement(s) will be solely performed by the contractor. Awardees will be required to safely and securely store Government furnished machineguns, ammunition, and equipment in order to be considered for award. The Firing Test requirement will be outlined and included with the draft solicitation; final Firing Test requirement is subject to change prior to release of the formal solicitation. Should a resulting contract(s) be awarded, the First Article Sample would be submitted to the Government 180 days after contract(s) award, and monthly production deliveries would commence within 45 days after Government approval of the First Article Sample. Production deliveries would ramp up from 50 per month to 400 per month by the sixth (6) delivery. Depending on the final Government requirement, a final production capacity of 600 tripods per month may be required. Future delivery orders will be awarded through Competitive Best-Value contracting methods. The Technical Data Package (TDP) for the M205 Tripod is categorized as Distribution B and is restricted. This TDP contains technical data whose export is restricted by the Arms Export Control Act (Title 22, U.S.C., Sec 2751, et seq.) or Export Administration Act of 1979 (Title 50, U.S.C., App 2401, et seq.), as amended. Violations of these export laws are subject to severe criminal penalties. This also applies to distribution of the TDP to all Subcontractors at every level. Pursuant to an existing Negotiated License Agreement, the manufacture of the M205 Tripod is restricted to within the United States and its Territories. When a draft solicitation and a formal solicitation are released, only contractors who have a completed and signed AMSTA-AR Form 1350 Technical Data Request Questionnaire, and a U.S. Government Use and Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA), to be executed by an authorized representative of the respondent's firm, will be granted access to the technical data. Drawings will not be provided as part of this PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE. At the conclusion of the solicitation process, all respondents in receipt of data covered under the NDA will be required to complete the supplied Certificate of Destruction notifying the USG that all licensed data received in response to the solicitation have been destroyed. This PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE is for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a draft or formal Request for Proposal (RFP). This PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. The Government intends to publish a draft request for proposals followed by a formal request for proposals. The points of contact for this action are: Gherin Fracasso, Contract Specialist, Email:
contact@example.gov; and Major Matt Davis, Contract Specialist, Email:
contact@example.gov. NO TELEPHONE INQUIRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED. The Government will accept written questions by Email to
contact@example.gov and
contact@example.gov. Contracting Office Address: ACC - New Jersey, Building 9 Phipps RD, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000
